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 586 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 243, 244. 1878. Wm Virsiuivn To Benjamin Largent, three hundred and nineteen dollars. °°"‘“‘“°d· To Michael Larkin, two hundred and eleven dollars and seventy-five cents. To Logan Osburn, executor of James Roper, deceased, four hundred and twenty-tive dollars. To Nicholas S. Shaull, four hundred and sixty dollars. To Jacob Ziler, one hundred dollars. Cases rqmedjw Sec. 2. That the cases ot Emily Southwick, John C. Skillman, Samuel ""‘”f'”'*"""°" and H. Halley, administrator of Altred Rector, deceased, John Bradley, ”p°' t' Daniel O’Sullivan, administrator of Henry Rigley, deceased, George lt. Foster, Samuel Buckle, George C. King, Elizabeth Putnam, Doctor J. Burnham, George Eastham, Charles L. Jones, Branson G. Jones, Eugene Oubre, George R. Herrick, and Georgia M. Erwin for herself' and child, James A. Noulen, Isaac Gammon, Elizabeth Nell, W. W. Perry, administrator of Ephraim E. Cooper, deceased, William H. Stewart, and Henrietta G. C. Warder, administratrix of estate of Samuel Weaver, deceased, be, and they are hereby, reterred to the Com missioners ofClaims for re-examination and report; and the said Commissioners of Claims shall have full jurisdiction and authority to reopen, examine, and consider the said cases, and to make report thereon to Congress as in cases provided for in the second section of the act authorizing the appointment of the said commissioners, approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one. M.E. Darwin. Sec. 3. That so much of section one of the act " making appropria- B- W- Bluke- tions for the payment of claims reported allowed by the Commissioners {37;;;:} gi;' of Claims under the act ol' March third, eighteen hundred and seventy- R,,p,,,Q1,,d' i,, one", approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, as part. authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to Mary E. Darwin and B. W. Blake, administrator of James B. Caniau, deceased, one thousand one hundred and ninety-three dollars and twenty-five cents, be repealed; in lieu thereof, there shall be appropriated to Mary E. Darwin and B. W. Blake, administrater of Amanda Canian, deceased, one thousand one hundred and ninety-three dollars and twentytive cents. mE“;°‘(,’."°';°f·'i"'° Sec. 4. That the time of taking evidence and of submitting their P mg a"' claims for decision by claimants in cases now pending before the Commissioners of Claims is hereby extended to the tenth day of March, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventymine; and the term of office _ Commission am- of the Commissioners of Claims is hereby extended lor one year trom ""“°d· the tenth day of March, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy- nine, with the authority, powers, and duties now vested in them by law: I’"”¤**°· Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to extend the time for filing claims before said commission, or to enlarge _ _ _ its jurisdiction, or to authorize the filing of new claims. ,,,{;'g"';;,%nQcm° f°' Sec. 5. That the Commissioners of Claims shall not receive any evi- ·dence on behalf of any claimant or claimants for the allowance of any claim or claims unless such evidence shall have been taken, presented, and tiled by the tenth day of March, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, except in rebuttal of evidence introduced on behalf of the government; and all claims wherein the evidence of the claimant or claimants is not so filed in the office of the Commissioners of Claims, and which have not been submitted to the Commissioners for decision within the time herein limited, shall be barred forever thereafter; and the Commissioners of Claims shall report all such claims so barred to Congress ut its next session thereafter. Approved, June 15, 1878. June 15, 1878. CHAP. 244.-An act for the relief of William H. Merritt. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ¥"“·H·¥€”***· States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the “y'"°° °‘ Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to allow and pay to