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'l`HIR'l`Y-SIGCOND CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 65, 67. 1853. 753 John A. Lynch, for his services as a clerk in that department, from the tenth day of August to the seventh day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-six, at the ra.te of three dollars per day. Approved, February 11, 1853. .11*. LXV.—-An Act Authorz`zz`n the Sccretan 0 t] r ui- CH the British bark Huggy, under theduzge q“;`I(;d;13:dyLd`ir£2.c a Regmer zo Bc it enacted oy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Tlmt the Secretary of the Register to Treasury be and he hereby is, authorized to issue to William White, of ;§*“° $° uf Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, a register for the British built q::,n:,lg,§,1:2;·cl1,° bark "F:mny," under the name of “Golden Mirror," the said bark G<>ld¤¤ M?¤*>¤'- having entered Boston in zi damaged condition; and was purchased by the said XVilliam `Wliito, and by him rebuilt or repaired and changed to n ship: Provided, Tlmt it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the proviso_ Secretary of the Treasury that the repairs upon said bark shall constitute three fourths of the value of the same when so repaired. APPROVED, February 11, 1853. CHAP. LXVH.—A1z Act jbr the Relief of the Town of Belleview, and the Cities of Feb. 14, 1853. Burlington and Dubuque, in the Siau of lowa. ———————-—— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be and hereby Gum to gc]- is grunted to the town of Belleview, in Iowa, the land bordering on the 1<¤vi<¤~v, I<>w¤, of Mississippi River, in front of said town, reserved by the act of second #;'éd°}°j2Q’€dgff July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, for a public highway, and for other 202. i public uses : together with the accretions which may have formed thereto, or in front thereof'; to be disposed of in such manner as the corporate authorities of said town may direct. The grant mode by this act shall operate as a. relinquishment only of the right of the United States in and to said premises, and shall in no manner a.il`ect the rights of third persons therein, or to the use thereof, but shall be subject to the same; and on application by El duly authorized agent of the corporate authorities of said town to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, s. patent of relin- pmnth, mu, quishment, in accordance with the provisions of this act, shall be issued zmdits etlbct. therefor, as in other cases. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be and hereby is _ Grant to Burgranted to the cities of Burlington and Dubuque, in Iowu, the land %LP;f8“l;;“*}0wn bordering on the Mississippi River, in front of said cities, reserved by 0,- 1,,,,% ,;,0,,.03 the act of second July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, for :1 public by net of 1836, highway, and for other public uses, together with the accretions which ch' 262* may have Formed thereto or in front thereof; to be disposed of in such manner as the corporate authorities of said cities may direct. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the grant mode by this not G,,mmw“,m shall. operate as :1. relinquishment only of the right of the United States operate. in and to said premises, and shall in no manner a.H'cct the rights of third persons therein, or to the use thereof, but shall be subject to the same; and on application by at duly authorized agent of the corporate authorities of' said cities to the Commissioner of the General Land Oince, u. patent Pntenttoissue. of relinquishment, in accordance with the provisions of this act, shall be issued therefor, as in other cases. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the lot or parcel of land in {,,,,,45,, publ,. the city of Dubuque heretofore set apart and used by the authorities of <1¤¢3e{1<>*g¤» Y¤;°f said city as st cemetery or burying ground, under the act of Congress of xg}, ch_y2:;_ the second July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled “An act for ¤md1827,ch.a6, the laying oil` the towns of Fort Madison and Burlington, in the county §{x‘“’d“° u‘° of Des Moines, and the towns of Belleview, Dubuque, and Peru, in the " county of Dubuque, Territory of Wisconsin, and for other purposes," v0L. X. Pmv. —— 95