TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 55, 56,57. 1834.

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Chap. LY .—An Act further to extend the term of certain pensions chargeable onthe privateer pension fund.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the pensions of allwidows who now are or have been heretofore in the receipt thereof,under the provision of the act entitled “ An act giving pensions to theorphans and widows of persons slain in the public or private armedvessels of the United States, ” passed the fourth day of March, one thou-sand eight hundred and fourteen, and the act entitled “ An act in addi-tion to an act giving pensions to the orphans and widows of persons slainin the public or private armed vessels of the United States, " passed thesixteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, oreither of said acts, so far as regards persons receiving pensions from thefund arising from captures and salvage made by the private armed ves-sels of the United States , be, and the same are hereby, continued, underthe restrictions and regulations in the said acts contained, for and duringthe additional term of five years from and after the period of the expira-tion of the said pensions, respectively: Provided, however, That the saidpensions shall be paid from the proceeds of the privateer pension fund,and without recourse to the United States , for any deficiency which mayhereafter arise thereon, if any such there be: And provided further,That no such pension shall be paid to any widow after her intermarriage,had or to be had.

Approved, June 19, 1834.

Chap. LYI .—An Act to grant to the state of Ohio certain lands for the supportof schools in the Connecticut Western Reserve .

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, authorized and required to reservefrom sale, out of any public lands that have been heretofore offered atpublic sale, and that remain unsold in the state of Ohio , a quantity ofland, which, together with the lands heretofore granted for the supportof schools in the Connecticut Western Reserve , in said state, shall beequal to one thirty-sixth part of said Western Reserve; which said quan-tity of land may be reserved in sections, or half sections, or quarter sec-tions ; and, when so reserved, the same shall vest in the said state ofOhio, for the support of schools in said Western Reserve , and be holdenby the same tenure, and upon the same terms and conditions, in all re-spects, as the said state now holds, or may hold, the lands heretoforegranted for the support of schools in said Western Reserve .

Approved, June 19, 1834.

Chap. LVII .—An Act to extend the time allowed for the discharge of the dutiesof the commission for carrying into effect the convention with France .

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That so much of an act enti-tled “ An act to carry into effect the convention between the UnitedStates and his majesty the king of the French, concluded at Paris onthe fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-one,” approved Julythirteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, as limits the duration of thecommission created by the said act to two years, be, and the same ishereby, repealed, and that a period of three years, commencing on thefirst Monday of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, beallowed for the discharge of the duties prescribed by the said act.

Approved, June 19, 1834.

Statute 1.June 19, 1834.

Pensions givenunder acts ofMarch 4, 1814,ch. 20, and ofApril 16, 1818,ch. 65, continu-ed for five yearslonger.

Proviso.

Proviso.

Statute I.June 19, 1834.

Land equal toone thirty-sixthof Western Re-serve , includingthat heretoforegranted, to bereserved fromsale, and to vestin the state.

Statute I.June 19, 1834.

Commission ex-tended to threeyears from firstMonday in Au-gust, 1832.

Act of July 13,1832, ch. 199.