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 FOBTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 205, 206, 207, 208. 1877. 55K CHAP. 205.-An act granting a pension to Sarah A. Chamberlain, guardian of the March 3, 1877. minor heirs of James Eagle, Company F, Second Regiment Kansas State Militia. -—-———-———-· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Pension to Sarah rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the A- Ch¤mb0Fl¤l¤· pensienroll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, · the name of Sarah A. Chamberlain, guardian of the minor heirs of James Eagle, late private Company F, Second Regiment Kansas State Militia. Approved, March 3, 1877. CHAP. 206.-·An act granting a pension to Irene. Garrett. March 3, 1877- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ameriea in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the lute- P¤¤Si<>¤ to Irene , ri0r be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the G*‘""“· pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name of Irena Garrett, widow of William H. Garrett, late captain of Company K, One hundred and third Ohio Volunteers. ` Approved, March 3, 1877. CHAP. 207.-An act to enable Erastus T. Bussell, of Indianapolis, Indiana, to make March 3, 1877. application to the Commissioner of Patents for extension of letterspatent for a —-——-—————·-· " combined rubber and spiral steel spring." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oengress assembled, That the memorial and petition Patent or rimsof Erastus T. Bussell, of Indianapolis, Indiana, for the extension of We 'f- B¤¤¢¤··ll ¤··=¤~y letterspatent for “eombined rubber and spiral steel spriug" granted on l"‘ "“""‘“’“· the twenty-ninth day of November, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, and numbered ten thousand two hundred and eighty, and extended by the Commissioner of Patents for seven years from the twenty-ninth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, which term expired on ieee, eh. 357, the twenty-ninth day of November, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, 5 SM-,117. be, and the same hereby is, referred to the Commissioner of Patents, with full power and authority to hear and determine the same upon the principles prescribed by the acts of Congress of July the iourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and the amendments thereof, governing and granting extensions; and if (after hearing the said petition, upon due notice to the public, according to the practice of the Patent- Oiiiee in eases of extension) the said Commissioner should decide that the said petition ought to be granted, he is hereby authorized and em- V powered to extend said letters-patent to the said Erastus T. Bussell for seven years from and after the issue of the extension: Provided, That Proviso. no damages shall be collected of any person for an infringement of said patent between the time of the expiration of said patent and the time of the renewal of the same, nor in respect of any article manufactured between said extension and renewal, nor shall any right exist to prevent the use of any such article so manufactured between said extension and renewal. Approved, March 3, 187 7. CHAP. 208.-An act granting a pension to Stillman E. Dix, of Hampton, Virginia. March 3, 1877. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to plaee on the iwnssen to stm. pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pensioirlaws, ’“**“ ]'·· MX- the name of Stillman E. Dix, a private of Company H of the Thirty- seventh Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteers, from and after the passage of this act. Approved, March 3, 1877.