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 648 FORTY-FIRST CON GRESS, Sess. H. Ch. 215, 216, 217, 218. 1870. _ July 7, mu. CHAP. CCXV. - An Act for the Relie/`¢y"Jolm Tyler. Be it enacted by the Senate arid lhmse of Representatives oy" the Unitea Tl;¤*‘¢¤’¤<>l`J0l¤¤ States of America in Ocngress assembled, That. the commisswner of pateégdlsay b° ents, upon due application made to him, is authorized  extend the patent; of John Tyler, of West 1.ebanon,'Ncw·Hampshire, for improvements in watenwheels, issued to him July eight, eighteen hundred and fiftytsix, and reissued in eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and which will expire July exght, eighteeplihpindrzdagnil seventy ppciln th; sam}; evidsnci andl princip es.as 1 app ica on een ma e 0 1m y said pa n e m ue 1me prior to said expiration of said patent. A1>rnovm>,July 7, 1870. July 7, 1870. CHAP. CCXVI. -An Act for the Reliefof Alexander C'. Twining. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Patent of States of America in Congress assembled, That as soon as practicable after ,·N:;§;g°$`x&nd_ the passage of this act the commipioner ofdpatents is hereby auphrorized ,,1, and directed to extend the patent o Alexan er C. Twining dated overnbcr eighth eighteen hundred and fift -three, and numberdd ten thousand S r E Y two hundred argl twentyponeihfortanmimfprovement in the process and pipparatus or ma mg ice or e cr o seven years commencing on e third day of July, eighieen hundred and seventy-orie,  ending on the third day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight,unlcss, upon exam— ination by said commissioner, it be found that the substantive invention secured by said patent was not new and patentable at the time of the date of said patent. Approved, July 7, 1870. July 7, 1870. CHAP. CCXVII.—An Act to authorize the prgrer accounting Officers zy" the Treasury to settle and close the Account of inton Rowan Helper. Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Hi*:g>$_*;*:'_;>;` States ty America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting H,,,b officers of the treasury are hereby authorized and directed to settle and ssttidlto 8 close the accounts of Hinton Rowan Helper, late consul of the United States at Buenos Ayres, as set forth and referred to in his memorial to Congress, under date of January seventeen, eighteen hundred and seventy, Pr<>vi¤<>¤- upon the principles of justice and equity: Provided, That no money shall be paid out of the treasury in effecting a final settlement: And provided fart/ter, That the whole amount of compensation to the said consul, for salary, for rent, and for clerk hire, shall not exceed the sum of three thousand dollars per annum. Approved, July 7, 1870. July 7, 1870. CHAP. CCXVIII. -· An Act granting a Pension to Francis M. Davis. Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United F Pensions; to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- D':,‘}:f“ ‘ ru}: bepand he lis hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension ro ,su ject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws the name of Francis M. Davis, late a private in company A, fifty-first regiment In- $:11; golunteers, and to pay him a pension from and after the passage of s. APPROVED, July 7, 1870.