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 788 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 452-455. 1873. Island Number Ten, and turned over by the fleet to the land forces for use as a transport, and lost while in the service of the United States as such transport. Approved, March 3, 1873. March 3, 1873. CHAP. CDLII. — An Act far the Reliq' of Francis A. Gibbons. 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 the Treas- ,1g;E°‘S A· G’b‘ ury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Francis A. Gibbons the sum i of twenty thousand dollars, in full satisfaction and discharge of his claim for additional compensation for the construction of a building for the use of the Agricultural Department_; and the said sum is hereby appro. priated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1873. March 3, 1873- CHAP. CDLIII. —- An Act jbr the Rely;/'of Dzauisa Jenkins, Widow of Henry Jenkins, 6C6d8E. Be it enacted by the Senate and House ry Representatives of the United Letters-patent States of America in Congress assembled, That the letters-patent granted ggggg ;'~;{°¤’>’ to Henry Jenkins, a citizen of the United States, dated the thirteenth day fwd6d_ of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and extended by the commissioner of patents, for seven years from the thirteenth day of January. eighteen hundred & sixty-six, for an improved method of uniting wrought and cast iron, be, and the same are hereby, extended, for the term of seven years, from and after the passage of this act; and the commissioner of patents is hereby directed, upon the presentation of said letterspatent, or a certified copy thereof, to make a certificate upon such patent, or certified copy thereof, of such extension (the lawful fees being first paid therefor,) in the name of Louisa Jenkins, widow of the said Henry Jenkins; and the commissioner of patents is hereby directed to cause the same to be entered of record in the Patent-Office; and the letters-patent so renewed and extended shall have the same effect in law as if originally granted to terms extending to the end of the term to which they are p,0v,S0_ extended by this act: Provided, however, That no person, firm, or corporation shall be liable for any damage or royalty for having made, vended, or used said invention since the expiration of the patent, and prior to the passage of this act. Approved, March 3, 1873. March 3, 1873. CHAP. CDLIV. —An Act for the Relief of Joseph Lanman Be it enacted by the Senate and Muse of Representatives af the United In,,,.,,,,,,,,,,, States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid to Joseph J<>S¤1$bL¤¤m¤¤- Lanman, rear-admiral in the United States navy, the difference between the pay of a commodore and that of a rear-admiral of the United States navy, from December seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, to April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. Approved, March 3, 1873. March 3, 1873. CHAP. CDLV. — An Act for the Reliefcy"B. H Randall. 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 the Treas- B U· Randall- ury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to B. H. Randall, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three hundred dollars, in full payment of his expenses from Saint Paul to Washington, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and returning, when arrested by the military authorities, and so forth. Approved, March 3, 1873.