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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. 20.—An act referring the claim of the owners of the schooner "Flight," to the Court of Claims.

Jan 12, 1877.

Claim of schoon

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim of the legal owner or owners of the schooner "Flight," her cargo, freight, and per- er Flight, referred sonal effects, alleged to have been sunk by collision with the United to Court of Claims. States steamer Tallapoosa, October eighth, eighteen hundred and seventythree, be referred to the Court of Claims to hear and determine the same to judgment, with right of appeal as in other cases: Provided, That no suit shall be brought under the provisions of this act after six months from the date of the passage thereof. Approved, January 12, 1877.

Proviso.

CHAP. 26.-An act for the relief of Assistant Surgeon Thomas F. Azpell, United States
Army.

Jan. 16, 1877.

Payment to T. F.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the payments made by the Department of the Interior to Assistant Surgeon Thomas F. Azpell sanctioned. Azpell, United States Army, for medical services rendered the Hoopa Valley Indians at the request of said Department in the absence of other medical aid, are hereby sanctioned; and the said Assistant Surgeon Azpell is authorized to retain the compensation already paid, anything in the statutes of the United States to the contrary notwithstanding.

Approved, January 16, 1877.

CHAP. 28.-An act to authorize the Vancouver Water Company to lay water-pipes through the Fort Vancouver military reservation.

Jan. 19, 1877.

reserva

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Vancouver Water Com- Vancouver Wapany, a corporation organized under the laws of Washington Territory ter Company may is hereby authorized to lay down and keep in repair water-pipes for the convey water through conveyance of water through the military reservation of Fort Vancouver tion. in the said Territory, to be subject at all times to removal and to the orders and regulations of the War Department. Approved, January 19, 1877.

CHAP. 29.—An act for the relief of Ephraim P. Abbott.

Jan. 19, 1877.

Patent for land

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That upon the payment of two dollars and fifty cents per acre by Ephraim P. Abbott, of the county of to E. P. Abbott. Wayne, in the State of Michigan, his heirs or assigns, into the Treasury of the United States, or to the receiver of the land-office of the district in which the following lands are situated, within six months from the passage of this act, the Commissioner of the General Land Office, shall

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cause a patent to be issued to said Ephraim P. Abbott, his heirs or
assigns, releasing to him or them all the right, title, and interest of the
United States in and to the following described tract of land, situate in
the township of Ecorce, county of Wayne, and State of Michigan, lying
in rear of and adjoining private claim numbered six hundred and sixty-
seven, fronting on the river Rouge, and patented to Gabriel Godfrey,
said tract so lying in the rear of said front claim and extending back,
of equal width of said front claim, to the line of lands patented to James
May, and being bounded on the north by the rear of said front claim.
eastwardly by the line of private claim numbered thirty-seven, confirmed
to Charles Chovin, continued to the land so patented to James May,
and westwardly by lands authorized by act of Congress of July first,
eighteen hundred and seventy, to be pre-empted by Thomas Henderson;
but such patent shall, in no manner, interfere with any valid adverse
right to said land, nor preclude a judicial investigation, in any court of
law or equity between the patentee, his heirs or assigns and any adverse
claimant of the said lands: Provided also, That any incumbrance or
conveyance of said land by Robert Abbott now deceased, the father of
said Ephraim P., or any of the heirs of said Robert Abbott, shall have
the same effect as if said land had been patented to said Robert Abbott
during his life.

Approved, January 19, 1877.

Jan. 19, 1877.

CHAP. 30.-An act for the relief of Benjamin F. Reynolds.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Payment to B. F. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Benjamin F. ReyRynolds. nolds, late captain of Company K, Forty-eighth regiment of Illinois Volunteers, out of any money appropriated, or which may hereafter be appropriated for the pay of the Army, a sum equal to the pay and emoluments of a captain of infantry from the twenty-ninth day of April eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to the twenty second day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty four.

Approved, January 19, 1877.

Jan. 20, 1877.

ters and Reed.

CHAP. 32.-An act for the relief of Peters and Reed, naval contractors at Norfolk navy-yard in the year eighteen hundred and sixty.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Payment to Pe- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and hereby is authorized and directed to cause to be paid to Peters and Reed the balances due them for labor done and material furnished at the Norfolk navy-yard, in eighteen hundred and sixty, upon the contracts with them personally, and the balances due them as the attorneysin fact of the contractors John E. McWilliams and F. W. Parmater, in said navy-yard, during the same time amounting in the aggregate, to fifteen thousand one hundred and seventy dollars and eighty-nine cents, as certified by the engineer in charge, and approved by the commandant, in June, eighteen hundred and sixty; and for the purpose aforesaid, the sum of fifteen thousand one hundred and seventy dollars and eightynine cents is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, January 20, 1877.

