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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 16 STAT. · July 15, 1870 · Chapter CCCXVII

Chapter CCCXVII. for the Relief of Jearum Atkins

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CHAP. CCCXVII.— An Act for the Relief of Jearum Atkins.July 15, 1870. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the commissioner ofCommissioner of patents may entertain petition of Jearum Atkins for extension of patent. patents be, and he hereby is, authorized to entertain and exercise jurisdiction over a petition of Jearum Atkins for an extension of letters-patent granted to him on the first day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, for a further term of seven years from the first day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and to hear and determine upon the said petition in the same manner and with the same effect as if the original term of said patent had not expired, and to grant or refuse such extension1871, ch. 185.*Ante*, p. 584. upon the same principles that govern his decisions upon such applications when made in due course of law: *Provided,* That before granting any extensionProvisos. upon such petition the commissioner shall be satisfied that the same will enure to the sole benefit of said Atkins: *And provided further,* That no person shall be held liable for the infringement of said patent, if extended, for making use of said invention since the expiration of the original term of said patent and prior to the date of its extension.
Approved, July 15, 1870. 661 RESOLUTIONS. No. 9: to close the Accounts of John W. Forney, late Secretary of the Senate. Private Resolution 9 16 Stat. 661 1870-02-03 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 9.] A Resolution to close the Accounts of John W. Forney, late Secretary of the Senate.Feb. 3, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That to close the accounts ofAccounts of John W.
Forney to be closed. John W. Forney, late Secretary of the Senate, on the books of the Treasury, the Comptroller of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to bring such credit balances as have been found due to him, on account of such appropriations as have been exhausted, to his debit on certain other appropriations in which balances have been found against him, he having already satisfied the entire balance which has been found due by him on the final settlement of his accounts.
Approved, February 3, 1870. No. 10: authorizing Commander Charles H. Baldwin, United States Navy, to accept a Gold Medal from the King of the Netherlands. Private Resolution 10 16 Stat. 661 1870-02-07 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 10.] A Resolution authorizing Commander Charles H. Baldwin, United States Navy, to accept a Gold Medal from the King of the Netherlands.Feb. 7, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That Commander Charles H.Commander Charles H.
Baldwin may accept a gold medal. Baldwin, of the United States navy, be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept a gold medal from the King of the Netherlands, tendered him in appreciation of services rendered to a merchant vessel of that nation in distress. Approved, February 7, 1870. No. 11: authorizing Lieutenant-Commander W. A. Kirkland, United States Navy, to accept a Gold Medal from the Emperor of France. Private Resolution 11 16 Stat. 661 1870-02-07 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 11.] Resolution authorizing Lieutenant-Commander W. A. Kirkland, United States Navy, to accept a Gold Medal from the Emperor of France.Feb. 7, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That Lieutenant-CommanderLieut.-Commander W. A. Kirkland may accept a gold medal. W. A. Kirkland, of the United States navy, be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept a gold medal from the Emperor of France, tendered him in appreciation of services rendered to the inhabitants of Point[e] à Pitre when that place was visited by a hurricane.
Approved, February 7, 1870. No. 14: for the Relief of John E. Reeside. Private Resolution 14 16 Stat. 661 1870-02-15 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 14.] A Resolution for the Relief of John E. Reeside.Feb. 15, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Quartermaster-GeneralAccounts of John E.
Reeside to be settled and paid.*See* act, 1870, ch. 292, § 9.*Ante*, p. 310. is hereby authorized and directed to settle and pay, upon the bills of lading, the accounts of John E. Reeside, for transportation of public stores at the contract price, for the amount of public stores actually transported, under his contract, dated April fourth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, on route number two, for Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico. J. G. BLAINE, *Speaker of the House of Representatives*.
SCHUYLER COLFAX, *Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate*. 662 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 14, 17, 19, 20, 24. 1870. Indorsed by the President: “Rec’d Feb’y 3d, 1870.” [Note by the Department of State.—The foregoing resolution 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.] No. 17: for the Refunding of Hospital Money collected of the whaling Bark “Hamilton.
” Private Resolution 17 16 Stat. 662 1870-02-24 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 17.] Joint Resolution for the Refunding of Hospital Money collected of the whaling Bark “Hamilton.”Feb. 24, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That there be refunded to ZenasAmount of hospital money collected of whaling bark “Hamilton” to be refunded.
L. Adams, managing owner of the whaling bark “Hamilton,” of New Bedford, Massachusetts, out of any moneys in the treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and thirty dollars and twenty cents, it being for so much money exacted by A. W. Clark, late United States consul at Valparaiso, of the master of the whaling bark “Hamilton” for hospital tax, to which whaling vessels are not liable; said amount having been covered into the United States treasury.
Approved, February 24, 1870. No. 19: amending an Act entitled “An Act for the Relief of Henry C. Noyes.” Private Resolution 19 16 Stat. 662 1870-03-02 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 19.] A Resolution amending an Act entitled “An Act for the Relief of Henry C. Noyes.”March 2, 1870.1869, ch.173.Vol. xv. p. 461.
Whereas the act entitled “An act for the relief of Henry C. Noyes,”Preamble. approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, contains a misrecital of the number of the bond therein referred to, whereby the said act is rendered ineffectual for the relief of the said Noyes: Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the said act be, and herebyAct for the relief of Henry C. Noyes amended. is, amended by striking therefrom the word “thirty-seven,” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “sixty-seven.
