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 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 138, 139, 143, 144. 187 8. 535 CHAP. 138.-An act gran tingl a pension to Rebecca T. Scott, widow of Major John May 25, 1878. B. Scott, ate of the United States Army. ——-——-—-————· Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- RebeeeaT.scott. rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the P°¤¤i°¤ *°· pension-roll,subjeetto the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name of Rebecca T. Scott, of the State of Maryland, widow of the late Major John B. Scott, and pay her the pension allowed by the general law as the widow of a major from and after the passage of this act. Approved, May 25, 1878. CHAP. 139.-—Au ac au horize the surve of h an us Indi n r ‘ r t to t in the Sum ofyLI8wtYe)rCattar g a eservation May 2O11g7g_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- C,,m,,,,,,g,,s I,,_ terior is hereby authorized to cause the Cattaraugus Indian reservation man reservation; in the State of New York to be resurveyed in accordance with the origi- rvsurvey ¤f- nal survey thereof, and the exterior boundaries thereof to be marked by stone or iron monuments; the expense thereof not to exceed the sum of two thousand dollars, and to be paid by the Seneca Nation of Indians, who are authorized to select a surveyor, to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and the said Secretary may pay the said sum of two thousand dollars, to the person who makes the survey out of any moneys under his control belonging to said nation of Indians. Sec. 2. That the surveyor shall make plats in triplicate of the said P1ats,tie1d-notes. reservation, showing the lines of its exterior boundaries, streams of water, and public highways on or running through the reservation; and that the plats and tield notes of the survey shall be submitted to the Commissioner of the General Land Office for his examination and approval, and whose duty it shall be to furnish one copy thereof to the clerk of the county of Erie, in the State of New York, one copy to the Seneca Nation of Indians, and the third to be retained in the General Land Office. Approved, May 25, 1878. CHAP. 143.-An act to confirm the term, for the period of seventeen years from the May 27, 1878. date of its original grant of the patent of Thomas A. Weston. ————————————-— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United — States of America in Congress assembled, That the patent for improve- Thomas A. Wesment in pulleys, number sixty-seven thousand four hundred and seven- *¥“’¤ P'**°“°9 mm ty, granted to Thomas A. Westoii, August sixth, eighteen hundred and ° ‘ sixty-seven, for the term of seventeen years from that date, and reissued number four thousand nine hundred and seventy-one, July ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, shall be deemed to be, and tho same is hereby declared, to be in full force and effect for the term of seventeen years from the date of its original grant, namely, August sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, according to the terms expressed in said original grant: Provided, noone shall be held liable for any infringement of the Proviso. patent during the period from the date of its lapse to the passage of this act, or for the use or sale hereafter of any specific machine covering any devices embracing the patented invention made within that period. Approved, May 27, 1878. CHAP. 144.-—An act granting a pension to Mary B. Marsh. May 27, 1878. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Marv B- Marshterior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the P"““'°“ *0-