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 880 THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 17, 18, 19. 1861. fifty-two dollars and seventeen cents, which amount, when paid, shall be in fhll of their claim against the government. o And of Baker Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Interior md v°“ Phd be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed in like manner to pay to Baker and Von Phul, their survivor q1- assignee, the sum of one hundred and sixty-one dollars and twenty cents, in full of their account- against the government for tiimitnre for said court-room, and all other claims. APPROVED, January 23, 1861. January 23, 1861. Can. XVII. - An Act frr the Reliefxfthe Ulnildrm of the late Captain E. A. Capnm. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Children of E- States of America in Oongruxs assembled, That the proper accounting oHi-
 * ‘“;)“P'°“ °°0f cer of the Treasury Department be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to

nispensicn. the children of the late Captain E. A. Caprou, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three hundred dollars, the same being arrears due on a pension granted August twentieth, eighteen hundred and forty-seven. APPROVED, January 28, 1861. January 26, 1861. Cnr. XVIII. -A» Act granting a Pmsam to Eliza Reeve;. Be it enacted by the Senate and lkuse af Representatives of the United P<=¤¤i°¤ *0 EW States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Qxfmwg rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Eliza Reeves on the invalid pension rolls of the United States, at the rate of nine dollars per month, to commence on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty, and to continue during her widowhood. Approved, January 26, 1861. January 26, 1861. CHAP. XIX. —An Act to aut/zoriee the Institution of a Stat against the United States to ‘—·—·‘·"· test the T tile io Lots Numbers Fwe and Su: m the Hosputal Square m San Francesco. __ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United b“§:** tm? amt Stazes of America in Congress assembled, That J. G. Ames, S. W. Hollame I?:md°§mm day, and James Blair, and their heirs, assigns, and legal representatives to test the title of be, and they are hereby, authorized to institute a suit against the United §;;“;£B11°é;J;'r€ States, in the circuit court of the United States for the State of California, San Fmicisco. i for the purpose of recovering from the United States, two lots of ground, numbers five and six, in the square in the city of San Francisco on which a hospital has been erected by the United States; which lots are claimed to have been acquired by the said Ames, Holladay, and Blair, by deeds executed in their favor by the sheriff of the county of San Francisco on the twenty-third day of October, eighteen hundred and fifty-one. The HOW wd b¤ said suit to be commenced by citation served on the district attorney of °°m°§€;1;° gum the United States for the northern district of California: Provided, That m 1mve_a11 legal the United States shall have the right in any suit so brought to defend on any ega or equita e roun. District mor- Sec. 2. And be it furthir enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said 23h ;°m‘}°f°“d district attorney, under the direction and advice of the Attorney General of the United States, to defend any suit brought under the authority of the first section of this act, and to take all necessary measures at law or I in equity for the protection and defence of the title to said lots. m??!? £1==¤'*Y Sec. 3. Amt be it further enacted, That either party may appeal or Y PWprosecute a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the United States from any Enal decision rendered by said circuit court in any suit instituted as aforesaid.
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