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 THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 142, 198, 199, 200. 1867. 633 CHAP. CXLH. -4:: Ad increasing the Pension of Levi M Roberts. Feb. 28, 1867. Be it enacted by the Sbnate and Hbuso of Represematives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Pension of Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name §;;;;gé§°b°'*“ of Levi M. Roberts, who was granted a. pension by a special act of Con- 1830 ch`9., s 5 gress, in May, eighteen hundred and thirty, on the pension rolls, at the Vq1.'vi. 117.. rate of fifteen dollars per month, and to pay him at that rate from the sixth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, in lieu of any pension to which he may be entitled. APPROVED, February 28, 1867. CHAP. CXCVIII. -An Ae: ju the Rdiqq/Rwmd C/wnezjy. Mm}; 2, mv. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Claim of Rich- Interiors is hereby authorized to examine the claim of Richard Chenery, ggfgiigv °° of California. for eight thousand dollars, alleged to be due him for beef gw, 8d' furnished to George P. Armstrong. temporary Indian agent for the tribes of Indians on Russian river, and at Clear lake, and for which said Armstrong'executed receipts, dated March twenty-three and May twenty- three, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and if he shall believe, from such examination, that the property was furnished in good faith, and that the government is justly indebted to the claimant as alleged, he shall cause the amount so found to be due to be paid to the said Chenery or his legal representatives: Provided, That in no event shall any greater sum than eight thousand dollars be paid: And provided further, That the sum paid shall be accepted in full and lasting discharge of this claim. APPROVED, March 2, 1867. · CHAP. CXCIX. — An Act to autlwnlze the Change of a Name. March 2, 1867. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Nathan Sargent Dustin th·1;*'é’;r°;DIj¤· be, and he is hereby, authorized to change his name by dropping there- Dustin cganged from the name of Dustin, and to bear that of Nathan Sargent, and that to Nathan Sarthis act shall take effect from the first of January, eighteen hundred aud g°“t‘ sixt —seven. Lyrrnovzv, March 2, 1867. CHAP. CC. —An Actfar the Relief of Sylvanus Sawyer and William E. Ward. March 5, 1357, Be it enacted by the Senate and House qf.Representative: of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioner of pat- l’¤¢¤¤*·S of ents, upon due application made to him, is authorized to extend the pat- 5g3i2H1E2f2f ents of Sylvanus Sawyer, for an improvement in machinery for cutting William E. rattan, dated June twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and ygddfiyu which expired on the t.wenty-fourth day of June, eighteen hundred and x u sixty-five, and the patent of William E. Ward, for an improved machine for making rivets and screw blanks, dated December twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and which expired on the twenty-eighth day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, upon the same evidence and principles as if applications had been made to him by said patentees respectively, in due time prior to the expiration of said patents: Provided, Proviso. That in case the commissioner on due inquiry shall extend such patents or either of them, that all persons who shall have made use of said inventions or machines, or either oi' them, between the periods of the expiration of said patents and the extension of the same by the commissioner, shall be relieved fiom all liability for said use. Approved, March 2, 1867.