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 656 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess..]I. Ch. 288-#291, 306. 1870· States, be, and the same is hereby, referred to the court of claims, and the said court is hereby directed to examine the seme and determine and adjudge whether any, and if any, what amount IS due said trustees mm for said extra services: Provided, That the amount to be awarded by said court shall be upon the basis of the value of carrying other first-class freight of like quantity with the mails actually camed between the same ports at the same time. APPROVED, July 14, 1870. . . .— Actto mnwealll al and olitical Disabilities mn Gear e July 14, 1870 CHAP (ECLXXXIX An H BM, qeujgqlmdl p fr g Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United B_G•°¤‘F¤ H- States of Ame1~icain Congress assembled, (two thirds of each House concur- ,·;,°;l2;Y°gc ring therein,) That all legél and political disabilities imposed by the fom-. disabilisiul.teeutb amendment of the Constitution of the United States, by reason of participation in the late rebellion, be, and they hereby are, removed from George H. Bier, of Maryland. Approved, July 14, 1870. July 14, 1870. CHAP. CCXO. - An Aerjbr the Relief of Wdliam Selden. Be ii enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Peymoutk States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the www S°u°“• Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be paid to William Selden, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five thousand dollars, in full for all claim against the United States for the use and occupation of personal and real property by military authority within the District of Columbia in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and thereafter. APPROVED, July 14, 1870. July 14, 1870. CHAP. CCXC4. -.cm Act to extend Letters-patent granted to John Bachelder. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the I/Mted BPm¤tofJohu States of America in Congress assembled, That the Ietters·pate¤t granted u‘:fM_°°' °" to John Bachelder, dated May eighth, eighteen hundred and fortymine, for an improvement in sewing mechanism, as reissued December twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, be, and the same are hereby, extended, for the benefit of the said John Baehelder, his heirs and legal representutives, for seven years, from and after the eighth day bf May, eighteen hundred and seventy: Provided, however, That said extended patent; shall _ be open to legal inquiry and decision, in the same manner as if issued Provlws. under the general law relating to patents: And provided also, That all persons who have purchased said sewing mechanism since the expiration of said patent may continue to use the said mechanism so purchased, the same as if this act; had not passed. A1>1=x0v1z1>,'July 14, 1870. July 15, 1870. CHAP. COCVI. -An Acifor the Reliq`qfR£#mhousc P. Huh. Bc it enacted by the Senate and fbusc of Representatives of the United _Paymentto States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster-General §;;’:;?‘°“°° P- be, and is hereby, instructed to pay Rittenhouse P. Finck, out of any mosaics [moneys] heretofore appropriated for the use of the Posl:·Oi·lice Department, the sum of three hundred dollars, in full for all claims upon the United States for services as postal agent. APPROVED, July 15, 1870.