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 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 94, 95, 96, 97. 1856. 461 pancy and improvement of said lands, and paying therefor the minimum price of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre; and, upon such proof and payment being made, a certiiicate and patent shall issue for said lots P¤*°¤*> '>° iSS“°· as in other cases of sales of public lands. Approved, August 11, 1856. CHAP. XCIV.-An Act for the Relig of the “Columbian Harman_1] Society/," of the City Aug- H, 1856- of Washington. W Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the association of tree H C°l¤mbé¤ i persons of color in the City of Washington, commonly known as the e,?,r;1Q°3,l,,.i;Q°d` “ Columbia Harmony Society," be, and they are hereby, authorized and to sell et certain empowered to sell a certain square of ground, deeded to them on the f3;?:; git5V;'?;;` twenty-sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, invest proceeds by J. Elgar, Commissioner of Public Buildings, and known in the plat iy¤1<>= °¤fSid° of Washington City as square number four hundred and seventy-five, and rp°"°'°° to reinvest the proceeds of such sale in other grounds in the District of Columbia, outside of the corporate limits of the City of Washington : Provided, That no contract for the sale of said square shall be binding Sale and inuntil first approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and that the rein- ;°“m°“* *° b° . . . . pproved b vestment of the funds arising from such sale, shall in like manner be Sggretary ggthe subject to the approval of the Secretary aforesaid. * l¤¥<·>1`i0¤‘· Approved, August 11, 1856. CHAP. XCV.—An Act jbr the Reliefof Daniel Doland. Aug. 13, 1856. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Daum Dokmd terior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Daniel Doland, to be placed on a private in Captain Steele’s company of New York volunteers, during §‘g“fg°" mu M .. . . . . per month the Mexican war, on the roll of invalid pensioners, and pay him the sum {0,- ms, r,-Om of six dollars and seventy-five cents per month, from the first day of Jan- JM- L 1865- uary, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, during his natural life. Approved, August 13, 1856. Cnr. XCVI.—An Actfar the Reliefqf Charles Stearns. Aug, 13, 1856. Be it enacted by the Senate and Phase of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Charles Stearns Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Charles gg g§OP*"d Stearns, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the ’ ` sum of five thousand dollars, to indemnify him for losses sustained and expenses incurred in defending his title to certain lands claimed by the United States; and also in defending two criminal prosecutions brought against him by direction of the Secretary of War. Approved, August 13, 1856. CHAP. XCVII.-—An Act to construe the Act entitled, "An Act jbr the Relief of James M. Aug. 13, 1856. G¤ggin,” approved twenty-seventh July, eighteen hundred and jijty;fbur. W Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 1854 ch 153 States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster-Gem VOL  pz Bod eral be, and is hereby, authorized and required, so to construe the act of Congress, approved twenty-seventh July, eighteen hundred and f:ifty-four, for the relief of James M. Goggin, late special agent of the Post-Ofilce J&;zm“z£_ Department in Califbmia, as that he shall be paid the same salary for g1¤,1ss4;ch. the time he acted as such agent, as is now paid to his successor in office 168- voL. XI.· Pnrv.-61