July 20, 1868. Pension to children of La CHAP. CXC.-An Act for the Relief of Joseph M'Ghee Cameron and Mary Jane Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Intefayette Cameron. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the names of Joseph M'Ghee Cameron and Mary Jane Cameron, residents of the District of Columbia, children under sixteen years of age of Lafayette Cameron, deceased, on the pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, and to pay them a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, from the seventh day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and to each the additional sum of two dollars per month from the twenty-fifth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, until they severally attain the age of sixteen years. APPROVED, July 20, 1868. July 20, 1868. CHAP. CXCI. Pension to ert T. Weed. ·An Act granting a Pension to John A. Weed and Elizabeth J. Weed, minor Children of Robert T. Weed, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inchildren of Rob- terior is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the names of John A. Weed and Elizabeth J. Weed, only surviving children of Robert T. Weed, late a private in the second Indiana battery volunteers, who died in the service of the United States and in the line of duty, and to pay to them, or their legally appointed guardian or guardians, a pension of eight dollars per month from the tenth day of November, eighteenh undred and sixty-four, the date of the death of their father, until they respectively attain the age of sixteen years, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws. July 20, 1868. Pension to Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the InGeorge T. Brien. terior is hereby authorized and directed to allow and pay to George T. Brien, out of the naval pension fund, a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, in lieu of the pension of five dollars per month heretofore allowed him. APPROVED, July 20, 1868. July 20, 1868. Pension of Obadiah T. Plum increased. CHAP. CXCIII. - An Act granting an Increase of Pension to Obadiah T. Plum. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to increase the pension of Obadiah T. Plum, late a private in company F, twenty-second regiment Iowa infantry volunteers, from eight dollars to twenty-five dollars per month, from and after the passage of this act, and to continue during his natural life. APPROVED, July 20, 1868. July 20, 1868. CHAP. CXCIV. Pension to An Act granting a Pension to Maria Schweitzer and the minor Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inwidow and chil- terior is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the pension rolls the names of Maria Schweitzer, the widow, and Carl B. and Maria Schweitzer, children under sixteen years of age of Conrad Schweitzer, dren of Conrad Schweitzer. late a private in company C, sixty-first regiment New York volunteers, and allow and pay her a pension, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, commencing February second, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. APPROVED, July 20, 1868. CHAP. CXCV. — An Act for the Relief of Samuel N. Miller. July 20, 1868. Miller may ap Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Samuel N. Miller, who Samuel N. obtained a patent for an improved compound anchor, dated the twenty- ply for extension ninth day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, for fourteen years, of patent. which expired on the twenty-ninth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, be authorized to apply to the commissioner of patents for the extension of said patent for seven years, under the regulations now in force in relation to the extension of patents; and the commissioner of patents is hereby directed to investigate and decide the application for extension on the same evidence and in the same manner as other applications for extension are decided: Provided, That the applications for extension be made within sixty days after the approval of this act, and the decision of the commissioner be rendered within ninety days from the filing of said application in the patent office: And provided also, That nothing herein shall be so construed as to hold responsible in damages any person who may have manufactured or used the said improved compound anchor between the expiration of the said patent and the approval of this act. APPROVED, July 20, 1868. CHAP, CXCVI. —An Act for the Relief of Robert Ford. Proviso. Proviso. July 20, 1868. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby, Payment to appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appro- Robert Ford. priated, the sum of eight hundred and fourteen dollars to Robert Ford, in full payment for his time and services as a teamster in the quarter- CHAP. CXCVII. - An Act granting a Pension to the Children of William M. Wooten, July 20,.1868. deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the names of Alfred C. Wooten, Susan M. T. Wooten, Jesse Wooten, and Rosalia M. Wooten, children under sixteen years of age of William M. Wooten, deceased, late a private in Daviess County company of home guards, Kentucky militia, and to pay to them, or to their legally appointed guardian or guardians, a pension to commence on the eleventh day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and to continue until they severally attain the age of sixteen years. APPROVED, July 20, 1868. Pension to children of William M. Wooten. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the July 20, 1868. Pension to John Sheets. Pension to John Sheets. pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John Sheets, late a private in company F, twelfth regiment West Virginia volunteers, and to pay him a pension at the rate of fifteen dollars per month, to commence on the fourteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. APPROVED, July 20, 1868. July 20, 1868. CHAP. CXCIX. An Act to authorize the Sale of twenty Acres of Land in the military Reservation at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Preamble. Leavenworth Coal Company may purchase part of military reserve. Lease extended. Patent to issue WHEREAS the Secretary of War, in behalf of the United States and in accordance with the previous practice of the War Department, on the thirteenth day of November, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty, did execute to Samuel Denman, William H. Russell, and Thomas Ewing, junior, and their assigns, a lease of twenty acres of land in the military reserve at Fort Leavenworth, State of Kansas, for the term of sixteen years thereafter, with a preference to them of an extension of the term, and with the exclusive right to mine for coal under the lands of said military reserve; and whereas the said lessees and their assigns accepted the said lease, and upon the faith thereof have prosecuted their mining operations under many difficulties at great expense, and have finally succeeded in striking the deep coal beds of that geological region after having expended their entire capital to the amount of forty thousand dollars; and whereas it is now discovered that the said lease is invalid because the Secretary of War was unauthorized in law to make the same, by reason of which the said lessees are deprived of their right to proceed, and are threatened with the total loss of their money, and are without