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580 THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 38, 42, 43. 1866. April 10, 1866. CHAP. XXXVHI. —-An Aetjbr the Reliqfqf Emma J Hall. Bc il enacted by the Senate and H0z¢se of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Pension to rior be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to place the game of Emg:§‘{’”* J°°° ma Jane Hall, widow of Perry Hall, deceased, late a chaplain in the " seventy-ninth regiment, Indiana volunteers, upon the pension rolls, at the rate now prescribed by law for officers of his rank, and to be continued during her widowhood. Apruovmv, April 10, 1866. - HA . LI .—-An Act o can rm unto An zstfn Amiot his Z al Assf and re-

 C sengtig, alcertain Lot J` Grofnd in the Oitgiqf Saint Llauis, iiagthe Suiilewqflllkgozid.

Preamble. WIKEREAS, under the act of Congress approved June twenty-second, ¥;°*x‘ii‘·I;_8§5 eighteen hundred and sixty, entitled "An Act for the final adjustment of '° private land claims in the States of Florida, Loubiana, and Missouri, and for other purposes," the recorder of land titles for the city of Saint Louis, for the State of Missouri, has reported to the Commissioner of the General Land Office that there ought to be confirmed to Augustin Amiot, or to his legal representatives, under class one, under the third section of the act afbresaid, the lot of ground in the town of Saint Louis, Missouri, described as follows: commencing at the northwest corner of the lot in block number forty-six, being the northwest corner of the block at the intersection of Sycamore and Second streets; thence south fifty-eight degrees forty-one minutes east, along the south edge of Sycamore street to the northern boundary of the lot one hundred and sixty feet five inches, the northeast corner of the lot at the south edge of Sycamore street; thence south thirty degrees thirty minutes west, along the eastern boundary of the lot, one hundred and twenty-eight feet four inches, the southeast corner of the lot; thence north fifty-eight degrees forty-one minutes west, along the southern boundary of the lot, one hundred and sixty feet five inches, the southwest corner of the lot at the east edge of Second street; thence north thirty degrees thirty minutes east, along the east edge of Second street to the western boundary of the lot, one hundred and twenty- eight feet four inches, the beginning northwest corner of the lot, the said lot of ground being one hundred and twenty by one hundred and fifty French feet; and whereas the Commissioner of the General Land Ofliee has approved the report of the said recorder of land titles, and has re ported the same to Congress for its action; Therefore- Be it enacted by the Senate and [Luxe of Representatives of the United States of America in Uovzgress assembled, That the said lot of ground in Latin St. the city of Saint Louis, Missouri, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed {$0%; °°;?:m°d unto the said Augustin Amiot, his legal assigns and representatives, and Amimgu that all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the same be, and the same is hereby, granted and confirmed unto the said Augustin Amiot, his legal assigns and representatives. A1>1>1:0v1·:1>, April 12, 1866. Agri] 12, 1866. CHAP. XLIII. - An Actjbr che Rdiqwywhe Emu 4yE. W. Eddy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to Estate of E. allow to tbe estate of E. W. Eddy, late paymuster in the U. S. army, a géd§ggYw*§s° credit of two hundred thousand dollars, the amount of public funds in his

2o0,000_ hands as paymaster on board the steamer “Brother Jonathan," lost by the

wreck of said steamer, on the thirtieth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, off the coast of California: Provided, That. the final order for the allowance of the said credit shall not be made until the whole subject