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24 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 54. 1856. district allowed persons so having purchased the same, or their assignees, in case the W ¤¤*M‘ tm same shall have been sold and conveyed, shall be permitted to enter me S°m°‘ same at the proper land-office of the United. States, at: the price of one Whm amy dollar and twenty-five cents per acre : .li’rovwkd, That m all eases where has been already entries of such lands have been permitted to be made at the proper m“d°v “‘ is "° b° United States 1and·office, at one dollar and twenty-Eve cents per acre, by °°°5rm°d' persons who had purchased the same from the State of Missouri, or their assignees, such entries or sales shall be, and the same are hereby, con- Pxoviso. iirmed: Provided, further, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed so as to interfere with the rights of third parties. Arpxovmn, July 3, 1856. my 8- Cm ’·“’··~*· s;;:::";;; ;z¢¢sa.€$""· W Bc it mewted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appropriation States of America in Congress assembled, That: for the opening and keep- "° '°P‘°“? °;" ing open ship channels of sufficient capacity to accommodate the wants of igggggngimaz ° commerce through the Southwest Pass and Pass a l’Outre, leading from the S- V5<>¤1=P¤s¤ the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico, the sum of three hundred

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be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwxse appropriated, and to be expended under the superintendence of the Secretary of War. Gonmwtm be Sec. 2. And be it_further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Sec- ¥¤¤d°· retary of War to apply said moneys to the opening and keeping open of the aforesaid ship channel by contract, and at an early day in the next 3,,,,,,,,, mrc0n_ session of Congress to report the progress of the work, the amount necessary to complete it, and an estimate of the annual cost of keeping said channels open; and any contract made shall be limited to the amount hereby appropriated. In the Senate of the United States, July 7th, 1856. Asswtorsm. The President of the United States having returned to the Senate, in M"- which it originated, the bill entitled "An act to remove obstructions to mxvigation in the mouth of the Mississippi River, at the Southwest Pass and the Pass a l’Out.re," with his objections thereto, the Senate proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the same; and Resolved, That the said bill do pass, two thirds of the Senate agreeing to pass the same. Attest: ASBURY DICKIN S. Secretary of the Senate. In the Home of Representatives of the United States, July 805, 1856. Assent of House, The House of Representatives having been notified by the Senate that the bill entitled "An act to remove obstructions to navigation in the mouth of the Mississippi River, at the Southwest Pass and the Pass a l’Outre,” had been returned by the President with his objections to the Senate, in which it originated, and that the Senate having proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the same, had “Resolved, that the said bill do pass, two thirds of the Senate agreeing to pass the same," the House of Representatives proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the said bill; and Resolved, That the said bill do pass, two thirds of the House of Repre— sentatives agreeing to pass the same. Aman: WM. GULLOM, Chr]: L%usc of Rqzs.