Feb. 18, 1867. Pension to CHAP. LIII.- An Act for the Relief of Hiram Hedrick. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the InHiram Hedrick. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Hiram Hedrick, of Peoria, Illinois, late a private in company D, eleventh regiment, Illinois cavalry, on the pension rolls, at the rate of twenty-five dollars per month, and to pay him at this rate in lieu of the pension he is now receiving. Feb. 18, 1867. Pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Fletcher. If she dies or remarries, pension to be paid to the guardian of the children of Capt. L. W. Fletcher, until, &c. Feb. 18, 1867. Pension to John Morean. Feb. 22, 1867. Pension to John Gray. Feb. 22, 1867. Pension to John J. Sohan. APPROVED, February 18, 1867. CHAP. LIV.- An Act for the Relief of Mrs. Elizabeth Fletcher. 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 Elizabeth Fletcher, widow of Captain L. W. Fletcher, late of company A, thirteenth regiment Tennessee cavalry, on the list of invalid pensioners, and pay or cause to be paid to her during widowhood, the sum of twenty dollars per month from the date of the death of her late husband; and in the event of the death or remarriage of Elizabeth Fletcher, the Secretary of the Interior is then authorized and directed to pay to the legally appointed guardian of the orphan children of Captain L. W. Fletcher, the pension awarded to Elizabeth Fletcher, until they shall respectively attain the age of sixteen years. APPROVED, February 18, 1867. CHAP. LV. · An Act for the Relief of John Morean, of Machias, N. Y. 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 Morean, of Machias, N. Y., a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, upon the pension rolls, at the rate of eight dollars per month, and to continue during his natural life. APPROVED, February 18, 1867. CHAP. LXVIII. · An Act for the Relief of John Gray, a Revolutionary Soldier. 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, directed to place the name of John Gray, of Noble county, Ohio, upon the pension roll, and that there be paid to said John Gray, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropri ated, the sum of five hundred dollars per annum during his natural life, payable semi-annually, commencing on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. APPROVED, February 22, 1867. CHAP. LXIX. An Act granting an increased Pension to John J. Sohan. 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, directed to allow and pay John J. Sohan, in consequence of total blindness, resulting from disease contracted in the line of his duty as a marine in the United States navy, a pension at the rate of twenty-five dollars per month, commencing on the sixteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and to continue during said disability, in lieu of the pension heretofore allowed to said Sohan by the Secretary of the Interior on the thirteenth day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, to be paid out of the naval pension fund. APPROVED, February 22, 1867. CHAP. LXX. - An Act for the Relief of the Children of Solomon Long, under sixteen Feb. 22, 1867. 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 certain children Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, and directed to place upon the of Solomon pension roll the names of the children under sixteen years of age of Long. Solomon Long, deceased, who was a private in company E, fifth regiment Kentucky cavalry volunteers, under the provisions of the existing laws in similar cases, to take effect from and after the passage of this act. APPROVED, February 22, 1867. CHAP. LXXI. - An Act for the Relief of Daniel Frederick Bakeman, a Revolutionary Feb. 22, 1867. Soldier. Pension to man. 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, directed to place the name of Daniel Fred- Daniel F. Bakeerick Bakeman, of Sandusky, New York, upon the pension roll, and there be paid to said Daniel Frederick Bakeman, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred dollars per annum during his natural life, payable semi-annually, commencing on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. APPROVED, February 22, 1867. Feb. 22, 1867. Delia A. Jacobs may apply for an extension of patent. CHAP. LXXII. - An Act for the Relief of Delia A. Jacobs, late Delia A. Fitzgerald. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Delia A. Jacobs (late Fitzgerald) administrator of Jesse Fitzgerald, deceased, who obtained a patent for an improved method of dressing treenails, dated twenty-eighth day of August, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, for fourteen years, which expired on the twenty-eighth August, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, be authorized to apply to the commissioner of patents for the extension of said patent for seven years under the rules and regulations now in force for the extension of patents, as if she had made application previous to its expiration as required by law; and the commissioner of patents is directed to investigate and decide the application for extension on the same evidence, and in the same manner as other applications for extension are decided; Provided, That the application for extension be made within Application to thirty days after approval of this act, and the decision of the commis- be made within sioner be rendered within ninety days from the filing of said application in the patent office; and Provided, also, That nothing herein shall be so construed as to hold responsible in damages any person who may have manufactured treenails, or built or used machines containing the aforesaid improvement between the expiration of the patent and the approval of this act; and Provided, also, That the commissioner shall be satisfied before granting such entension [extension], that it will enure entirely to the benefit of said Delia A. Jacobs. what time. Provisos. APPROVED, February 22, 1867. CHAP. LXXIII. — An Act for the Relief of John C. McFerran, of the United States Feb. 22, 1867. Army. Credit of $1265 to be al lowed John C. 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, directed to credit John C. McFerran, of the United States army, with the sum of twelve hun- McFerran. dred and sixty-five dollars, being the amount for which, as assistant commissary of subsistence in said army, he erroneously receipted to Francis F. Feb. 22, 1867. James C. for extension of patent. Thomas, also an assistant commissary in said army, in excess of the amount of money actually paid over to him by the said Thomas, at Santa Fe, in the Territory of New Mexico, in November, one thousand eight hundred and fifty. APPROVED, February 22, 1867. CHAP. LXXIV. - - An Act for the Relief of James C. Cook. