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 680 FORTY—-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 376-380. 1872. June 8_ jg7g_ CHAP. CCCLXXVI.—An Act for the Relief ay' H. G. Ankeny, late Captain jbm}; ————————· Iowa Itfmtzy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Payment to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, H- G· ·’\¤k¤¤>'· and hereby is, instructed to reimburse to H. G. Ankeny, latecaptain fourth Iowa infantry, the sum of two hundred and ninety-nine dollars and fifty cents, out of any appropriation made, or hereafter to be made, for the recruiting service of the United States army. Approved, June 8, 1872. June 8, 1872. CHAP. CCCLXXVII.-An Act for the Relief of Frederick Pech. Preamble. WIIERPZAS Professor Pech presented to the United States a large botanical collection of ,rare and valuable specimens of plants collected in the VOL xiv_ p_ 35, western States and Territories, which was accepted by joint resolution of Congress, approved May twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six; and whereas said Professor Pech, by affliction, has been reduced to a state of pecuniary destitution: Therefore, P¤:·‘¤)>w¤_i<> Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United F"d°"°k lm" States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the said Frederick Pech, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one thousand dollars. Approved, June 8, 1872. June 8, 1872 CHAP. CCCLXXVIII,—·An Act to relieve Charles J. Faulkner, of West Virginia, "_""""'"‘ fom the legal and political Disabilities imposed by the jourteezith Amendment q" the Constitution of the United States. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United nhl3i?:;-;?;;;?;? States of America in Congress assembled, (two-tlzirels of each house concurfrom Qharlgg ,1, ring therein,) That the disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment F¤¤ik¤*=¤ of the Constitution of the United States, by reason of participation in the late rebellion, be, and they hereby are, removed from Charles J. Faulkner, of 'West Virginia. Approved, June 8, 1872. June 8, 1872. CHAP. CCCLXXIX. -—-An Act granting a Pension to Margaret Nelson. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United M£_"¤$}°“ P States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Integuiethelson. . . . . . mor 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 Margaret Nelson, widow of John Nelson, late private in company H, seventeenth United States infantry, and to pay her a pension from the passage of this act. Approved, June S, 1872. June 8, 1872- CHAP. CCCLXXX.—An Act for the Relief of Albert D. Pierce, Postmaster at Sum- -;-`-?- nerville, Ottawa County, Kansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Credit to be States of America in Congress assembled, That the auditor of the treasgl°i,'g}_c‘;lb°“ ury for the P0st—0Hice Department be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the account of Albert D. Pierce, postmaster at Sumner- 4 ville, Ottawa county, Kansas, with the sum of twenty-five dollars and fifty · cents, being the value of stamps and stamped envelopes stolen or destroyed f by hostile Indians on the twelfth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty- nme. Approved, June 8, 1872. i