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 THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 41, 42, 43, 44. 1859. 561 CHAP. XL}.--An Act for the Reliq"q/" William Yearwood, Sr. Feb. 1S, 1859. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Zbzited States of America in Congress assembled That the Secretary of the Interior issue a land warrant for one hundred and sixty acres of land to be band warrant located pursuant to the provisions of an act of Congress, approved Febru— §f;uf$§a::0;l]u' ary eleventh, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, granting bounty-land to wma-, l certain officers and soldiers in the military service of the United States, to William Yearwood, s1·., father of William Yearwood, jr., iirst lieutenant in Captain Lowry’s company, second regiment Tennessee volunteers in the Mexican war, who was wounded at the battle of Cerro Gordo, and died of his wounds on the twenty-fourth day of April, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, leaving neither wife nor child. Approved, February 18, 1859. CHAP. XLH.—An Act jbr the Reliefqf Monroe D. Downs. Feb- 18, 1859- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That Monroe D. Downs be, and D M°m`°*> he is hereby, authorized to enter at the land·office in Omaha city, in the ,232315 2,5;,.°;Q,._ Territory of Nebraska, by preemption, the east half of the southwest tain land. quarter, and the east half of the northwest quarter of section numbered thirty-six, of town fifteen north, of range twelve east, in said Territory, at the minimum price of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre: Provided, Pr<>vi¤¤· The said Downs shall, within three months after the passage of this act, ` establish his right of preemption to said lands under existing laws, in every respect, except the tiling of a declaration or notice of his preemption claim. Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted, That the superintendent of public LMI in lieu instruction of Douglas county, Nebraska Territory, is hereby authorized f;;';°,ft20';°,,l’§,fS°,; to select any unclaimed and unoccupied quarter section of land in said of schools. county in lieu of the lands mentioned in section one of this act; and it shall be his duty so to do as soon after the passage of this act as shall be practicable, and to file notice of such selection with the register of said land-office; and after such selection and notice, said lands so selected shall be reserved from sale or preemption, and shall be held for the benefit of schools, in lieu of the lands hereby authorized to be preempted by said Downs. Approved, February 18, 1859. CHAP. XL1II.—An Act for the Relief of Robert A. Davidge. Feb. 18, 1859. Be it enacted ln; 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, authorized and directed to pay to Robert A. _Robort A. Da. Davidge the sum of one hundred and eighteen dollars and ninety cents, ;§‘¥f9i,° S: gz.? out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full for pgrury clerk, his services as a temporary clerk in the office of the First Comptroller of the Treasury from March twenty-sixth to April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. Approved, February 18, 1859. CHAP. XLIV.—An Act jbr the ls}eliefof'M_yra Clark Gaines. Feb. 18, 1859. Be it enacted  Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte— GEIWSFEQ rior be directed to place the name of Myra Clark Gaines, widow of the MQ,;, ,-,,,,,3, late Major-General Edmund P. Gaines, on the pension roll, at the rate of dune 6, 1849. half the pay per month to which the said Gaines was entitled at his death,