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PRIVATE ACTS OF THE FORTIETH CONGRESS
OF THE
UNITED STATES,
Passedat the FirstSession, which was begun and held at the City of Wash-
ington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the fourth day of March,
A. D. 1867; was adjourned on Saturday, the thirtieth day of March,
A. D. 1867, to meet on Wednesday, the third day of July, A. D. 1867 ;
met on the sazd third day of July, and continued in session until Satur-
day, the twentieth day of said .luly, on which daq it adjourned to meet
on Thursday, the twenty-first day of November, A. D. 1867 ; met on the
said twenty-first day of Nos eminer. and ended the second day oJ Decem-
ber, A. D. 1867.
ANDREW JOHNSON, President BEN.TAM-iN F. WADE, President of the

Senate. SCHUYLER COLFAX, Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
C P. XIX. - An Act for the Relief of John Perry. March 29, 1867.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the act John Perry to
othethe
acts relating to pensions, approved June have benefit
supplementary to the ...... several provisions
six, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, shall apply to John Perry, of Illinois, of penson Isot.
a pensioner, by virtue of a special act approved Maxch third, eighteen 1868, oh. 106.
hundred -andfifty-nine. Vol xiv. p. s6
1859, ch 102.
APPROVED, March 29, 1867. Vol. xi. p. 570.
CHAP. XXV. - An Act for the Relief of Richard Busteed, Jr. March 80, 1867.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Richard
Payment to
Bus-
terior is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be paid to Richard teed, Jr.
Busteed, Jr., late captain of Battery C, Chicago Light Artillery, the
sum of twelve hundred and forty-seven dollars and sixty-six cents, being
the pension of a captain from the seventh day of November, eighteen
hundred and sixty-one, the date of his honorable discharge from the ser-
vice, until the thirtieth day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-
seven, the date from which a pension has been granted him.
APPROVED, March 30, 1867.
CHAP. XXVI. - An Act supplementary to an Act for the Relief of Hiram Paulding, March 30, 1867.
Rear-Admiral of the United States Navy.
States of America in Congress assembled, That there be appropriated, out, Appropriation
of any money ine
i the treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sufficient sum to pay claim of
Rear-Admiral
to pay the claim of Rear-Admiral Hiram Paulding, as provided for by Hiram Pauldmg.
an act of Congress at the last session, the said sum not to exceed three 1867, ch. 109.
thousand six hundred and fifty-three dollars and ninety two cents.
APPioVED, March 30, 1867.
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FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEms. I. CH. 31. 1867.
July 19, 1867. CHAP XXXI - An Act for theRelief of Malmda Harmon, of theCounty of Greefte,
and State of Tennessee, Widow of Jacob Harmon.
Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
Repeal of aot States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled, "An Act
of 1867, chap. for the rehef of Matilda Harmon, of the County of' Greene, and State of
21, grantino a r.
Tennessee, widow of Jacob Harmon," approv ed January thirty-one, eigh-
pension to atil-
da Harmon teen hundred and sixty-seven be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Vol xiv P 617 SE0. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Interior
Pension to Ma-
linda Harmon. be, and he is hereby, authorized to place the name of Malinda Harmon, of
the County of Greene, and State of Tennessee, widow of Jacob Harmon,
on the pension roll, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence
on the seventeenth day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and
to continue during her widowhood.
Ap'BrOVED, July 19, 1867.
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RESOLUTIONS.
[No. 35.1 Joint Resolution drecting the ereary of the Interuir to suspend the Execut March 30, 1867.
of a Law passed by the Thirty-Ninth Congress fr the Relief of the Hrs of John ."
.Bouhgny.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United

States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Act for the re-
hief of the heirs
teror be directed to suspend the execution of the act entitled "An act of John E. Boa-
for the relief of the heirs of John E.Bouligny," approved March second, liguy susPended.
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, until the further order of Congress. Vol. ray. p. 655.
[No. 36.] Joint Resoluton to authorize the Payment of Rev. C B. Boynton, as Chaplainof March 30, 186.
the Rouse of Representatves of the Fortieth Congress.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Rev. Charles B. Boyn- Rev. Charles
ton is authorized to draw the amount appropriated by an act entitled "An B. Boynton au-
thorized to
act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial ex- drawtheamoant
penses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, appropriated to
h to n the payment of
eighteen hundred and sixty-eight," to thc payment f the aplain chaplain of the
the House for the fortieth Congress. House by the
APPROVED, March 30, 1867. act of 1867, ch.
166, Vol. xiv. p.
442.
[No 37.] Joint Resolution relative to the iron-clad Monitor" Camanche." March 80, 1867.
States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be, and hereby Donahue, Ry-
is, appropriated for the purpose of paying Donahue, Ryan, and Secor, an, and Secor, to
for losses sustained by them in the construction of the monitor "Ca-bepadforlossea
manche," the sum of one hundred and seventy-nine thousand dollars; the monitor
and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to pay the same "pCamanche."
otherwise appropriated.
out of any moneys in the treasury not
VOL XV. PRIv.-23
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PRIVATE ACTS OF THE FORIETH CONGRESS
OF THE
UNITED STATES
Passedat the Second Session, which was begun and held at the City of Wash-
ington, in the Districtof Columbia, on Monday, the second day of Decem-
ber, A. D. 1867; was adjourned on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of
July, A. D. 1868, to meet at Washington, on. Monday, the twenty-first
day of September, A. D. 1868 ; met at Washsngton on said twenty-first
day of September, and was, on that day, adjourned to meet at Washington
on Friday the sixteenth day of October, A. D. 1868; met at Washington
on said sixteenth day of October, and was, on that day, adjourned to meet
at Washington on Tuesday the tenth day of November, A. D. 1868 ; met
at Washinyton.on said tenth day of November, and was then adjourned
without day.
.ANDREW JoHNsoN, President. BENJAMIN F. WADE, President of the

fives.
CHAP. IV. -An Act for the Redief of OrlafE. Dreutzer, late Consul of the United States Jan. 11, 1868.
to the K ,ydom of Norway.
Be it enactedlphe Senate and Rouse of Representatives of the United
States of America in Coegress assembled, That the Secretary of the Payment to
Treasury is hereby directed, out of any money in the treasury not other- Orlaf E. Dreut-
zer.
eight
.
wise appropriated, to pay Orlaf E. Dreutzer, late consul to Bergen,
hundred and thirty-seven dollars and forty-seven cents, in coin, for consu-
lar salary from the fourth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-
five, to the twenty-fourth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-six,
less the amount of consular fees received by him during that time.
APPROVED, January 11, 1868.
CHAP. XI. - An Act for the Relief of Captain C. P. Johnson. Feb. 21, 1868.
Be it enacted by the Senatd and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, Payment to
and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to C. P. Johnson, late a C. P. Johnson
captain in the seventeenth Iowa infantry, the amount by law allowed to a
captain of infantry in the regular army, upon the retired list, said pay to
commence from the time of his muster out from the said seventeenth Iowa
infantry.
APPROVED, February 21, 1868.
CHAP. XIV. -An Act for the Relief of Horace Smith and D. B. Wessen, or their Feb. 25, 1668.
Asngns.

