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 398 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 223, 224, 225, 231. 1868. lars per month, commencing on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. APPROVED, July 20, 1868. July 20, i9§§L_ CHAP. CCXXIII. —-An Act granting Z };ension to the Widow and Child of Cornelia; . ficc. Be 2`t enacted by the Senate and [base of Representatives of the United tension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- ¥‘g;‘;n*g;3l;lEld terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- R,,,,_sion rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the names of Elizabeth Rice, the widow, and William T. S. Rice, the child under sixteen years of age, of Cornelius L. Rice, late a member of company ‘* B," ninety-tirst. regiment Pennsylvania volunteers, commencing December fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Approved, July 20, 1868. July zo` 1g5g_ CHAP. CCXXIV.—-An Act fw the Relief of Edward B. A/len. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pnymentm States of America in Congress assembled, That the paymaster-general Ed"'*“’dB·AU°"- of the army bc, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Edward B. Allen, of the State of Indiana, out of any money appropriated for the pay of the army, the full amount of the pay and emoluments of e. captain of infantry from the eighteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to the first day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Approved, July 20, 1868. Jul? 21 1868- CHAP. CCXXV.-An Act for the Relief <y" L. Merchant and Company and Peter Rvsecmntz. ` Be it enacted by the Senate and House g' Representatives of the United Lcggxgesfof? States of America in Congress assembled, T hat the Secretary of the chant for cotton Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in W*°¤Bb’ ¤*k¤¤i the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Leander Merchant, of the tirm of L. l\Ierchn.nt and Company, the sum of one hundred and nine thousand four hundred and twelve dollars and eighty one cents, the proceeds of six hundred and eighty-four bales of cotton, the private property of said firm, taken erroneously and without due authority by the agents of the United States civil and military authorities at Mobile, Alabama, in the month of April, eighteen hundred and sixty~{·ive, shipped to New York, sold by the United States, und the proceeds thereof paid into the tremury, the charges and expenses of the United States having been deducted °l_:*;£°*°' R“°‘ therefimn ; and to Peter Rosecrzamtz the sum of thirty-nine thousand two ' hundred and lil`ty-three dollars and ten cents, the proceeds of two hundred and forty-one bales of cotton, the private property of said Rosecruntz, taken. sold, and appropriated at the same time and place, and in the same manner, the charges and expenses of the United States having likewise been detlucted tl1crefr0m. A1’I’llOVlCD, July 22, 1868. July 23,} CHAP. CCXXXI. --· An Ac! granting an Increase ofPension to Frances T. Richardson, ""M “Widow of the tate Mcgor·Generat Israel B. ltichar-dscn. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United mg:?:;? to States of America in Congress asecmbied, That the Secretary of the In- Richnrésoh iu_ terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed 00 place on the pension ummm. roll the name of Frances T. Richardson, widow of the late Major-Gem eral Israel B. Richardson, for pension at the rate of fifty dollars per month from the third day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, on which day General Richardson died from wounds received in the bat-