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464 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 105, 106, 107. 1856. cer, and A. Hebert, who were clerks in the United States commissary department, for services rendered by them as auotioucers in the sales of certain damaged and surplus subsistence stores at Brazos Island, Texas, and at Monterey, Mexico, in the years eighteen hundred and forty-seven and eighteen hundred and forty-eight. Armovmo, August; 16, 1856. Aug- 16, 1856- CHAP. CV.—A1A Actfrr the Re/ie;/`o/` Betsey Whipple. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hozesc of Representatives of the United Betsey Whip- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the g:.°tg’cbig£’;fd Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Betsey Whipmu,,; gy; or ple, widow of Stephen Whipple, late a pensioner of the United States, year, from gqnc upon the ro]1 of pensioners, and pay to her annually, during h€1‘ widow- $g’d;?€gX?£r'"g hood, the sum of ninety-six dollars, to commence on the twenty-eighth day of June, eighteen hundred and fif; ·three. A1>1»~1z0v1a.x>, August 16, 1856. y Aug, 16, 1556, Crue. CVI.—-An Actjw the Relief g` Levi C. Harris. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Gained Levi G.Hm·ris States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Ingf b° Pl‘\°"d °“ terior be, and he is hereby, instructed to place the name of Levi G. Har- I0 pension roll , , . . . . . . . forhfg at $96 ms, of the btate of Mnssnssippi, upon the roll of mvahd pensioners, and EF ¤¤¤¤¤¤.fr¤m pay him a pension at the rate of ninety-six dollars por annum, from the °°‘ 1’ 185* first day of December, eighteen hundred and fifiy-four, during his natural life. APPROVED, August 16, 1856. Aug. 16, 1g5g_ CHAP. CVII.—An Act for the RegZ;f;e£;zi(e Wallaw, of the Parish of Bossier, and ""';'1'° 0 UISZGIIUL Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United z £;°W %¥:· States of America in Congress assembled, That: Cezairc Wallace be, and to 1,,,,,; in the he is hereby, conirmed in his claim to the two tracts of land, each con- “Negt¤-ai fI`erri— taining six hundred and forty acres, lying in the State of Louisiana, and g‘3gmL§;""““”·· within the limits of the late “Neutral Territory," which said claims were founded on inhabitation and cultivation, and reported for confirmation by the register and receiver of the southwestern district of Louisiana, in 1828 h 30 their report, dated Noyember first, eighteen hundred and twenty-four? in Voljn vga conformity to the provisions of the act, of Congress, approved March third, mu, ch, 182, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, and the act supplementary thereto, V¤I- iv· p- 65- approved May twenty-six, eighteen hundred and twenty-four; which said claims are numbered, respectively, “thirty-four” and " fifty-six," and embraced in the " third class " of the said re ort.

 Confirmation Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, Thai) the confirmation made by

g:?:;;;;;; this act shall not be construed to extend further than to 2, relinquishment ment of mm of title on the part of the United States; and the claims hereby confirmed Location of shall be located under the direction of the register and receiver of the said claims. proper land-office, in conformity with the legal subdivisions of the public siigveys, so far as practicable, and shall include the improvements of the c imant.

 Peheuum SEO. 3. And be it further enacted, That upon the location, as h€I‘€i1’1

“*¤°· provided, such register shall forward certificates thereof to the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, who, upon the receipt thereof; shall cause patents to be issued to the said Cezaire Wallace for the lands so located: Provided, The same does not exceed the quantity hereby con- Iflocatiou in Hrmed. And if its location as herein confirmed should interfere with any