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 FORTY-—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 66, 69, 70, 75. 1871. 683 CHAP. LXYLI- An Act to relieve John Williamsma, ¢y'Savm»mI•, Gmyia, a hyd and Feb. 28, 1871. political Dzsabzlztks imposed by thefourumlh Amendment of the Constitutwn of fthe United "`—____` States, and for other Purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two thirds of each House con- John Wiliam. curring therein,) That all legal and political disabilities imposed by the ¤¤¤r¤1i¤v¤•16f fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States, by reason %§§°£’°£°°' dm" of participation in the lam rebellion, bc, and they hereby arc, removed Vol. xv. p. 700. from John Williamson, of Savannah, Georgia. A.P1=•1z0vm>, February 28, 1871. CHAP. LXIX. -An Act J? §elie;‘¢y".Q>i%7;  lm Regina gm Land mb. 24, 1871. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America-in Congress assembled, That the sum of seven thousand Paymentm seven hundred and six dollars and eighty-uiuc cents be, and the same is J°h-¤ B- mmmhereby, allowed to John R. Bennett, late register of the land oiice at Ohatiield, Minnesota, to reimburse him for the money necessarily paid out and expended by him in the payment of clerks necessarily employed in said land office, between the eighth day of July, A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and the thirty-first day of May, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-cnc. Sm. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay said John R. Bennett seven thousand seven hundred and six dollars and eighty-nine cents out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, February 24, 1871. CHAP. LXX.- -An Act jbr the Rdf? of Henry Clay W7lliams, late Receiver of public Feb. 24, 1871. Moneys at au Claire, Wisconsin. """""""' Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mailed States of America in Ozmgress assembled, That the accounting officcrs of Paymentw the United States treasury be authorized and directed tb pay Henry Clay Few`? CIW WU- Williarns, late receiver of public moneys at Eau Claire, Wisconsin, the mm' sum of three hundred and twenty-eight dollars and dincty-nine cents, it being the amount erroneously deposited by him to the credit of the United States treasurer. APPROVED, February 24, 1871. CHAP. LXXV. -An Act for the Rdf;/' of General John C'. McQuist¢m and Jeremiah Feb. 27, 1871. D. Skeen, of Indiana. ""`“"";"` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Biates of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Payment to Treasury bc, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to John C. ·3‘£*;tgi £%‘Jo _ McQuist0u and Jeremiah D. Skeen, of Indiana, out of any money in the cmiuh p_ skew, treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two thousand dollars, to reimburse them for expense incurred in satisfaction of a judgment rccovcrcd against them in the Ripley circuit court in favor of Jerome Huntington, upon a charge of false imprisonment, founded upon an arrest mafia by the said John C. McQuistcm as provost marshal of the fourth district of Indiana, and Jeremiah D. Skccn, his deputy, while acting under the order of General Baker, the provost marshal of the State of Indiana, and Brigadier-General Wilcox. APPROVED, February 27, 1871.