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 700 FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 196, 197, 198. 1871. _ March 8, 1871. CHAP. CXCVI. —An Act granting a Pension to Lucy Marderi. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and lbuse of Representatives of the United Pension to States of America in Congress assembkd, That the Secretary of the Inte- L'"? M"d°‘** rim- 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 Lucia Marden, mother of Martin Allen, late a seaman on the United States sloop Dale, and to pay her a pension from and after the passage of this act. Approved, March 3, 1871. March 8, 1871. CHAP. CXCVlI.—An Actw/`or the Relidqf Charles Unger, Gcsbom A. Jones, Jerome "_"""" Rowley, illiam Ha1megan,_and John armqqan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United William and States of America in Congress assembled, That Charles Cooper, Goshom gx1g?;;;!:} A. Jones, Jerome Rowley, William Hannegan, and John Hannegan ·be, ,,.,,,0;,, N, and they are hereby, released and discharged from all liability to the leaped fr¤¤¤li¤· United States under and by reason of their bond executed thereto to gg;Ef‘§:;h°" secure the faithful performance, by the said William Hannegnn and ° John Hannegan, of their contract with the government of the United States for the improvement of Des Moines rapids, of the Mississippi river, in the State of Iowa, and that the action at law, now pending in the circuit court of the United States for the sixth circuit and northern district of Ohio to enforce said bond, be discontinued by the proper officer of the government, at the costs of the defendants. Approved, March 3, 1871. March 8, 1871- CHAP. CXCVIII.—An Act for the Reliefqf Abram G. Snyder, ty" the Waterulrkat -—_-___"` Arsenal at West Troy, New York. Be it enacted by tbe Senate and House of Representatives of the United Asgxmangs _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasder {0, us}, O,] ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any Snyder bullet money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Abram G. Snyder, ’““m’°°‘ of the Watervliet arsenal, West Troy, New York, the sum of five thousand dollars in full for all claims, heretofore and hereafter, against the government for the invention andthe use of the Snyder bullet machine in the United States arsenals. Approved, March 3, 1871.