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 FORTY~—FIRST CONGRESS. SE S. II. Ch. 307-310. 1870. 657 CHAP. CCCVII. -An Act to settle the Claim of the Heirs of the late Colonel Wz`lliam July 15, 1870. Gates, of the United blates Army. `—_—""—_ — Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the P°g"°”* *° ,Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized to pay the sum of five thousand Mu `L‘G°t°°' ` Qfive hundred and sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents to Mrs. H. L. Gates, _ widow of the late Colonel William Gates, of the United States army, who . acted as collector of revenue or military contributions, during the late war with Mexico, under the direction of the President of the United States, it being the amount of his share of the proceeds of the sale of the schooner Oregon and cargo, seized and confiscated in April, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, at the port of Tampico, being equal to the share of his deputy, Franklin Chase and others, his subordinates, who, by special 1856, eh. 187. acts of Congress, have been allowed and paid their shares of the said V°1‘x‘ P' 86** vessel and cargo, and that the amount of said claim be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 15, 1870. CHAP. CCCVIII. -— An Act for the ReIief¢y"Francis MZ Strong and Dlomas Ross. July 15. 1870. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Francis LL Strong and l"¤‘¤¤<>l¤ M- Thomas Ross have leave to make application to the commissioner of pat- ·§·l,'§;,§,:'§},s, ents for the extension of the letters-patent issued to them for improve- may apply for ment in platform scales, for the term of fourteen years from the fifteenth f;:r”:°:tg§L day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, said letters-patent bear- P ing date the lifteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, in the same manner as if the petition for said extension had been tiled at least ninety days before the expiration of said patent; and that the commissioner be authorized to consider and determine said application in the same manner as if it had been tiled ninety days before the expiration of said patent. Approved, July 15, 1870. CHAP. CCCIX.-An Act jbr the Relieg`;7/` Charles Sleedman, Commodore, United July 15, 1870. States avg. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uizited States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting “G*¤<§z:¤&¤ . officers of the treasury be authorized, in adjusting the accounts of Com-  Ohm:` modore Charles Steedman, of the United States navy, for disbursements Steedmun. as paymaster in command of the United States brig Dolphin, to allow and credit him the sum of seven hundred and four dollars and forty-one ’ cents, the amount of debit items from errors, which occurred without fault · or neglect on his part. Approved, July 15, 1870. CHAP. CCCX. -An Act for the Reliefm`L. E Larkin, of Weldon, North Carolina. July 15, 1870. Be it enacted by the Senate and House mf Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one hundred Allowaneato and ninety-eight dollars [and] eighty-eight cents, from any sum not other- I-- F- L¤'l¤¤- wise appropriated, be, and hereby is, allowed to L. F. Larkunlpostmaster at Weldon, North Carolina, to reimburse him for losses sustained by the robbery of his office of stamps, &c. Approved, July 15, 1870. v01.. xv:. Pluv.-42