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 L FORTY—FIRS'I‘ CONGRESS. Sess. III. C1:. 191-195. 1871. 699 ‘ terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Mary F. Y°¤¤l°¤ W _ Prindle, widow of Jerome V. Prindle, late a private in company H, of M"yF'P°°dl°‘ the first regiment of Vermont volunteers, from the third day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, the date of her husbands death, to the tenth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, the date of commencement of her present pension. Approved, March 3, 1871. CHAP. CXCII. -—An Act jbr the Relief'}/' Al A. Vance, Postmaster at 1[orristoivn, March 8, 1M New ersey. "`—"" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting oiii- Credit who cers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, required to §“°"°° ‘°*·A* allow A. A. Vance, postmaster at Morristown, New Jersey, a credit of mm. the sum of five hundred dollars on settlement of his accounts at the Post- Oliice Department, being the amount lostin consequence of the larceny of said sum, stolen on the night of the second of April last from the post-office at Morristown, New Jersey: Provided, That, on examining the accounts Pm-iso. of the said A. A. Vance, the sixth auditor shall deem said A. A. Vance justly entitled to said credit, and shall certify his approval thereotl Approved, March 3, 1871. CHAP. CXCIII. — An Act for the Relic/`ofJolm W. Massey. March 8, 1871. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States at America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- 1'¤yY¤¤¤¢¤> ury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to John W. Massey, late consul to gg}? W' M°°' “ Paso del Norte," Mexico, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four hundred dollars, being the sum expended by him in eighteen hundred and sixty-two, in the endeavor to reach his post of duty. Approved, March 3, 1871. CHAP. CXCIV. - An Act granting a Pcnstbn to Bridget Angus. March 8, 1871. Be it enacted by the Senate and Muse of Rqaresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Tension to rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension B""8°" A“¢“‘· roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Bridget Angus, foster-mother of Walter H. Angus, latea sergeant ` in company “K," forty-fourth regiment New York volunteers, and to pay her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month from and after the passage of this act. Approved, March 3, 1871. CHAP. CXCV. —-An Anja- the Reliefqf William Chinn. March s, 1871. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and hereby is, Wtzpymegito appropriated from the treasury of the United States the sum of seven in {l,;"?,,!` $5*,, hundred and twenty-three dollars, to be paid to William Chinn, a colored and as assignee man, of Prince William county, in the State of Virginia, in his own right, of ggéogmm and as the lawful assignee of Mrs. Frances B. Gibson, his late mistress,' in full compensation of all losses sustainedeby him and her, severally and jointly, on account of live stock, provisions, and forage of every kind, furnished to and taken by the troops of the United States from the farm of the said Mrs. Gibson, in said county, during the late civil war, and in full compensation for all losses sustained by either and by both, for pasturage, damage to fences on the said farm, and for any other losses not herein enumerated. Approved, March 3, 1871.