States of America in Congress assembled, That Horace Smith and D. B. Smith & Wes-
Wesson, or their assigns, have leave to make application to the commis- son may apply
sioner of patents for an extension of the letters patent for improvement for extension of
in repeating fire-arms issued to said Horace Smith and D. B. Wesson for patent.
the term of fourteen years from the fourteenth day of February, eighteen
hundred and fifty-four, and reissued on the tenth day of October of the
same year, in the same manner as if the petition for said extension had
been filed at least ninety days prior to tfie expiration of said patent; and
that the commissioner be authorized to consider and determine said ap-
plicalon in the same manner as if it had been filed ninety days before the
expiration of the said patent.
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356 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sass. IT. C. 18, 23, 28, 32. 1868.
Mareh 2, 1868. CHAP. XVIIL -An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of the late Major-GeneralI. B.
Richardson, deceased.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Rouse of Representatives of the United
Payment to States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby,
hers of MaJor-
General 1 B. appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropri-
Ri5hardson. ated, the sum of four hundred dollars to Mrs. Frances S. Richardson,
widow tif the late Major-General I. B. Richardson, deceased, in trust for
Israel P. Richardson, minor child and heir of said Richardson, deceased;
the same being in full compensation for one mule and four horses stolen
from deceased in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-two by the Apache
Indians, while he was on duty in New Mexico as an officer of the United
States army.
Maroh 9, 1868. CHAP. XXIII.-An Act for the Relief of John H. Ellis, a Paymaster in the United
States Army.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United.
Credit to be States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting
allowed John H. officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, required to
Ellis ill settle-
ment of his ac- allow Major John H. Ellis, on settlement of his accounts, a credit of
counts, thirty-six hundred and seventy-three dollars and ninety-one cents, being
the amount lost in consequence of the larcency of nineteen thousand and
ninety-three dollars and ninety-one cents of the public money stolen from
the custody of said Ellis, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on the night of
the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, if, on examining
the accounts of the said Ellis, the paymaster-general shall deem said
Ellis justly entitled to said credit , and shall certify his approval thereof.
March 12, 1868. CHAP. XXVIIL-H An Act for the Relief of the legal Representatives of the late Philip
B. Fendall.
Payment to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
representatives Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the legal
of Phelhp R.
Fendall. representatives of the late Philip R. Fendall, for labor performed in
editing the writings of James Madison, out of any moneys in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty-one hundred dollars.
Ai-?RO TED, March 12, 1868.
March 19, 1868. CHAP, XXXI. - An Act to authorize Charles Grafion Page to apply for and receive a
Patent.
Charles Graf- ,&ates of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioner of pat-
ton Pageo may ents is hereby authorized to receive and entertain a renewal of the ap-
apply frn,&o.
patent plication of Charles Grafton Page for letters patent for his "induction
apparatus and circuit breakers," now on file in the United States patent
office, including therewith his circuit breakers, described by him prior to
said application, and that if the commissioner shall adjudge the said Page
to have been the first inventor thereof, he shall issue to him a patent,
which patent shall be valid, notivithstanding said Page's invention mAy
have been described or in use prior to said application, and notwithstand-
ing the fact that said Page is now an examiner in the United States pat-
ent office: Provided, That any person in possession of said apparatus
prior to the date of said patent shall possess the right to use, and vend to
others to use, the said specific apparatus in his possession without liability
to the inventor, patentee, or any other person interested in said invention
or patent therefor.
APPROvnTD, March 19, 1868.
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FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. IL CH. 33, 39, 40, 42. 1868. 357
CHAP. XXXIII. -An Act for the Rehef of the Heirs of the late Gene? al Duncan L. March 19, 1868.
Clinch, deceased.
WHEREAS Eliza B. Anderson, wife of Major-General Robert Anderson, Preamble.
and daughter and heir-at-law of the late General Duncan L. Clinch, de-
ceased, has an equitable claim, in her own right and to the exclusion of
all other heirs of said Clinch, against the government of the United
States, they having released all demands in the premises; and whereas
the family of the said Robert Anierson need for their support the amount
which she may be entitled to: Now, therefore, in consideration of the
premibes, and in consideration of the distinguished services of the said
Major-General Robert Anderson and his permanent disability:
. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America .in Congress assembled, That there be, and hereby is, Payment to
appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropri- Lars Anderson
in trust for Eliza
ated, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars to Lars Anderson in trust for the B. Anderson,
exclusive use of the said Eliza B. Anderson during her lifetime; and any wife of Major-
part thereof remaining at her deathn to be held in trust for her children in General
Andersn.
Robert
full satisfaction of the claim against the United States of the said Eliza
B. Anderson, for and on account of any demand of the late Duncan L.
Clinch, deceased.
APlPROVED, March 19, 1868.
CHAP. XXXIX. - An Act for the Rehef of Henry Greathouse and Samud Kdly March 30, 1868.
Be it enacted by the Senate and-House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster-General Claim of
be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to adjust and -ettle the claim house Great-
Henry and Sam-
of Henry Greathouse and Samuel Kelly, for carrying the mails of the uel Kelv for car-
United .States on route numbered sixteen thousand and one, from Placer- rx ing rnt., may
vlle to Idaho City, and route sixteen thousand and two, from Payetter- be adjusted
ville to Placerville, in the Territory of Idaho, from July first, eighteen
hundred and sixty-four, to July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and
to award and pay to the said Henry Greathouse and Samuel Kelly for
said service such sum as may be in accordance with the principles of
equity and justice: Provided, That the amount to be so allowed bhall not Proviso.
exceed eight thousand dollars.
CHAP. XL. - An Act for the Relief of Wlliam Shunk. March 30, 1868.
States of America in Congress,assembled, That there be paid to William Payment to
Shunk, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Wittim Shunk
of amount due
sum of six hundred and twenty-five dollars, being that amount due from E C.Shink.
the United State: to E. C. Shunk, late postmaster at Cardington, Ohio,
for salary as postmaster from January first, eighteen hundred and sixty.;
tour, to March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.
CHAP. XLII -An Act refundig Duties paid under Protest on the Importation from April 11, 1868.
Fiance of a Bell donated to the Use of St Mary's Institute and Notre Dame University,
Indiana.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Trea- Repaymeat to
sury is hereby authorized and directed to refund to Reverend Edward Rev. dward
Sonm of custom
Sorin, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the duties paid
amount of duties paid by him under protest to the collector of the port of under protest.
New York in eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, on a bell donated and
imported from France for the use of St. Mary's Institute and Notre Dame
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358 FORTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. H. On. 42, 44, 45, 47, 56. 1868.
University, institutiong incorporated by the State of Indiana for philoaphi-

cal and literary purposes.
APPROVED, April 11, 1868.
May 19, 1868. CHAP. XLIV. -An Act providingfor the Restoration of Lieutenant-Commander Trevett
Abbott, of the United States Navy, to the active List of the Navy.
Lieut Corn- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy
mander Trevett
Abbott may be be, and he hereby is, empowered and directed to order Trevett Abbott,
ordeied before lieutenant-commander in the United States navy, on the retired list, be-
retaring board
for examnation
fore the retiring board of the navy for examination; and should the said
for restolation Trevett Abbott be pronounced by the said board morally, professionally,
to active list of and personally competent for active service, the Secretary of the Navy
navy. is authorized to restore the said Abbott to the active list of the navy, with
the same grade as if he had not been retired.
APPROVED, May 19, 1868.
May 19, 1868. CHAP. XLV. -An Act for the Relief of John S. Cunningham, Paymaster United States
Navy.
Be it enacted Sy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
Allowance to States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting offi-
Paymaster John
S Cunningham cers of the government be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed,
In settlement of in the settlement of the accounts of John S. Cunningham, paymaster Unit-
accounts ed States navy, to allow a credit to him of sixteen hundred and seventy-
one dollars and seven cents, the amount of public money stolen from the
money-chest of the United States frigate Colorado, while said chest was
under his charge.
May 20, 1868. CHAP. XLVII. -An Act for the Relief of CharlesE. Capehart
Be it enacted by the Senate and Rouse of Representatives of the Uiited
Payment to States of America in Congress assembled, That the paymaster-general
Charles E Cape- of the army of the United States is hereby authorized and directed, out
bert
of any moneys in his possession appropriated for the payment of the army,
to pay to Charles E. Capehart, late captain of company A, of the first
regiment of West Virginia cavalry volunteers, the pay and allowances of
a captain of cavalry from the second day of July, eighteen hundred and
sixty-two, to the first day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-three,
after deducting from the amount of said pay and allowances any sums of
money heretofore paid said Capehart by the pay department for his ser-
Proviso. vices for that time: Provided, That the said Capehart present the usual
certificates required by the rules of the pay department upon final pay-
ment of volunteer officers.
June 8,1868. CHAP. LVI. - An Act for the Relef of George Lynch, a Soldier of the War of eighteen
hundred and twelve.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Rouse of Representatives of Yhe United
Pension to States of America in Congress assembled. That the Secretary of the In-
George Lynch,
in lieu of pies- terior is hereby authorized and directed to allow and pay to George
ent pension Lynch, a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, a pension at
the rate of twenty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension of eight dol-
lars per month now received by him, to commence from and after the pas-
sage of this act, and to continue during his natural life.
APPROVED, June 8, 1868.
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FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. H. Ca. 57, 58, 59, 60. 1868. 359
CHAP. LVII - An Actfor the Rdief of Thomas McLean June 11, 1868
States of America in Congress assembled That Thomas McLean be, andI Lean may Mo-
Thomas enter
he is hereby, authorized to enter and purchase so much of lot number and prchase
one hundred and twenty-four as has not been disposed of in the Stock- certain land.
bridge reservation, in the county of Calumet, and State of Wisconsin,
used and occupied by him, at the price stipulated in the third section of
the act of third March, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, providing for the 1865, ch. 109, §
disposal of said reservation, and receive a patent therefor, the said Vol. x, i p. 581.
McLean having cultivated and occunied the same for a long series of
years.
CHAP. LVII.-An Act granting a Penson to Bridqet W. McGrorty, and the minor June 11, is a.
Children of Wlliam B. MeGrorty,deceased.
Be it enacted' by the Senate and Rouse of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Pension to
terior is hereby authorized and directed to place the name of Bridget W. Brtdget W. Mc-
t, .Grorty.
McGrorty, of Saint Paul, Minnesota, widow of William B. McGrorty, de-
ceased, late a first lieutenant and regimental quartermaster in the fifth
regiment Minnesota volunteers, on the pension roll, at the rate of seven-
teen dollars per month, to qommence from the sixteenth day of February,
eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and to continue during her widowhood,
and two dollars per month to each child of said William B. McGrorty,
under the age-ofsixteen years, to commence from the twenty-fifth day of
July, eighteen hundred and sixty~six, and to continue until they shall re-
spectively attain the age of sixteen years.
CHAP. LIX. - An Act grantinga Pension to Sarah Webb,.Widow of William R. Webb, June 11, 1868.
and her minor Chitd.
terior is hereby authorized and directed to place the name of Sarah Sarah Welb.
Webb, widow of William R. Webb, a private in company K, first regi-
ment Tennessee infantry volunteers, on the pension roll, and to pay her
at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence from the fourteenth
day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to continue during her
widowhood, and the additional sum of two dollars per month for the
minor child of said William R. Webb, to commence from the twenty-fifth
day of July,. eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and to continue until the
said child shall have attained the age of sixteen years.
CHAP LX -An Act granting a Pension to Mary Atkinson. June 11, 1868.
terior is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the Mary Atkinson.
name of Mary Atkinson, mother of Andrew B. Atkinson, late a quarter-
mater in the United States navy, who died in the service of the United
States and in the line of duty, and allow and pay her a pension at the
rate of twenty dollars per month, to commence from the passage of this
act, and to continue during her natural life; said pension to be paid out of
the naval pension fund.
.AyrPuOVEj. Junp 11. 1 AA.
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360 FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Ca. 62, 63, 64, 65, 66. 186
June 19, 1868 CHAP. LXII -An Act to remove political Disablitiesfrom Roderick R. Butler, of
Tennessee.
Rodetick R States of America in Congress assembled, That all legal and political dis-
Butler relieved abilities imposed by the United States upon Roderick R. Butler, of Ten-
of political dis-
abilities nessee, in consequence of participation in the recent rebellion, be, and the
same are hereby, removed. And the said Butler, on entering upon the
discharge of the duties of any office to which he has been or may be
1862, ch 128 elected or appointed, instead of the oath prescrbed by the act of July
Vol xii. p. 502 two, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, shall take and subscribe the follow-
Oath ing oath: I, Roderick R. Butler, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I
will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all
enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance
to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reser-
vation or purpose of evasion, and that I will faithfully discharge the.
duties of the office on which I am about to enter, so help me God.
June 19, 1868. CHAP. LX.=I - An Act granting a Pension to Sherman H. Cowles.
Pension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
Sherman H
Cowles. teror is hereby authorized and directed to place the name of Sherman H.
Cowles, late a private in company E, nineteenth regiment Connecticut
volunteers, on the pension roll, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to
commence from the eighteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-
three, and to continue during his natural life.
June 19, 1868. CHAP. LXIV - An Act grantinga Pension to Caroline E. Thomas.
Caroline E
Thomas. terior is hereby authorized and directed to place the name of Caroline E.
Thomas on the pension roll, and allow and pay her a pension at the rate
of eight dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.
June 19, 1868. CHAP. LXV. - An Act grannng a Pension to James A. Guthrie.
sre. terior ishereby authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls the
name of James A. Guthrie, of Iowa, who was a private in company A,
sixteenth regiment Illinois volunteers, in the war with Mexico; and allow
and pay him a pension at the rate of fifteen dollars per month from the
sixth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, to continue during his
natural life.
June 19, 1868. CHAP. LXVI -An Act granting a Pension to Carolineand Margaret Swartwoit.
Pension to Stales of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
Caroline and
Margaret Swart- teror i6 hereby authorized and directed to place upon the pension rolls
rout the names of Caroline and Margaret Swartwout, sisters of Samuel Swart-
wout, late a commodore in the navy of the United States, and to pay to
them, or the survivor of them, a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per
month from the fifteenth day of February, in the year eighteen hundred
and sixty-seven, during their joint lives and the life of the survivor.
4k-ROVD, June 19, 1868.
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FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sxss. Tr. Ca. 67, 68, 83. 1868. 361
CHAP LXVTI -An Act qranting a Pension to Michael Kelly. June 19, 1868.

