March 1, 1869. Pension to name of Sarah A. Scherr, widow of Captain William E. Scherr, late of the twenty-sixth regiment of Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, and pay her a pension, commencing May first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. APPROVED, March 1, 1869. CHAP. XCVI.- An Act granting a Pension to Mary A. Amer. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the InteMary A. Amer. 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 Mary A. Amer, widow of John Amer, late a private in the ninetyseventh regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, commencing October thirtyfirst, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. March 1, 1869. Pension to APPROVED, March 1, 1869. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the InteJulia A. Fisher. 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 Julia A. Fisher, widow of Martin Fisher, late corporal in company A, fifth regiment Missouri State militia cavalry, commencing twentieth September, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. APPROVED, March 1, 1869. March 1, 1869. Pension to CHAP. XCVIII. ·An Act granting a Pension to Lucinda Pangle. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the InteLucinda Pangle. 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 Lucinda Pangle, widow of Lieutenant Tarleton S. Pangle, late of the eighth regiment of Tennessee cavalry, and pay her a pension as the widow of a first lieutenant in lieu of the pension she is now receiving. APPROVED, March 1, 1869. March 1, 1869. Pension to CHAP. XCIX. · An Act granting a Pension to Mary Ann Shurlock. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the InteMary Ann Shur- rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Mary Ann Shurlock, dependent sister of Samuel Shurlock, late of the eighty-first regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, and pay her a pension at the rate of ten dollars per month. APPROVED, March 1, 1869. lock. March 1, 1869. Pension to Charles H. B. King. 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 Charles H. B. King, minor child of Charles L. King, late a private in company C, thirty-sixth regiment of Ohio volunteers, afterwards company E, eighth regiment veteran reserve corps, and pay him a pension, commencing February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. APPROVED, March 1, 1869. 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 Juliet E. Hall, widow of William Hall, late a colonel eleventh regiment of Iowa infantry, commencing August first, eighteen hundred. and sixty-four. APPROVED, March 1, 1869. CHAP. CII. - An Act granting a Pension to Mahala M. Freeman. 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 Mahala M. Freeman, widow of Benjamin F. Freeman, late a recruit, company D, eighteenth regiment Illinois volunteers, commencing March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. APPROVED, March 1, 1869. CHAP. CIII. - An Act granting a Pension to John M. Flynn. 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 John M. Flynn, late of company I, thirty-second regiment of Massachusetts volunteer infantry, and pay him a pension, commencing from the passage of this act. APPROVED, March 1, 1869. March 1, 1869. Pension to Juliet E. Hall. March 1, 1869. Pension to Mahala M. Free man. March 1, 1869. Pension to John M. Flynn. CHAP. CIV. - An Act granting a Pension to Harriet M. Mills, Widow of Samuel J. March 1, 1869. Mills, deceased, late a Private in Company F, of Second Regiment Connecticut Vol unteers. 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 Harriet M. Mills, widow of Samuel J. Mills, deceased, who was a private in company F, of the second regiment of the Connecticut volunteers, and that she be paid, during her widowhood, out of the pension fund, the sum of eight dollars per month, to commence on the fifth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, the date of her husband's death. APPROVED, March 1, 1869. CHAP. CV. · An Act granting a Pension to Henry Riemann. 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 Henry Riemann, late a private in company G, of the twelfth regiment of Maine volunteers, commencing July thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. APPROVED, March 1, 1869. Pension to Harriet M. Mills. March 1, 1869. Pension to Henry Riemann. March 1, 1869. Foster & Tower. CHAP. CVI.—An Act for the Relief of Foster and Tower. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Allowance to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to allow to Messrs. Foster and Tower, of New York, out of the appropriation for yards and docks, the sum of twenty-two hundred and fifty-one dollars, for difference in cost of crucibles furnished by them to the navy yard at New York under contract, in which the price of said crucibles was erroneously stated at five cents each. APPROVED, March 1, 1869. March 1, 1869. CHAP. CVII. - An Act for the Relief of N. A. Shuttleworth, of Harrison County, West Virginia. Payment to N. A. Shuttle worth. March 1, 1869. Payment to Isaac Watts. 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 is hereby, authorized and directed, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to N. A. Shuttleworth, of Harrison county, West Virginia, late captain in third regiment Virginia volunteers, the sum of five hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-five cents, to reimburse him for the same amount paid by him for the transportation of recruits in eighteen hundred and sixty-one. APPROVED, March 1, 1869. - An Act for the Relief of Isaac Watts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the treasury and pay department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Isaac Watts all arrears of pay, bounty, or other allowances due from the United States, to his adopted son, Samuel Watts, late a private of company H, eighty-first regiment infantry, Ohio volunteers, the same in all respects as if the said Samuel Watts had been the son of the said Isaac Watts. APPROVED, March 1, 1869. March 1, 1869. CHAP. CIX. - An Act for the Relief of Lieutenant Leonidas Smith, late of the Twentysecond Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Leonidas Smith. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Allowance to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to audit and allow to Lieutenant Leonidas Smith, late of company K, twenty-second regiment Indiana volunteer infantry, the full pay and allowances of a first lieutenant in the active service in the army in the late war, from the twentyeighth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to the twentythird day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, in full payment for unpaid salary and allowances for said period of time. APPROVED, March 1, 1869. March 1, 1869. Pension to Betsey S. Jack man. CHAP. CX. · An Act granting a Pension to Betsey S. Jackman. 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 Betsey S. Jackman, foster-mother of Benjamin H. Jackman, late of company I, twenty-third regiment of Massachusetts volunteers, commencing May sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. APPROVED, March 1, 1869. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the paymaster-general is hereby directed to pay to H. A. White, late captain of company C, third regiment of North Carolina mounted infantry, out of any money appropriated for the pay of the army, the full pay and allowances of a captain of infantry, from October fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to August eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. APPROVED, March 1, 1869. 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 Cyrus Hall, late a private in company A, of the fortieth regiment of Massachusetts volunteer infantry, commencing May thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. APPROVED, March 1, 1869. CHAP. CXIII.- An Act for the Relief of John Gestiger. 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 the name of John Gestiger, late a private in company F, nineteenth regiment Wisconsin volunteers, subsequently transferred as a private of company C, ninth regiment veteran reserve corps, on the pension roll, at the rate of fifteen dollars per month, to commence December twelfth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-four. APPROVED, March 1, 1869. March 1, 1869. Payment to H. A. White. March 1, 1869. Pension to Cyrus Hall. March 1, 1869. Pension to John Gestiger. CHAP. CXIV. — An Act granting a Pension to John A. Parker, a Soldier in the War March 1, 1869. of eighteen hundred and sixty-one. 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 is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John A. Parker, late a private in company K, fifth regiment of Kansas cavalry volunteers, who had his left arm shattered in battle so as to render amputation necessary, and that he be paid during his natural life, out of the pension fund, the sum of fifteen dollars per month, to commence on the first day of January, anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five. APPROVED, March 1, 1869. CHAP. CXV. — - An Act granting a Pension to Clarissa K. Grant. Pension to John A. Parker. March 1, 1869. Pension to Clarissa K. 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 Grant. roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Clarissa K. Grant, widow of William H. Grant, late a private in company K, of the fifth regiment of Maine volunteer infantry, commencing October twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. APPROVED, March 1, 1869. March 1, 1869. Pension to Sarah A. Wil COX. March 1, 1869. Pension to Jacob S. Baker. March 1, 1869. Pension to Emily H. Gard ner. March 1, 1869. Payment to Edwin B. Hoag. March 1, 1869. Payment to George Kaiser. 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 the name of Sarah A. Wilcox, late a nurse in the United States hospitals, now a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, and pay her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month during her disability, commencing July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. APPROVED, March 1, 1869. CHAP. CXVII - An Act granting a Pension to Jacob S. Baker. 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 Jacob S. Baker, of Marion county, Illinois, formerly a private in company I, fourth regiment Indiana volunteers, in the war with Mexico, to receive a pension from the approval of this act. · An Act granting a Pension to Emily H. Gardner. 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 Emily H. Gardner, widow of William H. Gardner, late a contract surgeon, and pay her a pension at the rate of seventeen dollars per month, commencing July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. APPROVED, March 1, 1869. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to said Edwin B. Hoag, in addition to what he is now receiving, such sum or sums as shall make the payment for carrying the mails on route number eleven thousand four hundred and ninety-four equal to the sum of three hundred and ninety-six dollars per annum for all the time he has or shall convey said mails on said route under the existing contract. APPROVED, March 1, 1869. CHAP. CXX. - An Act for the Relief of George Kaiser. 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 George Kaiser, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and eighty-one dollars and fifty cents for labor and material furnished in building a hospital at Parkersburg, West Virginia, in eighteen hundred and sixty-one. APPROVED, March 1, 1869. March 3, 1869. CHAP. CLII. — An Act to confirm certain private Land Claims in the Territory of New Mexico. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That private land claims nuin |
