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 506 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 81, 82, 83, 84. 1857. and forty, under the act of Congress for the relief of the said George 18ss, eh. 177. Rowe, approved on the third day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty- nine, containing not more than four hundred superficial arpents, be and V°r VL P- 778- the same is hereby confirmed to so much of said land so located, as may be found nndisposed of by the United States; the same to be patented and adjusted according to the approved plat of survey of the township in which it is situated, under instructions from the commissioner of the General Land·Oiiice, so as to give him, the said Gantt, as near as may be, the lands sought to he located by him, being a part of sections one and two, and perhaps a fraction of eleven and twelve, in township number fifteen south, of range number ten east, in the southwestern district of Louisiana: Provided, That this act shall only operate as a relinquish- This act to be ment forever on the part of the United States to the said lands, and shall °”lY“"°l!"q"‘Sh' not interfere with adverse valid rights of third persons, if such exist, to ment of title. any part thereoll Approved, March 2, 1857. Mmh 2-1857- c¤.¤·.LxxX1.-An An fe the Relief ofliebecca satin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Rebecca Smith Interior be directed to place the name of Rebecca Smith on the roll of °‘fm;’;mP]’;f)ffl  revolutionary pensions for the State of Georgia, under the act of July gmc per yea; for seven, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, and the other acts subsequent WEBB h 189 thereto continuing the benefits of said acts to the recipients thereof, and ’ °' pay her a pension, at the rate of one hundred dollars a year, under said act, during her natural life. Approved, March 2, 1857. March 2, 1857. CHAP. LXXXII.-An Act for the Relkfqf William Poole. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the _ Interior be and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be paid PEg{§"°’;lgi;°gl;g'é to William Poole, of Maine, whose name is now on the roll of invalid to $8 pm- month pensioners, the sum of eight dollars per month, from the first day of fwm J=m}¤¤1"Y 1, January, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, instead of the sum of four dollars 1856* f°Y M°‘ per month, which the said Poole has heretofore received, and that the same be continued during his natural life. Approved, March 2, 1857. MHT0h 2, 1857- CHAP. LXXXIII.—An Act for the Reliefof Mary Ann Clark. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 1y' the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the mM2W 151111 %l¤¤‘k Interior is hereby directed to place the name of Mary Ann Clark, of New the 20}:;:: {gil York, on the pension roll, at the rate of five dollars per month, for Eve at ss per month years, commencing on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and for 5 years, from Hf'Ly_siX_ Jm'1’185°' Approved, March 2, 1857. osu. Lxxxxv.-an Aa Jer in Relig" of owns emma. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the bggggggggoqgzg Treasury pay to Collins Boomer the sum of one thousand dollars in full in full. payment for the sloop and provisions captured from him, in eighteen