let ior is hereby authorized and directed to place the name of Michael Michael Kelly.
Kelly, late a private in the first Vermont battery volunteer , on the pen-
,ion roll, at the rate of fifteen dollars per month, to commence from and
after the passage of this act, and to continue during his natural life.
AlPROVED, June 19,1868.
CHA LXVIII - An Act grantinga Pension to Bartlet and CarrieEdwards, Children June 19, 1868.
of Daid W. Edwards, deceased.
Bartlet
terior is hereby authorized aiid directed to place upon the pension roll the rio and Car-
Edwards.
names of Bartlet and Carrie-Edwards, children under sixteen years of
age of David W Edwai ds, deceased, and to allow and pay to them or
their legally appointed guardian or guardians a pension at the rate of
fifteen dollars per month from the thirteenth day of October, eighteen
hundred and sixty-four, until they shall respectively attain the age of six-
teen years.
APPaOVED, June 19, 1868.
CHAP. LXXXIII. - An Act to reliene from Disabilities certain Persons in States lately June 25, 1868.
in Rebellion.
States of America in Congress assembled, (two thirds of each House con-
currzng thereon,) That all legal disabilities imposed by the United States Legal disabili-
upon the following-named citizens of North Carolina in consequence of ties
fromremoved
certain per-
participation in the recent rebellion be, and the same are hereby, removed, sons ce North
namely : Carolina.
Franklin County: A. M. Timberlake, W. S. Harris, E. A. Crudup, and
Green H. Grupton.
Wake County: Wilham H. Harrison, Willie D. Jones, Albert Johnson,
Jacob Sorrell, Hilliard J. Smith, C. L. Harris, and W. R. Richardson.
Pitt County: Joseph Staten, Lewis Hilliard, Charles J. O'Hagan, Cal-
vin Cox, James C. Langley, and Charles Roundtree.
Haitfax County: Charles N. Webb, John O'Brien, John T. Gregory,
George W Owens, John A. Reed, and J. T. Evans.
Beaufort County: Samuel T. Carrow, Hiram E. Stilley, William B.
Rodman, George L. Windley, Hloward Wiswall, Edmund Hodges, Luther
Ruff. Jesse G. Bryan, Edward J. Warren, Edward S. Hoyt, Samuel
Windley, John B. Respass, Henry Hodges, Jesse Robason, William A.
Blount.
New Hanover County: David Bunting, Edward Kidder, Silas N. Mar-
tin, Jame; H1. Chadbourne. George Hooper, James Alderman, L. H. Bow-
den, and George Chadbourne.
Stanley County: Joseph Marshall, James E. Malden, Dumas Coggins,
Daniel Richey, Lafayette Green, Allen Burris, Franklin A. Lafton, and
John A. Moi ton.
David~on County: Evander Davig, Emory Davis, Ephraim Hampton,
Gieea I. Lee, David Loftin, Willis Cecil, and Henderson Adams.
Person County: John D Wilkerson.
Caldwell Couuty: Lloyd T. Jones, William M. Barber, A. W. Austin,
Samuel McCall, Washington Moore, James M. Barber, Robert B. Bogle,
ind Hosea Biadfori.
Wilson County: George W. Blount, Newett D. Owens, William D.
Farmer, John Wilkinson, and Francis W. Taylor.
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FORTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. HI. CH. 83. 1868.
Legal diabill- Forsyth County: Joseph S. Phipps, John G. Sides, John M. Stolts,
ties removed
from certain Israel Moses, William Clinard, E. A. Volgar, William B. Stipe, and Allen
persons in North Spach.
Carolina Transylvania County: Jeremiah Osborne, J. C. Duckwoth, Samuel
Reed, Robert Hamilton, J. W. Clayton, William R. Galloway, Perry Orr,
Isaac Harris, R. P. Kilpatrick, and G. C. Neil.
Henderson County: Benjamin Williams, James M. Justice, William D.
Whitted, James Spann, R. J. Allen, M. Owenby, John C. Gulick, M. B.
Lance, D. M. Justice, Leander Pace, William K. Leadbetter, Bedford
Brown, S. R. Stancill, G. P. Edney, Thomas Osteen, S. B. 0. McCall, and
David Stradley.
Guilford County . William M. Mebane, Joseph Haskins, Wyatt Rags-
dale, Robert P. Dick, Frederick Fentress, Calvin Causey, George W.
Bowman, Newton D. Woody, Barnabas Pane, John Hyatt, John W. Kirk-
man, Andrew C. Murrow, Abram Clapp, David Greeson, and Robert M.
Stafford.
Alamance County: Joseph C. Thompson, Nathaniel Stout, William P.
McDaniel, Simpson Vestle, James Albright, and Henry Boon.
Lincoln County: Rufus Clarke, W. B. Bynum, and Henry Wilkinson.
Bladen County: Dugald, Blue and Calvin Jones.
Wilkes County: R. M. Smith, John M. Brown, James F. Tugman,
Andrew Porter, Samuel P. Smith, senior, John F. Parlier, Isaac
S. Call, Harrold Hays, Ambrose Wiles, Toliver Shoumate, William
E. Reynolds, Emanuel Harrold, James H. Hays, and Calvin J. Cowles.
Cleaveland County: James 0. Bridges, Andrew Parker, David Hall,
Henry Wortman, A. W. Gowins, John Cook, Lewis Donnss, and J. C.
Ryers.
Cumberland County: Robert Orrell, A. G. Thornton, Duncan G. Mc-
Cormick, and Robert Mitchell.
Sampson County: Caeton Cessoms, Robert Cain, Clifton Ward, Amos
N. Hall, William Cessoms, Robertson Ward, and Lorenzo D. Hall.
Carteret County: Malvin J. Davis, W. J. Doughty, and John C. Man-
son.
Duplin County: William E: Hill and Thomas K. Murphy.
Currituck County: M. V. B. Gilbert, M. D. Lindsay, and W. D. Chad-
dick.
Alexander County: Robert Carson, R, 0. Bennet, W. W. Stafford,.
William 'S. Teague, Elisha Bebber, Gabriel Marshall, William M.
Bogle, Thomas J. Dula, Daniel Moore, George W. Long, James J
Teague, Andrew C. Watts, F. D. Reece, F. A. Campbell, and J. N. Car-
son.
Mecklenburg County: H. W. Pritchard, William R. Myers, Robert Me-
Ewen, Jeremiah S. Reed, Rufus Barringer, Robert M. Martin, and Alex.
Mclver.
Camden County: Isaac Morriset, ,John M. Forbes, A. P. Cherry,
George W. Spencer, and James W. Chamberlain.
lEdgecombe County: William S. Battle, Redden S. Petway, John J.
Killebrew, William H. Knight, Jesse Mercer, Exum L. Moore, Thomas
Norfleet, Llewellen Harrold, W. H. Johnson, Joseph Cobb, R. W. Proc-
tor, William W. Parker, John Norfleet, Henry E. Odom, John W. John-
son, Micajah P. Edwards, Lawrence Bunting, Robert Norfleet, and Napo-
leon B. Bellamy.
Alleghany County: William A. Brooks, Morgan Bryan, A. Marion
Smith, William Andrews, Nathan Weaver, Goldman Higgings, L. M.
Blackburn, Reuben Sparks, Hugh Hanks, John Parsons, John A. Jones,
Solomon Stamper, and Alex. Black.
Ashe County: John Williams.
Hyde County: Sylvester 'McGowan, James G. Carrowan, George V.
Credle, W. B. Tooley, and Joseph P. Flowers.
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FORTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I1. Cy. 83. 1868.
Iredell County: Thomas Holcomb, E. B. Stimpson, and Henry C. Legaldisabili-

