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 538 FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 149,150, 151, 152. 1877. March 3, 1877. CHAP. 149.-An act making an appropriation to pay the claim of Benjamin ———···—-—— Fenton and D. W. Fenton. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ P€=lYm¤¤* to Bw- States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of nine hundred "‘“d and fifty-eight dollars and thirty-two cents be, and the same is hereby, ' ’appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full payment, satisfaction, and discharge of the claim of Benjamin Fenton and D. W. Fenton, for rent of lot numbered fifty-nine, of the Memphis navy-yard, in Memphis, Tennessee, while the same was occupied by the United States. Approved, March 3, 1877. March 3, 1877. CHAP. 150.-An act for the relief of Henry Voelter. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Patent of Henry States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of my be °X‘ Patents be, and is hereby, authorized to hear and determine the appli- ' cation of Henry Voelter for the extension, for the further term of seven - years, of the letters-patent for improvement in reducing wood to paperpulp, granted to him August tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, ante-dated August twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, extended for seven years from August twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy, and re-issued upon an amended specification June sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one; the form of such application and Proceedings. the mode of proceeding under it to be in all respects the same as was provided by the act of Congress approved July eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled **An not to revise, consolidate, and amend 1870, OIL 930, the statutes relating to patents and copyrights," for the extension of 16 sms ]·98· patents granted prior to March second, eighteen hundred and sixty- one; and if, upon such hearing, the Commissioner shall be satisfied that the said Henry Voelter, without neglect or fault on his part, has failed to obtain, from the use or sale of his invention or discovery, a reasonable remuneration for the time, ingenuity, and expense bestowed upon it, and the introduction of it into use, and that it is just and proper, having due regard to the public interest, that the term of the patent should be so extended, the said Commissioner shall make a certificate upon said re-issue patent, renewing and extending the same to the said Henry Voelter, his executors, administrators, or assigns, for the term of seven years from the twenty-ninth of August, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, which certificate shall be recorded in the Patent-Oiiice, and thereupon the said patent shall have the same eftect in law as though it had been originally granted for twenty-eight years. Approved, March 3, 1877. March 3, 1877. CHAP. 151.-An act to provide for an increase of pension in favor of Marian Kelly. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _P°¤¤i°¤ to MM- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of lm K°uy‘ Pensions be authorized and directed to allow Martin Kelly, case numbered fifteen thousand eight hundred and two, Pension·Office, an increase oi' pension from eighteen to twenty-tour dollars a month, for a disability equivalent to the loss of an arm, from and after the passage of this act. — Approved, March 3, 1877. March 3, 1877. CHAP. 152.—·An act granting a pension to Mrs An.] King — Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pension to Amy States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- King. rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-