June third, eighteen hundred and seventy, southwest quarter of section eighteen, township ninety-four, range thirty-nine Number three thousand six hundred and seventy-one, William M. William M. Squires, July second, eighteen hundred and seventy, northeast quarter of Squires; section thirty-four, township ninety-five, range forty : Number three thousand six hundred and fifty-five, Hugh Waers, July Hugh Waers; first, eighteen hundred and seventy, northwest quarter of section twentysix, township ninety-five, range forty; Number three thousand six hundred and sixty-five, Jasper N. Bur- Jasper N. roughs, July first, eighteen hundred and seventy, southeast quarter of Burroughs; section twenty, township ninety-four, range fórty; ster; Number three thousand six hundred and sixty, Homer Webster, July Homer Webfirst, eighteen hundred and seventy, northeast quarter of section thirtytwo, township ninety-four, range forty; low; Number three thousand six hundred and twenty-eight, Joseph Wins- Joseph Winslow, June twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy, northwest quarter of section two, township ninety-four, range forty; Number three thousand six hundred and five, Henry C. Hoagland, Henry C. June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy, southeast quarter of Hoagland; section twenty-six, township ninety-four, range forty; Number three thousand six hundred and seventeen, George Rogers, George June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy, northwest quarter of Rogers; section ten, township ninety-four, range forty; Number three thousand six hundred and fourteen, John B. Judd, June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy, northwest quarter of section six, township ninety-four, range forty; John B. Judd; Number three thousand five hundred and fifty-six, Charles E. Hill, Charles E. June seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, southwest quarter of Hill; section twelve, township ninety-four, range thirty-nine; Number three thousand five hundred and thirty-one, Joel Riggs, June eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy, northeast quarter of section four, township ninety-four, range forty; Joel Riggs; Number three thousand five hundred and twenty-eight, John Bahan, John Bahan; June, fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, southwest quarter of section thirty-two, township ninety-five, range forty; Thomas J. Number three thousand four hundred and twenty-one, Thomas J. Alexander, June third, eighteen hundred and seventy, northwest quarter of Alexander; section thirty-four, township ninety-four, range forty; Number three thousand three hundred and ninety-eight, Philip H. Philip H. Emery, June first, eighteen hundred and seventy, northeast quarter of Emery, section ten, township ninety-four, range forty; and &c. and Alanson declared valid, Number three thousand six hundred and seventy-seven, Alanson C. Bean, July fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy, southwest quarter of C. Bean, section thirty-four, township ninety-five, range forty, be, and the same are hereby, declared valid and of as full force as if said applications had been made subsequent to July sixth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy, subject to the provisions and limitations of the homestead laws: Provided, That this act shall not prejudice any adverse claim to any of said lands existing at the times said homestead applications were made: not affected. And provided further, That no question arising out of any change or Rights of railproposed change of line of any railroad company, or the limits of its road companies land-grant, shall be construed as affected by the passage of this act. APPROVED, April 25, 1872. Adverse claims not affected. April 26, 1872. Payment to 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 be, and he is hereby, directed to allow and pay to Asa M. Asa M. Trimble. VOL. XVII. PRIV.-42 April 26, 1872. Contract with R. Nelson Gere to be cancelled. April 26, 1872. Payment to Isaac B. Kinkead. Trimble, late first lieutenant and regimental quartermaster of the sixtyfifth Ohio volunteer infantry, out of the appropriation for the pay of the army, the difference between the pay of quartermaster-sergeant and that of second lieutenant and regimental quartermaster, from the first day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to the ninth day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, inclusive, he having actually acted in the capacity of such second lieutenant and regimental quartermaster during that time, and having received therefor only the pay of a quartermastersergeant. APPROVED, April 26, 1872. CHAP. CXXIII. An Act for the Relief of R. Nelson Gere. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to cancel the contract entered into by R. Nelson Gere, of the city of Syracuse, New York, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-one, for building a breakwater in the harbor of Oswego, in said State of New York, and to release said Gere therefrom. APPROVED, April 26, 1872. CHAP. CXXIV.— An Act for the Relief of Isaac B. Kinkead. J. G. BLAINE, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate. [NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. -The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] April 29, 1872. CHAP. CXXVII. New bonds to be issued to Mar tin Watkins. An Act for the Relief of Martin Watkins, of East Windsor, 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 to issue two new bonds of fifty dollars each, with coupons from that of January first, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, to Martin Watkins, of East Windsor, Connecticut, in place of two coupon bonds of fifty dollars each, numbered twenty-eight thousand five hundred and sixty and twenty-eight thousand five hundred and sixtyone, respectively, act of March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and Vol. xiii. p. 498. issue of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, which said bonds above named were destroyed by flood: Provided, That before issuing the new bonds the Secretary of the Treasury shall require a sufficient bond of indemnity securing the government against the presentation of the aforesaid bonds alleged to have been destroyed. 1865, ch. 82. Bond of indemnity. APPROVED, April 29, 1872. April 29, 1872. Payment to CHAP. CXXVIII. · -An Act for the Relief of Mrs. Frances A. McKinney. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be paid, out of any appropriation heretofore or hereafter to be made for the payment Mrs. Frances A. McKinney. of salaries and expenses of the judges and courts of the United States, to Mrs. Frances A. McKinney, widow and relict of John M. McKinney, late judge of the United States district court for the southern district of Florida, who died of yellow fever, October thirteen, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, contracted in discharge of his official duties, the full amount of one year's salary of the office held by her husband at the time of his death. APPROVED, April 29, 1872. CHAP. CXXXIII. - An Act granting a Pension to Eliza Whiting. 