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 FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 101, 103-106, 112. 1870. 639 hundred and thirty dollars and forty cents, in eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, by Soule and Company, at Moose river, in the collection district of Bath, in the State of Maine; and if he shall be satisfied that the said articles are, as alleged, of the produce, growth, or manufacture of the United States, in the same condition as when exported therefrom, the said Secretary is hereby further authorized to remit or refund the duties accruing on the importation of the same. Approved, May 11, 1870. CHAP. CIII. —- An Act increasing the Pension of John Coonan. May 17, 1870. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the lhited _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Joggnggggi ,,,_ terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pen- creased. sion of John Coonan, late sergeant in company A in the eighteenth regiment of New York cavalry, from eight dollars to fifteen dollars per month from the date of the passage of this act. Approved, May 17, 1870. CHAP. CIV. -—An Act jbr the Relrif of the minor Children of Sylvester Dreger. May 17, 1870. Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives <y" the United States ig" America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- }°°“¤l‘,;K*1(l;° terior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to transfer the pension Liilggisaisrreu granted to Catherine Dreyer, widow of Sylvester Dreyer, late a private Dreyerof company H, tenth regiment of Minnesota volunteers, by an act approved March first, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, to the minor V}€6Qv°h· lg,. children of the same, subject to the provisions of the pension laws.'P' Approved, May 17, 1870. CHAP. CV. -An Act granting a Pension to John C. Abercrombie. May 17, 1870. Be it enactecl bg the Senate and Iihntse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the J €¢¤§<>2§° Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name c?O,;bié_ °r' of John C. Abercrombie, late lieutenant-colonel of the eleventh regiment of Iowa infantry volunteers, on the pension roll, at the rate of thirty dollars per month, from and after the date of the passage of this act. APPROVED, May 17, 1870. CHAP. CVII. —An Act jbr the Relief of Ca tain George Henry Preble, if the Navy of May 18, 1870. the Uniteap States. —""""'“‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting b Allvgegcegv officers of the treasury be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed, Gig; ilsgfy in settling the accounts of George Henry Preble, a captain in the navy Preble in settleof the United States, to allow him sea pay as a commander from the fifth ggfsstgf ’*°· day of August, to the twelfth day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty- ` two, and leave pay as a commander from the last-named date to the twenty-first day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-three; deducting therefrom any pay he may have received for the periods aforesaid. Approved, May 18, 1870. CHAP. CXII. -An Aafw the Reltq‘¢y’Abbet¢ Q. Ross. May ze, ism. Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- A,£)";{Q‘3f°,gg”_ ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay to Abbott Q. Ross, of Cleves, Ohio, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise