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 300 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 69, 70. 1854. How fum shall only operate as a relinquishment on the part of the United States, ¤¢>¤6¤¤¤i<>¤ ¤=- and shall not afect the right of adverse claimants to the same lands, my t°"dS‘ prevent a. judicial decision in regard to the same; and upon the rendition t0 the General Land-Oilicc of a. proper plat of survey, duly approved by the Surveyor-General, for any confirmation by this act, the Commissioner When patent shall cause a patent to be issued, if satisfied that the same is conmmgd in may case sx claim continued by this act was not actually located prior to the third of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, no location of the same shall be made to the prejudice of any actual settler, but such {loating claim may be located on any public lands in the Ouachita District, to which there may be no existing preemption or other valid claim, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of the General Land Office. APPROVED, June 29, 1854. June 29, 1854.. Cnr. LXIX.-An Act to Reimburse to the Common Council q€ New York Oily, Ex— Be it erizcted by the égenatc and House of Represesétatives of the I/$zz'£ed XP<*¤di$¤Y<>¤ tutes of merica in ongress assembled, That the ecretary of War, in §°:£°§’gQ§’gr°f the settlement and adjustment (under the act of Congress of June second, nm regimentof eighteen hundred and forty-eight,) of the claims of the Common Council gg; tg‘;;"°£‘g" of New York, for expenditures made in organizing, transporting, clothing, Ac; Ofggno Q, and subsistiug the first regiment of New York Volunteers, commanded by 1848,<>h· 60- Colonel Ward B. Burnett, prior to the mustering of said regiment into the service of the United States, shall be authorized and required to allow such of those claims as may be supported by satisfactory vouchers, showing that such expenditure had been fairly made, and was necessary and proper for the service, notwithstanding that such vouchers may be proviso, informal and defective for want of particulaxilay: Provided, That the amount allowed shall not exceed three thousand six hundred and seventy- two dollars and ninety cents. APPROVED, June 29, 1854. JMB 29, 1864- CHAP. LXX. ·-·· An Act to authorize lhe Issue ofRegiszers to Vessels owned hy the "Acces- Be it sgzjfted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mzited _ Re 'sms so be am 0 merica in Gon mss assembled That the Secretar of the g’;_‘;°i‘&‘{{°S§Q;f;j Treasury be, and he is herelhy, authorized {0 cause registers to he issued sm 50,- mam. in the name of the President of the “Accessory Transit C0mpany," boat? Md vessels incorporated under u charter from the State of Nicaragua, for the steam- §f,‘§§%Q§‘I§,EQ,‘[§‘§,f‘ boats or vessels owned by said company, and employed in the transportation of merchandiseancl passengers between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States, through or over the territory of the State Pmviso. aforesaid: Provided, That before the granting of a register for any steamboat or vessel owned by said company, to be employed as aforesaid, Om to bg the president of said company shall swear or uilirm that the said steam- 3gg¤bl3Lg<;;ii boat or vessel is owned by said company; that all the officers, and at gimm grmwk least two—thirds of the crew, are citizens of the United States, or persons not the subjects of any foreign prince or State; that all the officers, and directors of said company are citizens of the United States, and that two thirds of the stock of said company is owned by citizens of the United States ; which oath or uilirmation shall be deemed sufficicnt, without requiring the oath or affirmation of any other person interested or con- Further proviso. cerued in said steamboat or vessel: And provided further, That u. re- gowleggg reg- gister issued under this act shall continue in force one year and no “"“ longer, unless the president of the company aforesaid shall, within one
 * °},’fo‘$;‘; °d· and surveyed according to the true intent of this uct: Provided, Tha; if
 * "_’“""' penditures made jbr the First Regiment of New York olunteers.
 * 1***** sory Transit Company."