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 506 ronrrrounrn conennss. sizes. 11. cn. so, 40, 42. 1877. » Jan. 29, 1877. CHAP. 39.-An act granting a pension to Margaret C. Bell. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pension to Mar- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior s=¤<>¤ C- BON- be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pensionroll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pensioirlaws, the name of Margaret C. Bell, widow of Admiral Henry H. Bell, late of the ' United States Navy, and that she be paid a pension of fifty dollars per month from and after the passage of this act, which shall be in lieu of the pension now received by her. SAM’ J. RANDALL Speaker of the House of Representatives. T. W. FERRY President of the Senate pro tempore. Received by the President January 17, 1877. [N ocrn BY run DBBABTMBNT or SrArn.—Thc 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.] CHAP. 40.-Au act for the relief of certain officers of the Third United States Artil- ‘MD‘ 30* 187% lery, who suffered by fire at Fort Hamilton, New York Harbor, on the third of March,. - eighteen hundred and seventy live. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pmymcut to Om States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting oth- ,,,,,.,,'0f Third Am]- cers of Treasury of the United States be, and are hereby, authorized to lery. settle with the iirst lieutenants of the Third United States Artillery who lost their personal effects by ure at Fort Hamilton, New York Harbor, on the third of March, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, at a sum not to exceed six hundred dollars each, and a sufficient sum is hereby appro— priated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, January 30, 1877. Feb. 1, 1877. CHAP. 42.-An act for the relicfof Edwin Ebert. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United lhwment to Ed- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas~ “"“ U"”°· ury be, and he hereby is directed to pay, or cause to be paid, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and ten dollars, to Edwin Ebert, late a contractsurgeon in the United States Army, as compensation for a horse, the property of said Ebert, lost in the service of the United States at Springfield, Missouri, January eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty three. SAM’ J. RANDALL Speaker of the House of Representatives T. W. FERRY President of the Senate pro tempore. Received by the President January 20, 1877. [Norm BY run Dnranrunnr on Swarm.-The forcgoing 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.]