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 564 THIRTY—FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 54, 55, 56, 57. 1859. Feb. 23, 1859. Ciur. LIV.-—·An Act to authorize the Claimants in Right J Jo/zn Huertas to enter `"""";_ certain Lands in Florida. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claimants in right of Claimauts un- John Huertas to a tract of six thousand acres in Florida, confirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States at the January term in eighteen lands in Florida. hundred and thirty-four, be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter, at any land-oliice in the State of Florida, the quantity of three thousand three hundred and thirty-two acres and thirty-hundredths of an acre of any of the public lands in that State subject to private entry, the same being in addition to the area of two thousand six hundred and sixty-seven acres and seventy·hundredths of an acre surveyed for said claim, and designated as section forty-eight, in township nine south, of range twenty- seven east, in the St. Augustine land district, Florida, and being the difference between the quantity embraced by said survey and the six thousand acres confirmed for said claim as aforesaid; and the register and receiver of any of the aforesaid land-otiices shall receive the proper applications and proofs, and shall issue the necessary certificate; upon the return of which to the General Land-Office, with satisfactory proof of the Proviso. rights of the claimants, a patent shall issue for the lands so located: Provided, said land shall not be located upon any land within six miles of any railroad. ` Approved, February 23, 1859. Feb- 23, 1859· CHAP. LV.-—-An Actjbr l/ae Reliqf of Robinson Gammon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqoresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Rcbinson Gem- rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to place the name of QQ  P°“‘ Robinson Gammon, of Roxbury, in the county of Oxford, and State of month from Dee. Maine, upon the roll of invalid pensions, at the rate of eight dollars per 3. 1856- month, from the third day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-six, during his life. Approved, February 23, 1859. Feb. 23, 1859. Cunt-. LVI.——An Act for the Bene/it of the Captors 3/" the British Brig Caledonia, """"_"` in the lVar of eighteen hundred an twelve. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- 825,000 to be ury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty-tive thousand dolbdg C,,p.,d0,,,,,_ lars to the captors of the British brig Caledonia, on the eighth of October, eighteen hundred and twelve, on the Niagara River, near Fort Erie, [or to] the widows of the captors if any, and if none, then to their children or grandchildren, but not to collateral heirs. The said payment to be made to the widow of the late Captain Jesse D. Elliott, to the child of the late General Nathan Towson, then a captain of artillery, and to the officers and men engaged in the capture aforesaid, [or to their] widows if any, and if none, then to their children or grandchildren, but not to collateral heirs, in such proportions as each may be found to be entitled to, according to the usages of the naval service. Approved, February 23, 1859. Feb. 23, 1859. CHAP. LVII.-An Act jbr the Reliefqf.L>hn F. Clumon. Jehu F- Cup- Be it enacted by the Senate and [Fuse of Representatives of the United Q;?mt°fOl;° egg}; States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster—General service, Src., in be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay to John F. Cannon, ‘£:;¥’“S the at the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum, for and during