” Approved, March 2, 1870. No. 20: authorizing the Issue of Blankets to enlisted Men of Company “B,” tenth Infantry, to replace others destroyed by Fire. Private Resolution 20 16 Stat. 662 1870-03-09 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 20.] Joint Resolution authorizing the Issue of Blankets to enlisted Men of Company “B,” tenth Infantry, to replace others destroyed by Fire.March 9, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of War isBlankets to be issued to enlisted men of company “B,” tenth U.
S. infantry. hereby authorized to cause to be issued forty-five blankets to such enlisted men of company “B,” tenth U. S. infantry, whose blankets were destroyed or rendered worthless in the extinguishment of a fire at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, on the twentieth of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; and said blankets shall be issued to said enlisted men without cost to them. Approved, March 9, 1870. No. 24: providing for the Payment of the fourth Arkansas Mounted Infantry Volunteers.
Private Resolution 24 16 Stat. 662 1870-03-18 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 24.] Joint Resolution providing for the Payment of the fourth Arkansas Mounted Infantry Volunteers.March 18, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of War,Fourth Arkansas mounted volunteers to be paid, if, &c. upon the possession of evidence of service which to him may seem satisfactory, is hereby directed to cause to be investigated the claims of the forces known as the fourth Arkansas mounted infantry, enlisted for twelve months under the authority of Major-General Frederick Steele, in northwestern Arkansas, dated October twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three; and if he finds the troops performed actual service, he shall cause the officers and soldiers thereof to be paid at the same rates, for actual services rendered, while absent from their homes, as was [were]663FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 24, 25, 27, 34, 35, 38. 1870. allowed by law to other volunteer forces in the military service at the same time. And in estimating the amount due the said force, the officers and non-commissioned officers thereof shall be paid under the mustering regulations of the army in force at the time the regiment was under recruitment. And no allowance shall be made for any troops who did not perform actual military service in full co-operation with and subject to the orders of the United States authorities.
Approved, March 18, 1870. No. 25: appropriating to the Widow and Children of the late E. M. Stanton, for their Use, a Sum equal to one Year’s Salary of an associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Private Resolution 25 16 Stat. 663 1870-03-18 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 25.] Joint Resolution appropriating to the Widow and Children of the late E.
M. Stanton, for their Use, a Sum equal to one Year’s Salary of an associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.March 18, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That, in consideration of thePayment to the widow and children of Edwin M. Stanton. distinguished services and untimely death of Honorable Edwin M. Stanton, there shall be paid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to his widow, for the use of herself and his children, a sum equal to one year’s salary of an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, to which office he had been appointed at the time of his death.
Approved, March 18, 1870. No. 27: for the Relief of Francis S. McDonald. Private Resolution 27 16 Stat. 663 1870-03-23 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 27.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of Francis S. McDonald.March 23, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of War bePayment to Francis S.
McDonald. directed to cause to be paid to Francis S. McDonald the full pay and emoluments of a second lieutenant of the third Minnesota volunteers from November the first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to June twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, with travel, pay, and allowances from Snyder’s Bluff, Mississippi, to Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Approved, March 23, 1870. No. 34: to authorize the Reappointment of William Pollard in the Engineer Corps of the United States Navy.
Private Resolution 34 16 Stat. 663 1870-04-12 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 34.] A Resolution to authorize the Reappointment of William Pollard in the Engineer Corps of the United States Navy.April 12, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the President of the United StatesWilliam Pollard reappointed assistant engineer in the navy. be, and he is hereby, authorized to nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to reappoint William Pollard, late an assistant engineer in the navy, to the place from which he was dismissed.
Approved, April 12, 1870. No. 35: for the Relief of Brigadier-General Gabriel R. Paul, of the United States Army. Private Resolution 35 16 Stat. 663 1870-04-12 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 35.] A Resolution for the Relief of Brigadier-General Gabriel R. Paul, of the United States Army.April 12, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That Brigadier-General Gabriel R.Payment to Brigadier-General Gabriel R.
Paul. Paul shall receive the full pay and allowance of a brigadier-general in the army of the United States, that being his rank when wounded, and on which he was retired. Approved, April 12, 1870. No. 38: to construe an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to confirm certain private Land Claims in the Territory of New Mexico.’” Private Resolution 38 16 Stat. 663 1870-04-28 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 38.] Joint Resolution to construe an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to confirm certain private Land Claims in the Territory of New Mexico.’”April 28, 1870.1860, ch. 167.Vol. xii. p. 71.1869, ch. 47.Vol. xv. p. 275. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That so much of an act approved February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and entitledTime extended for presenting certain claims to the register and receiver;
“An act to amend an act entitled ‘An act to confirm certain private664FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 38, 44, 45, 46, 51. 1870. land claims in the Territory of New Mexico,’” as requires that derivative claimants under Vigil and St. Vrain shall establish their claims to the satisfaction of the register and receiver of the proper land district within one year from the passage of said act, shall be so construed as to authorize the presentation of such derivative claims within one year from the completion and approval of the subdivisional surveys contemplated by said act of twenty-fifth February, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.
