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THIRTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 84, 36, 38. 1860. 839 suit shall be instituted by the claimants within two years from the passage $*1* *0 l}¤_ of this act, and that an appeal may be taken, either by the claimants or m'§m’mm the United States, to the Supreme Court of the United States within one Either party Zzrzstilénl the date of the rendition of the decree of the district court g’:g’t:glg°3l0;°m Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in the case of a final decision IY d•?°*¤i°¤ °f under this act against the validity of the said claim, or in case of the fail- E,";: ure of claimants to prosecute it within the period specined, the said claim shall be held forever barred, both in law and equity; but in the case of a. final decree in favor of the validity of the grant, it shall not be construed If in favor to affect or in any way impair any adverse sales, claims, or other rights *h°"°°£ which have been recognized by the United States within the limits of the said claim, or which, under any law of the United States may have heretofore been brought to the notice of the land commissioners or of the land officers in Michigan, or any of the land granted to the State of Michigan, or occupied by it, for the Sault Ste. Marie canal, its tow-path and appurtenances, but for the area of any such adverse claims the legal representatives of the said De Bonne and Repentigny shall receive from the Commissioner of the General Land-Oilioe warrants authorizing them or their assigns to enter any other lands belonging to the United States, and subject to entry at private sale at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, which warrants shall be for sections or legal subdivisions of sections, at the option of the parties entitled to receive them. Approved, April 19, 1860. Can. XXXVI.—An Act for the Relief of Stewart Mc Gowan. M¤·y 3, 1860· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pm p' S"' States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of S P¢¤§°§I*»<a Stewart McGowan on the roll of invalid pensioners, and cause him to be mE°:Q·“$,0: °" paid the sum of twenty dollars per month, to commence from and after month, fromJan. the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, and L 1859- t0 continue during his natural life. Armzovnn, May 3, 1860. CHAP. XXXVIII.-An Act for the Relig/` of Mrs. Arme M. Smith, Widow of the lale May 7, 1860. Brevet Major- General Persyer FC Smith, Mrs. Harriet Macomb, Widow];/' Major- ;*‘_"‘_ General Alexander Macomb, and Mrs. Arabella Rcily, Wcdow ofBrevet .Ma_;or-General Bennet Reily. Be it enacted Q1] the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongres: assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be directed to place the name of Mrs. Anne M. Smith, widow of the Pe¤s§nt§M;s; late Brevet Major-General Persifor F. Smith, on the pension roll, at the $**;*0 a' mgglh, rate of fifty dollars per mouth, from the seventeenth day of May, eighteen from May 17, hundred and fifty-eight, for and during her natural life. And that tlxe 1868, YM N0- Secretary of the Interior be directed to place the name of Mrs. Harriet Pensiontohirs. B. Macomb, widow of Major-General Alexander Macomb, deceased, late g;;”g°;nIg·t£I§”' commanding general of the army, upon the roll of pensioners, and pay Arabella Rgily of her a pension at the rate of fifty dollars per month from the date of the $50 Spclfgrosu the approval of this act. And also that the Secretary of the Interior beldn- gig; OE. this 8% rected to place the name of Mrs. Arabella Reily, widow of Brevet Major- Geneml Bennet Reily, deceased, late of the army, upon the roll of pensioners, and pay her a pension at the rate of fifty dollars per month from the date of the approval of this act. APPROVED, May 7, 1860.