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. And be it further enacted, That for such depots, watering places and work-shops as may be essential to the convenient use of the said road; there shall be also granted to the said company, such portions of the public land, as they may, under like restrictions and conditions, select, on either side of the said road: Provided, That not more than five acres, to be laid off in a square form, shall be selected for such use or purpose, at any one place; Provided, also, That not more than one such square shall be granted for every fifteen miles of the said road lying within the public lands; And provided, moreover, That such selections shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury for the time being.

. And be it further enacted, That so long as the public lands in the vicinity of the said road shall remain unsold, the said company shall have power to take therefrom, such materials of earth, stone, or wood, as may be necessary for the construction of said road, Provided, That the grants herein contained, as well of the use of the public lands, as of the materials for the construction of the said road, shall cease and determine, unless the road be begun within the period of two years from the date of this act, and completed within eight years thereafter. And provided, moreover, That if the said road shall, at any time after its completion, be discontinued or abandoned by the said company, the granted, hereby made, shall cease and determine.

, July 2, 1836.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in pursuance of the request of Morgan Neville, in his memorial presented at the present session of Congress, the director of the mint, be and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be struck, a gold medal of the intrinsic value of one hundred and fifty dollars, in honor of the battle of the Cowpens, which was fought on the seventeenth day of January, seventeen hundred and eighty-one, to replace the original medal presented by a resolution of the continental Congress, of March ninth, seventeen hundred and eighty-one, to Brigadier General Daniel Morgan; the said medal to be struck from the original die, and delivered, when executed, to the said Morgan Neville, the lineal heir of General Morgan; the expense of the same to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

, July 2, 1836.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause such repairs and improvements to be made to the United States arsenal in Charleston, South Carolina, as may be deemed necessary for the public service; and that the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for this purpose, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

, July 2, 1836.