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742 THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. 1853. of the said railroad: And provided further, That if the said railroad shall not be completed- within two years, or iQ an any time after its completion, the said railroad be discontinued or abandoned, the grunt shall cease and determine. A1>rn0v1·:D, January 7, 1853. Jem. 7, 1853. CHAP. XI.—An Act jbr the Relief of Osborn Gross, of the United States Army. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That: the Secretary of the Smyamm of Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, in adjusting the ¤¤¤<>¤nf¤ of Os- accounts of Osborn Cross, a quartermaster in the United States army, b°m C'°°“‘ to give him credit for sz sum equal to the amount of the Treasury notes of the United States of which he was robbed, in New Orleans, on the night of the eighth of October, A. D. eighteen hundred and forty-two, to wit: about the sum of six thousand six hundred and three dollars and ninety-two cents, after deducting the amount recovered from the robbers, to-wit: about the sum of three thousand three hundred and thirty-eight dollars and forty-ive cents, ($3,338 3%,%.) APPROVED, January 7, 1853. JW- 7:1853- CHAP. XII.--An Act jbr the Reli9" of Alargaret L. Worth. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of lfepresentatives of the United States of America in Oovzgress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Mwgmt L- terior be directed to place the name of Margaret L. Worth, widow of the 3Qm* O? pg: late Brevet 1\Iajor—Geneml Worth, on the pension roll, at the rate of sion you ec $50 Efty dollars a month, from the seventh dey of May, eighteen hundred Eg “;°*;lg9f*";m and forty-nine, for and during her natural life. Hi-J’ or APPROVED, January 7, 1853. Jan. 13, 1853. CHAP. XHI.—An Act for the Relief Q/` John {Il Sullivan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oangress assembled, That: the Postmaster-General mm T Sum is hereby authorized and required to pay to John T. Sullivan, the sum vim to be paid of one thousand six hundred and seventy dollars, out of the funds of the $l·°7°· Post-Office Department, for folding, cutting, and quarter-binding, seventeen thousand five hundred copies of laws and instructions to postmasters, under s. contract made with him by the Postmaster-General, dated twenty-seventh of April, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine; and also for folding, stitching, and binding, other laws and regulations subsequent to said contract, und for the storage of said laws. APPROVED, January 13, 1853. Jan. 13, 1858- Cue?. XIV.-—An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Zieasuiy to issue rz new Register —·-——~——-· to the ship Prentice, and change her name to that <y"Leonie. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the gegism to 58. Treasury be, and is hereby authorized to issue a new Register to the mzwga PTS; Americambuilt ship "I’rcnticc," of Charleston, South Carolina, and to mms changed change her name to that of Leomc, said vessel having been burned and to Leonie. 1‘Bbuilt. APPROVED, January 18, 1853. Cin?. XV. — An Act for the lklief of Williarrz Speiden. Jam 1°· “58· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United wmgm, SpBi_ States of Ame·riccz in Obngress asseméleeh That the accounting oflioers of denallowanceu. the Treasury be directed to allow to William Speiclen two and n lmlf