Sec. 2. *And be it further resolved,* That all settlers entitled by said actfor filing declaratory statements or making entry. to the rights of pre-emption or homestead shall have the further time of thirty days, after notice in their favor of their respective claims, to file their declaratory statements as pre-emptors or to make entry under the homestead laws, as they may select. Approved, April 28, 1870. No. 44: for the Relief of George S. Atkinson, late Assistant-Quartermaster of Volunteers.
Private Resolution 44 16 Stat. 664 1870-05-04 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 44.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of George S. Atkinson, late Assistant-Quartermaster of Volunteers.May 4, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the proper accountingCredit to be allowed George S.
Atkinson in settlement of his accounts. officers of the Treasury Department, in adjusting the accounts of George S. Atkinson, late assistant-quartermaster of volunteers, credit and allow him the sum of two thousand forty-three dollars and one cent, the proper vouchers for which sum were lost and destroyed at Mobile, Alabama, in May, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, by the burning and destruction of the government vessel “Kate Dale.” Approved, May 4, 1870. No. 45: to enable the Court of Claims to hear and determine the Claim of E.
Diekelman, a Subject of the King of Prussia. Private Resolution 45 16 Stat. 664 1870-05-04 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 45.] Joint Resolution to enable the Court of Claims to hear and determine the Claim of E. Diekelman, a Subject of the King of Prussia.May 4, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the claim of E.
Diekelman,Claim of E. Diekelman referred to the court of claims. a subject of the King of Prussia, for damages for an alleged detention of the ship “Essex” by the military authorities of the United States, at New Orleans, in the month of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, be, and is hereby, referred to the court of claims, for its decision in accordance with law, and to award such damages as may be just in the premises, if he may be found to be entitled to any damages.
Approved, May 4, 1870. No. 46: for the Relief of James L. Ridgely, Collector of internal Revenue for the second District of Maryland. Private Resolution 46 16 Stat. 664 1870-05-04 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 46.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of James L. Ridgely, Collector of internal Revenue for the second District of Maryland.May 4, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Treasury,Credit to bo allowed James L.
Ridgely in the settlement of his accounts. and the accounting officers thereof, be, and they are hereby, authorized in the settlement of the accounts of James L. Ridgely, collector of internal revenue for the second district of Maryland, to credit him with the sum of sixteen hundred and seventeen dollars and seventy-five cents, internal revenue stamps stolen from his office, if it shall appear that said loss was without fault or negligence on his part. Approved, May 4, 1870. No. 51: authorizing the Issue of Clothing to certain enlisted Men of the fourteenth Regiment of Infantry.
Private Resolution 51 16 Stat. 664 1870-05-05 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 51.] A Resolution authorizing the Issue of Clothing to certain enlisted Men of the fourteenth Regiment of Infantry.May 5, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of War be, and heCertain clothing to bo issued to enlisted men of the fourteenth regiment infantry to replace that lost by fire. is hereby, authorized to issue clothing in lieu of and equal in value to that lost by those enlisted men of the fourteenth regiment of infantry whose quarters in Ash Barracks, Nashville, Tennessee, were destroyed665 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 51, 52, 56, 58. 1870. by fire on the night of the fourth day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. Approved, May 5, 1870. No. 52: authorizing the President to strike from the Rolls of the Army the Names of certain Officers. Private Resolution 52 16 Stat. 665 1870-05-05 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 52.] A Resolution authorizing the President to strike from the Rolls of the Army the Names of certain Officers.May 5, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United StatesLieutenants W.
Barnhart and W. J. Patterson dropped from the rolls of the army. of America in Congress assembled,* That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to drop from the rolls of the army Lieutenant W. Barnhart, first lieutenant fourth cavalry, and W. J. Patterson, first lieutenant fifth artillery. Approved, May 5, 1870. No. 56: for the Relief of Roswell M. Shurtleff, of New York. Private Resolution 56 16 Stat. 665 1870-05-06 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 56.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of Roswell M. Shurtleff, of New York.May 6, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the proper accountingPayment to Roswell M. Shurtleff. officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, required to audit and pay to Roswell M. Shurtleff, of New York city, as first lieutenant and adjutant of the naval brigade and union coast guard, organized in May, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, by Colonel Washington A.
Bartlett, of New York, the pay and emoluments of first lieutenant and adjutant, for military service rendered by him without having been mustered into the United States service, from May fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, to July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, deducting therefrom the amount received by him from the United States as a prisoner of war at Richmond, Virginia. Approved, May 6, 1870. No. 58: for the Relief of certain Officers of Volunteers. Private Resolution 58 16 Stat. 665 1870-05-07 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 58.] A Resolution for the Relief of certain Officers of Volunteers.May 7, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That in every case in which a commissionedCertain officers of volunteers to be allowed pay and emoluments. officer or enlisted man was detached from his regiment in pursuance of orders from the War Department, and directed to report to Brigadier-General Daniel Ullman, in New York city, with a view to being mustered as a commissioned officer in the brigade which General Ullman was authorized by the War Department to raise, and who actually reported in New York, without neglect or delay on his part, and under orders from his superior officers entered on duty as a commissioned officer, and was afterwards actually mustered, but by reason of there being no legal vacancy, or from other cause beyond his control, and without his own fault or neglect, was not mustered in as a commissioned officer of the date he reported at General Ullman’s head-quarters, the War Department, after an examination of the facts in each case, shall allow him full pay and emoluments for the rank to which he was assigned, and in which he served, from the date on which he reported at the aforesaid head-quarters, deducting therefrom all pay, allowances, and emoluments actually received for such period; and in case of the death of any such commissioned officer or enlisted man prior to or after muster or after honorable discharge, his heirs or legal representatives shall be entitled to the pay and allowances of the rank in which such commissioned officer or enlisted man actually served, deducting all pay and allowances received by him or them for such period.
