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 FORTIETH CONGRESS. S1:ss. III. Ch. 157, 158, 159. 1869. 457 rants in the same manner as if the same had been issued in his name, and patents shall be issued by the commissioner of the general land office, on the location of said duplicate warrants, as in case of other land warrants. Armzovxsv, March 3. 1869. CHAP. CLVIII. —- An Act for the Relief ey" certain Companies of Scouts and Guides MRT0h 3, 1869- organized in Alabama. ————`_—"_` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Owzgress assembled, That Captain H. J. Springfield’s Pnyynent to company of scouts and guides, numbering forty-two officers and men, and d Captain John B. Kennamefs company of scouts and guides, numbering 0iipnGnJol]n B. thirty-three officers and men, organized in northern Alabama, under K€"'*"“1°"S orders of Brigadier-General R. S. Granger, commanding the district of ggmgggsg °f northern Alabama, approved by Major-General George H. Thomas, guides. commanding the department of the Cumberland, shall be entitled to receive pay for their services from the date when they respectively joined such companies to the date when they were relieved from duly,1‘espectively, at the price fixed by order of General Thomas, to wit: captains, three dollars; lieutenants, two dollars; sergeants, one dollar and fifty cents; and privates, one dollar per day; the value of the clothing re- C*<g*·*¤r= **3 eeived by each of said scouts and guides to he deducted from the amount gigidfc be °` due them respectively. And if either of said scouts or guides is dead, or Heirs, &e. if shall die before receiving the amount due him, his heirs or other legal f;;;;'}/‘;“€,:0*° representatives shall be entitled to receive the same. mm,u,,t dug Size. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in auditing and paying the d°¤°¤*¤<*· foregoing accounts, the rolls of said companies now on iile in the office of the 3djLlL3.l1t·g€DCl‘3.]. of the army shall be the data to guide the account- and paid. ing oiheers; and said claims shall, when audited, be paid by the pay- master-generai out of any money heretofore appropriated, or that may hereafter be appropriated, for the pay of the army. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all other companies or parts of Other scouts companies of scouts and guides organized or employed by General R. S. ;f‘€cg:?{;;‘*” “{_ . . I PRN Granger under author1ty of or by the approval of Ma_)o1·-General George mgylt upon gms- H. Thomas, commanding department of the Cumberland, be entitled to Y=¤¢f¤¥y m00i the same relief as provided for the companies named in the first section of this act: Provided, however, That before such payment; satisfactory evidence of service shall be furnished by claimants and approved by the Secretary of War. Approved, March 3, 1869. CHAP. CLIX.—-An Act granting a Pension to Madge K. Guthrie and Robert B. Guthrie. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States ey" America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- M;g‘;'I‘][‘? (Sith_ rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension me and Robert; roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the B- G¤¤hFi¤· names of Madge K. Guthrie and Robert B. Guthrie, children of Presley N. Guthrie, late a captain in the United States army, and pay them, or their authorized guardian or guardians, a pension of twenty dollars per month, commencing May second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and continuing until November eleven, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and afterwards to the said Robert, or his guardian or guardians, 'until Oetober twenty-three, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, when he w1l1 attam the age of sixteen years. Approved, March 3, 1869.