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 678 FORTY—-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 331, 370, 371. 1872. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, June 7, 1872. The House of Representatives having proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the bill entitled "An act granting a pension to Mary Ann Montgomery, widow of 1Vm. W. Montgomery, late captain in Texas volunteers," returned to the Senate by the President of the United States, with his objections, and sent by the Senate to the House of Representatives, with the message of the President returning the bi1l— Resolved, That the bill pass, two-thirds of the House of Representatives agreeing to pass the same. Attest: EDW’D MGPHERSON, Clerk. June 5, 1372, CHAP. CCCLXX. —An Act for the Relief of Willz`am Henry Otis. Be it enacted my the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Payment of States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Ilmages to Wilj ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay, or cause to be mm wry Om' paid, to W"illiarn Henry Otis, of Indianapolis, in the State of Indiana, the sum of three thousand dollars, in full compensation for growing crop, fencing, and fruit-trees destroyed upon, and damages done by the United States troops in and to, forty-five and one-half acres of land belonging to the said William Henry Otis, known as Camp Burnside, lying and being adjacent to the said city of Indianapolis, while said land was occupied by said troops from the year eighteen hundred and sixty-one to the year eighteen hundred and sixty-five. J. G. BLAINE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. SCHUYLER COIJFAX, Wee-President of the United States and President of the `Senate. Received by the President May 28, 1872. [Nom nr THE DEPARTMENT or S·rATE.———The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] Jung 8, 1g7g_ CHAP. CCCLXXI. -·An Aclfor the Relief of Charles and Henry W. Spencer. Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatizies of the Mzited Payment of States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasgtggggsayd ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay Charles Spencer Henry W. Spen- and Henry W. Spencer, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise °°'· appropriated, the sum of eight thousand one hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty cents, in full for the illegal seizure and destruction of their boat and personal property on the Mississippi river, at New Madrid, Missouri, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four. J. G. BLAINE, Speaker of the Hzuse of Representatives. SCHUYLER COLFAX, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Received by the President, May 28, 1872. [N OTE BY THE DEPARTMENT or STATE.—Th8 foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval,