844 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 45, 46, 47. 1854. Rock Island, in the Mississippi River and State of Illinois, necessary to secure to him the full and complete use of the water-power as now improved and used by him on the north side of said island; they being the east half of the southwest fractional quarter of fractional section twenty-nine, containing twenty-eight acres and ten hundredths, the southeast fractional quarter of the same fractional section, containing four acres and nine hundredths, and the northeast fractional quarter of fractional section thirty-two, containing three acres and twenty-six hundredths, all of which are situated in township eighteen north of the base line, range one west of the fourth principal meridian, upon his paying to the receiver of public moneys at Dixon, the minimum price of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre for the same, upon which a final certificate and patent shall issue as in other cases. Approved, January 24, 1855. Jan. 25, 1855. CHAD. XLV. — An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issuealtegister to the ————-——-—— Barque Martha. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be issued, under the Register to is- direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, a register for the barque $5,* $$2: ‘lQg°' “Martha," of Charleston, in the State of South Carolina, formerly a Britname of the ish vessel, called the "Aquatic,” but now owned by John WV. Caldwell, a Mmm- citizen of the State of South Carolina, the said vessel having been brought into the port of Charleston in a disabled condition, and condemned as unseaworthy and sold, and which he caused to be repaired and refittcd Proviso. for sea: Provided, It shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that the cost of the repairs made in the United States, after the purchase of the said vessel by the present owner, exceeds three fourths of the original cost of building a vessel of the same tonnage in the United States. Approved, January 25, 1855. Jan. 25, 1855. CHAP. XLVI. ——An Act to authorize the Issue of a Register to " the Barque F oundling, ··—-—-———- of Boston! Be it enacted by the Senate and Abuse of Representatives of the United _ _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Tream5€°SE§{,g°m:;· sury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to admit to register " the 1;,,5 barque Foundling, of ZBoston," she having been picked up at sea with no one on board and brought into the port of Boston, libelled and sold at auction by the United States marshal, and purchased by Williaxn C. Fay, of Boston, her present owner, and put in perfect repair by him. APPROVED, January 25, 1855. Jn_ 25, 1855. Cxnr. XLVII.-—-An Act for the Reliqzy the Children and Heirs of Major- General ________ Baron DeKalb. Be it enacted by the Senate and Iknse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in consideration of the claims, services, and sacrifices of the late Major-General Baron DeKalb, in the war of the Revolution, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is b°$°Q»°°°·7" . *0 hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the children and heirs of Baron paid to child- . . . . . . m, md h,,;,, of DeKalb, named in the petition, the sum of sixty-six thousand and ninety- Geu. DeKalb. nine dollars and seventy-six cents, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, January 25, 1855.
