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 438 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 18, 22, 25, 26, 27. 1869. all respects to the same intent and purpose, as if the lavrs of the United States respecting the survey, entry, and sale of the publ1c_la.nd·lmd been Proviso. fully and in every respect complied with and observed: Provzded, That this act shall not be construed to deprive any other person of any right or title to said. land acquired from the United States. Ammovnn, January 30, 1869. lab. CHAP. XXII. —An Actjbr the Relief of Commander John L. Davis. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Ggxxsggrw States q" America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting John L_ DME officer of the treasury pay to commander John L. Davis two hundred and seventy-one dollars and ninety-one cents out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Amnaovmn, February 2, 1869. __F¤b· 9,}@{_ CHAP. XXV.-—An Act for the Relief <y' John IL Osler, of Guernsey County, Ohio. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pwment to Swtcs of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid to John H. J°h“ u' Os]'"' Oslcr, late first lieutenant twenty-sixth regiment O. V. I., the pay of a first lieutenant of infantry from the thirty-first of July to the fourth 0f October, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. Approved, February 9, 1869. Feb. 9, 1869. CHAP. XXVI.—An Act lo confirm the Title to certain Land to the PuebZ0 of Santa `—""""" ""Ana, in the Territory xy' New Jllwcico. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United tn:'m$l:({si:°,f:Lw States of Amer1`ca in Congress assembled, That the lands claimed by and mxm, mmf belonging to the pueblo of Soma Ana, in the Territory of New Mexico, Hrmed to cbc lying upon the Jcmez or Sunm Ana river, and not exceeding four square lA‘£l° °f b*“““ leagues in extent, as reported by the surveyor-gcrncrul of said Territory in his report to the Secretary of the Interior, of January fifth, eightcen hundred und sixty-seven, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed, and the commissioner of the general land ofllce shall issue the nccessgwy instructions For the survey of said claim, and upon the return and filing in his olllcc of such survey and plot, said commissioner shall issue a. Proviso. patent therefor: Provided, however, Tlmt the confirmation shall only bc construed as o, relinquisllment of title on the part of the United States, and shall not uflect any udverse valid right, should any such exist. Approved, February 9, 1869. ).·&b_ m' Iggy_ CHAP. XXVII. --111: Act for the Relief qf'Jane Zlfchfurray. Ba it enacted by Jlze Senate and House of Representatives of the United l’¤r§l¢>§ *·¤ States of Amcr1'ca in Congress assembled, 'l`lmt the Secretary of the Inte- ‘l""° ° I‘“`"‘y' rior is hereby nmhorizcd and directed no allow and pay to Jane McMurray, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, widow of Ezekiel McMurray, a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, a pension at the rate of eight: dollars per month, ln lieu of the sum of four dollars per month now rcceived by her, to commence from the fourteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.` Approved, February 16, 1869.