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 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Szss. II. Ch. 62, 70. 1849. 347 section of this act, under his hand and seal of officc, to be true copies of the originals, the same shall be sealed up by him and returned to the Solicitor of the Treasury, who shall file the same in his 0B50c, and cause it to be recorded in a book to be kept for that purpose. A copy of said laws, judgments, orders, decrees, journals, correspondence, or other public documents, so Bled, or of the same so recorded in said book, may be read in evidence in all courts where the title to land claimed by or under the United States may come into question, equally with the originals there-:0£ Sm. 2. And be itftrther enacted, That the Solicitor of the_ Treas- S(,;;,,;t0, cgth, ury shall cause a seal to be made and provided for his office, with such Trewuy ¢¤ device as the President of the United States shall approve, and copies :::3; T°:°”£i;°:§ of any public documents, records, books, or papers, belonging to or on tm. the files of the said officc, under the signature of the said Solicitor, or, when the office shall be vacant, under the signature of such officer as may be officiating for the time being, accompanied by an impress of the said seal, shall be competent evidence in all cases equally with the original records, documents, books, or papers. Sec. 3. And be itfurtlwr enacted, That all books, papers, docu- ESQ? th£°%$;j· ments, and records in the War, Navy, Treasury, and Post-Oi£cc N¤:;y Treasury; Departments, and the Att0rney—General’s officc, may be copied and P<>¤f·OHi¢¢» ¤{¤d certified under seal in the same manner as those in the State Depart- £;§§Q8y;E;ulbS& ment may now by law bc, and with the same force and afcct, and the cogigdiemd certisaid Attorncy·G<-zncral shall cause a sca] to be made and provided for £° ‘“ *l‘°.“?° his office, with such device as the President of the United States shall gal`? e13g;? E approvgy Attorney-Gen'1 Armovzn, February 22, 1849. t° h"° ° ’°a1` Cru?. LXII.-An aid granting jive Years’ Half Pay to certain Widows and Feb- 22»1849· Orphans of Officers, Nan-commissioned Ofcers, Musicians, and Primus, both """""`-` Regulurs uml Volunteers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions H¤W the ¤<=* of of the second section of the act entitled "An Act amending the act %gih1g§`bQm{g:§f entitled ‘An Act granting half pay to widows or orphans, where their ing theiwtgrmthusbands and fathers have died of wounds received in the military scr- ;‘i%£;l2 PEI: vice of the United States} in cases of deceased odiccrs and soldiers of &c {mm bé the militia and volunteers," approved July twenty-first, eighteen hun- ¢¤n¤*·r¤¤d- drcd an’d forty-eight, shall be so construed as to embrace all widows and orphans of officcrs, non-commissioned officers, musicians, and pri— vates, whether of the regular army or of volunteers, who have received un honorable discharge, or who remained to the datc of their death in the military service of the United States, and who have died, since their return to their usual place of residence, of wounds received, or from disease contracted while in line of duty, subject to such rules, regulations, and restrictions, as the Secretary of War, by the third section of said act, is authorized to impose. Approved, February 22, 1849. Cnr. LXX. An Act to ¤¢abl? an  Land Ojicc in the State of Feb. 26, 1849. zssmdrz. """"""‘ Bc itlenacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much Of Pvt ¤f F§Y· the public lands of the United States included in the present Fayette district, in the State of Missouri, as lies within the following bcunda- mud district.