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THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 155, 156, 157, 158. 1856. 473 Cmp. CLV.-An Aclfof the Relief of A. Cunningham, Pagmaster United States Aug. 18, 1856. rmy. Y····—·-·· Be it enacted In the Senate and Houseof Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting F, A, gun. omcers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby authorized ¤i¤sh=¤¤¤>b¤ 81- and directed, in the settlement of the accounts of F. A. Cunningham, g2g;?;',;? paymaster of the United States army, to allow him a credit in the sum of thirty-six thousand and eighty-five dollars, of which sum of public money he was robbed at Santa Fe, New Mexico, on the eighteenth of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-five. Approved, August 18, 1856. Cin?. CLVI.-—An Act for the Relief of John M. McIntosh. Aug. 18, 1856. Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the 501.,1 M_ Mc. Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to cause to be I¤¤>Sh¤>b¢ Pm paid to John M. McIntosh, the sum of one hundred and sixty-four dol- gggitsg} J1; Iars, that being the joint amount of two accounts against the government, Clutes and Jaduly certified to be correct, in favor of John Clutes and Jacob Hart, for °°b Hmeighty-two dollars each; said accounts being on duplicate certificates, the originals having been lost and considered as cancelled ; the same to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Pro- Proviso for a vided, That the said McIntosh shall file a bond, to be approved by the bimd of i¤d€m· Secretary of the Treasury, to indemnify the United States against future mW' liability for the payment of said accounts. APPROVED, August 18, 1856. Gnu. CLVII.—An Ad for the Reliq’¢y" Eliza B. McNeill. A¤S~ 18, 1856- Be it enacted by the Senate and [Ruse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the N EWRIDB- §l{°·d Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to place the name of 0,51 fhg 5;,;%; Eliza B. McNeill upon the pension list, and to allow her a pension equal roll at her husin amount to half the pay ber husband, F. B. McNeill, was entitled to as }.’0’:_“g;‘°h“lf'P"Y . . . . . . years, captain in the United States marine corps at the time of his death, for from April 25, five years, from April twenty-five, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, pay- 1856- able semi-annually. Approved, August 18, 1856. CHAP. CLVIH.-——An Ad for the of Ambrose Lan/Par, of Louisiana. Aug. 18, 1856. A Be it enacted by the Senate and Ibnse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the surveys of claim num- Surveys of ber seventy-four, known as the claim of the children of Paul Toups, and °l'**m:i¤ L°“lSiof claim number five hundred and twenty-nine, known as the claim of :{£{n,°§fv§,?,iP, Daspit St. Amand, executed by Maurice Hanké, United States deputy children and of surveyor, and approved of by William J. McCulloh, United States sur- 3:;%* £*;1E’;md veyor general for the State of Louisiana, on the fifth day of May, eighteen to Anibmc hundred and fifty-five, be, and the said surveys are hereby confirmed in I·¤¤¥`¤¤¤‘- favor of Ambrose Lanfear for the lands embraced within the said sur- . veys hereby confirmed: Provided, That such confirmation shall only be This c0,,f,,_ construed into a relinquishment of title on the part of the United States, mation to be and shall not affect the rights of any third person claiming title either °"£h;;‘:;“;f under adverse title or as preémptor: And provided further, That any Eine, person, or persons, who are now settled on the said lands, or any portion Y¤‘°'i$° that of the lands embraced in the said surveys, shall be entitled to have and Zzzmmw may maintain an action to test the validity of said surveys and the extent of the said claims of the children of Paul Toups, and of Daspit St. Amand,