Pension to Benjamin T. Rames. March 3, 1869. Pension to Elizabeth Clarke. rior 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 name of Benjamin T. Raines, of Indiana, late a private in Captain Branham's company, one hundred and fifth regiment Indiana militia, and to pay him a pension at the rate of fifteen dollars per month, to commence on the fourteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. APPROVED, March 3, 1869. CHAP. CLXIX. - An Act granting a Pension to Elizabeth Clarke. 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 name of Elizabeth Clarke, widow of Newman S. Clarke, late colonel of the sixth regiment of infantry, United States army, and to pay her a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per month, to commence from and after the passage of this act, and to continue during her widowhood. APPROVED, March 3, 1869. March 3, 1869. CHAP. CLXX. Pension to the children of Martin N. Slo ·An Act granting a Pension to the Children of Martin N. Slocum, 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 is hereby authorized and directed to continue the pension allowed by cum, deceased. private act, approved February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixtyseven, to Mrs. Josephine Slocum, widow of Martin N. Slocum, late a second lieutenant in the sixty-fifth regiment United States colored infantry, who has remarried, and to pay the same to Ireton N. Slocum and Lucilla J. Slocum, children of the said Martin N. Slocum, or to their legally authorized guardian or guardians, from the third day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, until they severally attain the age of sixteen years. March 3, 1869. Pension to Benjamin C. Stone. March 3, 1869. Pension to Ford. APPROVED, March 3, 1869. CHAP. CLXXI. ·An Act granting a Pension to Benjamin C. Stone. 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 name of Benjamin C. Stone, late a private in company I, ninth regiment Vermont infantry volunteers, and to pay him a pension, to commence on the twenty-seventh day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. APPROVED, March 3, 1869. CHAP. CLXXII. ·An Act granting a Pension to Mrs. Lydia W. Ford. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the InteMrs. Lydia W. rior 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 name of Mrs. Lydia W. Ford, widow of Jefferson Ford, late an acting master in the United States navy, and allow and pay her a pension at the rate of twenty dollars per month, to commence on the eighteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and to continue during her widowhood; said pension to be paid out of the naval pension fund. APPROVED, March 3, 1869. CHAP. CLXXIII. - An Act for the Relief of Henry C. Noyes. March 3, 1869. New coupon lost. 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- boud to be issued ury be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue a new bond for one thousand to Henry C. dollars, with coupons from and including that of July first, eighteen hun- Noyes, for one dred and sixty-seven, to Henry C. Noyes, of Claremont, New Hampshire, 101865, ch. 77. in place of his coupon bond for a like amount, number fifty-five thousand Vol. xiii. p. 468. three hundred and thirty-seven, act of March third, eighteen and sixtyfive, July issue, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, destroyed: Provided, That before issuing a new bond the Secretary of the Treasury shall require a sufficient bond of indemnity securing the government against the presentation of the bond alleged to be lost. APPROVED, March 3, 1869. Bond of indemnity. March 3, 1869. Certain certifi cates of regis tered stock to be CHAP. CLXXIV. — An Act for the Relief of Reverend D. Hillhouse Buel. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, directed to cause to be issued to the Reverend D. Hillhouse Buel, of Cooperstown, New York, proper certificates of the issued to Rev. registered stock of the United States of the consolidated debt under the D. Hillhouse Buel, for lost act of March third, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-five, to the certificates. amount of seven thousand dollars, in lieu and stead of certificates of 1865, ch. 77. said debt numbered sixteen thousand three hundred and thirty-one and Vol. xiii. p. 468. sixteen thousand three hundred and thirty-two for one thousand dollars each, and certificate numbered four thousand nine hundred and eightyseven for five thousand dollars, belonging to him and lost while passing through the mails: Provided, That said Buel shall give bond with surety to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, conditioned to indemnify the United States against all claim upon or in respect to said first-mentioned certificates. APPROVED, March 3, 1869. CHAP. CLXXV. - An Act for the Relief of Alpheus C. Gallahue. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Alpheus C. Gallahue have leave to make application to the commissioner of patents for the extension of the letters-patent granted to him for an improvement in machines for pegging boots and shoes, on the sixteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, antedated eighteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, for fourteen years from the latter date, in the same manner as if the petition for said extension had been filed at least ninety days before the expiration of said patent, and that the commissioner of patents be authorized to consider and determine said application in the same manner as if it had been filed ninety days prior to the expiration of said patent, and with the same effect as if it had been regularly filed and acted upon under existing laws: Provided, That any such extension of said patent shall not affect the right to continue to use said machine of any person who sinee the eighteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and prior to the approval of this act, may have procured and at the time of such approval shall be using said machine. APPROVED, March 3, 1869. CHAP. CLXXVI. - An Act for the Relief of Celestia P. Hartt. Proviso. March 3, 1869. Alpheus C. Gallahue may apply for extension of patent. Proviso. March 3, 1863. Payment to Celestia P. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Celestia P. Hartt. Hartt, widow of the late naval constructor, Samuel T. Hartt, the sum of three thousand dollars, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same to be in full and complete compensation and satisfaction for the use of a gun-elevating screw invented by said Samuel T. Hartt, and which had been used on the iron gun-carriages of the United States navy. APPROVED, March 3, 1869. March 3, 1869. CHAP. CLXXVII. trators of De Grasse Fowler may apply for extension of patent. An Act for the Relief of George Fowler, and the Estate of De Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United George Fowler States of America in Congress assembled, That George Fowler and the and the adminis administrators of the estate of De Grasse Fowler, or their assigns, have leave to make application to the commissioner of patents for an extension of the letters-patent for improvement in machine for punching metal, issued to the said George Fowler and De Grasse Fowler for the term of fourteen years from the seventeenth day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, in the same manner as if the petition for said extension had been filed at least ninety days prior to the expiration of said patent, and that the commissioner be authorized to consider and determine said application in the same manner as if it had been filed ninety days before the expiration of the said patent. APPROVED, March 3, 1869. March 3, 1869. CHAP. CLXXVIII. An Act confirming certain Purchases of Land's in the Ionia District, Michigan, made by Charles II. Rodd and Andrew J. Campeau. and Andrew J. Campeau confirmed. