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 the said Mayor, Board of Aldermen, and Board of Common Council, be, and thev are herety, authorized and required to lay out and divide the said lands, so con- veyed and vested by virtue of this act, in- to lots, with alleys, as to them shall seem n,eet and proper, and to dispose of and sell the same, or so much thereof as shall re- man unexchanged as aforesaid, and also all such lots as they shaii receive ii oxA change as aforesaid at such times and upon such terms as to the said Mayor. Board of Aldermen, and Board of Com mon Council, shall seem meet and to execute, or cause to be executed, good and sufficient deeds of conveyance 10 the purchasers thereof

 Sec. IA. Andbe H jurther enncted, That the proceeds arising from said sales shall De. and constitute fund. which shall be applied by the said Mayor, Board Aldermen, and Board of Common Coun- ell, 10 pay and extinguish any debt which mas been, or may be, contracted, either in the purchase of the Washington City Canal, or the shares of stockholders in sald Canal, or in the completion of the same, and Tn the expenses attending said purchase and completion. and shall not be applicable to any other object or purpose until said debts be extinguish- cd.

 Sec. 15. And beat turftea- enacted, That notsing in this act contained shall be held ordeemed, in any manner orway, to im- oair or In]ure' any private rights or inter- ests, or Tn any manner to affect the same beyond the mere transfer of the rights of the United States to the said Mayor. Board Q! Aid afn CT, aid Board of Go,ntnon Co,,p- Gil.

 Sec. I6. find De a .fi,,7her enncted, That the several acts passed on the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and two. the sixteenth day of February, one thou- sand eight hundred and nine; the sixth day of May. one thousand eight hundred and twelve; and the twentieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six. in relation to tIe Washington Canal Company, shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed, except as herein before provided.

 Approved May 31, Is32. as An act to remit a part of the duties on

 8 cargo imported in the brig Libera-

 tor

 Be a enacted by Inc Senate and Ho,tse of Representatives. sof the Unated Stafes of .4me- rted aa Congress assembled, That inc Se- cretary of the Treasury be authorized to remit the excess of duties paid upon cor tam foreign produce imported into the united States in the brig Liberator. in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, over the amount of duties winch would have been paid on the same If imported in an American vessel, or to refund such excess, and to pay such a- mount out of any money in tue Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved: July IA, 1882. no An act to amend the act, entitled An

 act for the relief of certain surviving

 officers and soldiers of the army of the

 revolution

 Be at enacted 6y the Senate and House of Representatives of tbe United States of yqme- 4lca 3R Congress assembled, That the third section of the act, entitled .s An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution," approved the fifteenth day of May, ono thousand eight hundred and twenty eight, shall not be construed to embrace invalid pensioners and that the pension of In- valid soldiers shall not be deducted from the amount receivable by them under tho said act.

 Approved: July II, 1899. III Resolution respecting the Biennial Regis-.

 ter

 Resotved 5y flte senuss eaa House sf pf- preseniatires of the 'Jnated Sfates of .4meys- ca aa Congress assembled, That, in addi- ton to the matter heretofore contained in the Biennial Register, published by dis rection of joint resolution passed on the twenty seventh of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, there shall be included a correct list in the next Regis- ter, of all the printers of the laws of the United States subsequent to the tIsirtieth ofSeptember, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, with the compensation allowed to each and of all the printers within the period aforesaid, in any way employed by Congress, or by any depart ment or officer of the government, with the compensation allowed to each, desig- hating the department or officer causing tue printing to be executed and that said Register shall contain a correct state meni of the allowances made by the Post Master General within the period last aforesaid, to each contractor or contracts for carrying the mail, discriminating the sum paid as stipulated by the original con- tract, and the sum as additional allowance. And to enable the Secretary of State to comply with this resolution, the several heads of departments, and officers direct Ing or mourning the expense, or making the allowances mentioned, shall cause tho lists. and the matter hereby required 10 be added, to be lodged in the office of the department of State, as is directed in other cases by the resolution of April twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hun- dred and sixteen.

 ResoIyed That said erister shall con-