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 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 8, 9, 10, 11. 1856. 479 not interfere with adverse valid rights of other persons, if such exist, to any part of the land embraced in the claim and survey aforesaid. Approved, August 23, 1856. CHAP. V`HI.——An Act jbr the Relief of John Nash. August 23, 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 Treasury be and he is hereby directed to pay to John Nash, owner of the John Nash to schooner L. J. Bowden, the sum of one hundred dollars, out of any moneys b° pwd mm in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same being one moiety of the penalty collected of the master of the said vessel by the collector of the port of Fredericksburg, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-three, for a breach of the revenue laws, it having been made to appear that the said penalty was incurred without any design to violate the law. Approved, August 23, 1856. CHAP. IX.--An Act for the Relief of Jbhn Otis. August 23, 1856. Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to John Otis the sum of nine hundred and seventeen J<>}{¤ Otis to dollars and fifty cents, in full compensation for services rendered in taking be pwd $917'50‘ ca.re of the sick and wounded at the battle of Sandy Creek, and for quarters and material furnished the wounded prisoners at said battle, in the year eighteen hundred and fourteen. Approved, August 23, 1856. CHAP. X.——An Act for the Relief of Abner Dickson, a Soldier in the War of eighteen August 28, 1856. hundred and twelve. **—·*····—· Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the name .of Abner Dick- Abner Dickson son be placed on the roll of invalid pensions at the rate of sixteen dollars ;;8b°pE;1]‘;‘{§I‘}‘;_‘g,, per month, commencing on the first day of December, eighteen hundred at $16 permonth and thirty-five, and to continue during his natural life, instead of the ¥¤>*§{p¤<=·1»l835» pension heretofore allowed him. or I °' APPROVED, August 23, 1856. CHAP. XI.-An Act jbr the Relief of Calvin Hall, Assignee of VWlliam Jones. August 23, 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 Treasury pay to Calvin Hall, assignee of William Jones, such a sum of P¤;Ym¢¤l¤ to money as shall equal the value of three hundred and two sheep belonging gg};';] Salijvii to said Jones, and which were improperly seized and sold by the govern- Jones. ment officers, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-one, for an alleged nonpayment of duties. Approved, August 23, 1856.