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 Eliza Whiting, widow of the late Brevet Brigadier-General Henry Whiting, and pay her a pension, to commence from the passage of this act. APPROVED, May 2, 1872. May 2, 1872. Pension to Eliza Whiting. CHAP. CXXXIV. - An Act granting a Pension to William Hutchison, minor Son of May 2, 1872. Joseph Hutchison, 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 name of William Hutchison, minor son of Joseph Hutchison, deceased, of which minor, Cicero Sims, of Clinton county, Indiana, is guardian. APPROVED, May 2, 1872. CHAP. CXXXV. · An Act granting a Pension to Mary Armstrong. ·1 Pension to William Hutchi son. May 2, 1872. 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 Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the Mary Armstrong. pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary Armstrong, widow of Thos. Armstrong, of first battery of Vermont light artillery. APPROVED, May 2, 1872. CHAP. CXXXVI. - An Act granting a Pension to John Carbaugh, a Private of Com- May 2, 1872. pany A, forty-sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. 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 John Carbaugh. terior 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 Carbaugh, a private of company A, in the forty-sixth regiment Pennsylvania volunteers. APPROVED, May 2, 1872. CHAP. CXXXVII. ·An Act granting a Pension to the minor Children of Frederick F. 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 May 2, 1872. Pension to minor children of Frederick F. roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the Dayton. names of the minor children under sixteen years of age of Frederick F. Dayton, late private in company F, eleventh regiment Indiana volunteers, as in the case of a widow unmarried. APPROVED, May 2, 1872. May 2. 1872. CHAP. CXXXVIII. nor children of Amanda M. -An Act granting a Pension to the minor Children of Amanda Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pension to mi-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 the minor children under sixteen years of age of Amanda M. Ritchey, deceased, widow of Powers Ritchey, late a contract surgeon in the United States army. Ritchey. APPROVED, May 2, 1872. May 9, 1872. CHAP. CL.. New bond to be issued to G. S. Baker. 1865, ch. 82. Vol. xiii. p. 498. Indemnity. May 9, 1872. Allowance to Robert Williams, of his accounts. Jr., in settlement Provisos. An Act for the Relief of G. S. Baker, of Maryville, Missouri, for the Reissue of a certain Bond. 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 to issue a new bond for fifty dollars, with coupons from and including that of July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, to G. S. Baker, of Maryville, Missouri, in place of a fivetwenty coupon bond, for a like amount, number ninety-two thousand seven hundred and eleven, act of March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, issue of July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, said bond having been destroyed by mutilation: Provided, That before issuing the 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, May 9, 1872. CHAP. CLI. - An Act for the Relief of Robert Williams, Jr., Collector third District, Ohio. 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 be authorized and directed, in settling the accounts of Robert Williams, Jr., collector of internal revenue, third district, Ohio, to credit and allow to him such sum as they shall find was stolen from his safe in beer, cigar, and internal-revenue stamps, by burglars, on the night of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine: Provided, That there shall first be deducted from said sum so stolen the amount recovered by said Robert Williams, Jr., and that nothing shall be allowed for expenses in recovering the same: And provided further, That such accounting officers shall be satisfied, by competent testimony, that all such stamps were stolen without any default or negligence on the part of said Williams or his agents. APPROVED, May 9, 1872. May 10, 1872. CHAP. CLIV.- An Act directing the proper Officers in the Treasury Department to credit John Seys, of Ohio, the Sum therein mentioned. Credit to be allowed John Seys. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers in the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, directed to audit and allow to John Seys, of Ohio, formerly minister resident and consul-general of the United States at Liberia, in the final adjustment and settlement of his accounts as such minister, the sum of eleven hundred and sixty-one dollars and sixty-four cents, it being the amount of his salary as minister for the period of one hundred and six days, occupied by him in coming to the United States and returning to Liberia, in eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. APPROVED, May 10, 1872. 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 Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Elizabeth Hardroll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the ing. name of Elizabeth Harding, mother of Jasper H. Harding, late a private in company A of the seventy-sixth regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, to take effect from the passage of this act. APPROVED, May 10, 1872. CHAP. CLXVI.-An Act authorizing the Issue of Clothing to certain enlisted Men of May 15, 1872. Company B, fourteenth Regiment of Infantry. enlisted men of company B, 14th Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, Clothing to be and he is hereby, authorized to issue clothing in lieu of and equal in value issued to certain to that lost by those enlisted men of company B, of the fourteenth regiment of infantry, whose quarters in the barracks at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyom- infantry. ing Territory, were destroyed by fire on the morning of the sixth day of February, eighteen hundred and seventy-one. APPROVED, May 15, 1872. Haynie. CHAP. CLXVII. - An Act for the Relief of George C. Haynie. May 15, 1872. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Paymaster-General is Payment to hereby directed to pay to George C. Haynie, late captain of company A, second regiment 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 the fifteenth day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to the sixteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. APPROVED, May 15, 1872. CHAP. CLXVIII. · An Act granting a Pension to Sarah McNana. May 15, 1872. 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 Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Sarah McNana. roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name [of] Sarah McNana, widow of James McNana, deceased, late a private in company C, first regiment of Vermont artillery, and the names of their children under sixteen years of age, and pay them a pension from the passage of this act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of fourteen thousand six hundred and fifty dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Secretary of the Interior to indemnify Charles F. Tracy for losses by depredations committed by Apache Indians in May, eighteen hundred and seventy. APPROVED, May 21, 1872. May 21, 1872. Indemnity to Charles F. Tracy. |