redress; and whereas in view of the incalculable benefit to be derived, not alone by the State of Kansas, but by the whole country adjacent thereto, by the development of the coal strata of the region, the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Kansas, on the eighteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, did concur in a joint resolution reciting the above, and respectfully requesting this Congress to act in the premises; and whereas the House of Representatives of the United States have heretofore passed an act directing the sale, in small tracts, of a body of land in said military reserve: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Leavenworth Coal Company, being the successors and assigns of Samuel Denman, William H. Russell, and Thomas Ewing, junior, in the lease aforesaid, shall have the right to purchase from the United States twenty acres of land lying in the military reserve at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the south line of the military reserve and the Missouri River, running northwardly thence along the west line of the said Missouri River, thence westwardly in a line parallel to the south line of the military reserve, thence southwardly in a line at right angles with the south line of the military reserve, thence eastwardly in the said south line of the military reserve to the point of beginning, the said lines to be run so as to make the form of the said twenty acres as nearly square as practicable. The said Leavenworth Coal Company shall pay therefor the sum fixed by the United States district judges of the State of Kansas, the eastern district of Missouri, and of the northern district of Illinois, whose reasonable expenses shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; and said lease is hereby extended sixteen years from the passage of this act. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, upon the payment of the to grant exclu- purchase-money for the same, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby sive right to mine directed to issue to the said Leavenworth Coal Company, and its successors and assigns, a patent for the above-described lands, which coal. patent shall also grant to the said company, and its successors and Mining right. assigns, the exclusive right to mine for all coal underlying the lands now comprised in the military reserve aforesaid. APPROVED, July 20, 1868. An Act granting a Pension to the Widow and Children of George R. July 20, 1868. widow and chil Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Pension to terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension dren of George rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the R. Waters. names of Mary Waters, the widow, and the three children under sixteen years of age, of George R. Waters, late a member of the fifteenth regiment New York volunteers, commencing November seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. APPROVED, July 20, 1868. СНАР. ССІ. An Act granting a Pension to Thomas Connolly. July 20, 1868. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-Pension to terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Thomas Conrolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Thomas Connolly, late a member of company A, sixty-ninth New York volunteers. APPROVED, July 20, 1868. CHAP. CCII. An Act for the Relief of Wait Talcott. nolly. July 20, 1868. Wait Talcott credit. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit to Wait Tal- to be allowed a cott (as of the eighteenth February, eighteen hundred and sixty-five), internal revenue collector for the second district of Illinois, the sum of five hundred and fifty-six dollars and ninety-three cents in consideration of the loss of that sum by the robbery of his deputy, Captain Richard A. Smith. APPROVED, July 20, 1868. CHAP. CCIII. An Act granting a Pension to Henry H. Hunter. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Henry H. Hunter, a resident of Knox County, Kentucky, and who was wounded while serving with the first regiment of Kentucky volunteer cavalry, commencing October seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. APPROVED, July 20, 1868. July 20, 1868. Pension to Henry H. CHAP. CCIV. - An Act granting a Pension to the Widow and Children of Myron July 20, 1868. Wilklow. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen sion rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the names of Sarah A. Wilklow, the widow, and Elmira, Emma, and Mary Wilklow, children under sixteen years of age of Myron Wilklow, late a Pension to widow and chil dren of Myron Wilklow. July 20, 1868. Pension to children of Charles Gouler. Repeal of 1866, ch. 62, 185. Vol. xiv. pp. 584, 594. July 20, 1868. Pension to children of James Heatherly. July 20, 1868. Pension to member of company B, forty-seventh Ohio volunteers, commencing June second, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. APPROVED, July 20, 1868. CHAP. CCV.- An Act granting a Pension to the Children of Charles Gouler. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the names of Willie, Ellen, and Tellis Gouler, children under sixteen years of age of Charles Gouler, late a private in company "F" ninth New Hampshire volunteers, commencing April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That an act approved April eighteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled "An act granting a pension to Mrs. Emerance Gouler," and an act approved July thirteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled "An act amendatory of an act entitled 'An act granting a pension to Mrs. Emerance Gouler,'" are hereby repealed. APPROVED, July 20, 1868. CHAP. CCVI. · An Act granting a Pension to the Children of James Heatherly. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the names of Joseph, Sarah, Laomi, Francis, and James Heatherly, the children under sixteen years of age of James Heatherly, late of company E, eleventh West Virginia volunteers, commencing January twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. APPROVED, July 20, 1868. CHAP. CCVII. - An Act granting a Pension to John H. Finlay. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte John H. Finlay. rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John H. Finlay, late a member of company G, second Illinois cavalry, and to pay him a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month from October sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, until June sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and thereafter at the rate of fifteen dollars per month. July 20, 1868. Payment to John A. Neustaedter. . Proviso. APPROVED, July 20, 1868. CHAP. CCVIII.—An Act for the Relief of John A. Neustaedter. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the paymaster-general of the army is hereby directed to pay to John A. Neustaedter, late a captain of artillery, out of any money appropriated, or that may hereafter be appropriated, for the pay of the army, the full pay and emoluments of a captain of artillery in the army of the United States, from March twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to August twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two: Provided, That this act shall not be deemed a precedent for the payment of other officers holding appointment under General John C. Fremont. APPROVED, July 20, 1868. |
