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 118 '1`HIR'l‘Y-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 163. 1856. 1855. ch.133-United States, passed March first, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, shall V°l· *· P· °1°·be so construed as that the annual compensation fixed for the diplomatic representatives of the United States at the several countries therein enumerated, shall be the same as therein specified therefor respectively, Am, p. 65. Whether such representatives shall be of the grades existing at the time of the passage of the bill, or of a superior grade; and that such com. pensation shall commence from the first day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, as the period designated in said act. Additional Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be 91°’$v° *“*S°'i;‘§g authorized to employ in addition to those now allowed by law, one clerk i28N_" °p of class four, in the office of the Colonel of Topographical Engineers, and to take one clerk from class two and add one to class four in his office; In Department that the Secretary of the Interior be authorized to employ in his office °f I¤*°¤°'· one clerk of class four, in addition to those now allowed by law, and temporarily one clerk of class two to take charge of the census returns; and I"D1;"a’j;u’g'ut the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to employ one clerk of class pthree in the office of the Fifth Auditor, and to take one clerk from cls two and add one to class three, in the office of the First Comptroller; and to take one clerk from class three and add one to class four in the office of the Register; and such sum as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this section to the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury 'fempomy not otherwise appropriated; and to enable the Secretary of War to em- Q;ff;;s£r_g;;f ploy temporary clerks in the office of the Quartermaster-General on eral. bounty-land service, five thousand dollars, and that the same is hereby also appropriated. pay of clerks Sec. 4. And be it farther enacted, That to enable the Secretary of in the State De- State to pay to the clerks in his office of class four the same compensation P“”"‘“°“”‘ as was paid to the same class in other executive departments from the first of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, to the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, inclusive, the sum of twenty-one hundred and seventy-eight dollars and seventy-six cents be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Fw gf}§¤'l¤° Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the pay of the marines in the an ’ service of the United States who compose the corps of musicians known as the “Marine Band," stationed at the Navy Yard in Washington city, be and the same is hereby increased at the rate of four dollars per month, commencing on the first of May lest, and to continue as long as they shall perform by order of the Secretary of the Navy or other superior officer on the Capitol grounds or the Presidents grounds. Approved, August 18, 1856. Aug 18, 1g5g_ CHAP. CLXIH.-—·An Act to authorize the Circuit Cburt of the District of Columbia tv ——·——·-— decree the Sale of Real Estate in certain Cases. Sm of mal Be tt enacted by the Senate and Houseqf Representatives of the United estate authorized States of America in Congress assembled, That in all cases in which §{,*h;’f;°:L';t:“;:; real estate within the District of Columbia, shall have been limited herelimitations ove;-, tofore, or shall be limited hereafter, by the provisions of any deed or will to one or more, for life or lives, with a contingent limitation over to such issue of one or more of the tenants for life as shall be living at the death of their parent or parents, and the said deed or will containing the limitation shall not prohibit a sale, the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, upon the application of the tenants for life, shall have power to decree a sale of such real estate, if} upon the proofs, it shall be of opinion that it is expedient to do so, and to decree to the purchaser an absolute and com- _ _ plete title in fee simple. APPh°”¤°¤ *° Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That application for the sale of such