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 THIR'I`Y—NINTH CONGRESS, Sess. I. Ch. 43, 49, 50, 61. 1866. 581 connected with the said alleged loss shall be fully investigated by the Pay- master-General, and he shall certify to the proper department of the government that the loss of the vessel has been fully proved. Approved, April 12, 1866. CHAP. XLIX. —An Act for the Relief of the Administrators and Securities of Almon Apfil U. U66- WT Babbitt, late Secretary of Utah. """_'__‘ Wuzuaas Almon W. Babbitt, as secretary of the Territory of Utah, Preamblein the summer of eighteen hundred and fifty-six. had advanced to him by the Treasury Department, at the city of Washington, twenty-six thousand and Eve hundred dollars; that a portion of this sum was properly expended by him in the purchase of stationery, carpeting, and other property for the ctiices of the Territory, and in the purchase of oxen and wagons to transport the said property, together with a quantity of books, belonging to the Territory, from Council Bluffs to Salt Lake City; and while upon the route, not far from Fort Kearney, the said Babbitt and most of the men with him were murdered, the teams taken, and property destroyed by Indians; and whereas there is now standing against said Babbitt upon the books of the Treasury Department a balance of twelve thousand and nine hundred and seventy-two dollars; and it is satisfact0· rily proven that the property destroyed by said Indians amounted in value to a sum larger than said balance: Therefore, ,Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the administrators, heirs, Ad¤¤l¤l¤Y¤- and securities of said Babbitt be, and they are hereby, released and dis- *,2::; $'b?bgg charged from the payment of said balance, and from all liability on ac- released. count 0i' the same and of said moneys received from the Treasury Department, as aforesaid- Arpacven, April 17, 1866. CHAP. L,- An Ad granting a Pension 10 Bfrs. ABGZBTIZ L. Willcox, Q/` O,•€¤¤¤_90 April 17, 1866. County, in the State of New York. —···——·· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be. and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Altazera L. Will- Pension t0 cox. of Chenango county, in the State of New York, widow of William  L‘ Willcox. late a private in company ·‘ B," in the One Hundred and Fourteenth regiment, New York Volunteers, on the pension roll, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence from and after the passage of this act. and to continue during her widowhood. Arvnovzn, April 17, 1866. CHAP. LI. -—An Act granting a Pension to Mrs. Isabella Fogg, of the State of Maine. April 17, 1866. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be. and is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Mrs. Pension to Isabella Fogg, of the State of Maine, on the pension roll, at the rate of Is"‘b“u“ F°g$‘ eight dollars per month, to commence from and after the passage of this uct, and to continue during her natural life ; she, the said Isabella Fogg, having been totally disabled while acting as nurse on board the United States hospital boat near Louisville, in the State of Kentucky. _ Approved, April 17, 1866.