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 FOR'l`Y·-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ras. 140, 141, 142. 1870. 678 general land office be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to ?“*°"H°" °°"‘ issue to Stephen Marston, of Hartford, Connecticut, a patent conveying igssgatgdggheu to said Marston the above-described lands, upon the payment into the Marston, xgpon said land office, by said Marston, of the sum of one hundred dollars: ¥’“Y‘“°“*· °· Provideol That nothing herein shall be construed to give said Marston Proviso. title to said lands, if any, west of a line drawn northerly and southerly through said island, being the middle of the river. Approved, July 15, 1870. [N0. 141.] Joint Resolulionjbr the Relief of Mrs. Margaret P. Robinson, of Kentucky. July 15, 1870. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the quartermaster-gem Paymentto eral is hereby directed to pay to Mrs. Margaret P. Robinson, widow of  l;l“"g“'“ Richard M. Robinson, in her own right, and in full satisfaction of all0 mgm claims for the use of real and personal property of the premises known as Camp Dick Robinson, in Garrard county, Kentucky, for military purposes, by the military authority of the United States, five thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight dollars and thirty cents, for the sole use and benefit of Margaret P. Robinson, out of the public money of the quartormastefs department of the United States. Approved, July 15, 1870. [N0. 142.] Joint Resolution authorizing the Postmaster- General to adjust the Accounts of July 15, 1s7o. George Chorpenning. """'*"' Be it resolved by the Senate and {muse of Representatives ey" the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster-General Claims of is hereby authorized and directed to investigate and adjust the claims of g:;°;§:gC£°,; George Chorpeuning, under the first section of an act for his relief, adjusted. approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, on the basis of dsp7s9h- lggi compensation allowed by said act for the regular service, and the claim °'x" P` ` growing out of the curtailment and annulment of his contract on route [R led number twelve thousand eight hundred and one, on the basis of his agree- p,._ §§°;°‘NOj 26_ ment with the Postmaster—General for the service, to be settled as pro· Post, p. 702.] vided for the services named in said act of March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and the right of appeal from the Endings of the Post- mArp3a·l te bv master-General to the court of claims is reserved and allowed to said °"° claimant. A1>1>R0v1·:1>, July 15, 1870. v01.. xvx. P1uv.—43