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 710 FOB.TY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. IH. Ch. 9, 10, 11, 16. 1872. _D¢¤- I9, 1872- CHAP. IX. - An Acg/br me Reliqf ey" Thomas C'. Martin, Emilia E. Mania, Jam G, Marlin, an Leozwr Martin, Children of J. E. Martin, deceased. Bc it enacted ky the Senate and House of Representatives of the United hgsymentt pa E States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- ° ‘ ‘ ury be, and he hereby is, directed, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to Thomas C. Martin,*Emilia E. Martin, Jane G. Martin, and Leonor Martin, children of J. E. Martin, deceased, or their legal representatives, the sum of two thousand two hundred and sixty-seven dollars and thirty-five cents, in full for services performed by J. E. Martin, as acting charge d’affa.ires of the United States at Lisbon, from July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty, to Jnme fifteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one. But said money shall not be paid to any person holding a power of attorney or assignment executed prior to the passage of this act. Approved, December 19, 1872. Dec. 19, 1872. CHAP. X. —-An Act jbr the Relief of William Howard. Be it enacted lvy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Faymeut to States of America in Congress assemblent That the_ Secretary of the Treas- W‘u‘“mH°W“’d· ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay, or cause to be paid, to William Howard, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and sixty-five dollars, as compensation in full for one horse and forty bushels of corn, taken from him by W. T. Bennett, A. A.  M., twentieth army corps, OD the part of the United States government. Approved, December 19, 1872. -Dec. 20, 1872. CHAP. XI. —- An Act for the Relief of Samuel Hitchcock. Be it enacted by the Senate and fbuse of Representatives of the United S Paypal} ig States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasc,;’{Q?° '°°ury be, and he is hereby, directed to cause to be paid to Samuel Hitchcock, of Illinois, who was commissioned and served as a second lieutenant in company B, thirty-sixth regiment of Illinois volunteers, the pay and allowances of a second lieutenant for such time as he actually served as a lieutenant, or was a prisoner in the hands of the enemy after having so served, deducting therefrom whatever pay he received as a sergeant for the same period, and the said payment shall be made from any money appropriated for the pay of the army. Approved, December 20, 1872. Dec. 24, 1872. CHAP. XVI.-An Act for the Relief q" Scales and Manmng, of Nashville, Tennessee. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Home G. States of America in Congress assembled, That Horace G. Scales and S°”l°’ and Sim" Samuel II. Manning, of Nashville, Tennessee, and the survivor of them, ucl H. Mmmm. . . . . may cm.}, on tig their heirs, administrators, and assigns, be, and they are hereby, perhusiness of dis— mitted to commence and carry on the business of distilling in and at their °‘u"‘g‘ distillery recently erected in Davidson county, Tennessee, upon a tract of land devised to the said Scales by the last will and testament of Charles Bosley, deceased, but for the accomplishment of certain trusts in said will named and limited in favor of persons incapable of giving the consent 1868, eh_15g_ required by section eight of the act entitled "An act imposing taxes on 5 8- distilled spirits and tobacco, and for other purposes," approved July V§;f,Y,]_p,:3,?8‘ twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, upon compliance with all I2;. 41, 256, and the provisions of law new existing, or that may hereafter be enacted, Sigtev PP·238` applicable to distilleries erected prior to the twentieth day of July, one ` thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight. Approved, December 24, 1872.