Passed at the Second Session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the second day of December, A. D. 1867; was adjourned on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of July, A. D. 1868, to meet at Washington, on Monday, the twenty-first day of September, A. D. 1868; met at Washington on said twenty-first day of September, and was, on that day, adjourned to meet at Washington on Friday the sixteenth day of October, A. D. 1868; met at Washington on said sixteenth day of October, and was, on that day, adjourned to meet at Washington on Tuesday the tenth day of November, A. D. 1868; met at Washington on said tenth day of November, and was then adjourned without day. ANDREW JOHNSON, President. BENJAMIN F. WADE, President of the Senate. SCHUYLER COLFAX, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHAP. IV. · An Act for the Relief of Orlaf E. Dreutzer, late Consul of the United States Jan. 11, 1868. to the Kingdom of Norway. zer. Payment 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 Treasury is hereby directed, out of any money in the treasury not other- Orlaf E. Dreutwise appropriated, to pay Orlaf E. Dreutzer, late consul to Bergen, eight hundred and thirty-seven dollars and forty-seven cents, in coin, for consular salary from the fourth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixtyfive, to the twenty-fourth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, less the amount of consular fees received by him during that time. APPROVED, January 11, 1868. CHAP. XII. - An Act for the Relief of Captain C. P. Johnson. Feb. 21, 1868. C. P. Johnson. 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, Payment to and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to C. P. Johnson, late a captain in the seventeenth Iowa infantry, the amount by law allowed to a captain of infantry in the regular army, upon the retired list, said pay to commence from the time of his muster out from the said seventeenth Iowa infantry. APPROVED, February 21, 1868. CHAP. XIV. - An Act for the Relief of Horace Smith and D. B. Wessen, or their Feb. 25, 1868. Assigns. Smith & Wes for extension of patent. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Horace Smith and D. B. Wesson, or their assigns, have leave to make application to the commis- son may apply sioner of patents for an extension of the letters patent for improvement in repeating fire-arms issued to said Horace Smith and D. B. Wesson for the term of fourteen years from the fourteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and reissued on the tenth day of October of the same year, 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, February 25, 1868. March 2, 1868. CHAP. XVIII.—An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of the late Major-General I. B. Richardson, deceased. Payment to heirs of MajorGeneral I. B. Richardson. 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, appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four hundred dollars to Mrs. Frances S. Richardson, widow of the late Major-General I. B. Richardson, deceased, in trust for Israel P. Richardson, minor child and heir of said Richardson, deceased; the same being in full compensation for one mule and four horses stolen from deceased in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-two by the Apache Indians, while he was on duty in New Mexico as an officer of the United States army. APPROVED, March 2, 1868. March 9, 1868. CHAP. XXIII. — An Act for the Relief of John H. Ellis, a Paymaster in the United States Army. Credit to be Ellis in settle ment of his accounts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting allowed John H. officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, required to allow Major John H. Ellis, on settlement of his accounts, a credit of thirty-six hundred and seventy-three dollars and ninety-one cents, being the amount lost in consequence of the larcency of nineteen thousand and ninety-three dollars and ninety-one cents of the public money stolen from the custody of said Ellis, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on the night of the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, if, on examining the accounts of the said Ellis, the paymaster-general shall deem said Ellis justly entitled to said credit, and shall certify his approval thereof. APPROVED, March 9, 1868. March 12, 1868. CHAP. XXVIII. ·An Act for the Relief of the legal Representatives of the late Philip R. Fendall. Payment to representatives of Philip R. Fendall. 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 the legal representatives of the late Philip R. Fendall, for labor performed in editing the writings of James Madison, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty-one hundred dollars. APPROVED, March 12, 1868. March 19, 1868. CHAP. XXXII. - An Act to authorize Charles Grafton Page to apply for and receive a Charles Grafton Page may apply for, &c. a patent. Patent. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioner of patents is hereby authorized to receive and entertain a renewal of the application of Charles Grafton Page for letters patent for his "induction apparatus and circuit breakers," now on file in the United States patent office, including therewith his circuit breakers, described by him prior to said application, and that if the commissioner shall adjudge the said Page to have been the first inventor thereof, he shall issue to him a patent, which patent shall be valid, notwithstanding said Page's invention may have been described or in use prior to said application, and notwithstanding the fact that said Page is now an examiner in the United States patent office: Provided, That any person in possession of said apparatus prior to the date of said patent shall possess the right to use, and vend to others to use, the said specific apparatus in his possession without liability to the inventor, patentee, or any other person interested in said invention or patent therefor. APPROVED, March 19, 1868. CHAP. XXXIII. - An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of the late General Duncan L. March 19, 1868. Clinch, deceased. WHEREAS Eliza B. Anderson, wife of Major-General Robert Anderson, Preamble. and daughter