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And also, another railroad authorized by acts of the legislature of the state of Georgia, and the territory of Florida, from the Saint John’s river in East Florida, to the Suwanee river in said territory, or to Vacasom bay, at the mouth of said river.

And all the rights, privileges and authority conferred in the first and second sections of this act shall extend to the said companies mentioned in this section; and subject to the proviso of the third section, as to the time within which the railroads shall be commenced and completed.

, March 3, 1835.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the office of commissioner of pensions shall be, and the same is hereby, continued for the term of two years, from and after the fourth day of March next, and no longer.

. And be it further enacted, That a commissioner of pensions shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and that he shall execute, under the direction of the Secretary of War, such duties in relation to the various pension laws, as may be prescribed by the President.

. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioner shall receive an annual salary of twenty-five hundred dollars, and he shall also have the privilege of franking.

. And be it further enacted, That the duties heretofore required of, and performed by the Secretary of the Treasury, under the provisions of the, granting allowances to the officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army, and in relation to Virginia claims for revolutionary services and deficiency of commutation, be and the same are hereby transferred to, and made the duties of the Secretary of War, from and after the first day of June next.

, March 3, 1835.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy, under the direction of the President of the United States, be, and he is hereby, authorized to purchase a site, should it be deemed most advisable, and to cause a dry-dock for the naval service to be constructed, upon the most approved plan, in the harbour of New York, or its adjacent waters; and that toward defraying the expense thereof, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

, March 3, 1835.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claims for lands within the south-eastern district of the state of Louisiana, described by the