Approved, May 7, 1870. No. 61: for Pay of one Year’s Salary to the Executors of General John A. Rawlins, for the Benefit of his Family. Private Resolution 61 16 Stat. 666 1870-05-11 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private 666 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 61, 64, 65, 68. 1870. [No. 61.] Joint Resolution for Pay of one Year’s Salary to the Executors of General John A.
Rawlins, for the Benefit of his Family.May 11, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the TreasuryOne year’s salary to be paid the executors of General John A. Rawlins. be, and is hereby, directed to pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the executors of the estate of General John A. Rawlins, late Secretary of War (for the benefit of the family of said Rawlins), one year’s salary as Secretary of War, less the amount paid to him as salary prior to his death.
Approved, May 11, 1870. No. 64: authorising Lieutenant-Commander Arthur A. Yates, Surgeon Albert L. Gibson, Passed Assistant-Surgeon Charles H. White, and Assistant-Surgeon Jerome H. Kidder, of the United States Navy, to accept Decorations from the King of Portugal in Recognition of humane Services. Private Resolution 64 16 Stat. 666 1870-05-26 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 64.] A Resolution authorising Lieutenant-Commander Arthur A. Yates, Surgeon Albert L. Gibson, Passed Assistant-Surgeon Charles H. White, and Assistant-Surgeon Jerome H. Kidder, of the United States Navy, to accept Decorations from the King of Portugal in Recognition of humane Services.May 26, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That Lieutenant-CommanderCertain naval officers may accept decorations from the King of Portugal.
Arthur A. Yates, Surgeon Albert L. Gibson, Passed Assistant-Surgeon Charles H. White, and Assistant-Surgeon Jerome H. Kidder, of the United States navy, be, and they are hereby, authorized to accept the decorations tendered them by the King of Portugal, in recognition of humane services rendered by them to an officer of the Portuguese navy. Approved, May 26, 1870. No. 65: to authorise the Payment of the full Salary of Alvin P. Hovey, as Minister in Peru, without Deduction on Account of Absence from his Post.
Private Resolution 65 16 Stat. 666 1870-05-26 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 65.] A Resolution to authorise the Payment of the full Salary of Alvin P. Hovey, as Minister in Peru, without Deduction on Account of Absence from his Post.May 26, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That Alvin P.
Hovey, envoyFull salary to be paid Alvin P. Hovey. extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States in Peru, who has been absent from his post as a witness in a judicial proceeding interesting to the United States, be paid the full amount of his salary, notwithstanding such absence, and the same shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, May 26, 1870. No. 68: for the Relief of Alfred B. Winslow, of Portland, Maine. Private Resolution 68 16 Stat. 666 1870-06-03 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 68.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of Alfred B. Winslow, of Portland, Maine.June 3, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the TreasuryCertain United States securities to be issued to Alfred B. Winslow in lieu of those lost by fire. be, and he is hereby, authorized to reissue and deliver to Alfred B. Winslow, of Portland, Maine, notes and securities of the United States to the amount of twelve hundred and fifty dollars in place of the following, which were lost and destroyed by fire on the fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, viz.: one five-twenty, number 30,572, dated May first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, for one hundred dollars; one five-twenty, number 9,689, dated May first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, for fifty dollars; one five-twenty, number 30,569, dated May first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, for one hundred dollars; one five-twenty, number 8,538, dated May first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, for five hundred dollars, and one of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, number 11,834, dated November sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, forBond of indemnity to be given. five hundred dollars.
And the Secretary of the Treasury shall take such bond and security to indemnify the government against the presentation of the same for redemption as he may deem necessary and sufficient. Approved, June 3, 1870. No. 71: for the Relief of Mrs. E. Grace Stevens. Private Resolution 71 16 Stat. 667 1870-06-07 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private 667 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 71, 74, 81. 1870. [No. 71.] A Resolution for the Relief of Mrs. E. Grace Stevens.June 7, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the TreasuryPayment to be made to Mrs. E. Grace Stevens. cause to be paid to Mrs. E. Grace Stevens, widow of H. K. Stevens, late a lieutenant in the United States navy, the sum of six hundred and thirty dollars, being the amount reserved out of his pay as such lieutenant, upon an allotment ticket for her benefit, while he was at sea on board the United States ship Portsmouth.
Approved, June 7, 1870. No. 74: for the Relief of John M. Broome and others, the Band of the twelfth Kentucky Infantry. Private Resolution 74 16 Stat. 667 1870-06-17 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 74.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of John M. Broome and others, the Band of the twelfth Kentucky Infantry.June 17, 1870.
Whereas, John Martin Broome, leader of the band of the twelfthPreamble. regiment Kentucky volunteer infantry, and Adam Skilling, Christian Kuboz, George Scott, and Rudolf Vanderan, musicians of the first class, George Hoeflinger, Peter Oehlschlager, John Eek, and Philip Weis, musicians of the second class, [and] Alvis Berg and Philip Herrmann (the last-named having died in hospital on the thirty-first March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two), musicians of the third class, were enlisted as the band of musicians of the twelfth Kentucky infantry, on the third day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and performed service, and were discharged by the authority of law and military regulations as the band of said regiment until the tenth of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, without having been paid, and without having furnished to the War Department the proper rolls of muster-in and muster-out of service; therefore, *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the proper officers of thePay and allowances to certain members of the band of the twelfth Kentucky infantry.
