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 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 94, 95, 96, 97. 1854. 785 CHAP. XCIV. -~ An Acifbr the Relief of Samuel W`. Brady. J ixly 17, 1854. Be it enacted by the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In— S¤m¤<=1 W- terior is hereby authorized and directed to place the name of Samuel W. Iimdba t° M .. ., , , _ p aces on the Brady, of Virginia, on the roll of invalid pensions, and to pay to him the ension roll ss: sum of four dollars per month during his natural life, to commence on $4 P°*' m°“"*· 1 the nrst day of January, one thouszmd eight hundred and fifty. fg? {'{,t;.1i?£r {fe} Avrnovnn, July 17, 1854. ° CHAP. XCV. — An Act to authorize the 1'ssue of a Register to the Brig Amelia, by the name July 17, 1854. qf Abby Frances. ··-—-———--- Be it enacted by the Smale and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Ocngress assembled, That there be issued under the _ Rceisfsr to bc direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, zi register to the Russian- :,if;'§mt°b§";h6 built brig Amelia, by the name of Abby Frances, now owned by Charles mms oi" Abby Parsons, of New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana: Provided, It shall 1"*°·‘}°°§· be proved to the satisfaction of said Secretary, that the cost of the repairs m°m°' made in the United States, after the purchase of said vessel by the present owner, is equal to three fourths of the value of said vessel at the time of snid repairs. Am-novnn, July 17, 1854. CHAP. XCVI. -— An Act _]?;:- the Relief of A. B. Roman, of Louisiana. July 17, 1954- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That A. B. Roman, of the All l¢h¤ right, parish of St. James, and State of Louisiana, be, and he is hereby, con- g‘&;£‘g£,'g‘§g iirmed in all the right, title, and interest, now held or possessed by the semis nmus United States in and to the following lands, now in his occupation, to §3°*£*`m°d *° A· wit: eighteen arpens front on the right bank of the Mississippi River, and°mm' running back to the stream or bayou called Icemmon, in said parish, being part of 2, French grant made to Nicholas Verret in seventeen hundred and sixty-tive; and also ninearpents and six toises front, adjoining the first described tract, with the depth of fortyzu·pents,for the nine arpents and six toiscs front, the said last described tract consisting of two complete grants made by the Spanish government to Joseph Hebert and Jean Baptiste Cormie on the twenty-seventh of September, seventeen hundred and seventy-three, and the two tracts so described containing seven thousand four hundred and thirty-eiglit acres of land: Provided, Proviso. That this act shall only be construed to vest in the said A. B. Roman the rights, title, and interest, in said lands now held and possessed by the United States, and shall not be construed in any way to impair the bond fide rights, interests, or claims, acquired by any other person under adverse grants, concessions, 01* purchases, made prior to the passage of this act. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That a patent be, and the same is _ Paw? to bg hereby, directed to be issued to the said A. B. Roman for the lands de- Qgmf °" sm scribed in this act. Armzovnv, July 17, 1854. CHAP. XCVII.—An Act to provide a. Pension jbr Sergeant G. W. Terrence. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Sergeant G. W. Tor- Imgeig 1501* rence, of Captain Fairchild’s company of Louisiana Mounted Volunteers, placed on the be placed upon the pension roll, at theirate of twenty dollars per month, pggsioan gzip; to commence on the fourth day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-four. ‘.mmPApm 4, · Ammovma, July 17, 1854. ism. VOL. x. Pmv. - 99