invalid pensioners, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to CHAP. 33.-AN ACT for the relief of Richard H. Barrett. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Richard H. Barrett shall be entitled to the northeast quarter, section twenty-eighth, township ten, south range twenty-six east; in the St. Augustine district in the State of Florida: Provided, That it shall not interfere with any other private claimant, and that a patent for the same shall be issued accordingly. Approved July 29, 1850. Land patent to issue to him a quarter section aquatre for of land. Proviso. CHAP. 34.-AN ACT to refund the fine imposed on the late Dr. Thomas Cooper, under the sedition law, to his heirs. Fine refunded interest. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to refund to the heirs of to his heirs, with Thomas Cooper, deceased, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, four hundred dollars, being the fine imposed upon the said Thomas Cooper under the sedition law passed the fourteenth day of July, seventeen hundred and ninety-eight, together with interest thereon, at the rate of six per centum per annum from the first day of November, eightteen hundred, until paid. Approved July 29, 1850. CHAP. 35.-AN ACT for the relief of Joseph P. Williams. Land title con. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the entry of the southwest quarter of section twenty-five, in township number thirteen, north, of range ten firmed. east, in the district of lands subject to sale at Helena, in the State of Arkansas, by Joseph P. Williams, of the county of Mississippi and State aforesaid, be and the same is hereby confirmed; Provided, That before this act shall take effect, the said Joseph Proviso. P. Williams shall render to the Commissioner of the General Land Office Choctaw certificate number thirteen, and Cherokee pre-emption certificate number eighty-eight, or in such manner as the said Commissioner shall direct, secure the Government against the validity of the same, and prove, also, that there are no conflicting claims to said land. Approved July 29, 1850. CHAP. 36.-AN ACT for the relief of Benjamin P. Smith. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Pension of $4 assembled, That the name of Benjamin P. Smith, a drafted per month grant- soldier of the New York militia, in the service of the United ed him. States, during the late war with Great Britain, be placed on A cancelled. CHAP. 37.-AN ACT for the relief of William Maxwell, late marshal for the district of Georgia. [SEC 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asjudgment sembled, That the Postmaster General be, and he is hereby, against him to be required to cause to be cancelled and satisfied upon the records of the district court of the United States, for the district of of Georgia, a judgment rendered in behalf of the United States of America, against William Maxwell, late marshal for the district. of Georgia, for the sum of one hundred and fifty-two dollars and fifty cents, with interest from the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, which judgment was rendered against him in the said district court, on the twentyninth day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty; and that the said William Maxwell, be and he is hereby, forever relieved and discharged from the same. Approved August 10, 1850. ed him. CHAP. 38.-AN ACT for the relief of Isaac Seymour. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asPension of $8 sembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be authorized, and per month grant- he is hereby required to place the name of Isaac Seymour of the State of Mississippi on the invalid pension roll, at the rate of eight dollars per month: to commence on the first day of June, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and to continue during his natural life. Approved August 10, 1850. CHAP. 39.-AN ACT making appropriations for the payment of navy pensions for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. Appropriations [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other for the pay of nawise appropriated, for the pay of navy pensions for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one: To pay invalid pensions, forty thousand dollars. To pay the pensions of invalids who were wounded on board vy pensions. For pay of invalid pensions. Invalids who were wounded of private armed vessels during the last war with Great Britain, on board of prithree thousand dollars. vate armed vessels, etc. Approved August 17, 1850. CHAP. 40.—AN ACT making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary and other pensions of the United States for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other wise appropriated, for the payment of pensions for the year ending the thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. Revolutionary For revolutionary pensions under the act of the eighteenth of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, forty- pensions, etc. seven thousand eight hundred and eighty-three dollars. For invalid pensions under various acts, three hundred thousand dollars. Invalid sions, etc. pen Pensions to widows and or For pensions to widows and orphans, under the acts of the fourth of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and twenty- phans, &c. first of July, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, three hundred and sixty-thousand six hundred dollars. For pensions to widows under the act of the seventh of July, Pensions to wione thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, sixty thousand dow under the dollars. act of 7th July, 1838. Pensions to widows, under the For pensions to widows under the act of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, twenty thousand act of 3d March, dollars. 