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 THIRTY-FOURT H CONGRESS. Sess. III. Rus. 13, 14, 15, 16. 1857. of Congress approved twentieth May, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, entitled "An act to appropriate lands for the support of schools in certain 1826, ch. ss, townships and fractional townships not before provided for."And if such VOL iV· P- 17*% settler can bring himself; or herselfi within the provisions of the act of fourth of September, eighteen hundred and forty-one, or the occupants of 184], 011. 16. the town site be enabled to show a compliance with the provisions of the law of twenty-third of May, eighteen hundred and forty-four, then the Vol. v. p. 453. right of preference granted by the said acts, in the purchase of such portion of the sixteenth or thirty-sixth sections, so settled and occupied, shall be in them respectively, as if such sections had not been previously reserved for school purposes. Approved, March 3, 1857. [N0. 13.] A Resolution concerning Wolf Island. _{,m,h 3, 1857. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Title ,0 1,,,,,,,, States of America in Congress assembled, 'I`hat the United States hereby on Wo1t‘1sland_in disclaims all title to any and all lands on "W'olf Island" in the Mississippi gll§c¥£;f;‘§S‘P?’· River: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed as in Pmviéa any manner afiecting the question of jurisdiction over said Island as between the States of Kentucky and Missouri. Approved, March 3, 1857. [N 0. 14.] A Resolution relating to the Compensation of the Chaplains of Congress. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the chaplains of the two _ llouses of Congress, be paid on the last day of each month during the CO°;Ej'g‘;f‘",j0$vf regular sessions of Congress, at the rate of seven hundred and fifty dollars Oftgyim ii., ,,,,1,1 per annum, beginning with the present Congress, and at the end of each wd mw of PW- regnlar session, they shall be paid the residue of said annual salary. AI’PROVED, March 3, 1857. [No. 15.] Joint Resolution for the Praisgntgion ry' Medzrls to Dr. Kane, his Officers Much 3,18;-,·;_ G GR. *-1; Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy shall cause to be struck and presented to Dr. Kane, his officers and men, Medals to be respectively, such appropriate medals as in the judgment of the said E`csentedt0Dr. Secretary shall express the high estimation in which Congress hold their gnffzggs °m°°“‘ respective merits and services. ` Approved, March 3, 1857. No. 16. A Resolution a/lowin Com nder n. a ' [ 1W11g,]Lieutenant S. D. T renciard, Igdster J?oinlgon·raridl7btmyQ6_g;ih;:2·gl:ddOit;'ibl¢ocys" the teamer “Vixen," to accept certain Tokens of Acknowledgment from the Government of Great Britain. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress consents that Commander Henry J. Hartstene, of the United States navy, may accept from the government of Great Britain a sword, which has been for- H8S;,’;,““_f“'}$1,::,s_ warded to the navy department by the said government, for presentation tene authorimd to said Commander Hartstene, with the expression of a hope that he ;.° °·°°‘LP'**‘·sW°’d may be permitted to receive it as a memorial of the gratification which Qgsttog €°,.`Q',$,°` her majesty the Queen of Great Britain has received from the return Britain. of the “barque Resolute" of which said Hartstene was commander.