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 440 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 41, 44, 47. 1869. Feb. 19, 1869. CHAP. XLI.—A.n Act jbr the Relff z` the Estate of Isaac Philips, deceased, who was ""-"'_"° a Private int Revolutwnury War. Be it enacted by the Senate and House J Representatives of the United l’¤Ym¢}¤W> States of America in Congress assembkd, That there be paid out of the Smy m"up°' pension fund, or out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Sally Philips, daughter-in-law of Isaac Philips, deceased, the sum of five hundred dollars, which is to be in full for all pension claim that was due from the United States to said Isaac Philips, a private in the Revolutionary war, said Sally Philips having nursed and taken care of him in his declining years. Approved, February 19, 1869. Feb. 22, 1869. CHAP. XLIV.-An Act for the Relief of Nutt and Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United A¤i<>¤‘¤¤Y-G¢¤· States of America in Congress assembled, That the Attorney-General be, 2{Q:,:,°°°f·’§Q*m"° and he is hereby, directed to examine the claim of Nott and Company, and Company. American merchants trading and doing business in China, against the Chinese government, for losses of coin sustained in eighteen hundred and fifty-seven by the capture and robbery of the vessel called the “Neva "; fllnim to be and that, if in his opinion the said claim ought to be paid, he is hereby l’*“d· ‘f· &°‘ authorized and instructed to order the same to be paid, with the rate of interest allowed on other claims from the time of such loss, out of any funds received from the Chinese government, under the treaty of eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, for the payment of losses sustained by American citizens ; and that the said amount be paid to the said Nott and Company, or the surviving copartner or eopartners, or any person duly authorized to be their agent or attorney, from the fund now held by the Secretary of State. D¤¤i¤l¤¤¤"l¤¤ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the decision of the said Attor- £z°2°,f: ney-General as to the right of said claimants to be paid, as to the amount to he paid, and as to the parties entitled to receive the same, shall be final and conclusive. Approved, February 22, 1869. Feb. 26, 1869. CHAP. XLVII.-An Act to onumd an Act entitled “An Act to confirm certain private “I§'§b;?;ffJf' Land Claims in the Iliarritory of New l‘l1e::ic0." v01` X"` p` u` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represerztatiucs of the (Lifted Hl¤l]**?¤i¢fYG3¤`· States of America in Congress assembled, That the exterior lines of the to be adjusted; to claims derived from said parties as confirmed by the act of Congress approved twenty—lirst June, eighteen hundred and sixty, United States Statutes, volume twelve, page seventy-one, shall be adjusted according to the lines of the public surveys, as nearly as practicable, with the limits of all actual of said claims, yet in as compact a form as possible ; and the claims of °°m°“’ °“=&°· all actual settlers upon the tracts heretofore claimed by the said Vigil and St. Vrain, holding possession under titles or promises to settle, which have been made by said Vigil and St. Vrain, or their legal representatives prior to the passage of this act, who may establish their claims within one year from the passage of this act., to the satisfaction of the register and receiver of the proper land district, shall in like manner be adjusted according to the subdivisions] lines of survey, so as to include the lands so settled upon or purchased, and the areas of the same shall be deducted and excluded from the adjusted limits of the claims of said Homestead Vigil and St. Vrain respectively; and the claims of all other actual setups preemption tiers falling within the limits of the located claims of Vigil and St. Vrain ° ""°‘ shall be adjusted to the extent which shall embrace their several settlements upon their several claims being established either as pre-emption
 * 3.,; SE y12in Cornelio Vigil and Cram St. Vrain claims of eleven leagues each, suhject