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 576 THIRTY·-THIRD CON GRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 248, 249, 267, 1854. Promotion of State be, and he is hereby, authorized, by and with the advice and con- ’l°”*°”"“}”‘ sent of the Senate, to confer the brevet of second lieutenant upon Such moned oilieers. . . . ., membonous non-c0mm1ss10ued officers, as may, under regulations to be established, be brought before an army board, composed of four officers of rank, specially convened for the purpose, and be found qualified for the duties of commissioned officers; and to attach them to regiments, as supemumerary officers, according to the provisions of the fourth section of the act approved April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and 1812, eh. 72. twelve, entitled "An act making further provision for the corps of engi. ueers." 4U¤W¤·¤<=¤ for Sme. 6. And be it further enacted, That the allowance to soldiers emf°‘¤g°° duty' played at work on fortifications, in surveys, in cutting roads, and other constant labor, of not less than ten days, authorized by the act approv- 1819,ch-45- ed March second, eighteen hundred and nineteen, entitled “An ac; to regulate the pay of the army when employed on fatigue duty," be ine;-egged to twenty-five cents per day for men employed as laborers and teamsters, and forty cents per day, when employed as mechanics, at all sta.- tions east of the Rocky Mountains, and to thirty-five cents and fifty cents per day, respectively, when the men are employed at stations west 0f those mountains. JXPPROVED, August 4, 1854. Aug- 4, 1854- Cunr. CCXLVIII. —An Act lo Repeal the_/irst promkc of thegmurlh sediun of the qc; ""—;*" entitled "An Act granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and ldiers who have been en- 1854, ch, 373, gaged in the Military Service 3/ the United States," approved September twenty-eighzh, . one thousand eight hundred an jijiy. Mmmm of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Congress emi- States qf.America in Congress assembled, That the first proviso of the m:1;t9}'8%%°ig*L°f fourth section of the act entitled "An act granting bounty land to cer- 85. ’tain Om(}(5I’S_3.l1(l soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States," approved September twenty-eighth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Approved, August 4, 1854. AUS- M 1854- Cxmr. CCXLIX.—An Act to extend the Rzyht ;2/'Prc-emption over Uhsurvqyed Lands in ""'""_""' Minnesota, undjbr ot zer puvpcses. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the Pmgmpmm pre-emption act of fourth September-, eighteen hundred and forty-one, jghh in Mm and the acts ameudatory thereon shall be extended to the lands in Minnesota- nesota Territory, whether surveyed or not; but in all cases where preemption is claimed on unsurveyed lands the settler shall tile his declara- 1841, oh- 16· tory statement within three months after the survey has been made and returned, and make proof and payment before the day appointed by the Presidente proclamation for the commencement of the sale of the lands, including the tract claimed: Provided, however, That if} when said lands are surveyed, it is found that two or more persons have settled upon the same quarter section, each shall be permitted to enter his improvement, as near as may be, by legal subdivisions. Ammovmn, August 4, 1854. Crum. CCLXVII. —— An Act making Appro riazzons for the Sup rt o the Army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one tgusand eight hundreydndgfyfve. . . Be it enacted by the Senate and Ease of Resentatives 0 the United Appmpuwonm States 0 f America in Congress asscmbIcd,fTh;{:”the followidé sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and Efty-five: