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 642 FORTY—-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 148, 149, 154, 155. 1870. Juno 21, 1870. CHAP. CXLVIII. --· An Act for the Relizfo/`Marg A. Coolidge. Be it enacted by the Senate and [abuse of Representatives of the United New bonds to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- §fu‘“‘X’dég0,_ ury be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue four new bonds for one idgginlieu of hundred dollars each, with coupons attached from and including the Icon- of Augusta, Maine, in lieu of her five-twenty coupon bonds of a like amount of the second series, and numbered forty-five thousand four hundred [and] eighty-nine, forty-five thousand four hundred [and] ninety, forty-tive thousand four hundred [and] ninety-one, and forty-tive thousand four hundred [and] ninety-two, respectively, destroyed by fire: Provided, That before issuing said new bonds the Secretary of the Treasury shall require a suflticient bond of indemnity securing the government against the presentation of the bonds alleged to be destroyed. APPROVED, June 21, 1870. June 21, 1870. CHAP. CXLIX. -—An ézméghjtggigvigg.g2_}gta?;n;)rjmS'zrp;h, on Account of diplomatic U . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Payment to States of America in Congress assembled, That out of any moneys in the ` to John Somers Smith, late commercial agent of the United States at the city of Saint Domingo, the sum of two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, on account of diplomatic services rendered at Saint Domingo, especially in the negotiation of the general convention of amity, commerce, and navigation, and for the surrender of- fugitive criminals be- V0, xv p 4.,3 tween the United States of America and the Dominican Republic, signed ``at Saint Domingo, February eight, anno Dommi eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, which sum is in full for all charges or expenses beyond his salary as commercial agent. 0 Approved, June, 21, 187 . gums g3_ 1870, CHAP. (7L1V.-·An Act for the Relief of William H. Murphy, cy" Farmington, llhssouri. Bc it enacted by the Senate and fhuse of Representatives of the United Aqcoiintof States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster-General gggllzfggéglggt and the proper accounting officer of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to settle the account of William H. Murphy for carrying the United States mails twice a week on the route number ten thousand six hundred and eighty-six, in the State of Missouri, from July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and to pay him for the same at the rate of nine hundred dollars a year, for the whole length of route, deducting therefor pro rata compensation for any portion of the service not performed. Approved, June 23, 1870. June 28, 1870. CHAP. CLV. -An Act for the Relief¢y" George W. Tarleton. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Payment to States <y" America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary-of the Treas- ,(,l;;f;5gnlV· ury be, and he hereby is, directed to pay to George W. Tarleton the sum of four hundred and fourteen dollars and forty-five cents out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, that being the sum paid under order of the district court of the northern district of New York to the United States depositary at Buffalo, as the distributive share of the United States in the proceeds of the sale of said Tarleton’s propcrty made under a judgment of forfeiture pronounced by said court, which judgment was subsequently vacated. Approved, June 23, 1870.
 * 1*056 lm. iii &°· pons of July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to Mary A. Coolidge,
 * g‘;;’£hS°’“°" treasury of the United States, not otherwise appropriated, there be paid