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 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 333-337. 1868. 415 or death the pension from that event to be paid to said child, if then under sixteen years old. Armovnn, July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCXXXIV. — An Ac! granting a Pension to Hinman L. Hall. July 27, 1868, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Smtes of America in Congress assembleaL That the Secretary of the Ima- _}’¤¤$i<>¤ to pier be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Hu""" L' mu roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Hinmzxn L. Ho,ll,Iz1tc a private in company D, of the ninety- seventh regiment of New York volunteer infantry, commencing July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Am~1c0vm>, July 27, 1868. CHAP; CCCXXYV. —— An Acljbr the Reliof<y"lhe Granlces ofAnn D. Durding. July 27, 1868. Wu1c1cnAs Ann D. Durding, by her duly appointed attorney, attempted Preamble. to locate the northwest quarter of the southwest quarterof section twenty- one, in township ninety~seven north of range six west, in the district of lands subject to sale at Dubuque, Iowa, on the seventh day of November, A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty-one, with bOUll[y~1f1Tld warrant: N0. 23525, for forty acres, act of September twenty-eight, eighteen hundred 1850, cb. 85. and fifty, but by an error the location was made in township ninct.y—onc V0]- ix- P- "°· north, instead of ninety-seven north, and a patent was issued on uuid location in township ninety~0nc north, which patent was destroyed by fire by the burning of the land 0{licc at Dubuque; and wlierewx the tract in township ninety-seven north has been withdrawn from market under thu act of Congress approved May twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, 1864, §5h· 84- to nid in constructing the McGregor western railroad, but has not bvcn V°l‘ X'"' p' n' taken by or approved to that road at this time; and whereas the tract in township ninety-seven north has been several times changed, and the said Ann D. Durding cannot now be found, and the loss of the tract of land to hor grantees would result in 21 grant hardship to them: Thcrcfore, Be fl cnacfed by the Smale and }[0usa of Representatives of the United States ny"Anzerz`ca in Congress assembled, That the commmissioner of the patent rmgeneral land officc is hereby authorized to cause the records and papers 1:**** *0 }“‘¤g_*° in the case to be corrected, and to issue a. patent: for the northwest quar- nn D` mr mg` ter of the southwest quarter of section twenty-0nc in township ninety- seven north of range six west, Iowa, in the name of Arm D. Durding. A1=1>R0vn1>, July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCXXXVI. -An Act granting a Pension to Polly W. Catton. July 27. 1868; Bc it enacted by the Senaw and House of Representatives of the United Sfates of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- P {’°f§}**b*° rior bo. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension ° I)M On' roll, suljcct to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Polly W. Cotton, widow of Wayne W. Cotton, late of company G, of the seventh regiment of Tennessee infantx·y, and pay her a pension as the widow of a mpnain, in lieu of the pension she is and has been rcceiving, commencing April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. Al’PROVED, July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCXXXVII. —An Act granting a Pension to Daniel Sheets. j¤]y §7, @$8; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Imc- D P<?*¤Fu2;* U; rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension mm M ` roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the