War and Treasury Departments are hereby authorized and directed to allow to said musicians the same pay and allowances from the time of their enlistment to the date of their discharge aforesaid as though their muster-rolls had been properly furnished and were in all respects regular. Approved, June 17, 1870. No. 81: to provide for the Payment of the Claim of Martha A. Estill, Administratrix of the Estate of James M. Estill, deceased, Redick McKee, and Pablo de la Toba. Private Resolution 81 16 Stat. 667 1870-06-23 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 81.] A Resolution to provide for the Payment of the Claim of Martha A. Estill, Administratrix of the Estate of James M. Estill, deceased, Redick McKee, and Pablo de la Toba.June 23, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Interior isClaims of Martha A. Estill, hereby authorized to examine the claim of Martha A. Estill, administratrix of the estate of James M.
Estill, late of California, alleged to be due for supplies furnished in eighteen hundred and fifty-one or eighteen hundred and fifty-two, for the use of the Indians in the northern district of California, amounting to three thousand dollars; also the claim of PabloPablo de la Toba, de la Toba, for supplies furnished to the Indians on the Merced river, under alleged contract with an agent of the Indian commissioners, then in California, amounting to eight thousand and forty dollars; and also that of Redick McKee, formerly commissioner and Indian agent in the State ofand Redick McKee to be examined and paid if found valid.
California, for an alleged balance of account for services and disbursements made for expenses and for extra compensation while acting as such commissioner and agent, from eighteen hundred and fifty to eighteen hundred and fifty-three, said balance amounting to seven thousand four hundred and twenty-four dollars and fifty-nine cents; and if, on said examination, the Secretary shall be of opinion that said claims or either of them or any parts or items thereof are just and equitable, and that they were contracted in good faith and for the public service, he shall cause the same to be paid to the respective parties or their legal representatives: *Provided,* That noProvisos. greater amount than that specified in this resolution as claimed by the re-668FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 81–85. 1870.spective parties shall in any event be paid: *And provided further,* That the amount paid in either case shall be accepted in full discharge of the entire claim. Sec. 2. *Be it further resolved,* That a sufficient sum to pay the amountsAppropriation. adjudged to be due under this resolution is hereby appropriated. Approved, June 23, 1870. No. 82: granting a Pension to John Powers, late a Private, in eleventh Regiment United States Infantry, in the War of eighteen hundred and twelve.
Private Resolution 82 16 Stat. 668 1870-06-23 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 82.] Joint Resolution granting a Pension to John Powers, late a Private, in eleventh Regiment United States Infantry, in the War of eighteen hundred and twelve.June 23, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the InteriorPension to John Powers. be, and he hereby is, directed to place the name of John Powers, a private in Captain Bliss’[s] company of the eleventh regiment of United States infantry in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, on the pension roll, and to pay him a pension of eight dollars per month from and after the passage of this joint resolution.
Approved, June 23, 1870. No. 83: to admit free of Duty, certain printed Chromos. Private Resolution 83 16 Stat. 668 1870-06-23 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 83.] A Resolution to admit free of Duty, certain printed Chromos.June 23, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That certain printed chromos of IndianCertain printed chromos of Indian paintings belonging to John M.
Stanley to be admitted free of duty. paintings belonging to John M. Stanley, not exceeding twenty-one thousand copies, shall be admitted free of duty, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe: *Provided,* That the permit so granted to John M. Stanley shall be in full settlement of all claim against the United States for the destruction by fire, of certain Indian paintings belonging to him, in January, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, at the time of the burning of the building of the Smithsonian Institution, in the city of Washington.
Approved, June 23, 1870. No. 84: conferring upon the Court of Claims Jurisdiction to hear and determine the Claim of William B. Campbell. Private Resolution 84 16 Stat. 668 1870-06-23 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 84.] A Resolution conferring upon the Court of Claims Jurisdiction to hear and determine the Claim of William B.
Campbell.June 23, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That jurisdiction is hereby given to theClaim of William B. Campbell may be heard by court of claims. court of claims to hear and determine the claim of William B. Campbell for the loss of an unfinished steamer, alleged to have been seized in the fall of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, by order of General Grant, while in command at Cairo, to prevent the same from falling into the hands of the rebels and being used by them to cross the river from the Kentucky to the Illinois shore, and which vessel is alleged to have been lost in consequence of that seizure.
And said court is authorized to hear and determine the validity of said claim and the amount of said Campbell’s loss. Approved, June 23, 1870. No. 85: for the Relief of Lewis D. Smith. Private Resolution 85 16 Stat. 668 1870-06-24 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 85.] A Resolution for the Relief of Lewis D.
Smith.June 24, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Postmaster-General be, andCredit to be allowed Lewis D. Smith in settlement of accounts. he is hereby, authorized and required, in settling the accounts of Lewis D. Smith, the postmaster at Ionia, Michigan, to allow him a credit of the amount of stamps belonging to the United States i*nstrusted* [intrusted] to his care, and stolen from his possession, not exceeding the sum of fourteen hundred and seventy-six dollars.
