CHAP. 74.—An act granting a pension to to Philip J. Shaw. 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 upon the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Philip J. Shaw, late private company G, One hundred and twenty-sixth regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers. MICHAEL C. KERR Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate pro tempore. Received by the President April 10, 1876. 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.] CHAP. 75.—An act granting a pension to Mrs. Jane Dulaney. 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 Mrs. Jane Dulaney, widow of William Dulaney late colonel United States Marine Corps, and pay her a pension, at the rate of thirty dollars per month, from and after the passage of this act. MICHAEL C. KERR Speaker of the House of Representatives. Received by the President April 10, 1876. [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.] CHAP. 76.-An act for the relief of Hermann Kreismann, United States consulgeneral at Berlin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officer be, and hereby is, directed to credit Hermann Kreismann, United States consul-general at Berlin, in his account, with the sum of three hundred and ninety-seven dollars and seventy-two cents, being in full for consular funds stolen from the consulate on the thirteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and seventy three, without fault or neglect on the part of said consul. Received by the President April 10, 1876. [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 21, 1876. Claim of James M. Coffinberry for be considered and refund of taxes to decided. CHAP. 77.—An act for the relief of James M. Coffinberry, of Cleveland, Ohio. Whereas, it appears that James M. Coffinberry, of the city of Cleve land, and State of Ohio, was lately a judge of the Court of common pleas within and for the fourth judicial district of the State of Ohio, and it is represented that, as such judge, he was assessed and paid income taxes on his salary for the period of five years, under the internal revenue laws of the United States, as then construed and executed; and whereas it is further represented that, by reason of the serious illhealth of said James M. Coffinberry, and his absence from home consid erable periods of time consequent thereon since said assessments and payments, he was not informed that such assessments and payments had been held by the proper authorities to be illegal and that the same would be refunded by the Treasury Department in time to prepare and present his claims therefor within the period required by section fortyfour of the act approved June sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, 1872, ch. 315, 44, as by that act said claims should have been presented by June sixth 17 Stat., 257. eighteen hundred and seventy-three, but were not, as is alleged, presented until the following month of November: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the accounting officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to examine said claims of said James M. Coffinberry, when presented for that pur pose in the manner heretofore prescribed by the Treasury Department for the presentation of the like claims, and to reject said claims or to refund said taxes, the same as if said claims had been presented within the period fixed by section forty-four of the act approved June sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two aforesaid. April 25, 1876. Payment to Car oline M. Purviance and Francis Wyeth. MICHAEL C. KERR Speaker of the House of Representatives T. W. FERRY President of the Senate pro tempore Received by the President April 10, 1876. [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.] CHAP. 81.-An act for the relief of Caroline M. Purviance and Francis Wyeth. 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, directed to pay to Caroline M. Purvi ance and Francis Wyeth, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four thousand five hundred dollars, the same to be in full satisfaction to them, aud all persons claiming under them, for the use and occupation of, and destruction to, their property by the military authorities of the United States in Saint Joseph, State of Missouri, in the years eighteen hundred and sixty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and eighteen hundred and sixty-three. MICHAEL C. KERR Speaker of the House of Representatives Received by the President April 13, 1876. [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.] CHAP. 82.-An act for the relief of William L. Nance. April 25, 1876. Payment to Wil 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, out of liam L. Nance. any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six thousand dollars, in full compensation for certain property of said William L. Nance, taken for the use of the Government of the United States during the late rebellion. MICHAEL C. KERR Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate pro tempore Received by the President April 13, 1876. [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.] CHAP. 87.-An act to enable Harvey Lull, of Hoboken, New Jersey, to make application to the Commissioner of Patents for extension of letters-patent for a selflocking shutter-hinge. