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 524 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 188, 189. 1857. to and vest in them all right, title, and interest to and in said real estate which may have vested in the United States, one third of said right, title, and interest to be held and enjoyed by the wife for life, and the other two thirds, with the reversion of" the wite’s third, by the sons absolutely: Therefore,-- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in (7'cngress assembled, That so soon as the said Bw-l ($8*6 of Christian King, and the said Bayliss King and Thomas King, the gggélllnlgiggwii-°; wife and sons of the said Elijah King, shall have been emaneipated and ehi1dren_ and set free by their owners, respectively, all right, and title, and ,‘;l3°” °m““°'P"·‘ interest to and in the real estate of which the said Elijah King shall have ` died seized, possessed or entitled, which by default of his having left heirs capable of inheriting from him, shall have vested in the United States, shall be and the same is hereby vested in the wife and sons, to be held, owned, and enjoyed by them, one third by the said wife for life, and the other two thirds, with the reversion of the wife’s third, to the sons absolutely, with full power to sue for, and recover such right, title, and interest, as is hereby vested or intended to be vested in said wife and sons. Sec. 2. Andbe it further enacted, That in the event either or any two It- an ,,;,,,1;,,,,, of said slaves shall be emancipated, and set free in contemplation of the be emaucipnted, provisions of this act, and the owner or owners shall decline to set free all Egg];;;  of them, the provisions of this act shall inure to such as shall be emancibe. pated and set free. If the wife alone be emanoipated and set free, then the said right, title, and interest shall vest in her absolutely; if the two sons be emancipated, and the wife be not, then said right, title, and interest shall vest absolutely in said sons, or in one of them, if but one be emancipated; and if the wife and one son be emancipated, then the wife shall hold and enjoy one half of the said real estate for life, and the son shall take and hold the other half, and the reversion of the wife's half, ab- Olhm rights solute1y: Provided, nevertheless, That this act shall not be construed to n°H'°b° °Hc°t°d° afect or impair in any manner, or to any extent, the legal or equitable rights, titles or interests of other persons, if any such there be, to or in such real estate. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the passage thereo£ Approved, March 3, 1857. M¤l'°h 8·1857· CHAP. CLXXXVIIl.—-·An Act fir Upendlitjlnigf of John B. Rose, of Wabash County, Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Uonyress assembled, That the Secretary of the Bounty md Interior be and he is hereby directed to cause to be issued to John wm-mu; to igsug B. Bose, of Wabash county Indiana, a warrant for one hundred and sixty ¤>·7°h¤ B- RM- acres of land, in consideration of his services as lieutenant of the iifreenth regiment of United States infantry during the last war with Great Britain. Approved, March 8, 1857. u¤'°l* 8i 1857- CHAP. CLXXXIX.——An Act granting a Pension to Franklin W Armstrong, of Hardin U; County, Kentucky. 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 place the name of AF¤;¤l<"¤ :V·b Franklin W. Armstrong, of Hardin county, Kentucky, upon the invalid plzigdmgg €h,,° pension roll, at sixteen dollars per month, beginning on the first day of pension roll at January, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and to continue during the exis- ,,1; ljjfh {“‘{Qgg• tence of his present disability. du;-mg dmltmtyf Approved, March 3, 1857.