Approved, June 24, 1870. No. 86: for the Relief of J. R. Clark. Private Resolution 86 16 Stat. 669 1870-06-25 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private 669 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 86, 92, 107, 121. 1870. [No. 86.] A Resolution for the Relief of J. R. Clark.June 25, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the TreasuryAccounts of J.
R. Clark to be audited and settled.1864, ch. 173, § 25.Vol. xiii. pp. 231, 232. be, and he is hereby, authorized to audit and settle the accounts of J. R. Clark, late collector of internal revenue for the fourth collection district of California, under the provisions of section twenty-five of the act approved July thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled “An act to provide internal revenue, to support the government, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes,” and, in addition to the actual necessary disbursements made by him, shall allow him the sum of thirty-fiveAllowance of salary. hundred dollars per annum as salary; and there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sufficient sum, not exceeding forty-five hundred and thirteen dollars andAppropriation. forty cents, to pay said Clark such amount as may be justly due him on such settlement for services and disbursements in said office for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Approved, June 25, 1870. No. 92: authorizing Surgeon George E. Cooper, of the United States Army, to accept a Gift from the Government of France, in Acknowledgment of Services rendered. Private Resolution 92 16 Stat. 669 1870-06-30 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 92.] Joint Resolution authorizing Surgeon George E.
Cooper, of the United States Army, to accept a Gift from the Government of France, in Acknowledgment of Services rendered.June 30, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That George E. Cooper, surgeonSurgeon George E. Cooper may accept a gift from the French government. United States army, be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept from the French government a gold watch and chain in acknowledgment of services by him rendered in July, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, to the crew of the French imperial corvette “Curieux.
” Approved, June 30, 1870. No. 107: for the Relief of Colonel Thomas P. McManus, of Texas. Private Resolution 107 16 Stat. 669 1870-07-11 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 107.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of Colonel Thomas P. McManus, of Texas.July 11, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the TreasuryClaim of Thomas P.
McManus for cotton seized to be adjusted. be authorized and directed to adjust and settle the claim of Thomas P. McManus, a loyal citizen of Texas and an officer of the United States volunteers during the rebellion, for ninety bales of cotton, of average weight and quality, seized at Alleyton, Texas, in July, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, by Major L. B. Houston, commanding the post of Columbus, and turned over to the supervising treasury agent at Galveston, Texas, sold for the use of the United States and the proceeds paid into the treasury, the amount found due to be paid said Thomas P.
McManus out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and not to exceed the sum of twenty-two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Approved, July 11, 1870. No. 121: for the Relief of Jane Dean Bishop. Private Resolution 121 16 Stat. 669 1870-07-14 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 121.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of Jane Dean Bishop.July 14, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That from the twenty-thirdJane Dean Bishop allowed certain difference of pay. day of May, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, to the twenty-seventh day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, Jane Dean Bishop, widow of the late Surgeon Wm.
S. Bishop, United States navy, shall be allowed the difference of pay between her husband’s salary as a passed assistant surgeon and a surgeon in the navy, according to the established rates of pay during that period. Approved, July 14, 1870. No. 122: authorizing the Postmaster-General to continue to use in the postal Service a certain Invention and Device for the Post-marking of Mail Packages and for the more permanent Cancellation of Postage-Stamps, and to make a just and equitable Compensation for the past and future Use of the same by the Post-Office Department.
Private Resolution 122 16 Stat. 670 1870-07-14 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private 670 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 122, 123, 124, 125. 1870. [No. 122.] A Resolution authorizing the Postmaster-General to continue to use in the postal Service a certain Invention and Device for the Post-marking of Mail Packages and for the more permanent Cancellation of Postage-Stamps, and to make a just and equitable Compensation for the past and future Use of the same by the Post-Office Department.July 14, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Postmaster-GeneralRight to the invention, &c. for post-marking mail packages, &c. and cancellation of postage-stamps, to be investigated, and pay tor the use thereof, &c. be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to investigate the right and title of claimants to the invention, device, or instruments for the post-marking and postage-stamp cancel[l]ing in the postal service, patented on the fourteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, reissued the twenty-third day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and again reissued the third day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and now and for many years past in general use in the postal service of the United States; and to ascertain and determine upon a fair, just, and equitable compensation for the use of the said invention and device from the date of its use by the Post-Office Department, and also to ascertain and determine upon a fair and equitable compensation for its future use and value to the Post-Office Department and government while the said letters-patent shall continue, and to whom it should be paid under the said letters-patent and reissues thereof; and to report the amount thus ascertained and determined to Congress at its next session.
Approved, July 14, 1870. No. 123: for the Relief of Captain John Faunce, and others, Officers of the Revenue Cutter Harriet Lane. Private Resolution 123 16 Stat. 670 1870-07-14 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 123.] A Resolution for the Relief of Captain John Faunce, and others, Officers of the Revenue Cutter Harriet Lane.July 14, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the NavyPayment to Captain John Faunce and other officers of the Harriet Lane of certain difference of pay. be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the officers of the revenue cutter Harriet Lane, and to the heir or heirs of such as may have died since the transfer of the said vessel to the Secretary of the Navy for the purpose of the Paraguay expedition, the difference of pay between that at that time allowed the officers of the revenue service and the sum of eighteen hundred dollars per annum for captain, fifteen hundred dollars per annum for first lieutenant, and one thousand dollars per annum each for second and third lieutenants, while they were employed on said revenue cutter in regular naval service.