ties removed
from
certain
Wayne County: Curtis H. Brogden and John C. Rhodes. persons in North
Stoke , County: John J. Shaffer, A. H. Joyce, Aquilla Moore, William Carolina.
V. Shelton, J. R. Jewett, Ambrose Jessup, Ira Gentry, James Harris, J.
B. Young, J. J. Martin, Eaton B. Terrell, W. B. Vaughn, and William
M. Gordon.
Perquinans County: Nathan B. Cox, Robert J. White, and Jonathan
W. Albertson.
Yadkin County: Moses Gross, Meekins Castioens, Thomas Hanes,
George Long, E. C. Brown, Aquilla Speer, Thomas F. Martin, Samuel
C. Wech, Winston Fleming, James H. Myers, H. Thomason, J. N. Ves-
tal, Jesse Reives, Sexton Jones, Moses Chappell, S. Speere, Jonathan
Waggoner, George Nix, David Hutchins, J. S. Jones, William W. Pat-
terson, George D. Williams, Barnett C. Myers, William H. Rodwell, T.
L Tulbert, John.D. Holcomb, R. M. Pearson, and Jesse Lackey.
Harnett County: James S. Harrington, John F. Shaw, Neil MeLeod,
Robert A. Noi den, James Hodge, John Htarrington, James M. Turner,
and A. J. Tudington.
Northampton County: William Barrow, John B. Odom, Noah R.
Odom, David A. Bai nes, Jesse W. Grant, Jesse Flythe, Samuel Calvert,
senior, Samuel J. Calvert, and George Holloman.
Madison County: F. M. Lawson, 0. S. Deaver, D. E Freeman,
James Ramsey, James Croder, and L. G Brignum.
Wairen Court: William A. White, John W. Patille, John H. Bul-
lock. John C. MdGraw, James T. Russell, Nathaniel R. Jones, William
W. White, and J. T. Allston.
Union County: William M. Austin, Arthur Stigall, Robert Bivens,
Benjamin F. Fincher, James McNeily, Milos A. Lemons. Jackson
Greene, Thomas W. Griffin, Richard Tarlton, and Asa Brumblow.
Nash County: George N. Lewik and Absolom Baines.
Rowan County: J. A. Hawkins, Math. Boyden, George Beinhardt, Levi
Trexler, William P. Atwell, and Peter Williamson.
Washington County: James A. Melson, Thomas Benbridge, Eli Spruill,
and W. W. Ward.
Rockingham County: Thomas Settle and Thomas A. Ragland.
Burke County. James H. Hall, Joseph Deaton, Asley Mull, Jeremiah
Smith, William Bailey, and James Hildebran.
Gaston County: D. A. Jenkins.
Montgomery County: John K. Lofflin, James Batten, James W. Ressas,
David Wright, John C. Nichols, and James B. Ballard.
Chowan County: Charles E. Robinson.
Pasquotank County: John Pool, George D. Pool, Frank Vaughn, F.
M. Godfrey, C. W. Granly, junior, W. G. Pool, George W. Charles, and
C. W. Hollowell.
Buncombe County: James Reed, James P. Ellar, Levi Penland, P. J.
Israel, Amasa Roberts, and James E. Reed.
Moore County: Thomas W. Ritter, William J. King, John S. Ritter,
R. W. Bari ett, M. J. Blue, Jordan gluar, Samuel W. Seawell, D. W.
McDonald, John P. Cole, Alexander H. McNeil, and Benjamin Spivey.
Richmond County" Oliver H. Dockery, George McKinnon, John A.
Lon, and Elisha T Long.
Haywood County: A. J. Murray, Isaac Clarke, D. B. Ford, Henry
Fianilin. Samuel Fitzgerald, J. W. Harbin, J. M. Patton, W. S. Evans,
R. E. Medford. and R. S. Owens.
Jackon County" E. D. Bi indle, L. C. Hooper, Mordecia Zackey, Wil-
son Ensby, J. J. Hooper, and A. Cope.
Davie County: Uriah H. Phelps, John R. Williams, and William TB
Mm ch-,
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FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Ci. 83 1868.
Legal dignbili- Greene County: John Harvey, Richard J. Williams, John J. Osman,
ties removed
from 6ertain William P. Grimsly, Joseph H. Dixon, William T. Dixon, and D. A.
persons in North Spivey.
CaroIna. McDowell County: James H. Duncan, C. S. Copeland, John Elliott,
James A. McCall, John O'Brien, Thomas Ludbetter, Elijah Morgan, John
T. Gregory, and Charles L Webb.
Cabarras County: Victor C. Barringer.
Cherokee County: William McGuyre, T. R. McCombs, Phelix T.
Axley, Christopher Gentry, George W. Ferguson, B. K. Dickey, and
George W. Hall.
Bertie County: Jonathan Taylor, George N. Greene, Frederick Muller,
and Louis C. Bond.
Granville County: Robert Garner, Eugene Grisson, Solomon G. Wilse,
and E. B. Lyons.
Martin County: John Watts, William C. Eborn, F. P. Bazemore,
John L. Knight, Samuel W. Watts, Josiah M. Catterson, and Joheph J.
Martin.
Polk County: Martin Hambleton, Nesbid Dinsdale, James Jackson, R.
S. Abrams, and J. W. Hampton.
Rutherford County: G. W. Logan, Rufus Williams, Israel P. Sorrels,
J. E. McFarland, B. W. Andrews, Moses Wilkeson, W. B. Freeman, Ed-
ward Hawkins, R. J. McCraw, Eli Whisnant, Maitin Walker, Willis Brad-
ley, W. G. Mode, J. W. Mode, James H. Carpenter, James McFarland,
John A. Carpenter, A. A Scoggins, Smith McCarrey, W. G. Wilson, R.
F. Carpenter, C. J. Sparks, L. L. Deck, A. Hollowfield, H. H. Hopper,
B. W.( Barber, W. 0. Wallace, A. C. Martin, J. W. Gibson, and Jerre
Jackson.
Lenoir County: Walter A. Dunn, James L. Canaday, Anthony Davis,
Joshua Rouse, and James M. Parrot.
Robeson County: James Sinclair, Benjamin A. Howell, and Edxard
K. Proctor.
Craven County: Edward R. Stanley, Charles R. Thomas, and Frederick
J. Jones.
Johnston County: Thomas D. Snead, P. P. Massey, B. L. Hinient,
Willie Holt, John R. Coats, Samuel Woodey, Ray Philhp,, J. P. Peck,
Robert Messengale, William A. Smith, James H. Enniss, Franklin Phil-
lips, W. D. Holt, Thomas Edgerton, and Bryan Williams.
Randolph County: John Pope, Henry Pressnell, William McGee, James
Lathan, Alson Jennings, B. A. Sellars, J. R. Bulla, Alfred Julian, James
T. Fox, Elijah Whitney, Joel Ashworth, and E. T. Blair.
Brunswick County: Robert W. Woodide, L. D. Thurston, Lorenzo
Frink, Lewis Galloway, D. K. Bennett, D. L. Russell, and P. Priohan.
Chatham County: R. M. Brown, W. C. Council, Benjamin I Hodge,
William Laney, R. C. Colton, Hezekiah Henderson, R. C. Council, William
Griffin, Jos. Brazington, Ehas Bryan, and H H Burk.
Sorry County: Drury McGee, Thomas Martin, T. J. William, C. H.
Kepp, Joel Hurtz, Martin Payne. George A. Jaris, J. S. Pedigre, James
Nations, Isaac Armfield, Gideon Bryant, John Nichols, A. H. Knapp, John
C. Thompson, C. C. McMickle, William Hodges, B. F. Scott, James Ven-
eble, Martin Axum, John McCloud. and Jeremiah Gay.
Macon County: R. M. Henry, W. H. Higdon, C. T. Rodgers, A. L.
Parton, and A. Vaughn.
Orange County: H. B. Guthrie.
Granville County: R. W. Lassiter.
Person County: John Barnett, S. C. Barnett, George W. Norwood,
Joseph Massey, Chesley Hamlin, James T. Sergeant, and C. S. Win-
stead.
Northampton County: Edmund Jacobs and James W. Newsom.
Edgecomb County: Robert H. Austin.
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FORTIETH CONGRESS. Spss. II. CH. 83. 1868.
Chowan County: William R. Skinner, John H. Hall, Robert 0. Legal diqabilC-

Mitchell, and James A. Woodard. tis
fromremoved
certain
Haywood County: A. L. Herren. perions iNNorth
Carteret County: William B. Duncan, Isaac Ramsey, and Thomas Carolina.
Duncan.
Wake County: Bartholomew F. Moore, Joseph W. Holden, R. W.
Wynne, and William Jenks.
Cleaveland County: John W. Logan.
Chatham County: John A. McDonald.
Craven County: Richard T. Berry and Charles R. Thomas.
Wake County: William W. Holden.
Burke County: Tod R. Cadwell.
Davidson County: Henderson Adams.
Rutherford County: George W. Logan and Cebern L. Harris.
Yadkin County: Richmond M.'Pearon.
Guilford County: Robert P. Dick.
Rockingham County: Thomas Settle.
Person County: Edwin G. Reade.
Brunswick County: Daniel L. Russell, junior.
Rowan County: Nathaniel Boyden.
Richmond County: Alfred Dockery.
Iredell County: Anderson Mitchell.
Rockingham County: James Blythe and David S. Ellington.
Johnson County: B. R. Himnant.
Henderson County: W. D. Justus.
Rockingham County: John W. Foster and Turner W. Patterson.
Granville County: James I. Moore and R. P. Taylor.
Rutherford County: Eleazer McArthur.
Bertie County: John S. Shepperd.
Catawba County: James Mott.
Pitt County: Richard Short.
Fayetteville: Ralph P. Buxton.
Cumberland County: War en Caroer.
McDowell County: W. W. Gilbert.
Anson County: William T. Tucker.
Halifax County: A. L. Pierce.
Duplin County: James K. Williams.
Cherokee County: 31. B. Crisp.
Warren County: Isham H. Bennett, Benjamin E. Cook, T. A. Mont.
gomery, John H. Bullock, Alexander S. Steed, John W. Rogers, and
John J. Rodwell.
Bertie County William P. Gurley.
Cleaveland County: Eli H. Fulenwider.
Ashe County: Eli Graybeal, Jackson Litzeman, John Calhoun, James
Sapp, and John F. Greer.
North Caiolina: G. B. Arledge, A. B. Blanton, B. H. Blount, Daniel
Coleman. senior, Jackson Dalton, J. W. Fuller. William Golden, John
Gibbs, W. P. Grimbley, N. B. Hampton, J. M. Hamiton, Helter Hilde-
brand, W. D. Justus, Jesse Jenkins, Absolom Kelly, Ed. B. LyonGeorge
W. McKnnon, George Nicks, Miles Padgett, William H. Puiyear, Ever-
ett Phillips, R. J. Powell, Josephus Peed, Calvin J. Rodgers, James
Rains. John Ritter, A. J. Scroggins, H. E. Stilley, Benjamin Thompson,
J. A. Thorn, Joseph Taylor, and and Charles Williams.
Sdc. 2. And be itfurther enacted, That all legal and" political disabili- Legal iu-d po-
litical di abit-
ties imposed by the United States upon the following-named citizens of ties removed
Alabama in consequence of participation in the recent rebellion be, and from cei tain per-
the same are hereby, removed, namely: Joshua F. More, Walter H. sons inAlabama
Grant, J. G. Harris, J. McCaleb Wiley, Benjamin F. Porter, W. H.
Wood, J. F. Conoley, J. C. Meadors, C. C. Sheats, A. J. Schimsher, F.
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3G6 FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Cn. 83. 1868.
Legal and p0- W. Sykes, Joseph Comans, James M. Ligon, Thomas D. Fister, Ferdi-
litical disabili- and
ties removed L. Hammond, Thomas W. Martin, S. C. Posey, W. B. Figures,
from certain Joseph C. Bradley, David C. Humphreys, David P. Lewis, William A.
Eersons in Ala- Austin, Lemuel Sanford, H. C Sanford, William S. Mudd, Robert Blair,
ara Robert S. Hefflin, James H. McDonald, James Longstreet, Milton J. Saf-
fold, Hardy Wilkins, James R. Dillard, John Henderson, Jeff. Holley, P.
0. Harper, W. B. Nichols, J. J. McLemore, Benjamin F. Saffold, Thomas
0. Glascock, Adam C. Felder, X. B. Cloud, Charles Pelham, Moses Ca-
mak, James S. Clark, R. S. M. Hunter, William Wood, J. P. Timberlake,
John B. Talley, W. J. Matthews, Larkin Willis, J. B. Ragsdale, John R.
Caffey, William A. Caffey, Jonathan Latham, Jameq Williams, William
Lovelady, P. W. Cargile, Allen Lee, Charles Wombley. Hiram Barton,
Andrew J. Files, John Brown, James L. Boyd, J. H. Byers, Wiley H.
Pope, B. F. Harris, Joseph W. Srygley, J. H. McDonald, Thomas Mas-
terson, John T. Torry, John M. Proctor, Cliff Brandon, John D. Johnson,
William Bishop, John D. Terrill, Burr W. Wilson, James M. Moore,
Barnett Moses, Joseph Clifton, H. W. Matthews, E. S. Masterton, A. B
Masterton, William C. Kirby, John R. Nesmith, Thomas H. Nesmith, A.
J. Kirby, J T. Abernathy, 0. H. Bynum, A. J. Ingle, James Hogan,
Joseph P. Conner, Jesse Ingram, W. P. Beason, Majors Self, W. H. Bra-
seal, John Yielding, Caleb King, William 0. Winston, G. N. Winston,
William J. Haralson, George W. Malone, D. L. Nicholson, Theodore
Watson, John Mimms, L. W. Davis, John T. Foster, Robert McElvaine,
John Elliott, Caleb Price, Cleaveland F. Moulton, Averett Howard, J. D.
Cunningham, J. W. Hughes, M. C. Stokes, A. Howard, J. H. Nettles,
Walter L. Coleman, G. Goldthaite, David Campbell, William Irammel,
W. J. Gilmore, William G. Delony, John Edwards, J. B. Hubbard, H.
A. Manning, A. Strickland, T. W. Newsom, George W. Watson, David
L. Nicholson, Joseph C. Boyd, Silas C. Dobbs, Nicholas Davis, Robert
Alexander, Joseph C. Boyle, B. B. McCraw, W. L. Taylor, W. L. Dooman,
B. L. Dyer, Thomas J. Jackson, John M. Ward, Henry Clifton, T. K.
Brantley, J. P. Hall, Edward P. Tucke, James L. Caldwell, R. C. Parish,
C. D. Hudson, John Appleby, Alexander Monox, W. P. Crook, James
H. Houston, John W. A. Jackson, William C. Sherrod, W. B. Jones,
David Day, George Charleton, James S. Clark, William McDonald, James
W. Moore, C. C. Tompkins, Galen Terrel, John M. Modar, L. F. May,
Moses Carrack, Thomas Stubblefield, John C. Moore, Thomas M. Peters,
L. D. Lusk, Moses Maples, J. R. Eastlan, J. T. Ledyard, James Gavity,
John Brepingham, Harry D. Houston, Ezra P. Chappel, Harry I. Thorn-
ton, latb of Alabama, and also all officers elect at the election commenced
the fourth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, in said
State of Alabama, and who have not pubhcly declined to accept th5
offices to which they were elected
Legal and po- SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That all legal and political disabili.
htical diabih- mposed by t
ties removed ties i he United States upon the following-named citizens of
from certain per- Georgia in consequence of participation in the recent rebellion be, and the
sons in Georgia. same are hereby, removed, namely: James Martin, of Bibb County;
McWhorter Hungerford and Jesse Wimberly, of Burke County; Thomas
Paulk, of Berrien County; N. N. Gober, of Cobb County; W. W. Mer-
rill and George W. Merrill, of Carroll County; W. 0. Edmonson of
Chattooga County; John C. Johnson, Asa M. Jackson, John W. Johnson,
Josiah A. Browning, John C. Nunnally, and Robert "Flournoy, of Clark
County; John C. Richardson, Daniel Fowler, William H. Richardson,
John Foutz, Robert M. Barrett, and Samuel M. Fowler, of Dawson
County; Benjamin F. Bruton, B. F. Powell, John Higdon, and Richard
H. Whitely, of Decatur County; L. H. Roberts, of Echols County;
James A. Harrison, of Franklin County; S. F. W. Minot, of Fayette
County; Nathan Yarbrough, and Thomas J. Perry, of Floyd County;
Bluford D. Smith, George S. Thomas, and Joseph E. Brown, of Fulton
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FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 83,84. 1868. 367
County; R. L. McWhorter, James R. Bynum, D.A. Newsom, C. J. li Legal and po,

