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 796 THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. 'I. Ch. 5, 7, 8. 1850. March 29, 1850, Cnn. V. -.6n Act for the Relief of Thomas Dennis. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the A v¤¤¤i¤¤ ¤f United &ates of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and g£,2,,§§'“m§·f: hereby is, granted to Thomas Dennis, of the city of Philadelphia, in mas Dennis. the State of Pennsylvania, who, whilst engaged in the discharge of his duty as a seaman on board of the United States ship Princeton, on the fifth day of Sbptember, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, when at Gibraltar, and while m the act of firing a salute, had both his arms blown od, in lieu of any pension or allowance to which he may now be entitled b law, a pension of thirty dollars er month, to commence Y P on the first day of August, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, and to continue during his natural life, to be paid out of the navy pension fund. Arpnovnn, March 29, 1850. April 19, 1850. Cnn. VII.- An Act to grant a Register to the Barguc *' Royal Saxon." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the A ’°8l°*°' United States of America in Congress assembled That under the digranted for the · . ’ . b,,,,,,,, R,,,,,; rection of the Secretary of the Treasury a register issue for the barque S=¤;<¤¤, a British “Royal Saxon," a British built vessel, but now owned by David U. but v°”°1‘ Brown, of Baltimore, a citizen of the United States; having been by him purchased at a sale under decree of the District Court of the United States for Maryland district, and having incurred a large outlay Proviso. for repairs and reiitting in the United States: Provided, The Secretary of the Treasury shall be satisfied that said repairs and refitting will amount, or shall have amounted, to at least three fourths of the value in the United States of said vessel as so repaired and relitted. Aemtovsn, April 19, 1850. April 19, 1850. Cru?. VIII.- An Act for the Regefof the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad ————·—-————- ompany. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Tim<;d¤f_i>¤Y- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary ,T::;:us:;’$n‘:f of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to exed. tend the time of payment of duties, upon all iron rails now or hereafter gc; be imported aé the peat of Wgmington, North Carolina, by•the ilmington. and aleigh ailroad ompany for the use of said company, so that thesame shall be made by four, equal annual payments or instalments; which annual instalments and payments are first to be reserved by the Postmaster-General for the use of the treasury, out of any monies which may be due said Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad Company for mail service to be performed by them; and further, that Payment to be before the delivery of any such iron rails, the payments so deferred shall
 * ‘;.°;‘::l·pg;;’°Q,gg be secured, by the bonds of said company, with good personal security,

persona} secu. to be approved of by the United States district judge for the State of ¤*Y· North Carolina, and such authority given in writing to secure the reservation and payment by the Post-Office Department as may be satisfactory by the Secretary aforesaid. Sec. 2. And be it jnrther enacted by the authority aforesaid, That P¤>Vi¤<>· this act be in force from and after its passage : Provided, That thiilact shall onlyfextend to iron already imported, and to be imnorted wit in two years rom the passage of this act. Approved, April 19, 1850.