Approved, July 14, 1870. No. 124: for the Relief of I. Edwards Clarke, and the Heirs and legal Representatives of John T. Peabody, deceased. Private Resolution 124 16 Stat. 670 1870-07-14 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 124.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of I. Edwards Clarke, and the Heirs and legal Representatives of John T.
Peabody, deceased.July 14, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the TreasuryPayment to I. Edwards Clarke and the heirs, &c. of John T. Peabody. be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to I. Edwards Clarke, late marshal of the United States provisional court of the State of Louisiana, the sum of six thousand one hundred and one dollars and sixty-six cents; and to the heirs and legal representatives of John T.
Peabody, deceased, late clerk of said court, the sum of three thousand four hundred and three dollars and thirty-three cents, in full satisfaction for all services, claims, and expenditures of said officers in behalf of the United States. Approved, July 14, 1870. No. 125: authorizing the Secretary of War to donate certain Buildings to the Saint Aloysius Relief Society of Washington, District of Columbia. Private Resolution 125 16 Stat. 670 1870-07-14 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 125.] A Resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to donate certain Buildings to the Saint Aloysius Relief Society of Washington, District of Columbia.July 14, 1870. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of War be authorized and directed to donate to the Saint Aloysius Relief Society, ofCertain buildings in Washington given to the Saint Aloysius Relief Society.
Washington, District of Columbia, for charitable purposes, the two frame671FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 125, 126, 127, 137. 1870. buildings located on ground leased by the United States, at corner of N Street and Connecticut Avenue, and now occupied as army offices and quarters: *Provided,* That said society shall remove said buildings at their own expense, when vacated by the United States. Approved, July 14, 1870. No. 126: authorising the Secretary of the Treasury to examine and adjust the Accounts of the late Collector of the third and sixth Collection Districts of Missouri.
Private Resolution 126 16 Stat. 671 1870-07-14 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 126.] Joint Resolution authorising the Secretary of the Treasury to examine and adjust the Accounts of the late Collector of the third and sixth Collection Districts of Missouri.July 14, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the TreasuryAccounts of Charles B.
Wilkinson to be examined, &c. be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the accounts of Charles B. Wilkinson, late collector of internal revenue in the third and sixth collection districts of the State of Missouri, to be thoroughly examined and adjusted, and if, on such examination, it shall be satisfactorily proven that said Wilkinson paid into the treasury a larger amount of money than was collected by him from such revenues, and that he is not otherwise in default or liable to the United States as such collector, and that he so performed his duty and kept his accounts as to be able to establish his right to demand any sum of money from the United States, to cause the excess of such payment to be refunded and paid to said Wilkinson in the same manner as taxes erroneously assessed and collected are refunded and paid back.
Approved, July 14, 1870. No. 127: for the Relief of Joseph and Matthew M. Merriman, of Hartford, Connecticut. Private Resolution 127 16 Stat. 671 1870-07-14 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 127.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of Joseph and Matthew M. Merriman, of Hartford, Connecticut.July 14, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of theTax refunded to Joseph and Matthew M.
Merriman. Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be refunded to Joseph and Matthew M. Merriman, of Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, the sum of twenty-eight hundred and eighty dollars and ninety-six cents, a tax upon sales erroneously assessed and collected thirty-first January, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and not authorized by a proper construction of the internal revenue laws of the United States. Approved, July 14, 1870. No. 137: allowing late Acting Ensign George M.
Smith a Share in certain Prizes captured by the United States Steamer Aries. Private Resolution 137 16 Stat. 671 1870-07-15 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 137.] Joint Resolution allowing late Acting Ensign George M. Smith a Share in certain Prizes captured by the United States Steamer Aries.July 15, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That late Acting Ensign GeorgeActing Ensign George M.
Smith may receive his share of the prizes of the Aries. M. Smith, of the United States steamer Aries, who was captured January seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, on the coast of South Carolina, in the discharge of his duties while belonging to that vessel, shall be, and is hereby, entitled to receive his share of all prizes captured by that vessel*l* during the time of his imprisonment; that his name shall be considered as being borne upon the ship’s books the same as though he had been temporarily absent.
Sec. 2. *And be it further* enacted, [*resolved,*] That if the money forHis share to be paid from the moiety of the United States, if, &c. said prizes, or any of them, has already been distributed, then the Secretary of the Navy be, and is hereby, authorized to order the payment to be made from the moiety thereof belonging to the United States. Approved, July 15, 1870. No. 138: for the Settlement of the Accounts of Charles C. Upham, late Paymaster in the Navy, deceased. Private Resolution 138 16 Stat. 672 1870-07-15 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private 672 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 138, 139, 140. 1870. [No. 138.] Joint Resolution for the Settlement of the Accounts of Charles C. Upham, late Paymaster in the Navy, deceased.July 15, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of theAccounts of Charles C. Upham to be adjusted. Navy may be authorized and directed to cause the accounts of Charles C.
Upham, late paymaster in the navy, deceased, to be settled and adjusted upon just and equitable principles. Approved, July 15, 1870. No. 139: for the Relief of Chief Engineers George Sewell and William H. Shock, of the Navy. Private Resolution 139 16 Stat. 672 1870-07-15 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 139.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of Chief Engineers George Sewell and William H.
