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884 THIRTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 35, 36, 39, 40, 41. 1861. Fabru¤,ry13, 1861. Cnr. XXXV.——An Act granting a Pension to Gregory Pau;. Be it enacted by the Senate and .%i¢se of Representatives of the United G*¢8°¤7 PQW States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte-

§'°‘{§}§°6` rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of

of $7.50a iiionthi Gregory Patti on the list of invalid pensions, at the rate of seven dollars and fifty cents per month, and pay him a pension at that rate, from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty, and continue during his natural life. Approved February 13, 1861. F°b,uu.y16’1g6;__ Cnsr. XXXVI.—An Act for the cg;`,;;:;}' of Sam! Matthew’s Church, of the Be it enacted by the Senate and [base of Representatives of the United Parish pfi¢S¥_ States of America in Congress assembled, That Charles J. White, parish g,£:‘°hM;°£°;§ priest of Saint Matthew’s Church, in the City of Washington, District of certain lotsin Columbia, be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to sell certain w¤¤hi¤S°°¤· lots of ground deeded to the priest of said parish by the late William Easby, Commissioner of Public Buildings and Grounds, and known in the plat of said Washington city as lots numbered five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, and fourteen, in square numbered two hundred and thirty-six ; the proceeds of such ale to be applied to the uses and benefit of the said parish. Approved, February 16, 1861. pebmatylggggp Cnr. XXXIX. —An Act for the Relief of Jbhn Peebles. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United J i25I? lg? Paid States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- S§w?c8S°°M°°,,3.E ury be, and he hereby is, directed, out of any money in the treasury not veyor. otherwise appropriated, to pay to John Peebles the sum of twenty-tive dollars, in full For his services as surveyor, performed under the direction of John Cuthbert, timber agent for the southern district of Alabama. Approved, February 18, 1861. February18, 1861. CHAP. XL. —- An Acljbr the Reliyqf Towpgsend Harris or his Heirs or legal Repnuen- ‘*"‘_""" tat: es. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 810,000 to be States of America in Congress assembled, That there be allowed to Towni1i£‘;fr;;`*;;",:?:Q_;lp_ send Harris, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, ,,8,,,,,,,;;,,,,, for for his services and expenses in negotiating a treaty of commerce between negotiating tre¤— the kingdom of Siam and the United States, the sum of ten thousand dol- °Y '"th S'""' lars ; the said sum to be paid to the said Townsend Harris, or to any attorney of said Harris under any power of attorney executed by him, whether before or after the passage of this act, or to the heirs or legal representatives of the said Harris. Approved, February 18, 1861. p-cbmm.y18’1g6]__ Cxnr. XLI.— An Act for the Relief ty William Cowing. · Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United W$E6m¤¤g::§d States of America in Obngress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasfor umm u g ury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to William Ccwing one hundred clerk. and twenty-six dollars, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full for additional allowance as clerk, under the provisions of the second section of the “Act making appropriations for the civil and