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Certain loca- States of America in Congress assembled, That the locations and purchases tions and purchases of land by of land made by Charles H. Rodd and Andrew J. Campeau, under the Charles H. Rodd provisions of the treaty of August two, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, in the Ionia land district, Michigan, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed, so far as such purchases or locations were made prior to the instructions of the commissioner of the general land office to the register and receiver not to allow any further Indian locations or purchases in the Indian reservation: Provided, That such purchases were made regularly, according to the regulations and instructions of the general land office in force at the time: And provided, That this act shall not prejudice any adverse Vol. xi. p. 633. Provisos. claims to such lands. APPROVED, March 3, 1869. RESOLUTIONS. [No. 4.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of George W. Lane, Superintendent of the Branch Mint at Denver, Colorado, and Assistant Treasurer of the United States. Feb. 4, 1869. Credit to be Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- allowed George ury be, and he is hereby, authorized to credit and allow to George W. W. Lane in setLane, superintendent of the United States branch mint at Denver, Col- tlement of acorado Territory, in the settlement of his accounts, the sum of four thou- counts for money sand four hundred and nineteen dollars and ninety cents, public money, which was stolen from the mint without fault or neglect on the part of said superintendent, and which has not been recovered. APPROVED, February 4, 1869. [No. 6.] A Resolution relating to the Mileage of Charles Westmoreland. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the secretary of the Senate, out of the appropriation for payment of the messengers of the respective States for conveying to the seat of government the votes of the electors of said States for President and Vice-President, (act of July twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight,) in trust for Charles Westmoreland, the only child of the late Charles Westmoreland, the person appointed by the electors of California to deliver to the president of the Senate a list of the votes of California for President and Vice-President for eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and who died at Panama, on his way to the seat of government with said list, the sum to which said Westmoreland would have been entitled had he reached the seat of government and delivered the same; and the receipt of the secretary of the Senate for said sum shall be a sufficient voucher therefor. APPROVED, February 9, 1869. stolen. Feb. 9, 1869. Payment in trust for Charles Westmoreland. 1868, ch. 177. Ante, p. 111. [No. 12.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of Leonard Pierce, junior, late United States Feb. 19, 1869. Consul at Matamorus. Payment to Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid to Leonard Leonard Pierce, Pierce, junior, of Houlton, Maine, out of any money appropriated for the Jr. use of the State Department, the sum of eleven thousand eight hundred and forty-three dollars and eighty-nine cents in gold, in full for expenditures made by him out of his private funds while United States consul at Matamoras, Mexico, during the period from the twelfth of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to the thirtieth of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, in aiding Union soldiers and refugees fleeing from Texas. APPROVED, February 19, 1869. Feb. 25, 1869. Frederick ment of ac [No. 13.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of Frederick Schley. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Allowance to States of America in Congress assembled, That the accounting officers of Schley in settle- the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized to allow and credit Frederick Schley, late collector of internal revenue in the fourth district of the State of Maryland, such amount of uncollected taxes as he may, by satisfactory proof, show to have been uncollected by reason of the destruction of his tax lists and accounts by rebel forces during the recent rebellion. counts. Two coupon bonds to be is APPROVED, February 25, 1869. March 1, 1869. [No. 18.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of Edward E. Shead, of Eastport, State of Maine. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the sued to Edward Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to issue to Edward E. Shead, of E. Shead, in lieu Eastport, State of Maine, two six per centum coupon bonds, for the sum of of two destroyed five hundred dollars each, in lieu of two bonds destroyed by fire, bearing by fire. date eighteenth of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, numbered nineteen thousand seven hundred and forty-seven, and nineteen thousand seven hundred and forty-eight, payable in eighteen hundred and eighty one. APPROVED, March 1, 1869. March 3, 1869. [No. 29.] Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to remit the Duty on on certain meridian circles remitted. certain Meridian Circles. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Customs duty States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to remit the duties on a meridian circle, imported for the observatory at Cambridge, in the State of Massachusetts, and a meridian circle imported for the observatory connected with the Chicago University, at Chicago, in the State of Illinois. APPROVED, March 3, 1869. March 3, 1869. [No. 30.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of Henry S. Gibbons, Luther McNeal, and Seth M. Gates. Allowance to be made in settlement of ac counts to Henry S. Gibbons; proviso. Luther McNeal; proviso. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster-General be, and he hereby is, authorized and required, in settling the accounts of Henry S. Gibbons, late postmaster at St. John's, Michigan, to allow him a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars as indemnification for a like amount belonging to the post-office fund and stolen from him by burglars, and which amount has been paid to the United States by said Gibbons: Provided, [That] it shall be proven satisfactorily to the Postmaster-General that funds belonging to the Post-Office Department to the amount of five hundred dollars were stolen by burglars, and that said Gibbons was not guilty of neglect in the custody thereof. SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That Luther McNeal be paid the sum of one hundred and seventy-five dollars and forty-six cents for money and postage stamps belonging to the United States, and which were stolen from the post-office at the town of Lancaster, Erie county, New York, while he was postmaster, and which sum he has paid to the government on settlement with the Post-Office Department, as such postmaster, and that such sum be paid out of the post-office fund by the Postmaster-General upon the said McNeal making proof to his satisfaction that said money and stamps were stolen without any fault of said McNeal. |