Shock, of the Navy.July 15, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the service of GeorgeService of George Sewell and William H. Shock as chief engineers in the navy to be considered as commencing when, &c. Sewell and William H. Shock, as chief engineers of the United States navy, shall be considered as having commenced at the same date as that of Samuel Archbold, with whom they were examined as first assistant engineers, and passed for promotion to the grade of chief engineer.
Approved, July 15, 1870. No. 140: directing the Commissioner of the General Land Office to issue a Patent to Stephen Marston, of Hartford, State of Connecticut, conveying to the said Marston the Lands described in said Resolution. Private Resolution 140 16 Stat. 672 1870-07-15 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 140.] Joint Resolution directing the Commissioner of the General Land Office to issue a Patent to Stephen Marston, of Hartford, State of Connecticut, conveying to the said Marston the Lands described in said Resolution.July 15, 1870.
Whereas the said Stephen Marston is in possession of the following-describedPreamble. lands, to wit: A certain piece or parcel of land in fractional section five, in township thirteen north, of range five east, in Bay county, State of Michigan, being part of the middle ground in Saginaw river, in the said State of Michigan, described as follows, to wit: Commencing at a point where the north line of said section five intersects the east bank of said middle ground, said point being located forty-one chains and fourteen links east of the northwest corner of section five; running thence west on the township line seven chains and fifty-seven links; thence south four degrees and fifty minutes east (true meridian), eighteen chains and twenty-nine links; thence east, parallel with the township line, seven chains and fifty-seven links, to the river bank; thence northerly along the meanderings of said river to the place of beginning.
Also, a portion of section thirty-two, in township fourteen north, of range five east, lying immediately north of and adjoining the above-described land, described as follows: Commencing at the point where the south line of said section thirty-two intersects the east bank of said middle ground, said point being located forty-one chains and fourteen links east of the southwest corner of said section thirty-two; running thence west on the township line seven chains and fifty-seven links; thence north two degrees and fifty-nine minutes west (true meridian), three chains and fifty-three links; thence east, parallel with township line, seven chains and fifty-seven links, to the river bank; thence southerly with the meandering of said river to the place of beginning, containing in the two parcels of land above described sixteen and fifty-one hundredths acres, be the same more or less, and has improved said lands by erecting, or causing to be erected, thereon a saw-mill and other buildings of great value, namely, of the value of twenty thousand dollars; and whereas said lands are in the Saginaw river, in the said State of Michigan, and known as middle ground; and whereas said Marston and his grantors owned the land on the shore or bank of said river opposite the said above-described lands, and supposing and believing that he was the legal owner of said lands, he proceeded to make, or cause to be made, the said improvements on said lands:
Therefore, *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the commissioner of the673FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 140, 141, 142. 1870. general land office be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed toPatent for certain lands to issue to Stephen Marston, upon payment, &c. issue to Stephen Marston, of Hartford, Connecticut, a patent conveying to said Marston the above-described lands, upon the payment into the said land office, by said Marston, of the sum of one hundred dollars: *Provided,* That nothing herein shall be construed to give said MarstonProviso. title to said lands, if any, west of a line drawn northerly and southerly through said island, being the middle of the river.
Approved, July 15, 1870. No. 141: for the Relief of Mrs. Margaret P. Robinson, of Kentucky. Private Resolution 141 16 Stat. 673 1870-07-15 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 141.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of Mrs. Margaret P. Robinson, of Kentucky.July 15, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the quartermaster-generalPayment to Mrs.
Margaret P. Robinson. is hereby directed to pay to Mrs. Margaret P. Robinson, widow of Richard M. Robinson, in her own right, and in full satisfaction of all claims for the use of real and personal property of the premises known as Camp Dick Robinson, in Garrard county, Kentucky, for military purposes, by the military authority of the United States, five thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight dollars and thirty cents, for the sole use and benefit of Margaret P. Robinson, out of the public money of the quartermaster’s department of the United States.
Approved, July 15, 1870. No. 142: authorising the Postmaster-General to adjust the Accounts of George Chorpenning. Private Resolution 142 16 Stat. 673 1870-07-15 Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-16 41 2 private [No. 142.] Joint Resolution authorising the Postmaster-General to adjust the Accounts of George Chorpenning.July 15, 1870. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Postmaster-GeneralClaims of George Chorpenning to be adjusted.1857, ch. 176.Vol. xi. p. 521. is hereby authorized and directed to investigate and adjust the claims of George Chorpenning, under the first section of an act for his relief, approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, on the basis of compensation allowed by said act for the regular service, and the claim growing out of the curtailment and annulment of his contract on route number twelve thousand eight hundred and one, on the basis of his agreement[Repealed, Pr.
Res. No. 26. *Post*, p. 702.] with the Postmaster-General for the service, to be settled as provided for the services named in said act of March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and the right of appeal from the findings of the Postmaster-GeneralAppeal to bo allowed. to the court of claims is reserved and allowed to said claimant. Approved, July 15, 1870. 41 3 1870 1871 675 PRIVATE ACTS OF THE FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the Third Session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the fifth day of December, A.
D.* 1870, *and was adjourned without day on Saturday the fourth day of March, A. D.* 1871. Ulysses S. Grant, President. Schuyler Colfax, Vice-President and President of the Senate. James G. Blaine, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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