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THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 110, 111, 112, 113. 1858. 543 Robert W. Cushman, acting purser of the “Germantown," the flag ship °°i"° dm’°“°°, of the African squadron, the difference of pay between that of a purser gggwggg Slgsiggs aud a captains clerk for such time as he so acted as purser. captains clerk Approved, June 5, 1858. f€:;d‘f°“”·‘“ P"' Cnar. CX.—An Act for the Relief of the Hein of William Turvin, deceased. June 7, 1858. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the heirs of William _V}'iUi=—tm Tm'- Turvin, deceased, be, and they are hereby, authorized to locate, free of Iggaisgagsgffy cost, nine hundred and sixty arpents of land, or as near thereto as the pents of land. same can be done not exceeding that quantity, according to the legal subdivisions, on any of the public lands of the United States subject to entry at private sale at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre; which lands, when so located, shall be in full for the claim of their said father, William Turvin, to a tract of land lying on the east side of the Mobile River and west of the Bayou Pascual, under a grant from the Spanish government, and which was recommended for connrmation on the report of the register and receiver of the land-office for the district of St. Stephens. Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted, That the Commissioner of the Gen- When patentis eral Land-Office, upon the receipt of the certificate of entry from the '°° iSS“°· proper land-office, be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue a patent for the land so located. Approved, June 7, 1858. Cntr. CXI.—-An Act for the Relief of PWlZiam Heine, Artist in the Japan Expedition. JHHG 7, 1858- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to William Heine, artist William Heine of the late Japan expedition under Commodore Perry, compensation at ;gt;’°0}’$? §*;0*h" the rate of eighteen hundred dollars per annum during the time he was 1,,,. ,_m,,m1,_ actually employed in such service: Provided, The amount already paid Pr<>vis<>· him as master’s mate on said expedition be deducted therefrom. Approved, June 7, 1858. Cnr. CXH.-An Act for the Relief of Alonzo and Elbridge G. Colby. J¤¤<·> 7, 1858- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of twenty-tive $2,502.11 to be hundred and two dollars and eleven cents be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury of the United States not by,bs§,gb;.1,,m,, otherwise appropriated, to and for Alonzo Colby and Elbridge G. Colby, of due tht5m 0¤ the town of Buck[s]port, in the State of Maine, the sum being the balance °°m°°t' due them on their contract with the United States, dated July twenty- four, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, for constructing a breakwater at Ow1’s Head harbor, Penobscot River, Maine. Approved, June 7, 1858. Cm?. CXl1I.—An Act fw the Relief<y" Shave Uhm, of New York. J¤¤6 7, 1858- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of t 8h0W Chet? Shore Chase, of New York, upon the invalid pension list, at the rate of ,2 é2‘v;:,g;I£j°" eight dollars per month, commencing on the first day of January, eighteen from Jan. 1, 1856, hundred and fifty-six, to continue during his natural life. f°"1‘f°‘ Approved, June 7, 1858.