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 62 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 72, 73, 74. 1864. Pay of inspec· Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized to increase the compensation Ws °f ‘?““°““ of inspectors of customs in such ports as he may think it advisable so to hbgbbaiilicligdgzd do, and may designate, by adding to the present compensation of said will Julv L officers a sum not exceeding one dollar per day. But the increase here- 3?myUfx{§2g°d by authorized shall not extend beyond July first, eighteen hundred and Post, p. i60.] sixty-five. Approved, April 29, 1864. April 29, 1864- Crier. LXXII. — An Actin Reference to Donation Claims in Oregon and Washington, Be it enacted by the Senate and Erase of Representatives of the United Subdivision of States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever- it shall ap-pear Sl°““*i°“ claims that two donation settlers in the state of Oregon or Washington territory bbggigziid shall hold their conterminous improvements in such a manner as may require a half quarter section to be divided into two equal parts by a line .orth and south or east and west, it shall and may be lawful for the commissioner of the general land-office to issue patents recogmzmglfor each claimant such subdivisions; this enactment to mclude cases existing at the date of this act, where the claim may be proved and established according to law. Approved, April 29, 1864. April 29, 1864. CHAP. LXXIII.-An Act for the Reliq of Postmaster: who have been robbed by com ·—····—······ federate Forces or Rebel Guemllas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United l’°¤*m¤¤*"¤ States of America in Congress assembled, That in all cases where loyal "“*’°““‘““" h b bb a b ra t r s or rebel mmii robbed by gmt_ postmasters ave een ro e y cou e era e orce _ g as, rillas, &c.,of of post-office stamps, stamped envelopes, or of money received and colf>":‘c’;ggb£B‘s·$zh lected for, belonging to, and held for the government of the United the ,,m,,u,,t_ States, and where such robbery has not been caused by the default or 1865 Cb_,,,, 5 negligence of the postmaster, the Postmaster-General shall be, and he is 2.P ’ 05, hereby, authorized to credit such postmaster, in the settlement of his mi 1*-5 · accounts with the amount of which he may have been so robbed. And in cases lvvhere no such credit has been allowed, and the postmaster has When money been required to and has accounted for and paid over to the Post-Oflice is to be refunded. Department the sum or sums of which he may have been so robbed, as aforesaid, the Postmaster-General is authorized to refund the same to such postmaster. Approved, April 29, 1864. May 3, 1864. CHAP. LXXIV. —An Act to aid the Indian Refilgees to return to their Homes in the ""_"‘-' Indian Territory. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Apprvpriuticn States ofaimerica in Congress assembled, That there be and is hereby, §’;s;g':§,°‘}:;'gns appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not othesrwise appropriin the southern ated, for the removal and temporary relief of the refugee and destitute ¤“P°¤¤*°¤d°¤°7· Indians in the southern superintendency, viz: for expenses of transportation and subsistence b the wa to the Indian territor, fift —two thou- Y Y . . Y Y sand dollars; for temporary subsistence m the Indian country of refugee and destitute Indians, to the close of the present fiscal year, one hundred and fifty-three thousand dollars; for seeds, ploughs, and necessary agricultural implements, to enable them to raise a crop the present season, eighteen thousand dollars. Approved, May 3, 1864.