ral disabili-
Caldwell, R. C. Hales, John Mitchell, G. H. Thompson, W. H. McWhor- ties removed
ter, junior, R. Hulbert, and J. C. Broom of Greene County; W. H' from certain
Rainey, John B. Miller, Whitson Frohock, Henry F. Beach, and W. John persons in
C6unty; James A. Maxwell, George M. Wyatt, J. eorgia
Brooks, of Glynn
A1lums, J. C. Griffin, John Fryer, and Willis Goodwin, of Henry County;
Joel R. Griffin, William A. Matthews, John H. Hose, Augustus Alden,
A. C. Thompson, Kinchen Taylor, Elbert Fagan, James W. Love, Jesse
Cooper, and Robert Braswell, of Houston County; George F. Page, of
Lee County; Joshua Griffin and A. J. Liles, of Lowndes County; M. A.
Potts and M. B. Potts, of Monroe County; Francis M. D. Hopkins, of
Millel County; W. Woods, of Morgan County; S. F. Strickland and C.
D. Forsyth, of Paulding County; Ephraim Tweedy, James N. Ells,
William Doyle, and Joseph P. Carr, of Richmond County; Duncan Jor-
dan and William B. Dixson, of Randolph County; W. D. Hamilton, of
Scriven County i J. H. Caldwell, J. T. McCormick, Thomas C. Miller,
and E. H. Worrell, of Troup County; John R. Evans, M. C. Smith,
Henry H. Tooke, C. H. Latimer, Thomas S. Hopkins, Theophilus P.
Pei ry, and Thomas S. Paine, of Thomas County; Marion Bethune, J. T.
Costin, Albert Costin, J. L. Gunn, and B. Carley of Talbot County;
William F. Holden, of Taliaferro County; Augustus H. Lee, of Newton
County; James H. McWhorter, W. H. Ward, F. L. Upson, and F. J.
Robinson, of Oglethorpe County; Edward R. Harden, of Randolph
County; David B. Hariell, of Stewart County; L. H. Greenleaf, of
Waie County; William Griffin, of Wilkinson County; S. C. Prudden
and A. C. Ma-on, of Putnam County; W. U. Gibson, and Samuel F.
Gove. of Twiggs County. W.K. DeGraffenreid, Marshall DeGraffen-
reid, and W. J. Lawton, of Bibb County; J. H. Harrison, of Franklin
County, William Gibson, of Richmond County; John R. Strother, of
Baldwin County; J. G. M. Warnock, John McKmnnon, William G. Bag-
well, Abiaham Strickland, Murdock McCloud, and Robert Humphries,
of Brooks County; J. R. Corker, of Burke County; William P. Edwards,
of Ta)lor County; G. W. Nunnally, Flournoy W. Adams, Peter W.
Hutcheson, of Clark County; James M. Clark, of Sumpter County; Davis
Whelchel, of Hall County; James Huffaker, of Whitfield County;
John M. Matthews, A. L. Byrd, G. H. Byrd, H. T. Sanders, John N.
Montgomery, Joel Hunt, M. A. Daniel, Gabriel Nash, and V. H. Dead-
wyler, of Madison County.
SEC. 4. And be itfurthey enacted, That all legal and political disabili- Legal and po-
Ittieaf disabili-
ties imposed by the United States upon the following-named citizens ofslitremoved
Ai kansac and South Carolina, in consequence of participation in the re- from certain per.
cent rebellion, be, and the same are hereby, removed, namely: W. M. sons i Arkansas
and South Caro-
Hai rnon, of Drew County, and James R. Berry, of Pulaski County, of lna.
Arkansas; and C. C. Bowen, F. J. Moses, junior, R. M. Wallace, John
D. Ashmore, and Thomas J. Mackey, of South Carolina.
CHAP. LXXXIV - An Act for the Relief of the Widow and Thildren of Henry E. June 25,1868.
Morse.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatves of the Un'ited
States of Amertca 2n Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Pension to
terior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension rolls the en ofHenry
names of the widow and minor children under sixteen years of age of E. Morse.
Hensy E. Morse, late a private in company G, ninth regiment Vermont
i olunteers, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.
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368 FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cii. 85, 86, 87, 88, 89. 1868.
June 25, 1868. CHAP. LXXXV - An Act for the Relief of .JamesL Dickerson
Be it enacted'by the Senate and Rouse of Representatives of the United
James L. Dick- tenor be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
roll the name of James L. Dickerson, late a private in company D, first
West Virginia artillery, in the war of eighteen hundred and sixty-one,
and that he be paid a pension the same as allowed privates, subject to
the provisions and limitations of the general pension laws, to commence
on the twenty-seventh day of June, anno Domini one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-five.
June 25, 1868. CHAP LXXXVI.- An Act granting a Pension to Elizabeth Butler, Widow of Cyrus
Butler.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United
Pension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of We In-
Elizabeth Butler. teror be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
sion rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws,
the name of Elizabeth Butler, widow of Cyrus Butler, late a special
agent in the provost marshal's office in the nineteenth Pennsylvania dis-
trict, and pay her as the widow of a private, commencing October thirty
first, eighteen hundred and sixty-form
June 25, 1868. CHAP. LXXXVII - An Act granting a Pension to David Howe.
David Howe terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
the name of David Howe, late a special agent in the provost marshal's.
office for the fourth Massachusetts district, commencing April twenty
first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.
June 25, 186s. CHAP. LXXXVIII. - An Act granting a Pension to Amos Witham.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Untied
Pension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of ,the In-
Amos Witham. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
rollb, subject to the provisiois and limitations of the pension laws, the
name of Amos Witham, father of Amos 0. Witham, late a member of
company A, thirtieth Maine volunteers, commencing August third, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-four.
June 25,1868 CHAP. LXXXIX. - An Act grantinga Pension to Mrs. Susan Ten Eyck Williamon.
Mrs Susan Ten terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Mrs.
Eyck William-
son. Susan Ten Eyck Williamson, widow of Charles L. Williamson, late a cap-
tain in the United States navy, on the pension roll, at the rate of thirty
dollar4 per month, to commence from and after the passage of this act
and to continue during her widowhood, said pension to be paid out of the
naval pension fund.
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CHAP. XC. - An Act grantinq a Pension to George Bennett. June 25,1868.

States of Amerca in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Pension to
the George Bennett.
tei ior is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll
name of George Bennett, late a private in company E, sixth regiment
Michigan cavalry volunteers, and allow and pay him a pension subject to
the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, commencing April
beven, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
CHAP. XCI. -An Act granting a Pension to Mary G? aham. June 25, 1858.
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- Mary Graham.
the name of Mary Graham, mother of John Graham, alias Patrick Ryan,
late of company A, eighteenth United States infantry, commencing Sep-
tember tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
CHAP. XCII. - An Act granting a Pensionto Annie Vaughn. June 25, 1868.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of tho United
terior he, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- Annie Vaughn.
the name of Annie Vaughn, widow of Daniel Vaughn, late a private in
company A, fifty-eighth Pennsylvania volunteers, commencing December
twenty-five, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
CHAP.XCIII. - An Act grantinga Pension to Robert McCrory. June 25, 1868.

States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secrdtary of the In- Pension to
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- RobertMeCrory.
the name of Robert McCrory, late third assistant engineer on the steamer
"John Raine," commencing May nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-
three.
CHAP.XCIV. -An Act for the ReLef of Jonathan Jessup, Postmaster at York, Penn- June 25, 1868.
sylvania.
-States of America in Congress assembled, That the Auditor of the Treas- Allowance tc
Jonathan Jessup
ury for the Post-Office Department he, and he is herehy, authorized to in settlement of
allow Jonathan Jessup, of York, Pennsylvania, the sum of thirteen hun- accounts.
dred and seven dollars and thirty-six cents, in the auditing of his accounts
for the fiscal year of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.
CHAP.XCV. - An Act granting a Pension to Hampton Thompson. June 25, 1868.

Hampton
teror be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- Thompson.
VOL. XV. PRIV.-24
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the name of Hampton Thompson, late a private in company G, sixty-

third regiment Pennsylvania volunteers, and to pay him a pension at the
rate of twenty-five dollars per month, commencing September thirteenth,
eighteen hondred and sixty-five.
.APPROVED, June 25, 1868.
June 25, 1868. CHAP. XCVI. - An Act granting a Pension to George W. Locker.
Pemion to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
George W. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
the name of George W. Locker, late a private in company G, fifteenth
regiment Iowa volunteer infantry, commencing June seventh, eighteen
hundred and sixty-two.
June 25, 1868. CHAP. XCVII. - An Actfor the Relief of Capt. Win. MKean.

William Mc-
Kean. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of
William MeKean, late captain company I, ninety-second regiment New
York volunteers, on the pension roll, and pay or cause to be paid to him
the same pension allowed by the general pension laws to persons having
lost the sight of both eyes in the military service of the United States;
the pension awarded by this act to be paid under the restrictions and limi-
tations imposed, by the pension laws.
June 25, 1868. CHAP. XCVII. - An Act granting a Pension to Ann Wilson.
Be it enacted by the Senate and ouse of Representatives of the United
Ann Wilson. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the
name of Ann Wilson, widow of Michael Wilson, late of company F,
seventy-first New York volunteers, commencing December twenty, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-five.
June 25, 1868. CHAP. XCIX. - An Act granting a Pension to Michae Mellon
Be it enacted ] the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
Michael Mellon. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
the name of Michael Mellon, late of company H, sixty-second Illinois
volunteers, commencing May thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-
three.
June 25, 1868. CHAP. C. -An Act for the Rdef of Thomas Crossley.
Thomas Cross. States of America in Congress assembled, That Thomas Crossley have
ley may apply leave to make application to the commissioner of patents for. the exten
for extension of
letters patent sion of the letters-patent issued to him for improvements in machines foi
printing woolen and other goods for the term of fourteen years from the
fifth day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, said letters-patent
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bearing date the twentieth day of June in that year, in the same manner
as if the petition for said extension had been filed at least ninety days be-
fore the expiration of said patent, and that the commissioner be author-
ized to consider and determine said application in the same manner as if
it had been filed ninety days before the expiration of said patent.
APPROVED, June 2-5, 1868.
CHAP. CL - An Act grantinga Pension to Susan . Berg. June 25,1868.

States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Pension to Su-
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- san V. Berg.
the name of Susan V. Berg, widow of Charles Berg, who was killed in
the employ of the quartermaster's department, in Kansas, on or about the
twelfth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, at the rate of
eight dollars per month.
CHAP. CII - An At grantzsq a Pension to Zephaniah Knapp, of Luzerne County, June 25, 1868.
Pennsylvania.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Pension to Ze-
terior be, and is hereby, authorized and required to place the name of phaniah Knapp.
Zephaniah Knapp on the pension roll, at the rate of eight dollars per
month, to be computed from the first day of January, anno Domini one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and to continue during his natural
life.
CHAP. CM. - An Act granting a Pensionto John Kellq. June 25, 1868.
tenor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- John Kelley.
sion rolls, the name of John Kelley, late a private in company H, sixty-
seventh regiment Pennsylvania volunteers, to date from the sixteenth day
of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, subject to the provisions and
limitations of the pension laws.
CHAP. CIV - An Act to grant a Pension to Milton Anderson. June 25, 1868.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Pension to
ror be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Mlton Ander-
Milton Anderson, late a private in company K, of the one hundred and son*
fifteenth regiment Illinois infantry volunteers, on the pension roll, at the
rate of fifteen dollars per month, to commence from the first day of May,
A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and to continue during his natural
life.
APPROVED, June 25, 186§.
CHAP CV. - An Act granting a Pension to David Van Nrdstrand. June 25, 1868.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- PersiontoDa-
vid Van Nord-
nor i, hereby authorized and directed to place the name of David Van strnd.
Nordstrand, late of company H, of the one hundred and twenty-seventh
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regiment of Indiana volunteertinfantry, on the.pension roll, at the rate of

fifteen dollars per month, from and after the ninth day of October, eigh-
AAPROVED, June 25, 1868.
June 25, 1868. CHAP. CVI -An Act granting a Pension to Mrs Ann Corcorqn.
Be it enacted by the" Senate and House of Representatives of the United
Pension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte-
lMars.
Ann Cor- ior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of
Ann Corcoran, widow of James Corcoran, late a private in company G,
fifth regiment New York vo]unteer infantry, on the pension roll, at the
rate of eight dollars per month, from the sixth day of February, eighteen
hundred and sixty-five, subject to the provisions ana limitations of the
pension laws.
June 25, 1868. CHAP. CVTI. -An Act granting a Pension to Michal Hennessy, of Platte County,
Missouri.
Pension to &ates ofAmerica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
Michael mn-
nessy. terior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Michael Hen-
nessy on the list of invalid pensioners, subject to the provisions and limi-
tations of the pension laws, commencing January fiqrt, eighteen hundred
and sixty-five.
June 25, 1868. CHAP. CVIII. - An Act to grant a Pension to Margaret Huston.
Pension to States ofAmernca m Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
Margaret Hns- tenor be authorzed and directed to place the name of Margaret Haston
ton.
on the roll of pensions as a widow, at the rate of seventeen dollars per
month, frona the date of January first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five,
subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws.
June 25, 1868. CHAP. CIX. - An Act granting a Pension to Cornela K. Schmidt, Widow of Adam
Schmidt, deceased, late a Private in Company A, ThzrtySeventh Ohio Tolunteers.
e it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
Corneha K. terior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
clinndt. rolls the name of Cornelia K. Schmidt, widow of Adam Schmidt, de-
ceased, a private in company A, thirty.- eventh regiment of Ohio volun-
teers, and that she be paid a pension allowed a private during her widow-
hood, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, to
commence on the tenth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-four ;
and in case of her death or marriqge, then the pension to be paid to
the minor children of said Adam Schmidt, deceased, as may be under six-
teen years of age, subject to the provisions of the general pension laws.
June 25,1868. CHAP. CX. - An Act granting a Pension to Austin M. Partridge.

Austin M. Par- terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
tridge. sion rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension Jaws,
the name of Austin M. Partridge, late a wagoner in company F, twenty-
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sixth regiment of Iowa infantry, commencing March twenty-sixth, eigh-

CHAP. CXI. - An Act grantinga Pension to Eliza . Rennard, Wdow of William K. June 26,1865.
Rennard. deceased, late a Private in Tenth Ohw Volunteers, of [the] War of eighteen
hundred and sizty-one.
the pension Eliza J. Ren-
terior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to placeK.onRennard, de- nard.
rolls the name of Eliza J. Rennard, widow of William
ceased, a private in tenth Ohio battery of volunteers of the war of eighteen
hundred and sixty-one; and that she be paid a pension allowed a private,
during her widowhood, subject to the provisions and limitations of the
pension laws, to commence on the first day of March, eighteen hundred
and sixty-five; and in case of her death or marriage, then the pension to
be paid to the minor children of said William K. Rennard, deceased, as
may be under sixteen years of age, subject to the provisions and limita-
tions of the general pension laws.
CHAP. CXIL - An Act for the Rdef of Mary B. Craig. June 25, 1868.
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Mary B. Craig.
Mary B. Craig, of Marshall County, West Virginia, widow of Samuel F
Craig, on the pension roll, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to com-
mence on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, subject
to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws.
CHAP. CX.I -An Act granting a Pension to Sarah E. Pickell. June 25, 1868.
teror be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the SarahE. Pickell.
pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension
laws, the name of Sarah E. Pickell, widow of John Pickell, late of the
thirteenth regiment New York volunteers, at the rate of seventeen dollars
per month, commencing April sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
CHAP CXIV. - An Act for the Relief of the Widow and Minor Chldren of Benjamin June 25, 1868.
B. Naylor, late a Pilot on the Gunboat Patapsco.
Be it enacted by the Senate and [louse of Representatives of the United
terior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the names of the widow and wdowandminor
children of Ben-
minor children under sixteen years of age of Benjamin B. Naylor, late a jammn B. Naylor.
pilot on the gunboat Patapsco, on the pension rolls, at the rate allowed
by law to pilots in the navy, to commence on the fifteehth day of January,
eighteen hundred and sixty-five, the same to be subject to the provisions
and limitations of the pension laws, and paid out of the naval pension
fund.
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Jure 25, 1868. CHAP. CXV. -An Act increasing the Pension of Susan A. Mitchell.
Pension to Su- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
san A. Mitchell. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the
pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension
laws, the name of Susan A. Mitchell, mother of Lieutenant Leander F.
Alley, late of company J, twentieth Massachusetts regiment volunteer
infantry, as the mother of a second lieutenant, in lieu of the pension she
is now receiving.
June 25, 1868. CHAP. CXVI. - An Act to place the Name of Josephine K. Bugher on the Pension Rolls.
rension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
Josephine K. terior be authorized and directed to place the name of Josephine K.
Bugher, of Missouri, on the pension rolls, at the rate of twenty dollars
per month, commencing on the first day of August, eighteen hundred and
sixty-one, as the widow of Captain William J. Bugher, subject to the
limitations and provisions of the pension laws.
July 8, 1868. CHAP. CXIX. - An Act for the Relief of the Widow and Children of Colonel ames A.
Mulligan, deceased.
Preamble. Whereas James A. Mulligan on the fifteenth of June, eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-one, was mustered into the service of the United States
as colonel of the twenty-third Illinois infantry, known as the "Irish bri-
gade," marched to the front in July, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and
from that time, (excepting two months when a prisoner of war,) was
actively engaged in the military service of the republic against armed
rebels until he fell on the battle-field of Winchester, the twenty-sixth day
of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-four; and whereas during two years
of that military service he was assigned to the command of brigades and
divisions, and performed the duties of brigadier and major general, but
received only the pay of a colonel; and whereas the widow and children
of the said Colonel James A. Mulligan are justly entitled to, and need for
their support, the amount of pay which he would have received if he had
been commissioned according to his respective commands in the field:
Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises,
Payment to States of Amerca in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
Manin Mult- Treasury be, and is hereby, directed to pay to Marian Mulligan, widow
gan, widow of
colonel James of said Colonel James A. Mulligan, the sum of five thousand dollars, to be
A Mulligan. paid out of the money appropriated for the pay of the army.
APPROVED, July 3, 1868.
July 3, 1868. CHAP CXX.- An Act for the Relief of Albert Grant.
Albert Grant appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropri-
ated, the sum of thirty thousand dollars to Albert Grant, in full satisfac-
tion of all demands against the United States on account of the construc-
tion of buildings numbered twenty-nine, thirty, and thirty-one, at the
Norfolk navy yard, by Albert Grant and H. A. Pierce, who were
partners, doing business under the name and style of A. Grant and Com-
pany.
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CHAP. CXXI. - late Quarter- "uly8(186M.

