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THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 210, 212, 218, 214. 1860. 871 Cnar. CCX.—An Act fn- the ReliefqfEli W. Gojl Jmou 1860_ Be it enacted lm the Senate and fbuse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Eli W. God, late in- Pa eutto Spector of customs for the district of Vermont, the sum of thirty-tive hun- Eli dred dollars, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, it being for expenses actually incurred by him in his efforts faithfully to execute the revenue laws of the United States. Approved, June 24, 1860. Cnar. CCXlI.—An Act for the Relief of lsaac S. Smith, of Syracuse, Mw York. Jim, 35, 1350, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rmesmtatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropri- Payment to ated, the sum of seventeen thousand seven hundred and forty-three dol- Bw 8- Smithlars and seventy-seven cents, to be paid to Isaac S. Smith, of Syracuse, in the State of New York, for his work and labor bestowed, for materials furnished, and for expenses incurred, in attempting to build for the United States a light-house on the Horse Shoe reef, in the Niagara River, near Fort Eric, in the province of Canada. Ar1>n0vm>, June 25, 1860. Cnar. CCXIII.—-An Act far the Reliefq"Elizabetl¢ Smith, ry"Cof¤e Grunty, Tennessee. June 25, 1354;, & it enacted by the Senate and fkuse of Representatives of the Matted States of America in Congress assembled, That, the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to cause to be issued to Elizabeth hand warrant Smith, the wife of Joseph B. Smith, of Coffee county, Tennessee, a war- £°8t‘;“'é‘;’uE°tbEh"‘ rant for one hundred and sixty acres of land, for services rendered in the ` army of the United States, during the war with Mexico, by her father, Colonel Archibald Yell, of Arkansas. Approved, June 25, 1860. . .-A Aa to nt to the Parish e Pain: , certain June 26, 18¤0· CHAP CCXIV n Tug: q/'Land in uid igwrish. Mm l _"'_‘_’ B it enacted by the Senate and Hzme of Representatives of the United States ¢y" America in Congress assembled, That the tracts of land in the Land tobcd Parish of Point Coupee, Louisiana, which have been in ancient occu- pancy as the site of a church and court house, and which are designated ‘ on the plats of the public surveys as sections twenty-three and twenty- four, in township four, south, of range ten, east, in the southeastern district, Louisiana, be, and the same are hereby, granted to the said Parish of _ _ Point Coupes, on the condition that the aforesaid section twenty-four, or c¤¤d¤¤°¤· the church site, shall be held by said parish for the use of the Catholic congregation now occupying it for public worship and as a buryingground; but not to the prejudice of a valid adverse right, if such exist. Approved, June 25, 1860.