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 FORTY~SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 247-251. 1872. 669 States of America, with sufficient sureties. to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, as may be required by him or by the regulations of the Treasury Department. Approved, May 31, 1872. CHAP. CCXLVIII.-An Act for the Relief of Albert Wieland. May 31, 1g7g_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster-General, Doubge the in settling the account of Albert Wieland, contractor for carrying the contract priccw mail on route number thirteen thousand six hundred and ninety-two, g‘;rQll‘{Y{§‘;;§l3¤ from Du Luth to Pigeon River, shall allow double the contract price &e., for carrying for the winter months, viz., from November fifteenth to May fifteenth, me m¤ilfor the term of his contract. Approved, May 31, 1872. CHAP. CCXLIX.—An Act for the Relief of Mrs. Cecilia Barr, `Widow¢y" William Barr. May 31, 1g7g_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid, out of any Payment to money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one thou- Mm C°°iU* sand dollars, to Mrs. Cecilia Barr, widow of William Barr, in oonsidera- Bm" tion of the valuable information and services of the said William Barr, rendered to the forces of the United States in the harbor of Savannah in the winters of eighteen hundred and sixty-one and eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Approved, May 31, 1872. CHAP. CCL.- An Act for the Relief of Charles A. Weidner. May 31, 1872. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Payment to ury be authorized and directed to pay to Charles A. Weidner, out of any Cl¤¤*’l€$A· Weld' moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six thousand mu" dollars, being the amount due him for columns, bases, girders, wrought-iron bars for cell-gratings, column and other patterns, and draining and plumbing work, made and done by him for the erection of the new jail in the District of Columbia, by virtue of and under a certain contract made between O. H. Browning, Secretary of the Interior, and the said Charles A. Weidner, under authority of the act of Congress approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and the joint resolution approved March 1866,_ch. 236. approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, concerning said ggé     jail, and for damages suffered by the said Charles A. Weidner for non-compliance by the United States of its part of the contract: Provided, The same Provisos. shall be accepted in full satisfaction for all claims whatsoever on account thereof: And provided farther, That the said columns, bases, girders, bars, and patterns shall be the property of the United States. Approved, May 31, 1872. CHAP. CCLI. —An Act for the Relief of B. C'. Pressley. May 31, 1872. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Credit to be ury be, and he is hereby, directed, in settling the accounts of B. C. Press-  C· ley, late assistant treasurer of the United tates at Charlestown, South Carolina, to allow to the said Pressley a credit of two hundred and one dollars, interest on the public debt paid by the said Pressley in July, eighteen hundred and sixty, and of which payment the vouchers have been lost. Approved, May 31, 1872.