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 904 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 68, 74, 87, 88. 1862 · · _ u not otherwise appropriatcd, to ay to John Skirving the sum of i·gg`i¤'iliv$’i•Jii1zigg· cg·en hundred and Iigrt;two dollarg in full for his sanvices in making public buildings in the city of Washington, gud other expennes atgendnng the same, under the direction of the Commissioner of Public Buxldmgs, from the year eighteen hundred and fox·ty-two to the year eighteen hundred and fifty-two, inclusive. APPROVED, May 13, 1862. May In 1g(g CHAP. LXXIV`.—An Act fbi ¢M %%mz%TM-Wmd Charles E Ruj: of the Bc it enacted by the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United C<'»¤‘¤i¤ PW States of America in Congress a.csembled, That the Secretary of War be, gK;Q;,L§Q`§$}· and is hereby, directed to cause to be paid unto Charles F. Ruff, Lwutenm be paid him. aut-Colonel of the third Regiment of Cavalry, Army of the United States, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four hundred and fortyminc dollars, being the amount of pay and emoluments due him for the months of March and April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, as Major of the Regiment of Mounted Riiiémen, United States Army, and never received by him. Approved, May 17, 1862. Mly 30, 1862- CHA?. LXXXVII.-—An Act for the Bcnqfit of Robert Small, and others. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Half of the Sgates of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the m-»· tp bg ap. “Planter," recently in the rebel service, in the harbor of Charleston, and g<>¤*>i¤¤¤dR b R all of the arms, munitions, tackle, and other property 0n board of her at Smj°:ud gtfem the time of her delivery to the Federal authorities, to be appraised by a board of competent officers, and- when the value thereof shall be thus ascertained, to cause an equitable apportionment of one half of such value so ascertained as aforesaid, to be made between Robert Small and his associates, who assisted in rescuing her from the enemies of the Government. Shm ¤t‘e,¤eb Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy £“§£j£‘é°gf; may, if he deems it expedient, cause the sum of money allotted to each ,9.,.1,;;;.,% md individual under the preceding section of this act, to ba invested in United incqme paid over States securities for the benefit of such individual, the interest to be paid ““m* &°‘ to him or to his heirs, annually, until such time as the Secretary of the Navy may deem it expedient to pay to him, or his heirs, the principal sum as aforesaid. APPROVED, May 30, 1862. May 30, 1862- Cdn. LXXXVIII. —-An Act for the Reliqf of Jo/an Goulding. Be it enacted by the Senate and fkuse of Representatives of the mziied John <i»o¤;]di¤g States of America in Congress assembled, That John Goulding be, and :5pa§d°;x hereby 1S, authorized to apply to the Commissioner of Patents for a fgugion of Pmnh renewal and extension, for the term of seven years, from the time of such renewal and extension, the letters-patent heretofore granted to him, for his improvement in machinery for the manufacture of wool and, other fibrous substances, and the said Commissioner of Patents is hereby authorized and empowered to grant such renewal and extension, or withhold the same, under the existing laws, in the same manner as if the applications Pmvigg therefor had been seasonably made: Provided, That such rcncwal and extension shall not have the eiibct or be construed to restrain persons who may be using the machinery invented by said Goulding at the time of the
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