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 862 THIRTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. On. 153, 154, 155, 156, 159. 1860. Paymentto ury be, and he is hereby directed to pay out of any money in the treasury $“f;’“ L- C- not otherwise appropriaited, to Anton  C. Portman, late clerk to Com- D(i{,,;il,°£,€§,s,,,,,,. modore M. C. Perry, while in command of the East India squadron, the sv- sam of three thousand dollars, tbr his services as Dutch interpreter during the negotiation of the treaty between the United States and the empire of Japan, from the preliminary preparations to the dual completion of said nevotiations. lixrrnovmn, June 16, 1860. —l¤¤¤ 16- 1860- crm. cmv.-At. Aa for at new of Jon M. smta. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembkd, That the proper accounting oiii- P¤g¤¤¤l¤_¤> cer of the treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Joel M. Smith `hclSmith' a sum equal to two per centum on all moneys disbursed by him as agent for paying pensions prior to February fifteen, eighteen hundred and forty- seven, and for which he may not have received compensation. Approved, June 16, 1860. June 16, 1860. CHAP. CLV.—An Act for the Relief of Benjamin Sayre. 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- Payment to ury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Benjamin Sayre, of Wabash B°'V"m'“ S*Y"°· county, Indiana, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two thousand and forty-three dollars, in full of his claim for work and labor, under his contract with the United States, bearing date December eight, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, in section sixty- seven of the Cumberland road in Indiana, in the division east of Indiana P" olis. Approved, June 16, 1860. June 18, 1860. Cnnr. CLVI.—-An Act jbr the Relief of Thomas R. Livingston. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster-General _nl’¤y¤¤!£¤. ¤i_ be, and he is hereby, authorized to receive and consider such testimony inggggj in &°fv` as may be produced by Thomas R. Livingston;. and if he is satisfied from such testimon that said Livin ston did not intend to bid for the mail ser- Y 8 vice he is now performing on mail route number ten thousand five hundred aud twenty-seven, in the State of Missouri, and that the person who prepared said bid inserted Maysville by mistake, instead of Stewartsville, then the Postmaster-General is authorized and required to pay said Livingston, in addition to his present pay, a. fair price for transporting the mails from Stewartsville to Maysville, from the commencement of said service. Approved, June 18, 1860. June 19, 1860; Crux-. CLIX.———An Act granting an Invalid Pension to Ezekiel Jones. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hume of Representatives of the United _  of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Fzgiegixgs rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of ‘Ezekiel dones on the invalid pension roll of the United States, at the rptihof sizteen dollars per month, commencing from and after the passage 0 is ac Approved, June 19, 1860. Jam 19, mo. Crm-. GLX.-An Act fw me Relief of Josiah Atkins, of Ohio. Be it  by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ameru:a in Oonyress assembled That the Secretary of the Inte-