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 632 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 40, 4.1, 42,43, 44. 1870. $¤¤’¢*i¤¤ vf Canby, late receiver of public moneys at the land office at Crawfordsvillg, £{::;°'§';?°?:by Indiana, be, and they are hereby, released from all liability arising from liability. any defalcation, omission, or misconduct of the said Israel T. Canby, as such receiver, and the proper officers of the Treasury Department be, _A°*i°¤¤V>b° and they are hereby, authorized and directed to dismiss any and all suits a"""!”°d` and actions that may have been instituted against said sureties, and to enter the proper discharge on the hooks of the department. APPROVED, March 31, 1870. March 81, 1870. CHAP. XLI.-An Act for the Relief of the Owners ¢y" the Bng Ocean Belle. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Matted States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the pamages tobe Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the wd as °b°F“‘ owners of the brig Ocean Belle, out of any moneys in the treasury not 3;;,,, Bguglg otherwise appropriated, the sum of two thousand nine hundred and seventy-two dollars, in full for damage to the said brig from worming while under impressment from the twelfth of August, eighteen hundred and sikty-five, when ordered from New Orleans to Galveston, to the fifth of September following, when discharged the service. Approved, March 31, 1870. ri ,18 0. H. .-—·` Act to relieve certain Persons therein named I and'. Jil; Ceo? irjsased lg the jburleenth Amendment of the Cmlgmimwgthe States, and for other Purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembkd, (two thirds of each House cou- L,,g,,;,&,,_ curring therein,) That all legal and political disabilities imposed by the di¤¤b¤*i*i•>¤ N- fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States by reason §§;f;gf’Q¤mS_ of participation in the ·1ate rebellion, be, and they hereby ure, removed burger, Nicholas from the following persons, namely: Henry B. Harusburger, Rockinghe  *:3,* J- ham county; Nicholas K. Trout, Augusta county; and J. W. Ware, of vi§·g;ni,_’ Clarke county, in the State of Virginia. Vol- xv- p· 709- APPROVED, April 1, 1870. April 1, 1870. CHAP. XLIII.-An Act for the Relief of Captain Pheyzs Paine. Be it enacted by the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the Matted States q/' America in Cbngress assembled, That the Secretary of the payymm to Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Captain g¤}>*¤¤¤ Yh°|P¤ Phelps Paine the sum of two thousand and thirty dollars and thirty "°’ cents, in full payment for services rendered as sergeant-major in the months of November and December, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and as first lieutenant and aide·dc-camp from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to the twenty—i·ifth day of March, eighteen huu— dred and sixty-t.hree. Aymzovmn, April 1, 1870. AprIl5,1B70. CHAP. XLIV. -·An Act to facilitate theAdmimTstration of Justi¢a in the State ry' Texas. Preamble. Wmnmms the present incumbent of the office of district judge for the eastern district of the State of Texas is incapacitated by sickness and paralysis from performing the duties of his office, and has remained so incapacitated for a long period, which incapacity is believed to be permanent, by reason of which the government and citizens of the United sm f me States have been unable to have their business transacted in that court, msnicgfdgo and have suffered great loss and inconvenience therefrom: Therefore, re, {hq mmm Be st enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United <:;¤t%§<;g<;g`;‘¤;g¤, States of America in Congress assembled, That the resignation of the