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FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 269, 270, 271. 1880. 591 ,2 .—Au act to reinstate R. W. arkl . -s ‘ ‘ ‘ 6 CHAP 69 Sum Nam Amgemy gy 2s,;»;d)<;ti¤:1d lupman m the United Jun 16, 1880. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House oj Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy R. W. Barkley. be, and he is hereby, authorized to reinstate as cadet-midshipman in the R<>i¤¤t¤·*Q1¤¤pi United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, R. W. Barkley, ,’f,m°“‘]°*`”"‘1"1"P' of Chillicothe, county of Livingston and State of Missouri, if in his judg- ` ment such reinstatement is proper to till the vacancy now existing in said institution from the tenth Congressional district of the said State efMis ouri: And provided, That said Barkley is designated and appointed Proviw. for such purpose by the Representative in Congress from said district. Approved, June 16, 1880. CHAP. 2"l0.··An act to confirm to John Hepting and others title to certain lands. Jima 16, 1880. Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representamines of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the right title claim and John Hepting. interest of the United States to certain tracts of land on the right bank L*”‘lY1l;’b°*’? QM] of the Mississippi River opposite the city of New Orleans in the parish ;,°3{El,l,’;"E,,%y°N,,,:~,, of Jefferson and now the site of the village of Mechanicham and do- er New orleans. scribed as a tract of land fronting sixteen arpents on the river by forty _0<>rwi u 1MM1- arpents in depth between parallel lines and further described in the ““°“ °°““""‘°d· oincial maps of the General Land Office of the United States as sections three and five, thirty-four, thirtylive and thirty-six in township thirteen South, range twenty-four east, and sections forty, forty-one, forty-two, fifty-seven, fifty-eight and fifty-nine in township fourteen south, range twenty-four cast southeast, district of Louisana, be and the same is hereby granted and conveyed to the Lady Abbess and community of U rsnline Lady Nuns of New Orlean , Louisiana their successors transferrees vendees and assignees: Provided, That this shall have the effect Promo. only of a quitclaim of all the right title and interest of the United States therein, not to aflect any valid adverse right or title to said land nor create any liability on the part of the United States. Approved, June 16, 1880. CHAP. 2"I1.—·—An act for the reliefof the estate and sureties of John P. Hall, deceased. June 16, 1880. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting ·Y<>l¤¤ P- H¤·“» d°· officers of the Treasury are hereby directed to credit the accounts of °°‘j,“§g;_,,,,S md_ John P. Hall, deceased, late collector of internal revenue for the first ,,,,,,1, ‘ collectiondistrict in the State of Kentucky, with the sum of three thou- _1¤smte and sure- Smld Seven hundred and one dollars and ninety-Six cents, being the tm 3** Mud I" amount due the United States of America, as shown by the Treasury l°“”" ‘ statements; and the estate and sureties of said Hall, deceased, are hereby released from liability on the bonds of said Hall as such collector, and from any judgment which may have been rendered on said bonds or either of them. Approved, June 16, 1880.