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 F ORTY—SECON D CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 51, 52, 61, 63, 64. 1872. 647 CHAP. LI. -An Act granting a Pension to Joseph lllontgomery. March 14, 1g7g_ Be it enacted by the Senate and Ihnse ogltepresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Pension whsrior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension ¢1>hM¤¤'=e°¤¤·¤’.7· roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Joseph Montgomery, late a private in company F, fifteenth regiment Iowa volunteers. Approved, March 14, 1872. CHAP. LII. ·— An Act jbr the Bette/‘¢y‘Jaeob H Elo. March 14, 1872. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States eg` America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Account of rior is hereby authorized to adjust and settle the account of Jacob H. Ela, ·l¤°<>b H- Eh tv late United States marshal for the district of New Hampshire, and pay xfggkgma him such sum as shall be found justly due for transporting three rebel whim; lieutenants of the navy from the African squadron for the sup ression of the slave trade, from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Fort Ilia Fayette, fromwhatfund. out of the fund for the suppression of the slave trade. Approved, March 14, 1872. CHAP. LXI. —- An Act jbr the Relief of Benjamin Vanniman. March 18, 1872, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Cbzited States of America in Congress assembkd, That the Secretary of the Treas- b ll"' l§°;"lfB*° ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue to Benjamin Vanniman, of Greene county, Ohio, two ten-forty bonds for five hundred dollars each, with interest coupons, falling due after September first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, under act of March third, eighteen hun- 1864,_Eh, 17. dred and sixty-four, in lieu of two ten-forty bonds of like amounts, with v°l· x"" l’· 13* coupons, &c., numbered four thousand three hundred and twenty-two and four thousand three hundred and twenty-three, issued under said act, and which, as the property of said Benjamin Vanniman, were, between the first and fifteenth of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, destroyed by _ rats: Provided, that before issuing said new bonds, the Secretary of the d BW? °f m' Treasury shall require a. sufficient bond of indemnity, securing the govern- mm y' ment against the presentation of the bonds alleged to have been destroyed. Approved, March 18, 1872. CHAP. LXIII. —An Act jbr the Relic/`ofPre-emption Settlers in the State of Calgbrnia. Merch 22, 1872. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all bona-fide pre-emption C¤¤§¤#i¤ Weclaimants who may have filed their declaratory statements, prior to the ffgggafzjgf passage of this act, upon any of the public lance in the State of California, have one year shall have one year from and after the passage of this act in which to f’:0“;g*¥§; ighm make proof and payment of their respective claims. £],,gm§,_ °' Approved, March 22, 1872. CHAP. LXIV. —An Act granting a Pension to Joseph Bryant. Mm-ch 22, 1g7g_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the pension to Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the Joseph Bfyaufpension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Joseph Bryant, late a private in company E, fifty-fourth Pennsylvania volunteers, and to pay him a pension from and after the passage of this act. Approved, March 22, 1872.