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 838 THIRTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Suas. I. Ch. 32, 33, 34. 1860., , ,...dim: C'. Bowman, Widowa Francis. April 19,  CHAP   An   States A.Tmy. f L Be it enacted Z4; the Senate and House of Representatives ry the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte· Pension to An- rior is hereby authorized and directed to place the name of Mrs. Angelina C. Edina G- B°”· Bowman, widow of the late Captain Francis L. Bowman of the ninth reg.
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is, 1869, during the rate of thirty dollars per month, from the thirteenth day of January, l‘*`°· eighteen hundred and fifty-niue, to continue for life. Approved, April 19, 1860. Apr;] 19, 1g5g_ Cunt. XXXIII.—An Act jbr the 13eji%`c%`lg1]eaHsirs and legal Representatives of [of] ii- IIT. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative: of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim of Mark Elisha Claim of Mark for four hundred arpents, entered under number three hundred and sixty- m?? t° land i¤ Eve, (register’s number, one hundred and twenty-six) in the seventh class mm`::" °°°` of the report dated December thirty, eighteen hundred and fifteen, of the register and receiver at Opelousas, Louisiana, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed, the said claim not being yet surveyed, but reported as embracing parts of lots numbers three and four, and south half of sections twenty- one and twenty-eight, lot number six of section twenty-seven, and lot number one of section twenty-nine in township two north, of range four east, southwestern land district of Louisiana ; and it shall be the duty of the surveyor-general of Louisiana, to survey said claim, and represent proviso, the same on the otheial plats: Provided, That this act shall only be considered as a relinquishment on the part of the United States and not to interfere with any adverse valid rights to the same land. Approved, April 19, 1860. _AP\‘il 19, 1860- Cxgr. XX)$lV.—·.d'n gc! agtheizing tn}: Gztuurtsmwvéawudzhmc the Claim of the legal 6 CSBDTG 10680 fc ICU? 8 0 1I6G 0 l l at ge Szult Steglarie, in the Stage of Micéigan. e ur Repmhgny to Baum Land Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mailed States of America in O'on_qress.aa.sembled, That the legal representatives The legal rep- of the Sieur de Bonne and of the Chevalier de Repentigny be, and they §:<;r;_*¤$;*¤g0<£`nB are hereby, authorized to present their petition to the United States disandthe Chevalier trict court for the district of Michigan, setting forth the nature of their de Renentigny claim to certain land at the Sault Ste. Marie, in the State of Michigan, mm3: “ under an alleged grant, in seventeen hundred and fifty, from the governor ,,,,,;,,;,,1,,,,,;;,, and lieutenant-general and from the intendant-general of New France, mclxsnn th? new Canada, with evidence in support of their claim, stating the names, Em: 8,;,; ° as near as may be, of all persons claiming adversely, and praying that the validity of the title may be inquired into and decided under the laws of nations, the laws, usages, and customs of the country from which the same was derived, and the treaties and laws of the United States; and the said court is hereby authorized to examine the same, and, in adjudicating the question of the validity of the title as against the United States, to be governed by the laws of nations and of the country from which the title was derived, and also by the principles, so far as they are applicable, which t13·4,1;·h· 1;:- are recognized in the act of Congress approved the twenty-sixth May, P' ‘ eighteen hundred and twenty-four, " enabling the claimants to lands within the limits of the State of Missouri and Territory of Arkansas to Dmmemcr- institute proceedings to try the validity of the same;" and the district U. s, United States m all thlllgg, as required and directed by the aforesaid act of twenty-sixth May, eighteen hundred and twenty-four: Provided, That
 * tLf:s;ls°*`$,d 3;: attcrney is hereby directed to proceed, in defence of the interests of the