TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 46, 47, 48. 1835.
And also, another railroad authorized by acts of the legislature of thestate of Georgia, and the territ >ry of Florida , from the Saint John’s riverin East Florida , to the Suwanee river in said terr.tory, or to Vacasombay, at the mouth of said river.
And all the rights, privileges and authority conferred in the first andsecond sections of this act shall extend to the said companies mentionedin this section ; and subject to the proviso of the third section, as to thetime within which the railroads shall be commenced and completed.
Approved, March 3, 1835.
Chap. XLVI. —An Act to continue the office of commissioner of pensions.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the office of commissionerof pensions shall be, and the same is hereby, continued for the term oftwo years, from and after the fourth day of March next, and no longer.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That a commissioner of pensionsshall be appointed by the President of the United States , by and withthe advice and consent of the Senate , and that he. shall execute, underthe direction of the Secretary of War, such duties in relation to thevarious pension laws, as may be prescribed by the President.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioner shallreceive an annual salary of twenty-five hundred dollars, and he shall alsohave the privilege of franking.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the duties heretofore requiredof, and performed by the Secretary of the Treasury, under the provisionsof the act approved on the fifteenth of May, one thousand eight hun-dred and twenty-eight, granting allowances to the officers and soldiersof the revolutionary army, and in relation to Virginia claims for revolu-tionary services and deficiency of commutation, be and the same arehereby transferred to, and made the duties of the Secretary of War, fromand after the first day of June next.
Approved, March 3, 1835.
Chap. XLV1I.— An Act authorizing the construction of a dry-dock for the naval
service.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of theNavy, under the direction of the President of the United States , be, andhe is hereby, authorized to purchase a site, should it be deemed mostadvisable, and to cause a dry-dock for the naval service to be constructed,upon the most approved plan, in the harbour of New York.orits adjacentwaters ; and that toward defraying the expense thereof, the sum of onehundred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to bepaid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 3, 1835.
Chap. XL VIII.— An Act supplementary to the act of the fourth of July, eigh-teen hundred and thirty-two, entitled “ An act for the final adjustment of theclaims to lands in the south-eastern district of Louisiana , (a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the claims for lands withinthe south-eastern district of the state of Louisiana , described by the
Statute II.
March 3, 18 35.
Office contin-ued for twoyears.
Commissionerto be appointed.
Salary, and thefranking privi-lege.
Duties trans-ferred from theSecretary of theTreasury to theSecretary ofWar.
1828, ch. 53.
Statute II.
March 3, 1835.
Appropriationfor the purchaseof a site and theconstruction ofa dry-dock inthe harbour ofNew York.
Statute II.March 3.1835.
Act of July 4,1832, ch. 166.
Claims con-firmed.