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 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 108, 109, 110, 111. 465 bami jide preemption claim, or other adverse valid right, the same to the ?¤(\°¤¤“¤S_‘·‘Q*** °¤· extent of such confiiction may be located on any public land of the dis- E°g;'€O;l§u;2 ° trict to which there may be no existing preemption or other valid claim may be made. under such regulations as may be prescribed by the commissioner of the General Land-Oiiice. Approved, August; 16, 1856. CHAP. CVIII:-—An Act to increase the Pension of Alpheus T. Palmer, late a Lieutenant Aug. 16, 1856. in the Ninth Regiment United States I1;/`anhy. `“';"“"”" Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the AlYf¤$i°¤T°f Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Alpheus T. Palmer, late p,j°,Q,;`:Sinml,m_ a lieutenant in the ninth regiment United States infantry, a pension at ed to $80 per the rate of thirty dollars per month, instead of the pension of seventeen m°”*h· dollars per month, which he has heretofore received. Approved, August 16, 1856. Cin?. CIX.—An Act granting a Pension to Nathaniel Mathershead, of Missouri. Ang. 18, 1856. Be it enacted by the Senate and fkuse of Representatives of the United States of America in Oangress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Nath, Mothers terior he, and he is hereby directed to place the name of Nathaniel h¤¤d *0 be PI¤<;¤~i Mothershead, of Missouri, upon the roll of invalid pensioners of the :;,?;H£°:;';§ United States, and pay to him a pension at the rate of eight dollars per pei- month from month, from the first day of January, Anno Domini eighteen hundred J“"· 1v1“5°· and fifty, during his natural life. Approved, August 16, 1856. Can-. CX.-An Actfbr the Rcliqfof Dempsey Pittman. Aug. 16, 1856. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Uongress assembled, That the proper accounting 0Hi- Settlement of cers of the treasury, under the direction of the Secretary of War, are ‘g’;:l“;';·" ¥.tt_ hereby authorized and directed to audit and settle the account of Demp— mM_P Y I sey Pittman against the United States, for his military services in Flor- 18 8 h 62 ida, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, and pay him such P5 ’° '8 ' compensation and allowance as may be found to be justly due him, out °"’ P` 5 4' of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Promfded, that the amount shall in no case exceed the pay of a colonel of infantry for five months. APPROVED, August 16, 1856. CHAP. CXI.—.An Act granting a. Pension to Samuel B. Porter, a Soldier in the late Aug_ 16, 1g5g_ War with Great Britain. +- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Omzgress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- p,,,,,,,,,, of rior be, and he is hereby instructed to place the name of Samuel B. Por- Samuel B. Porter on the list of invalid pensioners of the United States, and pay him a °°" pension at the rate of six dollars per month, commencing on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, and continue during his natural life: Provided, That if, at any time hereafter, he shall Pmvigo as qi prove to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Pensions that he is total- WP i¤°¤‘°¤$°· ly disabled in consequence of the injury alleged to have been received in the battle of Plattsburg, during the late war with Great Britain, then his pension, by this act granted, shall be increased to eight dollars per month; said increase to date from the completion of the proof of such increased disability. Approved, August 16, 1856.