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 810 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 187, 190, 197. 1854. Aug. 2, 1864. Cmrr. CLXXXVII. —-An Act jbr the Purchase q/'the Copyright of a Work published by —-—-——-——-·——— Thomas IL Sumner, wherein he descnbes his New Method of ascertaining a shzjfs position at Sea. $10,000 was Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United £?‘gul‘I;]Eg°:‘”n States of America in Congress assemolcd, That in consideration of the tue transfei cio transfer to the United States of the copyright of a work wherein Thomas ¤l¤9¤¤PY¤isht of H. Sumner fully describes his new method of ascertaining a ship’s position ”h°‘§,;a°§l§at:g:f° at sea, when a meridian observation of the sun cannot be obtained, there be paid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the said Thomas H. Sumner, or his lawful agent or attorney, the sum of ten thousand dollars. When said Sec. 2. An[¢md]6e it further enacted, That after the said transfer shall b°‘,’}§2°*g' b°·f be made, and the said sum paid, the said copyright shall be deemed pu s e asn _ _ _ _ _ no_eop(yrigut1md extinct, and said book may thereafter be published as 1f no such right °*¤¤*° · had existed. Approved, August 2, 1854. Aug. 2, 1854. Crux-. CXC.— An Act to Relinquish the Revcrsionary Interest of the United States to o, ——————-——-— ;:;zrta;z1 Reservation therein mentioned, and to confirm the title of Charles G. Gunter rere 0. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mzited A11 the rigbth States of America in Congress assembled, That all the right, title, and i°°°;r:;';‘:)‘:l;B’?,;§_t° interest which might accrue or revert to the United States to a certain to me U, sm fraction or [of] section number nineteen of township number sixteen and °°¤j*·¤l¤_l*;·¤g¤ m range number sixteen, including an island in the Alabama River, commonly {§1Q'§?€Q;€,,,fl°,,, called Manac’s Island, a little below the mouth of Catoma Creek, and nears and as- being the reservation to which Samuel Manac, a Creek Indian, became "‘€“s· entitled under the Treaty of Fort Jackson, be, and the same are hereby Wlien potent relinquished to Charles G. Gunter, his heirs and assigns, and a patent m b° ’”“°d' shall be issued to the said Charles G. Gunter, his heirs or assigns, for the same, upon the payment to the receiver of the land office at Cahaba, in the State of Alabama, of the minimum price per acre of the public lands now subject to entry in said State. Approved, August 2, 1854. Aug. 8, 1854. Cru?. CXCVII.-—An Act authorizing the Extension of tha Alexandria and Washing- -—--—--—— ton Railroad into the District of Columbia, and cory"erz·ing certain Privileges on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Connmny. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Extension into States ¢y" America in Oangress assembled, That the Alexandria and gw Di“}`i°* of Wasliington Railroad Company, incorporated by the legislature of Virolumbra :tutho· . . . . rmi grma, on the twenty-seventh ot February, eighteen hundred and fifty four, to construct a railroad from Alexandria, in the State of Virginia, to the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, be, and are hereby, authorized to extend their road from any point on the Virginia side of the Potomac River to which said road may be constructed, at or above the aqueduct of the Alexandria Canal, into the District of Columbia, connecting with the Baltimore and Washington Railroad depot by the most convenient and practicable route or routes, passing through and along such streets or avenues, except the Pennsylvania Avenue of Washington and Georgetown, as the corporate authorities thereof may respectively approve, subject to certain provisions hereinafter expressed. SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That the Alexandria and Bridge across Waslrington Railroad Company are hereby authorized to construct a bridge Alexandria Canal Company: Provided, said bridge shall only be built on or over the piers of the aqueduet, with the consent of the Alexandria Canal Company: And provided jitrt/ter, in constructing said bridge, and
 * h°P°'·°’”°· over the Potomac River, on, or above, or west of the aqueduet of the