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 658 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 311-315. 1870. July 15, 1870· CHAP. CCCXI. —-An Aotjbr th: %imf the gidow of James L. Kiernan, late Consul o z ng, ma. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United P¤!Y¤¤¤¢ W States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the um °°"d°w Qf Treasu be authorized and directed to pay to the Widow of James L. James L. Kier- ry . mm. Kiernan, late consul at Chinkiang, China, out of any money m the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount (not exceeding six hundred and twenty-five dollars) due said Kiernan as salary from October the fourth to December twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, being a part of the time occupied in travelling from the United States to his post in Chinn. Approved, July 15, 1870. July 15, 1870. CHAP. CCCXII. —An Act for the Reliefef Vassar College. Be it enacted (gy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Legacy, &o.. S2a¢es of America in Congress assembled, That. upon the devises and be- %¤>¤‘¤*¤i¤¤d *0 quests made to Vassar College by the last will and testament of Matthew V”°°‘r c°u°g°' Vassar, deceased, of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess county, in the State of New York, bearing date the third day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, there shall neither be assessed nor collected any tax as for 2. legacy or succession, and the sum, if already assessed, shall be, and is hereby, remitted and released. Arr1wv1:1>, July 15, 1870. July 15, 1g7g_ CHAP. CCCXIII. —An Act for the Relief of Sara/A L. Goodrich. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ey" the United Payment or States of America in Congress assembled, That Sarah L. Goodrich, widow b°¤3“Y *9 $***9-* of Sanford B. Goodrich, deceased, late band-master in the third regiment L` °'°°d"°h‘ of Michigan cavalry, be allowed and paid the same bounty and- additional bount to which she would have been entitled as such widow, had the said Sanford B. Goodrich been an enlisted man in the army of the United States at. the time of his death. Approved, July 15, 1870. July m wm CHAP. CCCXIV. —An Act granting a Pension to Jerry Gordon. Bo it enacted by the Senate and lfousa of Representatives of ibe United 1;.,,,,;,,,,t,, States of America in Ovngress assembled, That the Secretary of the In· Jerry Gordon- 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 Jerry Gordon, and to pay him a. pension of twenty-five dollars per mouth from the date of this act, for and during the continuance of his natural life, said Gordon having lost both legs by reason of wounds received while in the service of the United States as u tearnster at the second battle of Bull Run, Virginia. A1>1>1z0vu1>, July 15, 1870. July 15, 1870. CHAP. CCCXV.-An Act far the Reziqwy Richard M. Hodgson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Paymontto Slates of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby, §£‘°'d M· appr0priated·out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise app1‘0p1‘i— gm" ated, the sum of one hundred dollars to Richard M. Hodgson, in full for clothing and personal eifects lost by the destruction of the U. S. S. transport “Shingis,” on board of which vessel he was a. wounded passenger cn route to hospital, having been wounded at Vicksburg, on board of the U. S. S. "Oneida." Approved, July 15, 1870.