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the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of the navy pensions, which will become due on the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, and on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four.

To pay the invalids now on the rolls, (and those who may be added during the first half year of one thousand eight hundred and forty-three,) on the said first day of July, twenty thousand dollars; and on the [said] first day of January, twenty thousand dollars.

To pay widows’ pensions under the act of June thirty, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, (including not only those who are now on the rolls, but those who may be added for the first half year of one thousand eight hundred and forty-three,) on the said first day of July, three thousand dollars; and on the said first day of January, three thousand dollars.

To pay the claims of widows and orphans, under the, on the said first day of July, eight thousand dollars; and on the first day of January, eight thousand dollars.

, March 3, 1843.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the reservations made by the United States in eighteen hundred and thirty-two, of lands situate in township thirteen, range twelve east; township fourteen, ranges twelve and thirteen east; township fifteen, range thirteen east; township sixteen, range sixteen east; and township seventeen, range sixteen east, in the southeastern district of Louisiana, on account of the live oak supposed to grow thereon, be set aside and annulled; and that any persons entitled to pre-emption under the existing laws, within the limits of the said townships, be admitted to make their proofs and complete their titles, in the same manner as if the reservations for live oak had not been made.

, March 3, 1843.

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 to cause to be sold all such dwelling-houses, churches, school-houses, workshops, and other buildings belonging to the United States, as have been, or hereafter shall be, erected for the use of their agents, teachers, farmers, mechanics, and other persons employed amongst the Indians, when the lands on which the same are erected shall have become the property of the United States, and are no longer necessary for the purposes aforesaid.

. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be sold, at his discretion, with each of such buildings mentioned in the preceding section of this act, a quantity of land not exceeding one section; and on the payment of the consideration agreed for, into the treasury of the United States by the purchaser, the said Secretary shall make, execute, and deliver, to the said purchaser, a title in fee simple for such lands and tenements.

, March 3, 1843.