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 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 45, 48, 49. 1854. 779 whose death was occasioned by s. wound received in the battle of Rcsaca. gm- month, from dg 13 Palma, on the ninth of May, one thousand eight hundred and mmy 1»185*· forty-six, and allow her per month the half-pay of a. captain in the army of the United States, for ten years; said pension to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four: Provided, said pension shall cease if she die in the mean time. Pr¤v$¤¤· A1>1>1:0v1c1>, April 12, 1854. Cxnr. XLV. —· An Actjbr the Relic;/' of Madison Parton. April 16, 1854. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uhétevl States of America in Congress assembled, Thai: the accounting offi- P¤y¤¤¢¤¤*$> M cars of the Treasury bc, and they are hereby, directed to ascertain whe- ?£§g1;f° MMM" ther Madison Parton has been paid for all the military services rendcrcd by him to the United States from the eighth day of August, one thousand aight hundred and thirty-savcn, till the eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-cfgbt, by examining the proper 0Hiccrs and other persons, as well as the proper rolls of the company to which he belonged; and the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to said Parton, such sum of money as may be found to be his due. AP1=1z0v1¤1>, April 15, 1854» CHAP. XLVIII.—- An Actjbr the Reliof of John Gusman, of Louisiana. April 20, 1854. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of lhe United States of America in Congress assembled, Tl1a.!; the claim of John Chim of J<>h¤ Gusmzm, under an ancient purchase of the interest of one Riallcux, and g§§’]g°;21;°cgg€' in virtue of ancient and continued possession for more than zu third of zu iirmad. century, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed to sm certain tract of land, fronting, on the north, the Bayou Bonfouca, in township nine south, of range fourteen cast, in the Grccnsburgland District, Louisiana, and cmbmcing fractions of sections nine, ten, fifteen, seventccn, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-tiurcc, i:wcuty-six, twenty-seven, twentyaaight, thirty-two, and thirty-three, and sections sixteen, twenty-cnc, and twenty-two, according to a survey cxccutcd by one Joseph Troskolowski, as represented on 2. plat accompanying the petition of the said Gusmzm, it being the intent of this act to recognize the claim of the said Gusmzm to all of the said land referred to, embracing the school section : Provided, Provieo. The school authorities acccdc to the sumc, and will take other land in lieu of said school section, which they arc hereby authorized to do: And _Fumwr propwvided further, That this acc shall only operate as a relinquishment “s°· forever on the part of the United States to the said lands, and shall not intcrfem with adverse valid rights of others, if such exist, to any part of the land embraced in the claim and survey aforesaid. APPROVED, April 20, 1854. CHAP. XLIX.—An Act jbr the Reliqf of Man; Deany, PWd0w of the km: Lieutenant April 20, 1854- James A. Deany, of the United States Army. ·•···;"" Ba it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Mm, puny Interior be, and he is hereby, required to place the name of the said placedfnfperk) Mary Dezmy upon the pension rolls, and cause to be paid to har the sum ;}§Qr;f’S_§$% pm. of fifteen dollars per month, for the term of tcm years, commencing Jan- month, from vary first, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty»three: Jagfgxgb 185** Provided, That in case of the marriage or death of the said Mary ‘ Dcsmy, the pension hereby granted to her shall be paid to her two childrcn, or the survivor of them under sixtccm years of 'agc. APPROVED, April 20, 1854.