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the petition of Harvey Lull, of Hoboken, New Jersey, for the extension of letters-patent for a self-locking shutter-hinge, granted January second, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, numbered ten thousand four hundred and seventy-seven, and extended by the Commissioner of Patents for seven years from the second day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, which term expired the second day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, be, and the same hereby is, referred to the Commissioner of Patents, with full power and authority to hear and determine the same upon the principles prescribed by the acts of Congress of July fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and the amendments thereof governing and granting extensions; and if, after hearing the said petition, upon due notice to the public, according to the practice of the Patent-Office in cases of extension, the said Commissioner should decide that the said petition ought to be granted, he is hereby authorized and empowered to extend said letters-patent to the said Harvey Lull for seven years from and after the passage of this act: Provided, That no damages shall be collected of any person for an infringement of said patent between the time of the expiration of said patent and the time of the renewal of the same. Approved, April 29, 1876. April 29, 1876. Patent to Harvey Lull may be extended. 1836, ch. 357, 5 Stat., 117. Proviso. CHAP. 92.—An act to remove the political disabilities of James E. Slaughter, of Ala bama. May 8, 1876. Political disabil Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of each House concurring therein,) That the political disabilities imposed by the fourteenth ities of James E. article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States be, and Slaughter. they are hereby, removed from James E. Slaughter, of Alabama. Approved, May 8, 1876. May 16, 1876. T. Burchell. CHAP. 97.-An act for the relief of John T Burchell, of Knoxville, Tennessee, for services rendered the Government in a small-pox hospital. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Payment to John States of America in Congress assembled, That the Paymaster General of the Army of the United States, out of any money in his hands for the payment of the Army, is hereby authorized and directed to pay to John T Burchell the sum of one hundred and thirty-five dollars, the balance due him for services rendered at the small-pox hospital at Knoxville, Tennessee, from December tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to January twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. May 18, 1876. MICHAEL C. KERR Speaker of the House of Representatives Received by the President May 4, 1876. [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.] CHAP. 98.—An act granting a pension to Nancy True. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pension to Nancy States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the InTrue. 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 Nancy True, dependent mother of Samuel F. True, late lieutenant and quartermaster in the Fourteenth Regiment of Illinois Volunteers, to date from September first, eighteen hundred and seventyfive. May 18, 1876. ra E. Cravath. SAMUEL S. COX Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tempore Received by the President May 6, 1876. [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.] CHAP. 99.-An act granting a pension to Elmira E. Cravath. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pension to Elmi- 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 pensionlaws, the name of Elmira E. Cravath, widow of Isaac M. Cravath, late captain in the twelfth Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension from and after the passage of this act. SAMUEL S. COX. Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tempore Received by the President May 6, 1876. [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.] CHAP. 100.—An act granting a pension to James Eli Butts and Malinda Frances 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 James Eli Butts and Malinda Frances Butts, minor heirs of Joseph Butts, late a private in Company G, Seventh Regiment Maryland Volunteers. [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.] May 18, 1876. Pension to James Eli and Malinda Frances Butts. CHAP. 107.-An act making appropriations for the payment of claims reported to Congress, under section two of the act approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, by the Secretary of the Treasury. May 23, 1876. 1874, ch. 285, § 2, 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- 18 Stat., 75. ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the several persons in this act named, the several sums mentioned herein, the same being in full for, and the receipt of the same to be taken and accepted in each case as a full and final discharge of, the several claims examined and allowed by the proper accounting officers since June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and embraced in the schedule of claims reported by the Secretary of the Treasury at the commencement of the second session of the Forty-third Congress, under the second section of the act of Congress approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, namely: OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA. To Christopher Shaw, two hundred and fifty dollars. OF THE TERRITORY OF COLORADO. To Samuel Monk, administrator of the estate of Sallie McDonald, deceased, eight hundred and seventy-five dollars. OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. To S. M. Golden, seven hundred and sixty-two dollars and fifty cents. To Philip Hawkins, one thousand three hundred and two dollars and twenty-five cents. Payment of claims allowed by accounting officers of Treasury to per sons in Alabama; Colorado; Dist. of Col. |