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 FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Rss. 71, 74, 81. 1870. 667‘ [N0. 71.] A hsolurion for the Rdief of Mrs. E. Grace Stevens. June 7, 1870. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- P¤Y¤¤¤¤* to my cause to be paid to Mrs. E. Grace Stevens, widow of H. K. Stevens, ti? *§”“d° tg';"' late a lieutenant in the United States navy, the sum of six hundred and venamc thirty dollars, being the amount reserved out of his pay as such lieutenant, upon an allotment ticket for her benefit, while he was at sea on board the United States ship Portsmouth. APPROVED, June 7, 1870. N0. 74. Join! Resolution theRelie o John . . U [ l fvftwdjm Kgmfcky Ig and others, the Band (whe June 17, 1870 i WHEREAS, John Martin Broome, leader of the band of the twelfth Preamble. ¥ regiment Kentucky volunteer infantry, and Adam Skilling, Christian  Kuboz, George Scott, and Rudolf Vanderan, musicians of the first class, George Hoetlinger, Peter Oehischlager, John Eck, and Philip Weis, musicians of the second class, [and] Alvis Berg and Philip Herrmann (the last-named having died in hospital on the thirtylfirst March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two), musicians of the third class, were enlisted as the band of musicians of the twelfth Kentucky infantry, on the third day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and performed service, and were discharged by the authority of law and military regulations as the band of said regiment until the tenth of September, eighteen hundred and sixty- two, without having been paid, and without having furnished to the War Department the proper rolls of muster-in and muster-out of service; therefore, Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper officers of the PW wd *7 War and Treasury Departments are hereby authorized and directed to mQ°Q$::,l°Q,;°;} allow to said musicians the same pay and allowances from the time of the band of the their enlistment to the date of their discharge aforesaid as though their ggsinhmlgsgry muster-rolls had been properly furnished and were in all respects regular. y ° Approved, June 17, 1870. N. 1. A Resolution bpromde` the Payment o the Claim o Marth A. Estill, June 28, 1870. [ Edggzgstrahix ¢y" the Estate of Jag; M Esldl, da:e{sed, Redick llffclhe, aqui Pablo de """"”`—` a. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mortal States of America in Congress assembled, Tlnat the Secretary of the Interior is Claims or hereby authorized to examine the claim of Martha A. Estill, administra- N¤¤¤h¤ A·E¤¤U» trix of the estate of James M. Estill, late of California, alleged to be due for supplies furnished in eighteen hundred and Efty-one or eighteen hundred and fifty-two, for the use of the Indians in the northern district of California, amounting to three thousand dollars; also the claim of Pablo T£:bl°d¤l¤· de la Toba, for supplies furnished to the Indians on the Merced river, ’ under alleged contract with an agent of the Indian commissioners, then in California, amounting to eight thousand and forty dollars; and also that of Redick McKee, formerly commissioner and Indian agent in the State of and Rsdiek California, for an alleged balance of account for services and disbursements Blrgzs ';’ng°P:f€ made for expenses and for extra. compensation while acting as such com- ig {0,,,,,; v,;,d_ missioner and agent, from eighteen hundred and fifty to eighteen hundred and fifty-three, said balance amounting to seven thousand fourhundred and twenty-four dollars and fifty-nine cents; and if} on said examination, the Secretary shall be of opinion that said claims or either of them or any parts or items thereof are just and equitable, and that they were contracted in good faith and for the public service, he shall cause the same to be paid I _ to the respective parties or their legal representatives z Provzded, That no Pr¢>v¤¤<>¤· greater amount than that specified m this resolution as claimed by‘ the re-