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 650 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 221, 222, 223, 231, 232. 1870. numbered one hundred and seven and one hundred and eight, series four; forty-one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, series three; and ten thousand nine hundred and forty-three, series four; and if Baron Bond of in- Creutz shall give bond with sufficient security to indemnify the United d°m¤i*-Y‘ States against any other claim or [on] account of the bonds alleged to be lost or destroyed. Approved, July 7, 1870. Ld! 7- NU- CHAP. CCXXII. —-An Act granting a Pension lo Rebecca Shoemaker. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United begs2Sé?;? R6- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the mmm_Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Rebecca Shoemaker, widow of Absalom Shoemaker, late a private in company I, of the twenty-Erst regiment of Ohio volunteers, upon the pension rolls of the United States, and to pay her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, commencing from the seventh day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Armovmn, July 7, 1870. Q, July 7. N70- CHAP. CCXXIII. -- An Act granting a. Pension to William B. Looney, of Alabama. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United W#;g¤¤i0¤i¢<> States q‘ America in Congress assemblei That the Secretary of the In. LJ,,;;?terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William B. Looney, of Alabama, late a scout in the service of the United States, and to pay him at the rate of eight dollars per month from and after the passage of this act. Approved, July 7, 1870. July 8, 1870. CHAP. CCXXXI. -An Act to carry into Eject the Decree 1y' the District Court of me United States jbr the sout/tem District of Neu2 York in the Case of the English Schooner Sibyl and her Cargo. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of .Represeniatives of i/ze United d Egiggggszfict States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the cgumn the cw, Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, out of any money or the English in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to make the proper payments zzfxzgggl to carry into effect the decree of the district court of the United States for the southern district of New York, bearing date the second day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, in the case of the English schooner Sibyl and her cargo, illegally seized by n cruiser of the United States; such payments to be made as follows, viz.: To the several persons named in such decree, or their legal representatives, the sums therein awarded to them, respectively, with interest from the date oi the decree. Approved, July 8, 1870. July 8, 1870- CHAP. CCXXXII. —An Act to carry into13£€éct' the two several Decrees g" the District Court q/'the United States for the District of uisiana in the Cases my the ritish Vessels Trbkznt and Science. Be it enacted by the Senate uml House of Representatives if the United dixffxféch States nj America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Trous- ¤°¤,c;,,o,°°,,,,, ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, out of any money in gltnorlprittsh d the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to make the proper payments ,hfbaQ°k""° ““ to carry into ciiect the decree of the district court of the United States Science. for the district of Louisiana, bearing date the fourth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, in the case of the British brig Volant and her cargo; also another decree of the same court, bearing date the elev— enth of June, in the same year, in the case of the British bark Science