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THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 245, 246, 247. 1854. 575 CHA?. C CXLV. —— An Act declaring the Southern Boundary of New Mexico. Aug. 4, 1854. Be it enacted by the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, until otherwise pro· The terntor vided by law, the territory acquired under the late treaty with Mexico, l¤*°lY ’*°<1P*°*lr commonly known as the Gadsden treaty, be, and the same is hereby in- gg? ,¥;,§f,(}°N;(;, corporated with the territory of “New Mexico," subject to all the laws Mexicoof said last named territory. Approved, August 4, 1854. CHAP. CCXLVI.-—An Act or the Relic o Thomas Bronau h, and ort . “4ct to aid the Zbrritory hy Minnesotd the constructioryo/` a R/dilrolzgliigretiilnjllldlldb proved the twenty-ninth June, etghtecn hundred and fijty;fmr. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the pension of Interior is hereby directed to increase the pension of Thomas Bronaugh, Th¤S·_Br¤¤=¤¤sh who is now on the rolls at four dollars, to the rate of eight dollars per Eg gzlngfxggih month, to commence January first, eighteen hundred and fifty-four. from yan. 1, 7 Sno, 2. And be it farther enacted, That the bill entitled "An act to *83;*} {1854 aid the Territory of Minnesota in the construction of a railroad therein," ,,h_ ·?z,° rmtigg which passed the House of Representatives on the twentieth day of June, 1=w<i¤¤l§li¤¤<·>¤<>- eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and which was approved by the President fg g’;,;$‘h°“d" of the United States on the twenty-ninth day of June, eighteen hundred P ` and Efty-four, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Approved, August 4, 1854. Cnnr. CCXLVII. - An Act to increase the Pay_ of the Rank and Nic of [the] Army, Aug_ 4, IgM_ and to encourage Enlzstments. .__..._. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the pay of the non—c0m- Poy_ or nonmissioned officers, musicians, and privates of the army of the United °&"““”*°“;§ States, shall be increased at the rate of four dollars per month, and to giuggjéinndzyacontinue for the term of three years from and after the first day of Jann- votes incre¤Sedary next, and until otherwise fixed by law. Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted, That every soldier, who, having Bounty for rebeen honorably discharged from the service of the United States, shall, °¤US**“°””· within one month thereafter, re-enlist, shall be entitled to two dollars per month, in addition to the ordinary pay of his grade, for the first period of Eve years after the expiration of his previous enlistment, and a further sum of one dollar per month for each successive period of five years, so long as he shall remain continuously in the army; and that soldiers now in the army, who have served one or more enlistments, and been honorably discharged, shall be entitled to the benchts herein provided for a second enlistment. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That soldiers who served in the war Bounty for with Mexico, and received a certificate of merit for distinguished ser- g!°*i*Q*‘i°¤£ 50* vices, as well those now in the army as those that may hereafter enlist, Wg., shall receive the two dollars per month to which that certificate would who re-enlist. have entitled them had they remained continuously in the service. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That non-commissioned officers, who, N0,,_,,0mm,s_ under the authority of the seventeenth section of the act approved March sioned einem rethird, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, were recommended for promo- ;Q(‘QQ;‘fj;;‘;1°$1;‘g;r tion by brevet to the lowest grade of commissioned officer, but did not re- actof 1847, ch. ceive the benefit of that provision, shall be entitled, under the condition 6li3S¢¢·t17£ recited in the foregoing section, to the additional pay authorized to be mm Y °’ given to such privates as received certificates of merit. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United