550 TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess.I. Ch.150, 151,152. 1832.
Statute I.
June 28,1832.
Chap. CL .—An Act to increase the number of surgeons and assistant surgeons inthe army of the United States .
Four surgeons Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unitedgeon’s mates”" ^ tates °f A ,ner i ca > Congress assembled, That the President be, andhe is hereby, authorized, by and with the advice and consent of theSenate , to appoint four additional surgeons and ten additional surgeon’smates, in the army of the United States .
Approved, June 28, 1832.
Statute I.June 28, 1832.
[Expired.]Pensions here-tofore granted tobe continued tothe widows ofcertain personsfor an addition-al term of fiveyears.
To commence,&c.
Shall cease forthe causes, &c.
Provisions ofthis act to beextended to,&c.
Statute I.June 28, 1832.
Public andprivate lots, &c.
Copies of sur-vey.
Sale of certainlots, buildings,and commonsauthorized.
Proviso.
Chap. CLI .—Jin Met further to extend the pension heretofyre granted to the widowsof persons killed or who died in the naval service.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That in all cases where pro-vision has been made by law, for the five years’ half-pay to widows andchildren of officers, seamen, and marines, who were killed 'in battle, orwho died in the naval service of the United States ; and, also, in all caseswhere provision has been made for extending the term for five years, inaddition to any term of five years, the said provision shall be, and ishereby, further extended for an additional term of five years, so far asrespects widows only, to commence at the end of the current or lastexpired term of five years in each case, respectively; which pension shallbe paid out of the fund heretofore provided by law. And the pensionherein continued shall cease for the causes mentioned in the laws grant-ing the same, respectively.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act shallbe extended to the widows of all those who may have died by reason ofwounds received during the war.
Approved, June 28,1832.
Chap. CLII. — An Act making provision for the sale and disposition of the publicgrounds in the cities of St. Augustine and Pensacola , and, to reserve certain lotsand buildings for public purposes, and to provide for their repair and preserva-tion.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of theUnited States be, and he is hereby, required to cause to be selected suchof the lots and buildings in the city of St. Augustine and of Pensacola ,as may, in his opinion, be needed for public purposes; which, when soselected, shall be kept for the use of the United States ; and when theselection shall have been made of such lots or buildings, it shall be theduty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause to be surveyed all thepublic and private lots and commons in and about the said cities; onecopy of which survey shall be lodged in the land offices in which therespective places are situated, and the other copy delivered to the cityauthorities, to be there kept and preserved as other records pertaining tothe corporations of said cities.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the lots, buildings, and com-mons, not so set apart or needed for public purposes, shall at such time,and in such proportions or sizes as may be deemed most advisable andconducive to the interest of the United States and the said cities, besold at public auction as other public lands, and the money arising fromthe sales paid into the Treasury of the United States : Provided, Thatnothing herein shall be so construed as to authorize the sale of any lotor parts of lots, or other grounds which have been by the laws of Spain