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That James C. Cook have leave Cook may apply to make application to the commissioner of patents for an extension of his letters patent, which were issued for the term of fourteen years, from the twenty-seventh day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, for an improvement in machines for forming button backs and connecting the eyes thereto, in the same manner as if he had filed his petition for an extension at least ninety days prior to the expiration of said patent, and that the commissioner of patents 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 patent. Feb. 22, 1867. Pension to Catharine Mock. Feb. 25, 1867. Pension to Kennedy O'Brien. Feb. 25, 1867. Pension to Charles N. Weiss. Feb. 25, 1867. APPROVED, February 22, 1867. CHAP. LXXV. - An Act for the Relief of Catharine Mock. 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, required to place upon the pension roll the name of Catharine Mock, of the city of Baltimore, widow of William H. Mock, who was ordnance-sergeant, and died, at or near Fort Mifflin, in eighteen hundred and thirty-seven; and that she be paid a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence from the first day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and continue during her natural life. APPROVED, February 22, 1867. CHAP. LXXXIV. - An Act for the Relief of Kennedy O'Brien. 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 increase the pension of Kennedy O'Brien, late a private in company K, fifth regiment Indiana volunteers, from eight dollars per month to twenty-five dollars per month, and to pay him such increased pension from the passage this act. APPROVED, February 25, 1867. CHAP. LXXXV. of An Act granting a Pension to Charles N. Weiss. 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 Charles N. Weiss, of the District of Columbia, on the pension roll, at the rate of fifteen dollars per month, to commence from the passage of this act and to continue during his natural life. APPROVED, February 25, 1867. CHAP. LXXXVI. An Act granting a Pension to Olivia W. Cannon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the InOlivia W. Can- terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Olivia W. Cannon, widow of Joseph S. Cannon, late a midshipman in the Pension to non. United States navy, upon the pension roll, at the rate of ten dollars per month, to commence upon the presentation of satisfactory proof of identity and widowhood, and to continue during her widowhood; said pension to be paid out of the naval pension fund. APPROVED, February 25, 1867. 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 Mrs. Jerusha Page, of the State of Missouri, the widow of the late Thomas C. Page, deceased, on the pension roll, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence from the passage of this act and to continue during her widowhood. APPROVED, February 25, 1867. CHAP. LXXXVIII. — An Act granting a Pension to Mrs. Adeline M. Gould. 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 Mrs. Adeline M. Gould, mother of Eugene E. Gould, late a private in company F, third regiment Rhode Island cavalry volunteers, on the pension roll at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence from the twenty-second day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and to continue during her widowhood. APPROVED, February 25, 1867. CHAP. LXXXIX. An Act granting a Pension to John Carter. 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 Carter, late a private in company H, fifth regiment United States infantry, on the pension roll, at the rate of fifteen dollars per month, to Commence from the passage of this act and to continue during his natural i.fe. APPROVED, February 25, 1867. CHAP. XC.- An Act for the Relief [of] Charles Appleton. 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 increase the pension of Charles Appleton, late a soldier in the United States army, from eight dollars per month to fifteen dollars per month, and to pay him such increased pension from the passage of this act. APPROVED, February 25, 1867. Feb. 25, 1867. Pension to Jerusha Page. Feb. 25, 1867. Pension to Adeline M Gould. Feb. 25, 1867. Pension to John Carter. Feb. 25, 1867. Pension of Charles Appleton increased. CHAP. XCI.- An Act for the Relief of Mary A. Smith, of Johnson County, Tennessee, Feb. 25, 1867. Widow of Alexander D. Smith, deceased. 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, instructed to place the name of Mary A. Mary A. Smith. Smith of Johnson county, Tennessee, on the pension rolls, at the rate of thirty dollars per month, to commence from the fifth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and to continue during her widowhood, upon satisfactory proof that she was and is the widow of Alexander D. Feb. 25, 1867. Pension to Ernestine Becker. Smith, late a lieutenant-colonel of the thirteenth regiment Tennessee cavalry volunteers. APPROVED, February 25, 1867. CHAP. XCII. - An Act granting a Pension to Mrs. Ernestine Becker. 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 Mrs. Ernestine Becker, widow of Leopold Becker, late captain of company D, twenty-fourth regiment Illinois infantry volunteers, on the pension roll, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, to commence from the fifth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and to continue during her widowhood. APPROVED, February 25, 1867. Feb. 25, 1867. CHAP. XCIII. -An Act for the Relief of Caroline McGee, of Greene County, Tennessee, Widow of Lemuel McGee, deceased. Pension to Caroline McGee. Feb. 25, 1867. Pension to Josephine Slo cum. Feb. 25, 1867. 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 Inte rior be, and he is hereby, authorized to place the name of Mrs. Caroline McGee, of the county of Greene, and State of Tennessee, on the pension roll, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the twentyseventh day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and to continue during her widowhood, upon satisfactory proof that she was and is the widow of Lemuel McGee, late of Tennessee, who died while impris oned at Belle Island, or Richmond, Virginia, during the late rebellion. APPROVED, February 25, 1867. CHAP. XCIV. An Act granting a Pension to Mrs. Josephine Slocum. 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 the name of Mrs. Josephine Slocum, widow of Martin N. Slocum, late a second lieutenant in the Sixty-fifth regiment United States colored infantry, on the pension roll at the rate of fifteen dollars per month, to commence from the thirtieth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and to continue during her widowhood. APPROVED, February 25, 1867. CHAP. XCV.- An Act granting a Pension to Ezra B. Gordon. 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 Ezra B. Gordon. rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Ezra B. Gordon, late a private in company "F," fourth regiment New Hampshire volunteers, on the pension roll, subject to the provisions of the pension laws. APPROVED, February 25, 1867. Feb. 25, 1867. Edward St. Clair Clarke to be allowed Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the settlement of the accounts of Edward St. Clair Clarke, as assistant paymaster United States $4022 for loss of navy, there shall be allowed him the sum of four thousand and twentypublic funds by two dollars on account of the loss of that amount of public funds in his hands, by theft, on the night of the ninth of May, eighteen hundred and theft. |