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 679 FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS; [Sess. II. Rss. 138, 139, 140. 1870. Ju! 15, 1870., t olulion ar the Seulemento the Accounts o Charles C'. U ham, late —’+—-——- *N° ml "°‘” ’*’ .142,mm mmf,,,, dm. ’ " Be it resolved by the Senate and .Hbuse of Representatives of the United chA°f°¤g*°l?f States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the h,“;';,°b°‘mE” Navy may be authorized and glircctcd to cause the accounts of Charles juated. C. Upham,1atc paymaster in the navy, dccoascd, to be settled and adjugid upon ju? sindgqxigolélc principles. 1>R0vm>, u y,. Jul 15 1870· o. 139. Join: Resolution or heRdie o 6'hie E inem G eSewell¢md William ...3;.;. [N 1 f 3 Sm£{fmJ;W;¤; my Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Ggzwiggéu States of America in Congress assembkd, That the service of George and yifmhm H Sowell and William H. Shock, as chief engineers of the United States Shock as ghicf navy, shall be considered as having commenced at the same date as that
 * €‘“°*lQ’;:’;::f’ of Samuel Archbold, with whom they were examined as first assistant

nidzym u com. engineers,-and passed for promotion to the grade of chief engineer. ragncinz w1¤¤¤. Ammovmn, July 15, 1870. [N0. X40.] Joint Resolution directin the Commissioner of the General Land Office to issue a Patent to Stephen Marston, of éargfbrd, State of Connecticut, conveying to the said Mmmm the Lands described in said Resoluziem. Preamble. Wusuxces the said Stephen Marston is in possession of the followingdescribed lands, to wit: A certain piece or parcel of land in fractional section five, in township thirteen north, of range five east, in Bay county, State of Michigan, being part of the middle ground in Saginaw river, in the said State of Michigan, described as follows, to wit : Commoncing at a point where the north line of said section five intersects the east bank of said middle ground, said point being located forty-one chains and fourteen links cast of pho northwest corner of section five; running thence west on the township line seven chains and fifty-seven links; thence south four degrees and fifty minutes cast (true meridian), eighteen chains and tlronty-nixés éknksg thericcm cast, parallel with gba 'township line, seven c aius an y-seven in s, to the river ban ; thence nox·t.her1 alon the meonderiogs of said river to the place of beginning. Also, ainortioi of sectaon thmy-two, in towuooio fourteen north, of range five east, lying zmmedmtcly north of end adjoxning the abovcdcscribcd land, described as follows : Commoncing at the point where the south line of said section thirty-two intersects the cast bank of said middle ground, said point being located forty-one chains and fourteen links east of the southwest corner of said section thirty-two; running thence west on the township line seven chains and fifty-seven links; thence north two degrees and fifty- uino minutes west (tnzuc meridian), three chains and iitly-three links; thence oust, parallel with township line, seven chains and Hfay-seven? links, to the rnvor bank; thence soqtl{cr1y wuh the meandering of sand rxvcr to the place of bcgmnmg, coutmmng m the two parcels of land above dcscribed sixteen and fifty—0¤o hundredths acres, be the same more or less, and has improved said lands by erecting, or causing to be erected, thereou a saw·mill and other buildings of great value, namely, of tho value .0f twenty;h0um:d d0IIus find whereas said lands are in the Saginaw river, in t c said tate 0 ichi an and known as middle round · and whereas said Marston and his grintors owned the land oného sho;·c or bank of sajd river opposite the said above-described lands, and supposing and believing that he was the legal owner of said lands, he proceeded to imuke, or cause to be made, the said improvements on said lands: Thereom! Be {J resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That: the commissioner of the