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 THIRTY—·SIX'I`H CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 212,213, 214. 1860. 113 tract for transporting the United States mail between New York and Liverpool. Sec. 4. And be it farther enacted, That whenever any contractor in Qontractors the service of the Post-Office Department shall at any time between the €;'l}“§w*°hlf8‘;fg’ third day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, and the nrst day of 4-.-:,:: dagmt gf April eighteen hundred and sixty, have failed to perform the service P¤y¤¤¤¤*»*°l<>° agreeable to the terms of his contract, and the rules and regulations of g,°;K°d tm"` the Department, and the Postmaster-General shall be satisfied from the testimony before him that such failure was occasioned by the inability of the Department to make payment to such contractor for service performed under his contract, growing out of the defeat of the appropriation bill for the support of the Department for the past year, then the said Postmaster-General shall have power by order to relieve and absolve such contractor from all the disabilities and pecuniary responsibilities which under the existing laws and regulations would attach to such * failure. Approved, June 25, 1860. CHA!. CCXIH.—An Act to establish two Indian Agencies in Nebraska T errilaq, and 0718 JMB 25, 1860· in the Territmgy of Netv Mambo. UU" Be it enacted by the Senate and Eiuse of Representatives of the United Three addition- States of America in Congress assembled, That there be appointed by the £‘g€;d;““ dg2f_ President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of pm the Senate, three additional agents for the Indian service, at an annual Salary. salary of fifteen hundred dollars each; one for the Indians in the Terri- M;?;? f°’ N"' tory of New Mexico, one for the “Ponca " tribe, and one for the “Paw- Pongés, nees" in the Territory of Nebraska. Y¤W¤¤¢S- Approved, June 25, 1860. Cnar. CCXIV'.—An Act to grant to the Parish of Point Coupes, Louisiana, certain June 25, iseo. Tracts of Land in said Parish. """"U"` Be it enacted by the Senate and Lmuse of Representatives of the United _Land tote States of America in Congress assembled, That the tracts of land in the g;';; gggsh °f Parish of Point Coupee, Louisiana, which have been in ancient occu- pw. pancy as the site of a church and court house, and which are designated on the plats of the public surveys as sections twenty-three and twenty- four, in township four, south, of range ten, east, in the southeastern district, Louisiana, be, and the same are hereby, granted to the said Parish of Point Coupee, on the condition that the aforesaid section twenty-four, or C¤¤diti¤¤- the church site, shall be held by said parish for the use of the Catholic congregation now occupying it for public worship and as a buryingground; but not to the prejudice of a valid adverse right, if such exist. Approved, June 25, 1860. von. xm. I’uB.—15