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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. Il. OHS. 156-159. 1894. 99] of Venezuela the decoration of the "Bnsto del Libertador" in acknowl- t.M¤¥ ¤¤¤¤1>t ejl·><>¤r:i edgment of the care andattention shown to the wounded officers and wf$'.ZZ[QQiQ¥)'°°` °°° men of both political parties in the vicinity of La Guayra, Venezuela, during the revolution of eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Approved, July 23, 1894. V _ CHAP. 15’I.—An Act Authorizing Commander C. H. Davis, United States Navy, July 2::, 1804. to accept a decoration £rom the King of Spain. ———·——·—·· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Commander C. H. Davi , YC. H. Davis. U. S. of the United States Navy, be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept MQ}' ,,,,8,,, d,,,,,,,, the decoration of “Comandador de numero de la Real Orden de Isa- ¤<>¤·*¥·¤¤S1·¤*¤· bel la Catolica" conferred upon him by the King of Spain in recognition of his services while detailed to attend the Infanta of Spain during her visit to this country. Approved, July 23, 1894. _ ` CHAP. 158.-—An Act For the benefit of sundry persons residing in the vicinity of July 23, my Jeferson Barracks, Missouri. —————~—— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States hereby ·{;’,g}Of,’· @$-,6 . release whatever title they may have in that part of the United States to Cmnt me um survey thirty-one hundred and nineteen lying and being within the ‘{ff°§';;{Q&dB“§$§g:, boundary lines described in the deed of the town of Carondelet to the repfesenmuves. United States, dated October twentyfifth, eighteen hundred and fifty- four, and now claimed as a portion of J efferson Barracks military reservation, situated in the county of Saint Louis and State of Missouri, unto the legal representatives and assigns of John B. Martigny, to whom said survey was confirmed by Act of Congress approved July Vo1.5.p.126. fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six. · Sec. 2. That the United States hereby release whatever title they gilyjlmg-¤¤¤g=, may have in so much of the land covered by the patent issued by the to EQ..?,.,,. {Q3 J,,,; United States to Willialn H. Jansen November iirst,‘eig,1.teen hundred ·{;’,§`°*:e*]gaw{’§{)'j:*;, and nfty-six, under pre-emption certificate numbered twentyseven rspissmszlvss. g thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, as lies within the boundary lines described in the deed of the town of Carondelet to the United States, dated October twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and now claimed as a portion of said J eiferson Barracks military res— grvation, unto the legal representatives and assigns of said William H. anseu. . Sec. 3. That this Act shall not affect or impair the title which any ,,Q;·};{,‘Q{Q,j*** S*•'·°° person other than the United States may have acquired in any of the ` ands described herein, adverse to the title of either the aforesaid John B. Martigny or Willialn H. Jansen, or of those claiming .under either cf them. Approved, July 23, 1894. CHAP. 159.-—,An Act Granting a pension to Earnest C. Emerson. July 23. 18% . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives af the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the §:;Qf_j,ff’·E‘“°"°"· Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Earnest C. Emerson, dependent and imbecile child of Orrin M. Emerson, late a private in Company H, First Rhode Island Cavalry, subject to the limitations and provisions of the Act of *7***- ”»P-*8* June twentyseventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, at the rate of ten dollars per month, payable to his legally constituted guardian. Approved, July 23, 1894. " ‘