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734 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 158, 159, 160, 161. 1848. Aug. ll, 1848. Crur. CLVIl1.—-An Act for the Relief of Oliver C. Harris. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the L¢¢t·=r¤ g¤$¤¤¢ Hzited States if America in Congress assembled, That letters patent g”£Ilf:i,i;°,b,ll:;,{ granted to Oliver C. Harris on the fifteenth day. of March, eighteen provemeut in hundred and thirty-two, for his improvement in paint mills, or manner {’_;f;;d"l£“g;;‘,; of grinding paints, indigo, Sec., &.c., be, and the same are hereby, yea,-S, extended for the term of seven years from and after the passage of this act; and the Commissioner of Patents is hereby directed to renew and extend said patent by making certificate thereon, or upon acertified copy thereof, of such extension; and the Commissioner is hereby directed to cause the same to be entered on record in the Patent Office, and the said patent so extended shall have the same effect in law as if originally granted for twenty-one years, in the form herein provided. Approved, August 11, 1848. Aug. 11, 1848. Cru?. CLIX. —An Act for the Relief of the Red River Railroad Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the _Certm bonds United States of America in Cbngress assembled, That the Secretary §:_'§g§¥0§§‘::§;: of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to cancel the several Quay reraunes on bonds given by the Red River Railroad Company for the duties on '°ll'°‘*di'°¤*° be certain railroad bars of iron imported for the use of said company, °m°°u°d' and which bars were imported at New Orleans in the months of February and March, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven; and he is hereby judgments pb- further authorized to enter the judgments satisfied, which have been

‘“"d ”g“’“?* obtained by the United States against said company on their bonds,

em on said . . . , . {mud, to be en- upon the defendants paying the costs of said suits: Provided, That it

  • 62§g°;{S¤**=*G€d·" shall appear to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that

l°°' the said railroad bars have been, and are now, permanently laid down upon the railroad of the aforesaid company. Approved, August 11, 1848. Aug. 11, 1848. Crue. GLX. -.611. Act for the Relief of Samuel Cony. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Apension of 38 United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary gf "‘,‘;“°l‘S::;";, of War be, and he hereby is, directed to place on the pension roll the cosy. name of Samuel Cony, of Augusta, State of Maine, and to pay him a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-five, to continue during his natural life. Approved, August 11, 1848. Aug_ 3), 1343, Can. CLXI.—-An Act for the Relief of ./Ylborne Allen. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Alborne Allen United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid

‘;cl;° f‘m““t to Alborne Allen, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise

conmmforbugd. appropriated, the sum of four hundred and thirty-two dollars, for the ¤ btm *`°¤’ ¤h¤ balance due on a contract for building a boat called the Eolus, on g°v°mm°m' account of the government. Approved, August 11, 1848.