and heir-at-law of the late General Duncan L. Clinch, deceased, has an equitable claim, in her own right and to the exclusion of all other heirs of said Clinch, against the government of the United States, they having released all demands in the premises; and whereas the family of the said Robert Anderson need for their support the amount which she may be entitled to: Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises, and in consideration of the distinguished services of the said Major-General Robert Anderson and his permanent disability: Payment to Lars Anderson in trust for Eliza Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars to Lars Anderson in trust for the B. Anderson, exclusive use of the said Eliza B. Anderson during her lifetime; and any wife of Majorpart thereof remaining at her death to be held in trust for her children in General Robert full satisfaction of the claim against the United States of the said Eliza B. Anderson, for and on account of any demand of the late Duncan L. Clinch, deceased. APPROVED, March 19, 1868. Anderson. March 30, 1868. Claim of Henry Great house and Sam CHAP. XXXIX. - An Act for the Relief of Henry Greathouse and Samuel Kelly. 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 and directed to adjust and settle the claim of Henry Greathouse and Samuel Kelly, for carrying the mails of the uel Keily for carUnited States on route numbered sixteen thousand and one, from Placer- rying mails may be adjusted. ville to Idaho City, and route sixteen thousand and two, from Payetterville to Placerville, in the Territory of Idaho, from July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and to award and pay to the said Henry Greathouse and Samuel Kelly for said service such sum as may be in accordance with the principles of equity and justice: Provided, That the amount to be so allowed shall not exceed eight thousand dollars. APPROVED, March 30, 1868. CHAP. XL. - An Act for the Relief of William Shunk. Proviso. March 30, 1868. Payment to of amount due Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid to William Shunk, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the William Shunk sum of six hundred and twenty-five dollars, being that amount due from E. C. Shunk. the United States to E. C. Shunk, late postmaster at Cardington, Ohio, for salary as postmaster from January first, eighteen hundred and sixtyfour, to March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. APPROVED, March 30, 1868. CHAP. XLII.-An Act refunding Duties paid under Protest on the Importation from April 11, 1868. France of a Bell donated to the Use of St. Mary's Institute and Notre Dame University, Indiana. Sorin of custom Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Trea- Repayment to sury is hereby authorized and directed to refund to Reverend Edward Rev. Edward Sorin, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the duties paid amount of duties paid by him under protest to the collector of the port of under protest. New York in eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, on a bell donated and imported from France for the use of St. Mary's Institute and Notre Dame May 19, 1868. Lieut. Com mander Trevett ordered before retiring board for examination for restoration University, institutions incorporated by the State of Indiana for philosphical and literary purposes. APPROVED, April 11, 1868. CHAP. XLIV. — An Act providing for the Restoration of Lieutenant-Commander Trevett Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy Abbott may be be, and he hereby is, empowered and directed to order Trevett Abbott, lieutenant-commander in the United States navy, on the retired list, before the retiring board of the navy for examination; and should the said Trevett Abbott be pronounced by the said board morally, professionally, to active list of and personally competent for active service, the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to restore the said Abbott to the active list of the navy, with the same grade as if he had not been retired. APPROVED, May 19, 1868. navy. May 19, 1868. CHAP. XLV. — An Act for the Relief of John S. Cunningham, Paymaster United States Allowance to Paymaster John S. Cunningham in settlement of accounts. May 20, 1868. Payment to hart. Navy. 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 government be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed, in the settlement of the accounts of John S. Cunningham, paymaster United States navy, to allow a credit to him of sixteen hundred and seventyone dollars and seven cents, the amount of public money stolen from the money-chest of the United States frigate Colorado, while said chest was under his charge. APPROVED, May 19, 1868. CHAP. XLVII. ·An Act for the Relief of Charles E. Capehart. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the paymaster-general Charles E. Cape of the army of the United States is hereby authorized and directed, out of any moneys in his possession appropriated for the payment of the army, to pay to Charles E. Capehart, late captain of company A, of the first regiment of West Virginia cavalry volunteers, the pay and allowances of a captain of cavalry from the second day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to the first day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, after deducting from the amount of said pay and allowances any sums of money heretofore paid said Capehart by the pay department for his services for that time: Provided, That the said Capehart present the usual certificates required by the rules of the pay department upon final payment of volunteer officers. Proviso. June 8, 1868. Pension to George Lynch, in lieu of present pension. APPROVED, May 20, 1868. CHAP. LVI. - An Act for the Relief of George Lynch, a Soldier of the War of eighteen hundred and twelve. 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 allow and pay to George Lynch, a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, a pension at the rate of twenty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension of eight dollars per month now received by him, to commence from and after the passage of this act, and to continue during his natural life. APPROVED, June 8, 1868. |