THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Szss. 1. Ch. 110, lll. 1848. 251 numbered eleven hundred and fifteen, and any other whole square of ground of which it may become the possessor, for the sole purpose of enlarging the said burial-ground. Sec. 3. And be it jizrtber enacted, That the vestry of Washington And_may hold parish shall have power to hold and enjoy forever any land which it may Q;"?,;:; purchase or possess for the extension of the Washington parish burial· pur-anus for exground: Provided, The whole quantity shall not exceed thirty acres, '*°¤¤*°3 °f bum any thing in any former act to the contrary notwithstanding; and the grggvisc said vestry may, from time to time, sell or otherwise dispose of the said ` ground for the purposes of burial. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the government of the Gqrsrnmsnt ¤F United States shall be entitled to purchase from the said vestry, and to g°h;‘:;‘f,?f;fg;: occupy as a burial·ground, for members of Congress and such other to purchase a members of the United States government as the President shall deem P°"“°§ °; said it expedient and proper to allow, a portion of the land hereinbefore E;(;ix;,g,,,w?5 ,-0: authorized to be sold, not exceeding one fourth part thereof, and which members <>fC<>r¤- portion shall be laid out in some compact form, and at sdch place as §;;;,;"d P“bh° the Secretaries aforesaid shall select: Provided, That the ground so p,,,,,{,°_ authorized to be purchased and used by the government shall be paid for from time to time, as it is actually used, at the price demanded by the vestry, for grave-sites in other parts of the same ground: And provided, also, That this reservation of the right to purchase to the extent _ aforesaid shall not be held to subject the United States to any part of Bggfétgg B5?;:'; the expense of putting up or keeping up the enclosures of the said muyupensgyo, burying—ground, or other expense incident thereto. sncissurss, 5¤¤· Approved, July 25, 1848. Cuxr. CX. — An fict ta make Bangor a Port of Entryfor Ships or Vessels com- jujy 25, 1g4g_ mgfrom and beyond the Cape of Good Hope -—————·——— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the B¤¤s_¤r ¤wi¤=¤ United States of America in Congress assembled, That Bangor, in the f§;,°,,,°'$;f,,g§; State of Maine; shall be, and hereby is, made a port of entry for ships coming from oror vessels coming from or beyond the Cape of Good Hope. °d‘f§lC°P‘* Approved, July 25, 1848. Pe` Cnar. CX]. —— An Act to revive an Act authorizing certain Soldiers in the late July 25, 1648. War [with Great Britain] to surrender the Bounty Lands drawn by them, and to locate others in lieu thereof Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall and _Certsin soldiers may be lawful for any soldier in the late war with Great Britain, to Qgithmérgf whom bounty land has been allotted and patented in the State of Ar- ain may smeakansas, which was and is unfit for cultivation, to surrender said patent, dsthemgglungy and to receive in lieu thereof the same quantity of any of the public u,,,,,,,,, A,k,,,,,,,g land subject to private entry as he may select: Provided, That before and receive cphreceiving such new land, it shall be proved, to the satisfaction of the gejgggs “‘ ]‘°“ Commissioner of the General Land Office, that the land so allotted P,.,,,,,,, and patented to said soldier is unfit for cultivation, and that said soldier has never disposed of his interest in said land by any sale of his own, and that the same had not been taken or disposed of for his debts due to any individual, and that he shall release all his interest in the same to the United States, in such way as said Commissioner shall prescribe; and such surrender and location shall be made within five- years from _ Limitation of the passing of this act. ¤m°' Approved, July 25, 1848.
