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 THIRTYQNINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 99, 101, 106, 107, 108. 1866. 587 CHAP. XCIX. -— 4u Ad for the Relie/`qf Mrs. William L. Herndon. May 24, 1866. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Scales tf America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Copyrightto tenor be. and he is hereby, required to cause a. copyright to issue seem- §F}fi'·° L£"· ing to Mrs. William L. Herndon, to her heirs, assigns, and legal repre- 5;,,;;:,, ` sentatives. the exclusive right to republish the book entitled “Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon/’ heretofore published under order of Congress, and to publish the same for the term of fourteen years from the passage of this act. Approved, May 24, 1866. CHAP. CI. —An Act for the Relief of Comelfus B. Gold, late Acting Assistant May 26, 1868. Paymaster Uniwd Stale: Navy. `_"""`_"_' Be it enacted by {lee Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting ofii- Cmd"? *0 b° cers of the government be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed, °` in the settlement of the accounts of Cornelius B. Gold, late acting assistant paymester U. S. navy, to allow a credit of five hundred and ten dollars and nine cents for clothing abstracted from a storeroom in charge of said Gold while on duty in Mobile bay in the spring or summer of eighteen hundred and sixty-five: Provided, That no credit shall he allowed Proviso. until the proper officers of the government shall be satisfied by full and complete proof of the loss of the clothing herein referred to. Ammovsn, May 26, 1866. CHAP. CVI. — An Act granting [a] Pension lo Mrs. Sally Andrews. June 6, 1866. Be it enacted  the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Pensionbo terior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of S“uY A“d’°"*‘ Sally Andrews, of Buxton, York county, Maine, widow of the late Elisha Andrews, quarter gunner on board the “Levctta Adams," on the pension list of invalid pensioners, and pay or cause to be paid to her the sum of eight dollars per month during her widowhood, the pension to commence from and after the passage of this act. Approved, June 6, 1866. CHAP. CVH. —An Act granting a Pension to Mrs. Joanna W?nans. June 6, 1866. Be il enacted  the Senate and House of Representatives <y" the [/Vzited States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- _Pension·to terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to place the name of ·]°’““”’· Wm““°· Mrs. Joanna ¥Vinans, mother of George W. Winans, late an acting assistant. paymaster in the United States navy, on the roll of naval pensioners, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, to continue during her widowhood, the said pension to be paid out of the naval pension fund. APPROVED, June 6, 1866. CHAP. CVIH.—An Act for the Relief of Christina Elder. June 6, 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 In- Arjrem gg _ terior, is hereby directed to pay to Christina Elder, of the city of New E$*Ef’d;‘;_ “°‘ York, the arrears of pension to which Jessie Elder, mother of the said Christina Elder and of Alexander B. Elder, late lieutenant-colonel of the tenth regiment of New York volunteers, would have been- entitled, had the certificate of W. T. Otto, acting Secretary of the Interior, coun-