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THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. GH. 266, 272, 27 5. 1854. 827 Cmp. CCLXVI.-·An Actjor tiwftefryf of George M. Bentley, of the Smit ey Aug. 5,1ss4, fl Wha. —·--..1 · 1855 ch. 91. Be it enacted by the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United l 1 States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the George M. Interior be, and he is authorized and directed to place the name of B<>¤¤¤y, '¤¤ tw George M. Bentley, of the State of Indiana, upon the list of invalid pen- §l§’,$°;°;]¥°u§°$;‘g sioners of the United States, at the rate of eight dollars per month, from ger month, from the first day of January, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and ,.',t”· r 18*% *"'·‘” to continue during his natural life. ’ °‘ Armzovmn, August 5, 1854. Crmr. CCLXXII.—An Act granting the Right of Way to the Ztbzrysville and Benicia Aug. 5, 1854. Railroad Company through cmd over the grounds of the Uizited States at Benicia, in -——————-—— UalMn·m'a. Be it enacted dy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 1;,,],, of v_.,,,, States of America in Congress assembled, That the right of way, sixty-six graded at Bcxiifeet in width, shall be and is hereby granted to the Marysville and Benicia Railroad Company for the road of said company through and over the R, R,` ` grounds of the United States at and near Benicia, in Solano County, and State of California: Provided, That the route of said railroad across said Proviso. grounds be approved by the Secretary of lVar before the same is entered upon for the purpose of constructing said railroad: Andp¢·0videdji¢11her, That the same be granted without detriment to the public interest in the opinion of the Secretary of War. Approved, August 5, 1854. CHAP. CCLXXV. ·— An ActOfJr the Relief of the Inhabitants of Township Lbrfyfve, Aug- 5, 1864- Range ne, in Warren County, Missouri. ·""""'_"-’ Whereas the concession of six hundred arpens of land by C. D. Delas- Preamble. sus, the lieutenant-governor of Upper Louisiana., to Andrew Kinaird, and which concession was coniirmed by the act of Congress of July fourtli, 183*% °h· 861- eighteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled "An act confirming claims to land in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes," was located prior to the surveys of the public lands in Missouri; and whereas, upon the survey of said lands on c-half of section sixteen, of township forty-five, of range one west, in Warren county, Missouri, was covered by the concession to said Kinaird: Therefore- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the board of directors Other lands of common schools in and for said township bc, and they are hereby, {gqgL3*=Og0}jjg°‘l authorized to select and have set apart, for the use of schools in said half of Section township, one-half of a section of any of the public lands in the land dis- 16- trict within which said county is situated, in lieu of the half of said seetion sixteen, which is covered by the concession to said Kinaird; and when the said board of directors shall make the selection of said l1alf-section, the [y] shall notify the register of the land-oiliee in said district of the land so selected, and the same shall be reserved from sale and set apart for the use of schools in said township z Provided, That said selee- $¤·cviso·l t di tion and notification be made within twelve months after the passage of hgJl';“b;%j,<fd° · this act, and provided said selection shall be according to the legal sub- and used. divisions of the public lands, and in quantities not less than eighty acres. Sec. 2. And be it jim!/ter enacted, That, when the half section of land shall have been so as aforesaid selected and reported to the register aforesaid, the same shall vest in the State of Missouri, subj act to the same disposition and uses, and shall be held subject to the same conditions and terms in all respects whatsoever, asby the sixth section of the act of Congress of March sixth, eighteen hundred twenty, entitled "An act to 1820, eh. 22.