802 THIRTY—THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 160, 161. 1854. Samuel H. dred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money H€¥€P?%%%¥>b° in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay Samuel H. Hemp- §;”l,.,_$Sgmc6gf stead, for extra services rendered by him in defending the title of the United States to certain lands situated in the State of Arkansas. Approved, July 27, 1854. July 29, 1854. CHA?. CLK.-An Act jbr the Relief of bhn S Jones and William H. Russell, sur- -————·————— viving partners of thejirm of Brown, Russell, and Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United The claims of States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War ·&SfLJ<g¤°S viifd cause to be settled and adjusted the claims for losses of oxen and wagons mi t,`,,ns;§j2,__ sustained by the above-named John S. Jones and William H. Russel], tion of military surviving partners of Brown, Russell, and Company, in ‘the transpm-ta. 2fg5°:£§‘;`Bg;‘;'g tion of military stores from Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe, subsequent ° to the arrival of the trains containing said stores at the place called San Jose or Big Canon; and also the amounts paid by, or on account of, said persons for forage for the cattle used in said transportation, and for the hire of extra men and teams for the purpose of said transportation, subsequent to the time aforesaid; and that he allow so much of the same as Proviso. may be satisfactorily proven: Provided, the whole amount allowed do not exceed thirty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars. And provided _Further pro- further, That, in making the proof of the amount paid out by them, or “*°· on their account, for forage for the cattle and for extra men and teams used in the transportation aforesaid, it shall be sufficient for the parties aforesaid to make satisfactory proof of the aggregate amount so paid and expended. And that the said Secretary be authorized to examine the claims of said persons for services rendered in said transportation, and to allow such sum, not exceeding the pay and emoluments of assistant quartermasters, for the time necessarily employed in said business, not exceeding six months ; and that the account so allowed be paid to said persons, or their legal representatives, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 29, 1854. July 29, 1854. Cun. CLXI.—An Act for the Relief of the Pine Grove Academy, in Louisiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of almerica in Congress assembled, That the president, directors, and trustees, of the Pine Grove Academy, in the Parish of Caldwell, Said arcade. Louisiana, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their title to the lot of =’g;’i;‘:l&li‘;°°*" forty acres of land 'on which said academy is situated, near Columbia, Louis;,,,,,, con. donated to them by Hyams, Chew, and McCoy, claiming under the Maison firm¤<l· Rouge Grant, in eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, as more particularly described in the act of donation; and that the said president, directors, and trustees, be also, and they are hereby, confirmed in their title to a ccrtain tract or parcel of land, situated in said Parish of Caldwell, with about one mile front on the west bank of the Ouachita River, and running west between five and six miles, and known as lot number twenty-three, in the plat number one, of the Maison Rouge Grant, surveyed by John Dinsmore, a deputysurveyor of the United States, containing about four thousand acres, donated to them by Daniel W. Coxe, one of the claimants of said grant, in eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, and that patents mmh;£&*g·°“* be issued to them for said lands, after a legal survey, under the inp,,,,,,,°_ ’ structions of the Surveyor-General of Louisiana: Provided, That this act shall amount only to a relinquishment of title on the part of the United States, and that it shall not be construed to interfere in any manner with the rights of settlers on said lands at the date of this act. Approved, July 29, 1854.
