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THIRTY—S1X.TH CONGRESS. Ssss. I. Ch. 139, 140, 141, 142. 1860. 43 CHAP. CX`IX.—rin let to relinquish the Title of the United States to certain Lands June 16, 1860. occupied the Ol!] of Baton Rouge, in Louisiana. """'i_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the right, title, interest Tm, ,.,1;,,. or claim of the United States in and to the land occupied by the city of quished zocor- `Baton Rouge, in the State of Louisiana, lying between Florida Street on ggowétzg the north and the South Boulevard on the south, as shown by an original Mmmm. map of said city, on iile in the office of the clerk of the sixth judicial district court of Louisiana, at East Baton Rouge, on the fourteenth of March, eighteen hundred and sixty, be, and the same is hereby, relinquished to the mayor and council of the city of Baton Rouge, in trust for the several use and benefit of the owners of lots therein, according to their respective interests: Provided, This act shall only be construed as quit claim on the part of the United States, and shall not affect the interests of third parties, nor preclude a judicial investigation in relation to the title to all or any portion of the lands hereby relinquished. Approved, June 16, 1860. Cusr. CXL.—An Act to change the Name of the S/tip “Rockall ” to “Massad·uedte." June 16, 1860. Be it enacted {qq the Senate and House of Representedives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the name of the American built ship “R0ckall" of Boston, purchased by the Suite of Massachusetts 5h;P¤g°,,k,iy• for service as a. school ship be, and the same is hereby, changed to “Mas- E0}? <=¤·“:d sachusetts,” and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and m,5Y°'° u` directed to issue the necessary papers in accordance with this act. Approved, June 16, 1860. Cun. CXLI.-An Act ruognizing the Survey ry" the Grand Clumiene Island, State of June 16, 1860. Louisiana, as approved by the Sarveyor~General, audfur other Purposes. "_'“_" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the anomalous survey of S¤rv¤c{of_ the Grand Cheniere Island, in the southwestern district of Louisiana, as gpproved by R. W. Boyd, surveyor-general, on the twenty-eighth day of ebruary, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, be, and the same is hereby confirmed, and persons residing thereon at the date of this act. who, ac- _ _ cor-ding to the preemption laws now in force, would be entitled to a pre- ri £‘;°mP*:;g emption, shall be allowed such right on the lands referred to in this bill; g Fm ° but such preference right shall be confined to the single subdivision of land upon which the party may reside, and shall exceed, in no case, one hundred and sixty acres. Approved, June 16, 1860. Curr. CXLII.——An Act to amend an Act approved the third Da of March, one dm;. June 16, 1860. srmd ehylzt hundred and’forly-sev<·n, entitled, "An Act to estabhk}? a Port ofEntry at 1847 6h_ H_* Saluria, an the Stale of 1`emas, and for other Purposes." VOL p_ m2_ Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States tf America in Congress assembled, That the surveyor of customs sm,ymh;p of the port of Corpus Christi, in the district of Saluria, in the Stare of M 09n>¤¤ Christi Texas, be, and the same is hereby, discontinued, and a deputy collector Q:;$?,f°E:gm, shall be appointed, according to law, for the said port of Corpus Christi, ship established. with the same powers ns the deputy collectors at Aransas and Sabine, , within said State, as provided in sections third and fourth of the act of which this is the amendment. The compensation of the deputy collector p,y°g,;q,uty at Corpus Christi shall be at the rate of five hundred dollars per annum, and the fees prescribed by law not to exceed, in the aggregate, in any one year, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars. Approved, June 16, 1860.