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 800 THIRTY—-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 36, 37, 38, 41. 1850. Pmvisc. lirmed : Provided, That, before this act shall take effect, the said Joseph P. Williams shall surrender to the commissioner of the general land office Choctaw certificate number thirteen, and Cherokee preemption certificate number eighty-eight, or, in such manner as the said commissioner shall direct, secure the government against the validity of the same, and prove, also, that there are no conflicting claims to said land. Aprnovno, July 29, 1850. Aug. 10, 1850. Cuar. XXXVI. — An Act for the Relief of Benjamin P. Smith. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Pgglsizg °f United States of America in Congress assembled, That the name of ,,1 to B'? p_ Benjamin P. Smith, a drafted soldier of the New York militia, in the Smith. service of the United States, during the late war with Great Britain, be placed on the roll of invalid pensions at the rate of four dollars per month, commencing on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty, to continue durin his natural life. Aprnovnn, August 10, 1850. Aug. 10, 1850. Gun. XXXVII.—-An Act for the Relief of William Maxwell, late Marshal for -————-— the District of Georgia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the A jvwent United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmasterg?;?;,, {gbaé'; General be, and he is hereby, required to cause to be cancelled and cancelled. satislied, upon the records of the District Court of the United States for the district of of Georgia, a judgment rendered in behalf of the United States of America, against William Maxwell, late marshal for the district of Georgia, for the sum of one hundred and fifty-two dollars and fifty cents, with interest from the lirst day of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, which judgment was rendered against him in the said District Court, on the twenty-ninth day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty; and that the said William Maxwell be, and he is hereby, forever relieved and discharged from the same. Approved, August 10, 1850. Aug 10, 185,, Crnr. XXXVI1[.—An Act for the Relief of Isaac Seyrnour. "`"`WW Be it enacted by the Senate and House¢#` Representatives of the Pension or $8 United States if America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary f,’§','g“‘{;‘gcg’§:;‘f of the Interior be authorized, and is hereby required, to place the mane. name of Isaac Seymour, of the State of Mississippi, on the invalid pension roll, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the iirst day of June, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and to continue during his natural life. Armovnn, August 10, 1850{ A_ug_ 17, 3350, Gun. XLI.——An Act for the Relief of Elipluzs C'. Brown. A Pension of Be it enacted by the Senate and Houseof Representatives of the 3S Pgs ¤<>¤g1 United States of America in Congress assembled, That the name_of §,§x t° E'Eliphas C. Brown, a soldier in the service of the United States during