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 460 TIIIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 90, 91, 92, 93. 1856. Aug. 11, 1866. Cusr. XC.-—An Act for the Relief of Bridget Malner. Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United settlement of States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- §m;’r°f B"“l€°“ rior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to_settle and adjust the ` claim of Mrs. Bridget Maher, for boarding certain Cherokee Indians from the State of North Carolina, disallowed by him on the nineteenth of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and to pay to her, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, such sum of money as she is in justice entitled to: Provided, That the sum so settled and adjusted shall not exceed the sum of two hundred and ninety-three dollars. APPROVED, August 11, 185 6. Aug- 11, 1856- Can. XCI.—An Act to continue the Pension of Mrs. Nancy Weather/brd. Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pension of States of America in Congress assembled, That the pension granted to §)*:3°3’nXg$’fgt°;} Nancy Weatherford, by the act of Congress entitled "An act for the 1855, eh_ 196, relief of Mrs. Nancy Weatherford, widow of Col. William Weatherford, <=<>¤fi¤¤€<l fill of the first regiment of Illinois volunteers in the Mexican war," be, and ''eighteen hundred and fifty-four. irrxovnn, August 11, 1856. Aug_ gu, 1g5g_ Cru?. XCII.—An Act for the ReliefofBinjamin La Fonte, PWlliam Allenburg, and -—;—-·—- others. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Benjamin States of America in Congress assembled, That Benjamin La Fonte be, £::“:°°X{fén¥l:· and he is hereby, authorized to enter the north half of northeast quarter wm,,,,, D,,,e,§; of section thirty-six, township twenty-nine, north, range twenty-three west; and Louis Lari- that Will1am Alteuburg be, and he 18 hereby, authorized to enter the {gw2gb;,;;;;}, southeast quarter of section thirty-six, in township twenty-seven. of range 1andsin_s¤ii1- twenty-one west; that William Davern be, and he is hereby, authorized wgizggrxh to enter the southeast quarter of section number sixteen, in township the ,,,,,,,1;,,,% twenty-eight north, of range number twenty—·three west; that Louis Larivie be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter, and lots number one and two of section sixteen, in township twenty-nine north, of range twenty-two west, (all of said lands being in the Stillwater land district, Minnesota Territory,) upon payment by said Benjamin La Fonte, William Altenburg, William Davern, and Louis Laravie of the usual minimum of one dollar and twenty·1ive cents per acre ; and the Commissioner of the General Land- Oflice is directed to issue patents on said entries. Other school Seo. 2. And be it further enacted, That the superintendent of public }““d“?b‘? s°‘ schools in the Territory of Minnesota is hereby authorized to select, ected m lieu of. . . . . the above_ in equal amounts, other lands m said Territory for the use of public schools in lieu of the lands herem granted. Approved, August 11, 1856. Aug. 11, 1g5S_ Cm?. XCIII.-—-An Act jbr the Reti»y’4p" Robert Mitchell. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Robert Mitch- States of America in Congress assembled, That Robert Mitchell be, and
 * %*3 jh;) 1::5 the same is hereby continued for five years, from the fourth day of July,
 * gt:;_‘*h°;’9d *° he is hereby, authorized to enter lots B, C, and D, of fractional section

1,,,,, ,,,°g,:,;;_ nineteen, in township sixteen, of range twenty-one cast, in the district of mr. on proof of lands subject to sale at Montgomery, Alabama, upon his producing proof}
 * °n‘Q'p;;;1X; 5;** satisfactory to the land officers for said district, and subject to the apusual pricle`. proval of the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, of the occu-