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 530 THIR'1`Y·FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 30, 41, 42, 47. 1858. May 5, 1858. CHAP. XXX.-—An Act for the Relief of Oextezin James Mc. M. Intosh, of the {Amd ·········—" Smeg amy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives q" the Wired States of America in Congress assembled That the Secretary of the Treasury bc, and he hereby is, directed, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to Captain James Mc. Mc Intosh, of §204·95 to b¢ the United States navy, the sum of two hundred and four dollars and mf1§:PEg‘f1‘f’“ ninety-five cents, being the difference between the sum paid to him at the treasury as commander "0n other duty," aud that which was due to him as such officer “ attached to a vessel for sea service," and being in full for his services as an officer of the West India squadron irom the fourteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, to the third day of September, eighteen hundred and thirty~eight. APPROVED, May 5, 1858. May 18, 1858. Gun. XLI.—An Act for the Belief <y" John R. Temple, of Louisiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House q" Representatives of the United BTS1E;] Q2 JJ)? States of America in Uongress assembled, That John R. Temple be, and Elzmcd tg, tract be is hereby, confirmed in his title to a. tract of land containing six hun- ¤fth¤"B¤r¤¤ do dred and seventy arpens, lying and being within what is known as the B"°'°P G"""" “Baron de Bastrop grant," on the east side of Bayou Bartholomew, and more particularly described in a plat and survey executed on the ninetcenth and twentieth days of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, by Henry Curtis, parish surveyor for the parish of Morehouse, and State of Louisiana; and being all that part of two certain tracts of land, not here— tofore confirmed to any other claimant, as follows, to wit: A tract of land sold and conveyed by the heirs of Morehouse to George Hook, by deed dated the tenth day of December, eighteen hundred and fourteen; and a certain other tract conveyed by Abraham Morehouse to Jacob Stroop, sou of George Stroop, by deed dated the tenth day of December, eighteen hundred and twelve. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the General La,nd—Oiiice, upon the receipt of a plat and survey of the land hereby Patent to issue. confirmed, executed by the proper officer, shall cause a patent to be issued Proviso. therefor to the said John [R.] Temple : Provided, however, That such patent shall only operate as 0. relinquishment of title on the part of the United States, and shall not effect the rights of any third person. Approved, May 18, 1858. May 18, 1858. Cum. XLII.—An Act to authorize the Settlement of the Accounts af Luther Jewett, late —·———‘*"‘ Colkctor of the District of Portland and ldtlmoulh, in the State of Maine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Luther Jewett States of Amer€ca in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting offi- €;’itR° ;f§S1(°°g)st cers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized and iu txunsit. directed to credit the account of Luther Jewett, late collector of the district of Portland and Falmouth, with the sum of one thousand dollars, being for that sum lost in transitu from said collector to be deposited with the assistant treasurer at Boston. Approved, May 18, 1858. May 24, 1858. Gun. XLV'1I.—An Aetjbr the rlelief¢y" Thomas Smithers. Be it enacted {gy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Th°m*’·S S¥¤mr States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
 * {§nt;,}§°QV;°E°"` Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to place the name of Thomas

month. Smithers upon the invalid pension roll of the army of the United States, and that he cause to be paid to him the sum of eight dollars per mouth,