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 FIFTY-NINTH couenmss. sm. 11. cm. 2s44»294v. 1907. 2823 of Florida, known and described on the plat of said city of Pensacola as lots one and two, between the squares and the lot on the east side of the square of Ferdinand the Seventh, known as the Catholic Church lot, IS hereby relinquished and released to the Right Reverend Edwin P. Allen, Catholic bishop of the diocese of Mobile, Alabama, trustee for the Catholic congregation of Pensacola, Florida, and his successors. Approved, March 4, 1907, 11 a. m. , CHAP. 2945.-An Act To authorize W. D. Clay and others to select lands in lieu of M¤¤=¤ 4. 1907- Iands purchased by the father of said parties from the United States Government and __i¥‘R‘ 22182*] lost by said heirs. [pm·,,w,;;0_%6g_] Be it emteted try the Senate and House of Resentattves 0 the United J’“'“°“ W- my-. States of America in Congress a0sembted{(‘Th(i£rWilliam D.`Clay, James lidingtsiiiiidgadigdg W. Clay, and Maggie Click, heirs of James W. Cla, deceased, be, °““‘y ’"°“°°°‘ and they are hereby, authorized to select in lieu of lands heretofore erroneously patented by the Government to their father, James W. Clay, and lost by said heirs, any other eighty acres of nonmineral, unappropriated surveyed public lands in the State of Alabama sub`ect to homestead entry: Preceded, That before making such selection they {,’g’J§•:,m dw, shall deliverto the Secretary of the Interiora duly executed and recorded ` quit claim deed to the United States, conveying only such right and title as the said James W. Clay, deceased, acquired to the east half of the northwest quarter of section sixteen, township six south, range three east, in Alabama, by virtue of a patent issued to him for the said lands on the second day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and surrendering such patent to the Secretary of the Interior 1f in their possession, or tiling with him an affidavit that they are unable tonprocure said patent, if such is the case, and shall file an abstract and a davit show-. ing that they, or James W. Clay, the patentee, have never conveyed to _ _ _ anyone the title derived from said patent: Prmxidedfurther, That the T"" “““‘*· right of selection of lieu lands provided for above shall be exercised within five years from the approval of this Act. Approved, March 4, 1907, 11 a. m. CHAP. 2946.-An Act For the relief of Charles W. Spalding. ¤lnE§·!i__:_;51*5\07. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R¥W&967?tdt2•U€8 of the United {rm·»a—, >u>.z¤m».; States of 1~lnm·fwt in (lmgrexs assembled, That Charles W. Spalding ch,,,;,.,, w_ SNL shall hereafter- he held and considered to have been honorably dis- "Q,*gm_mb,ed,soh¤mc charged from the military service of the United States on the twenty— gmmm. fifth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixt}y—four, as first ·lI€l1t€DllIlt PWM of Company C, Twentieth Illinois Volunteer nfantry: Pmvzded, That X., ,,,jm_ no pay, bounty, or other emoluments shall become due or payable by virtue of the passage of this Act. Approved, March 4, 1907, 11 a. m. CHAP. 2947.——.\n Act Granting an increase of pension to Rosanna A. May. BIa[r§l§5lé8190T. Be it enacted by the Senate and [base of ltepresentatives of the United mime, ::0. am] 7 States of America in Cbngrews assembled, That the Secretary of the Hman L my Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pmltm lummd, nsion roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension llzews, the name of Rosanna A. May, widow of John T. Mav, late of Companv A, Second Battalion District of Columbia Volunteer lnfantry, and yiher a pension at the rate of sixteen dollars per month in lieu of th); she is now receiving. Approved, March 4, 1907, 11 a. m.