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 .I.`HIRTY—·NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 292, 313, 314, 315. 1866. 605 general land office be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, upon the entry and payment therefor, to cause a patent, in due form of law, to Pateuttoissuc be issued to the said Samuel Stevens, in conformity with the act above t° S”‘"“‘°l St°' mentioned. '°'”’ “"°“’ &‘°‘ Approved, July 27, 1866. cnn. CCXCII.-—~An Aa for the new ty Mn. Arm Jr. sm, www ty cept. Joseph Smoot. Be it enacted by the Senate and House ty' Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the benefit of the sixth sec- Payment to tion of "An act to amend ‘An act to promote the eiliciency of the navy,' " g;;0‘:_““ E' approved January sixteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, [seven] be, 1857, ch. 12, § 6. and the same is hereby, extended to Mrs. Ann E. Smoot, widow of the Vol- Xl- P- 15*- late Captain John Smoot, of the United States navy, and that the proper accounting officers of the treasury be authorized and directed to pay her the waiting orders pay of his rank which her said husband would be entitled to receive at the time he was placed on the reserved list on furlough pay, ‘o the date of his death, deducting therefrom whatever amount he may have received in the mean time on account of pay. Approved, July 27, 1866. CHAP. CCCHII.—An Ad for the Relief of Francis Colgen. July 28, 1866 Be it enacted by the Senate and House uy' Representatives of the United States of America in Clmyress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Pension to 1-ior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Francis Colgen, Fm""' C°lg°° latea private in company B, twelfth regiment Wisconsin volunteers, upon the pension rolls of the United States, at the same rate that is allowed to soldiers or seamen who have lost the sight of both eyes in the military or naval service of the United States, subject to the biennial examination prescribed in the general pension laws ; to commence on the fifteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, the date of his discharge from the service. Approved, July 28, 1866. CHAP. CCCJHV. —·An Act jbr the Relief of William Croswelt. July 28, 186I Be it enacted by the Senate and Ease of Representatives of the Matted States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte· Pension to rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of www C'"' `William Croswell, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, on the roll ° of invalid pensioners, at the rate of eight dollars per month, said pension to commence on the first day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty- five; to be paid out of the naval pension fund. Aprnovnn, July 28, 1866. CHAP. CCCXV. —An Actjbr the Rdiq" if Marion M1 Buxton. July 28, 1886. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Pension to rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of gl‘;"’°“ M· B“' Marion M. Buxton, widow of James H. Buxton, late an ensign in the ` United States navy, on the pension rolls, at the rate prescribed by law for officers of his rank; said pension to be paid out of the “Naval Pension Fund."And in case of the death or re-marriage of the said Marion M Buxton, then to the minor child or children of the said James H. Buxton, subject to the limitations and restrictions of the pension laws. Approved, July 28, 1866.