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 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 133, 134, 135. 1857. 511 CHAP. CXXXIH.-An Act jbr the &liey`qf Captain Alexander Montgomery], an Assistant March 3, 1857. Quartermaster in the United States Army. M'"' ‘ — Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting oflicers of the treasury be and they are hereby authorized and directed in settling the accounts of Captain Alexander Montgomery, as assistant Captain NGK- quartermaster in the United States army, to allow him a credit for any lg/;°";§g$;,Qy;°° balance which may appear against him upon the books of the treasury, and credit in his aeaccruing during his service as such quartermaster, in the same manner as °°'m*S· if he presented the proper vouchers therefor: Provided, The said amount shall not exceed the sum of seven thousand dollars. Approved, March 3, 1857. CHAP. CXXXlV.—An Act for the Relig" of Martin Fenwick. March 3, 1857. Be it enacted Zn] the Senate and Phase of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Martin Fenwick be and _M¤rfi¤ Fenhe is hereby confirmed in his claim to five hundred arpens of land, Xligrtggffmeg situated on the west bank of the Mississippi River, in the State of Mis- Missouri,. souri, and described as follows, to wit : Fractional sections five and six, lying north of the private land claim surveyed to George A. Hamilton, number one thousand two hundred and forty-four, in township thirty- four: the southeast fractional quarter and the northwest fractional quarter of fractional section thirty-one, and fractional section thirty-two, in township thirty-tive, all of range fourteen east, of the lands subject to sale at Jackson, Missouri, and containing in the aggregate four hundred and twenty-five acres and forty-six hundredths of an acre. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said Martin Fenwick shall A _ have the exclusive right, within one year from the passage of this act, to enteigzzigiidmgg cuter at the minimum price of public lands, subject to private sale, the in Missouri. southwest quarter, and the fractional northeast quarter of fractional section thirty-one, township thirty-five north, of range fourteen east, of the lands subject to sale at Jackson, Missouri. Sec. 3. And be it farther enacted, That the lands hereby confirmed, Saidlandsw together with the lands authorized to be entered, are intended to embrace embrace said the claims of Martin Fenwick, as reserved on the plats of the land-office F€¤Wi°k’S <>l¤i¤¤· at Jackson, Missouri, on the twenty-seventh day of January, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, deducting therefrom any part thereof that may have been sold by the United States prior to the passage of this act. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall cause a patent to be issued to the said Martin Patc¤tt<>issue· Fenwick for the lands hereby confirmed: Provided, That such patent To operate shall only operate as a relinquishment of title on the part of the United °f1l;’h;fm‘;·t 'jl‘“‘ States, and shall not affect the rights of any third person. gas Approved, March 3, 1857. CHAP. CXXXV.—An Act for the Belief of Joseph Graham. March 3, 1857. 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 out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Joseph Graham, consul of the United States at Buenos Ayres, the sum of four thousand four hundred $4,479450 to bg and seventy-nine dollars and sixty cents, for his services as acting charge iéakl *0 Joseph d’affaires at Buenos Ayres, from the third day of August to the eleventh mmm` day of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-two; from the twenty-fifth day of November, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, to the twenty-sixth day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-three; and from the thirty-first day