CHAP. 33.—An act for the relief of Philip Pendleton

Jan. 22, 1877.

Accounts of Phil

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, and they are hereby authorized and directed ip Pendleton. to re-open and readjust the accounts of Philip Pendleton late a paymaster in the United States Army and allow him such additional credits in the settlement of his accounts as under the circumstances in the opinion of said accounting officers may be just and true for money charged as received by him as such paymaster and not in fact received, if any, which shall be established before them by satisfactory evidence

SAM' J. RANDALL

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
T. W. FERRY

President of the Senate pro tempore

Received by the President January 10, 1877.

[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, bas become a law without his approval.]

CHAP. 35.-An act to authorize sundry allowances to James Atkins, late collector of internal revenue for the fourth district of Georgia, in the settlement of his accounts.

Jan. 25, 1877.

Allowance to

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That James Atkins, late collector of internal revenue for the fourth district of the State of Georgia, bc, James Atkins. and he is hereby, allowed, in the settlement of his accounts, the sum of seven thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars and three cents on account of items of assessments and abatements, and the further sum of one thousand four hundred and fifteen dollars and eight cents on account of expenses incurred by him in the performance of the duties of his office.

Approved, January 25, 1877.

CHAP. 38.-An act for the relief of R J Henderson of Newton County Missouri. 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 to pay to R. J. Henderson, of Newton County, Missouri, the sum of seven thousand two hundred and fifty-three dollars and ninety cents, which shall be in full compensation for all balances due said Henderson growing out of a contract made in eighteen hundred and sixty-five, with Captain William Mills post-quartermaster at Nashville, Tennessee, at the time, to cut and deliver three thousand cords of wood at the Cumberland River for the use of the Army, and so forth.

SAM' J. RANDALL
Speaker of the House of Representatives
T. W. FERRY
President of the Senate pro tempore.

Received by the President January 17, 1877.

[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.]

Jan. 29, 1877.

Payment to R. J. Henderson.

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Jan. 29, 1877.

garet C. Bell.

CHAP. 39.—An act granting a pension to Margaret C. Bell.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pension to Mar- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pensionroll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name of Margaret C. Bell, widow of Admiral Henry H. Bell, late of the United States Navy, and that she be paid a pension of fifty dollars per month from and after the passage of this act, which shall be in lieu of the pension now received by her.

SAM' J. RANDALL

Speaker of the House of Representativcs.
T. W. FERRY

President of the Senate pro tempore.

Received by the President January 17, 1877.

[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.]

Jan. 30, 1877.

Payment to officers of Third Artil

lery.

CHAP. 40.-An act for the relief of certain officers of the Third United States Artil-
lery, who suffered by fire at Fort Hamilton, New York Harbor, on the third of March,
eighteen hundred and seventy five.

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 Treasury of the United States be, and are hereby, authorized to settle with the first lieutenants of the Third United States Artillery who lost their personal effects by fire at Fort Hamilton,.New York Harbor, on the third of March, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, at a sum not to exceed six hundred dollars each, and a sufficient sum is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, January 30, 1877.

Feb. 1, 1877.

win Ebert.

CHAP. 42.-An act for the relief of Edwin Ebert.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Payment to Ed States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas ury be, and he hereby is directed to pay, or cause to be paid, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and ten dollars, to Edwin Ebert, late a contractsurgeon in the United States Army, as compensation for a horse, the property of said Ebert, lost in the service of the United States at Spring. field, Missouri, January eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty three.

SAM' J. RANDALL
Speaker of the House of Representatives
T. W. FERRY

President of the Senate pro tempore.

Received by the President January 20, 1877.

[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. 43.—An act granting a pension to Robert S. Toland.

Feb 1, 1877.

Pension to Rob

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- ert S. Toland. roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name of Robert S. Toland, late a private in Company K, Twenty-second Regiment Michigan Volunteers.

SAM' J. RANDALL

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
T. W. FERRY

President of the Senate pro tempore.

Received by the President January 20, 1877.

[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. 44.-An act granting a pension to Louis A. McLaughlin

Feb. 1, 1877.

Pension to Louis

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte rior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the A. McLaughlin. pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name of Louis A. McLaughlin, late a scout in the Military Division of the Missouri, and pay him a pension from and after the passage of this act.

SAM' J. RANDALL

Speaker of the House of Representatives
T. W. FERRY

President of the Senate pro tempore.

Received by the President January 20, 1877.

[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. 45.—An act granting a pension to Nelson Ainslie.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte 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 Nelson Ainslie, late a private in Company I, Fourteenth Regiment Michigan Volunteers.

SAM' J. RANDALL

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
T. W. FERRY
President of the Senate pro tempore.

Received by the President January 20, 1877.

[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.]

Feb. 1, 1877.

Pension to Nel

son Ainslie.

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