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 466 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 112, 113, 114, 115. 1856. Ang, 16, 1856, Cntr. CXII.-An Act to increase the lzension of rimaziah Goodwin, of the State we —~——-————- cme. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Ijension of Ani- States of Amca in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- _r,m_ L 1852, to the sum of ten dollars per month, instead of the sum of six dollars per $10 per month month, now payable to him as an invalid pensioner of the United States, f°’ h"’1’f°‘ This increase to take effect from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, and to continue during his natural life. Approved, August 16, 1856. Aug. 16, 1856. CHAP. CXIII.——An Act for the Relief of Joseph Smit/1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Joseph Smith States of America in Congress assembled, That Joseph Smith is here- °;2€°gc,lgslg} by authorized to locate, free of cost, one hundred and sixty acres of land, land in 1ieu ofa according to the legal subdivisions, on any of the public lands of the g;Q1°°¤°d l°°“‘ United States subject to private entry, in lieu of a location made by the ` said Smith on the west half of the southwest quarter of section twenty- five, and the east half of the southwest quarter of section twenty- six, in the township seven south, of range fifteen west, in the Kalamazoo land district, in the State of Michigan, as assignee of military land warrant number fifty-tive thousand and ninety-nine, and which location was cancelled by the Commissioner of the General Land-Oflice. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the General Land—OfHce, upon the receipt of the certificate of location from Patent toissuo. the register of the proper land-ofiice, shall issue a patent to the saif Joseph Smith, for the lands so located. APPROVED, August 16, 1856. Aug. 16, 1856. CHA?. CXIV.-—An Act for the Relief2y" Samuel Forrest. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uniteo Allowance to States of America in Congress assembled, That the accounting officers S““‘“°1F°'*`°S*· of the treasury be directed to allow to Samuel Forrest two and a half per cent. upon the amount of military contributions received by him while acting as purser to the United States Ship Ohio, on the coast of the Pacific, during the Mexican war, and that the same be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated ; the said allowance to be in full compensation for all extra services, expenses, and losses, during 1849,n1;, 126, the period aforesaid, according to the spirit of the act of March third, Vol. ix. p. 412. eighteen hundred and fortymine, " to provide for the settlement of accounts of public officers and others who may have received moneys arising from military contributions, or otherwise. in Mexico." APPROVED, August 16, 1856. Aug. 16, 1856. CHAP. CXV.-An Act granting a Pension to Morris Powers. Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United t itgorrii P03V6m States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the $8 28E5g; rg}; Interior be, and he is hereby directed to place the name of Morris at $8 per month Powers on the list of invalid pensioners of the United States, and pay to ¥"°"EJ““· l¤1856» him the sum of eight dollars per month from the first day of January, or life. . . . . . eighteen hundred and fifty-six, during his natural life. Approved, August 16, 1856.
 * ’·;;:;fas£°°‘;,lYg;; rior be, and he is hereby directed to pay to Amaziah Goodwin, of Maine,