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 654 FORTYQFIRST CONGRESS. _SEss. I1. Ch. 278—282. 1870. °¤*m°d *9 PW ants of said company: And provided further, That each_s0ldier, upon gp- ”°flr{f,§‘fQQf°' plying for payment under this act, shall be required to make oath as to the length of his service in said company. Avmzovmn, July 14, 1870. July 14, 1870. GHAP. CCLXXIX. - An Actfrr the Reliq"qf.L Alden Rathbun, Postmaster ¢y"My;¢ic "'_""""‘_ Bridge, Connectzcut Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United P¤>’¤¤¢¤* *0-l· States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid to J. Alden ‘ud°" R“°hb""‘ Rathbun, postmaster of Mystic Bridge, Connecticut, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three hundred and sixty-five dollars, the amount of postal stamps deposited for safety in the First National Bank of Mystic Bridge, and stolen therefrom by burglars on the night of July twentyjninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, without fault or negligence on the part of said postmaster, and which he has accounted for to the proper accounting officers of the treasury. APPROVED, July 14, 1870. July 14, N70- CHAP. CCLXXX.—An Act to rovidc for the Settlement of the Claims of Archer N -—_—-—__ Martin, late Assessor of internal évmue for the seventh Collection District of Pennsyli UGTIZZI. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Claim of Stales of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the £;°tl;°{)g{é£;·:‘d Treasury be authorized and required to cause the claim of Archer N. ` Martin, late assessor of the Seventh collection district of Pennsylvania, for salary and commissions earned while discharging the duties of said office, to be audited, adjusted, and paid by the proper officers of the Treasury Department, in accordance with the internal revenue laws. Approved, July 14, 1870. Jul 14, 810. CHAP. CCLXXXI. ——An Act to increase the Pension 0 Mrs. Annie A. Haz s, Widow '_!—"L" zBrj€_q;Adier:General Alexander Hays, who was killed the Battle of the Cl/'ildemess, ay, enghtem hundred and skctyyiwur. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United M£?’K:]‘}°°5`_ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the I11·· Huy; momma, terior be, and is hereby, directed to place on the pension rolls the name of Mrs. Annie A. Hays, widow of Brigadier·General Alexander Hays, who was killed in the battle of the Wilderness on the fifth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, at the rate of fifty dollars per month, to commence from the passage of this act, and to continue during her widowheod, and to be in lieu of the pension heretofore granted to the said Annie A. Heya, under the provisions of the general pension laws. Approved, July 14, 1870. July U, 1870- CHAP. CCLXXXII`. -A.n Act to relieve Vernon H] Vaughan, q/’ Tuscaloosa, Alabama, of all lgzlwtand political Disabilities imposed by thejaurleenth Article of the Amendment ey' che mem ry the United Sum. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United VX\°‘:°" H; Siatea of America in Congress assembled, (two thirds of each House cong an re . . . . ., , , Moved of 1,,;,,;, currmg,) That all legal and p0l1t1cal disabilities imposed by the four- &¤· dl¤¤bl1i¤i¤¤~ teenth agticle of the amendment of the Constitution of the United States, by reason of participation in the late rebellion, be, and the same are hereby, removed from Vernon H. Vaughan, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Armovmn, July 14, 1870.