1843. dows, under the For pensions to widows under the acts of the seventeenth of Pensions to wiJune, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, second of acts of 17th June, February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, and 1844, 2d Febr'ry, twenty-ninth of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty- July, 1848. eight, five hundred and eighty-four thousand dollars. For half-pay pensions to widows and orphans, under the act of the sixteenth of March, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and the act of the sixteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, in addition to an unexpended balance re 1848, and 29th of Half pay pensions to widows and orphans, under the act of 16th 16th April,1816, March, 1812, and of in addition to an unexpended balance, etc. maining in the Treasury of five thousand two hundred and seventy-nine dollars and fifty cents, payable through the Third Auditor's office eighteen thousand for hundred and ten dollars. Approved August 17, 1850. CHAP. 41.-AN ACT for the relief of Eliphas C. Brown [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asA pension of $8 sembled, That the name of Eliphas C. Brown, a soldier in the per month allow service of the United States during the war in Florida, be placed on the roll of invalid pensions, at the rate of eight dollars a month, commencing the first of January, eighteen hundred and forty-six, to continue during his natural life. ed him. Approved August 17, 1850. creased to $20 per month. CHAP. 42.- AN ACT for the further relief of John Mitchell. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in Congress asHis pension in- sembled, That the pension allowed to John Mitchell, by the act for his relief, approved the 29th day of May, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, be increased, and that he be paid, semi annually, from and after the fifteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, during his life; and the Secretary of War is hereby required to make said payment accordingly. Approved August 17, 1850. for taking the CHAP. 43.—AN ACT supplementary to the act entitled "An act providing for the taking of the seventh and subsequent censuses of the United States, and to fix the number of the members of the House of Representatives, and to provide for their future apportionment among the several States. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asCompensation sembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereCensus in Califor by, authorized to increase the compensation allowed the marnia, etc., increas- shals or agents, and their assistants, for taking the seventh census in California, Oregon, Utah, and New Mexico, so as to secure the prompt and faithful execution of the work. ed. re Persons moved from any to June 1, 1850, SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in enumerating State or Territo- persons residing in California, Oregon, Utah, and New Mexry of U. S. prior ico, the several assistant marshals or agents shall include those and residing in who may have removed from their residence in any State or California, etc., to be enumera- Territory of the United States prior to the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and settled subsequent to that date in either of the said countries. ted. for making com SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That each assistant Compensation marshal or agent shall be paid for making out and returning plete copies of complete copies of the original census returns, as required in census returns. the eleventh section of the act to which this is a supplement, eight cents for each page of the two copies of the original census returns required to be furnished by the eleventh section of the act to which this is a supplement. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That in any of the districts of the United States where causes beyond the control of the marshal shall have tended to delay the taking of the census, so that the same could not be taken and return thereof made, within the time prescribed by the act of twenty-third May, the Secretary of the Interior may if he sees proper extend the time to any day not later than the first January, eighteen hundred and fifty-one: Provided, That the said Secretary may extend the time for completing the census in California, Oregon, Utah, and New Mexico, to such time as in his discretion may be deemed advisable, Approved August 30, 1850. time Extension of granted. Proviso. CHAP. 44.-AN ACT to amend the act entitled "An act to amend in the cases therein mentioned the 'Act to regulate the duties on imports and tonnage."" Collection district of Ocracoke [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act, the collection district of Ocracoke, in North Carolina, shall embrace defined. all the waters, shores, harborg, rivers, creeks, and inlets, within the limits hereinafter described, to wit: Commencing at Drum inlet, on the sea shore, twenty miles south of Ocracoke, thence running in a northerly direction to the thoroughfare, so called, and through said thoroughfare to Point Marsh, near the mouth of the Neuse river, thence to the point of Long Shoal in Pamlico Sound, thence across said sound in a south westerly direction to the outer bar of Cape Hatteras inlet, twelve miles northeast of Ocracoke, and thence along the sea-coast to Drum inlet. Acts inconsist SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of .acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act be, and the ent repealed. same are hereby, repealed. Approved August 30, 1850. CHAP. 45.-AN ACT for the relief of Camfield Averill. A pension of $8 per month al [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the name of Camfield Averill, a drafted militia man lowed him. of the State of New York, in the service of the United States, during the war with Great Britain, be placed on the roll of in |