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 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 212, 213, 214. 1854. 815 ]am]-oi·Hoe at Greensburg, Louisiana, of plats of surveys, duly approved John MeVeu by the surveyor-general, of township three south, of range one west, and gd ·{°l*” F- M°‘ tgwnship three south, of range one east, it shall and may be lawful for ,,Q}'f§,,¥’Q§,§"t°” John McVea and John F. McKneely to enter, at one dollar and twenty- which they have five cents per acre, the one thousand acre tract or parcel of land which "‘£;’;f,;m they have long held in possession and cultivation, and which is repre- ccnditim, sented as covering parts of sections one, two, eleven, and twelve, in township three south, of range one west, and parts of sections six, seven, thirteen, and eighteen, of township three south, of range one east, in the Greensbutg Land District, Louisiana: Provided, That the entry shall be i’¤‘<>ViS·>· made of the quantity aforesaid, according to the legal subdivisions of the public lands, und shall embrace the quantity aforesaid and the land actually cultivated and enclosed by them, as near as may be: And provided, _Further projlereher, That the entry or entries made under the provisions of this act, V'"' shall not be to the prejudice of any valid adverse rights, if any such exist, to any part of the land aforesaid. APPIEOVED, August 3, 1854. Cnn. OCX1I. -An Act pr Ihe MZ6g" ¢y° Cvwlotze S. Wesceou. Aug. s, m4. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the m€éS·kY§*§§” Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of the said the pgmoy, Charlotte S. WVesteott upon the pension rolls, and cause to be paid to 1*011. M $20 PM her the sum of twenty dollars per month, for the term of ten years, com- ;‘;°2;;h}fg;,t}';n_ mencing on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-four : Pro- uary ll,.l854. vided, That in case of the marriage or death of the said Charlotte S. P*°V*$°· WVcstc0tt, the pension hereby granted shall be paid to her two children, or the survivor of them. Armovrso, August 3, 1854. CHAP. CCXIII.-An Act for the Relief of PWlZz`am IZ Weirick. A“g* sv 1854* Be it enacted by the Senate and [muse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, $576,26 to bo and he is hereby, directed to ay to William H. Weirick, late a second l&‘};‘?rfgkv,lf)*;‘h1¥1{é_ lieutenant in company G, of Clolonel J. D. Stevenson’s regiment of New "gg,&c_ York Volunteers, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred and seventy-six dollars and twenty-six cents, the amount of mileage from California to New York, and two month’s pay, as paid to the other officers and soldiers of said regiment. Approved, August 3, 1854. Crm?. CCXIV.-— An Act jbr the Relief of John Frink. Aug. 8, 1.854. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster—General $750 to pe paid be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to John Frink, out ?)g3E;‘tI;?Q5b°" of any money appropriated for mail transportation, the sum of seven fingg wrongly. hundred and fifty dollars, the amount of two fines,-one in the third and im1><>S¢<¥ <>¤ Mm and the other in the fourth quarter of eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, ——wrongl`ully imposed on said Frink, and deducted from his- pay, for carrying the mail on route number two thousand eight hundred and eleven, from Joliet to Danville, Illinois, in said year. APPROVED, August 3, 1854.