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TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. GH.29,30,31,32. 1841. 823 under the laws of nations, or under the constitution and laws of the United States, or treaties applicable to said grants, under and by virtue of the Spanish grants hereby confirmed. Approved, March 3, 1841. "‘_— Snrurz II. CHAP. XXIX.·-· An Act for the relief of Joseph Bogy. March 3, 1841. Be it enacted, dw., That Joseph Bogy, to whom was confirmed a concession of three hundred and twenty arpens of land in Arkansas, by Amhomcd ,,0 mistake for eight hundred arpens, be, and he is hereby, empowered to locate a tract locate four hundred and eighty arpens of land on any land subject to °f l°“d· sale at private entry, in the state of Arkansas. Approved, March 3, 1841. --—— Sruursll. CHAP. XXX. -·-—An dot to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to refund the March 3, 1841. dutzes collected on the French shin Alexandre. ······—;·· Be it enacted, E8-c., That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to refund, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise Certain duties appropriated, such amount of duty as may have been collected at the W be ¤¤f¤¤d¢d· port of Newport, upon the French ship Alexandre, and her cargo, brought into the United States by mutineers. The vessel being bound, at the time the mutiny occurred, to the port ·of Bordeaux, in France, and no part of the cargo having been consumed in the United States. AP1’ROVED, March 3, 1841. ""‘"‘ S·nru:r¤‘II. CHAP. XXXl.——·An Act reqyeoting the heirs of afghess Dundas. March 3, 1841. Be it enacted, <§·c., That from and after the passing of this act, whatever interest in law or equity the United States may have to the houses, Interest of the and lot on which said houses stand, being on the north side of King S· m °§{l*’” street, between 'Pitt and Royal streets, in the town of Alexandria, ia the isxigxgxdpgjs District of Columbia, with all the back buildings and warehouses, to released. HoofI"s alley, and in and to the mesne profits arising from the same, shall be, and the same is hereby, released to Nancy M. Keene, Sophia Peyton, Eliza Dundas, John Dundas, Thomas Dundas, Williarxi H. Dundas, and Henry T. Dundas, claiming to be the lawful heirs of Agness Dundas,deceased, late of the District of Columbia. Approved, March 3, 1841. """‘ Snrura II. CHAP. XXXII. - An .0ct to incorporate the Washington City Benevolent Society. March 3, 1841. Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That from and after the passage of this act, all ` those persons who are, or shall hereafter become, members of " the Incorporation. Washington City Benevolent Society," of the city of Washington, District of Columbia, be, and they are hereby, made a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of " the Washington City Benevolent Society," and shall so continue until the third day of March, one thou- T€,m0f;m,0,._ sand eight hundred and sixty, and by that name shall have perpetual poration. succession, and by that name may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in courts of record and in any other place whatsoever; and by that name may The usual make, have, and use, a common seal, and the same may break, alter, flgglst &¢· ¤l`¤ and renew at pleasure; and shall have power to ordain, establish, and ;;°aK,;gfp°m°· put in execution such by-laws, ordinances, and regulations, as shall seem necessary and convenient for the government of said corporation, not being contrary to the laws and Constitution of the United States; and generally to do and execute all acts necessary or proper 'for the objects of said corporation, subject to the limitations and provisions of this act.