EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS. Sit s. I. Ch. 210, 211. 1824. 319 tracting the ink from the paper through chemical applications, upon his complying with all the provisions of the several acts of Congress relutive to the issuing of letters patent for inventions and improvements, except so far as the said acts require, on the part of aliens, a residence of two years in the United States. Approved, May 26, 1824. Sururz I. CHAP. CCX.--.4n Alot making an appropriation for the payment of the claims of May gg, IgM_ Daniel D. Tompkms, lata Governor af the state of New York, against the United —-—-—-———· States. Bc it enacted, drc., That the sum of sixty thousand two hundred and 1323 ¢h.12. thirty-nine dollars and twenty-four cents, shall be, and is hereby, appro- 246(£§;d$l‘:: priated, to be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to Daniel D. Tomp- Kas.; tr, him sa.- kins, late Governor of the state of New York, in full for the balance is ¤<>"i¤¤¤ md found due him, for his services, losses, and disbursements, for, or on l°°°°°’ &°°‘ account ol, the United States, during the late war with Great Britain. Approved, May 26, 1824. Snrvra I. Can. CCXI.—An Act granting a tract of land to the parish of West Baton May 35, {gg.; Rouge, on certain conditions. -·-—-——-———-— Be it enacted, dw., That the right of the United States to a tract of land, of about eight arpens front, on the Mississippi river, be, and the TM fight ¤f same is hereby, granted to the inhabitants of the parish of West Baton 3’$_,,,,_g'0,~ mtg Rouge, within which said land is situated, on condition that said parish granted to the shall, at all times, keep, or cause to be kept, a good and sufficient levee Bftf:;§uW°°‘ . . — . . . . . . g30B on said land, in front on the river Mississippi; and if they should at wnagtgon, gw, any time hereafter cease to keep, or cause to be kept, a good and suti ficient levee, the land shall revert to the United States. Avrrtovnn, May 26, 1824.
