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 TWENTY-NTNTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 138, 139,140. 1846. 667 quarter of section twenty-nine, both in township forty-seven north, and range one west, in Warren county, Missouri, be confirmed in the same, and that a patent issue to him therefor; and that he also be per- P¤¤¤¤¤·¤l¤¤¤· mitted, without paying any thing therefor, to enter with the register and receiver of the St. Louis land district forty acres on any of the unappropriated public lands now in market in said district, in full satisfaction of the remainder of aid four hundred arpens: Provided, Proviso. That said entry shall not interfere with any rights of any other persons. Approved, August 8, 1846. Gnu. CXXXVIII. —-An Act for the {Relief of John G. McCloud, of Linn County, Aug, 3, 1g4g_ awa. ..._._ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That John G. Mc- ·l°h" G- .M°‘ Cloud be, and he is hereby, permitted to enter, within one year from E,l°::w$°:ug;T£ the date of the passage of this bill, at the proper land oilrice, at the ter section of minimum price of the public lands, the north-west quarter of the 1“‘d‘ north-east quarter of section number sixteen, in township eighty-three north, of range seven west, containing forty acres. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the authority having charge _ Authority havof the said school land is hereby authorized to select, and report to ;’;§m0,°h‘;E*:, g the register and receiver of the district in which said land is situate, Rpm to msi,. other unappropriated lands of the United States subject to private mf Md ¤<=¤i*¤¥· entry in the said Territory, of a similar quantity to that which shall have been entered by said John G. McCloud, for the use of schools for the inhabitants of said township, under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That two thirds of the legal voters (including such females as may be heads of families) of said township sign a petition consenting that the said John G. McCloud may enter the before-mentioned forty-acre tract of land, and cause the same to be presented to the register of the proper district. Approved, August 8, 1846. Can. CXXXIX. — An Act for the Relief of John Carr, John Batty, and Samuel Aug. 8, 1846. Stevenson, Seamen on board the Whale Ship Margaret. ·—;—····‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary John Camyohu of the Treasury pay to John Carr, John Batty, and Samuel Stevenson, Battyand Samuel for their detention under the authority of the United States, five hun- sE;°‘l;;"0{‘§ gf dred and thirty-eight days each, at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five liar meg,-' deemcents per day, amounting to two thousand and sixteen dollars and fifty  Qryderf gif cents, to give evidence on the trial of Harper, Rodman, Latham, and   S°?`;,yg,,°;, W; Hummstor, for mutiny and setting fire to the above-named ship whilst dence, sec. on a whaling voyage in the Pacific Ocean; and that the same be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, August 8, 1846. Cain. CXL.—-An Act for the Relief of John J|Iilsted,of Escambia County, Florida. Aug. 8, 1846. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives cy" the United States ey" America in Congress assembled, That John Milsted John Milsted be authorized to surrender the evidence of title issued to him by the :’£;;;";‘:,*é’c;'g; United States for the north-east quarter of the south-east quarter of of uu, maqm.