An Act for the Rdlief of Captain Charles . GouldinV,
master of Volunteers,
States of America in Congress assembled, That the accounting officers of Charles Allowance to
N.
the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized to allow and place to the Goulding in set.
eredit of Charles N. Goulding, late captain and assistant quartermaster, tiement of ac-
in the final settlement of his accounts as such officer, such amounts and counts.
sums as he shall satisfactorily prove to have been captured, either in
money or vouchers, by the enemy, in the month of August, eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-two,, while on duty in the army of Virginia, under Major-
General John Pope: Provided,That no greater amount for losses shall
so be passed to his credit then [than] the balance now appearing against
him on the books of the government.
CHAP. CXXII. An Act to authorize tie proper accounting Officers of the Treasury to July 8, 1868.
settle the Accounts of Andrew S. Core.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting Accounts of
Andrew S. Core
officers of the treasury are hereby authorized and directed to settle and toew settled
close the accounts of Andrew S. Core, late collector of internal revenue equitably.
for the second district of Virginia (now West Virginia), upon principles See post, p. 433.
of justice and equity.
CHAP. CXXIII.- An Act for the Relief of Fatker Quince. July 3, 1868.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Allowance to
Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to allow the sum of , Parker Quinceof
i settlement
sixteen hundred and eight dollars and ninety-seven cents to Parker hieseounts
Quince, in the settlement of his accounts with the government, for his
salary as collector of customs for the port of Wilmington, North Car-
olina, and acting collector of internal revenue from September thirteen,
eighteen hundred and sixty-five, to May fourteen, eighteen hundred and
sixty-six, in addition to the sums already paid him for salary for that
period. And the said sum of sixteen hundred and eight dollars and
ninety-seven, cents is hereby appropriated for that purpose out of any
moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
AePPROVFID, July 3, 1868.
CRA.P. CXXIV. - An Act for the Reliefof Martha M. Jones, Administrats-ir of Sanuel July 3,1868.
P Jones
WnxREAs the commissioner of patents did on the twenty-third of Feb- Preamble.
ruary, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, upon the petition of Martha M.
Jones, administratrix of the estate of Samuel T. Jones, deceased, extend
for the period of seven years, from the twenty-fourth of February afore-
said, the letters-patent of the United States granted unto the said Samuel
T. Jones on the twenty-fourth day of February, eighteen hundred and
fifty-two, for an invention in the manufacture of the white oxide of zinc,
for which invention letters-patent had been granted unto hifa by the gov-
ernment of Great Britain, dated the twenty-third day of July, 'A. D.
eighteen hundred and fifty; and whereas doubts exist as to the power of
the said commis,ioner to grant the said extension after the expiration of
fourteen years from the date of the said foreign letters-patent: Therefore,
Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unitea
States of Amerca in Congress assembled, That the extension of said let- Extension 0t
ters-patent of the United States for the term of seven years from and
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andforeign
of said letters-
be,expiration
patentthe
made after
of fourteen yearsdeclared to date
from the be valid binding, and
[ Jonesto Martha
ratent
valid.
and the same is hereby,
the power of the said commissioner to make the same is in all respects
confirmed, and the said letters-patent of the United States are hereby de-
clared to be, and to have been, by force of the certificate of extension
thereon indorsed, duly extended for the period of seven years from the
twenty-third day of July, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-four: Pro-
Proviso. vided, That this act shall not operate during the period between the date
of the English patent and the date of the original American patent.
APPROVEn, July 8, 1868.
July 8, 1868. CHAP. CXXV.- An Act for the Relief of Captain Dan Ellis.
Captai Dan El- appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropli-
ated, the sum of three thousand and sixty dollars to Captain Dan
Ellis,
of Carter County, in the State of Tennessee, in compensation for his ser-
vices as scout, pilot, and recruiting agent. volunteered in the cause of the
government, from eighteen hundred and sixty-one to eighteen hundred
and sixty-five, during the late war.
July a. 1e6s CHAP. CXX VI -An Act granting a Pension to .JaiesS Todd.
James S. Todd. teror be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
sion rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the penaion lawe,
the name of James S. Todd, of North Carolina, father of two sons who
died in the first regiment North Carolina volunteers, and to allow and pay
him a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence from
the passage of this act, and to continue during his natural life.
APRovED, July 3, 1868.
July 8, 1868. CHAP. CXXVI. - An Act grantnig a Pension to the Widow of Henry Kaneday.
Pension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretatry of the Inte-
Elizabeth Kane- rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws,
the
name of Elizabeth Kaneday, the widow of Henry Kaneday, late a
private in company I, fifteenth regiment Iowa infantry, and to pay her a
pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, commencing May fifth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
July 8, 1868. CHAP CXXVIII -An Act for the Relief of Alminia Wyeth.
Penion to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte-
Almira Wyeth. rior is hereby authorized and directed to place the name of Almira
Wyeth, widow of James M. Wyeth, late a private in company I, seventy-
fifth regiment Illinois volunteers, on the pension roll, and allow and pay
her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, from the fifth day of
March, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to continue during her widow-
hood.
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CHAP. CXXIX. -An Act grantinga Pension to Rebecca Jane Kinsd July 3, 1868.
Pension to
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Rebecca Jane
rior is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls, sub- Kinsel.
ject to the provis ons and limitations of the pension lans, the name of
Rebecca Jane Kinsel, the only child under sixteen years of age of Erastus
Kinsel, late a private in company A, one hundred and twenty-fifth regi-
ment Pennsylvania volunteers, and to pay her a pension at the rate of
eight dollais per month, commencing April seventh, eighteen hundred
and sixty-three, and to continue until she attains the age of sixteen years.
APPROVED, July 3. 1868.
CHAP. CXXX. - An Act granting a Pension to John Q. A. Keck, late a Privatein the July 8, 1868.
Third Mssourt Cavalry.
Statet of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Pension to
ror be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of John Q. A. Keck, John Q.A.Keck.
late a private in the third Mihsouri cavalry, on the pension rolls, and to
pay him a pension of fifteen dollars per month, the same to commence on
the nineteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and to
be subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.
APPROVED, July 3,1868.
CHAP. CXXXII - An Act for the Relief of the Owners of the Land within the United July 4, 1868.
States Survey Number three thousand two hundred and seventeen, in the State of Missouri
States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States do Title of the
hereby release, grant, relinquish, convey, and confirm, in fee simple and United States to
in full property, to the legal lepresentatives of Ann 0. Camp and Antoine certin land n
Reilhe all of the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to veyed to Ann 0.
all of the land within United States suriey number three thousand two Camp and An-
Reilhe
hundred and seventeen, in townships forty-four and forty-five, north of toine
the base line in ranges six and seven, east of the fifth principal meridian
line, in the State of Missouri, being the same land that was surveed by
the United States for Madame Camp and Antoine Reilhe's representa-
tives, containing two thonsand nine hundred and five arpens and fifty-six
perches and forty feet, which is equal to two thousand four hundred and
seventy-one acres and seventy-six hundredths of an acre: Provided, Adverserights
however, That nothing in this act shall in any manner abridge, divest, not affected.
impair, injure, or prejudice any adverse right, title, or interest of any
persdt or persons in or to any portion or part of the aforesaid land, which
is released,'granted, rehnquished, conveyed, and confirmed by this act.
CHAP. CXXXIII. - An Act to confirm the Title of Ethan Ray Clarke and Samuel July 4, 1868.
Ward Clarke to certain-Lands in the State of Florida,claimed under a Grant from the
Spanish Government
States of America in Congress assembled, That the title of Ethan Ray Title of Ethan
Clarke and Samuel Ward Clarke to a tract of land five miles square on Ray Clarke and
.Black Creek, south of Saint Mary's River, in the State of Florida, and Saimuel Ward
Clarke to cer-
bounded as follows: upon one side by the Saint Mary's River, and upon tam land in Flor-
te other side by vacant lands, being the same lands to which an exclusive 'da confirmed.
right to take the timber was granted by the Spanish government to John
Underwood, and upon which he erected a saw-mill in eighteen hdndred
and five, and which was kept up and continued for many years, be, ant the
same is hereby, confirmed: Provided,however, That nothing herein con-
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tained shall operate to the prejudice of any claim which may be set up to
said land by reason of any previous sale thereof; nor shall this act in
any way prejudice any claimant under the said John Underwood, or any
person deriving title or claim thereto under said Underwood, his heirs or
Adverse rights assigns, or of any person or persons who may be entitled to pre-emption
not affected, rights under any existing laws of the United States.
July 7,1868. CHAP. CXXXVIII. - An Actfor the Relief of WiVliam B. Todd.

Be it enacted by the S ate and House of Representatives of the United
Certain
to'be money States of America in Congress assembled, That there be refunded to
refundedw
to Wlnam B. William B. Todd, of the city of Washington, out of any money in the
Todd. treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three
hundred and nineteen dollars, it b ing for so much money paid by the
said William B. Todd to the United States, on the twenty-seventh of
June, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, for certain land in the city of
Washington, being the south half of lot number fifteen, in square number
six hundred and thifty-six, which had been Iefore sold and the United
States paid therefor.
July 18, 1868. CHAP. CXLIII.- An Act to promde for certain. Claims against the Department o
Agriculture.
-Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
Payment of States of America in -ongress assembled, That the proper accounting
claims against officers of the treasury be authorized to audit the claims included in the
the Department
of Agriculture,. schedule following, to wit: W. L. Ellison, one dollar and fifty cents ; C.
C. Anderson, seven dollars and fifty cents; M. W. Beverage, one hun-
dred and fifty dollars; W. 0. Berry, six dollars and forty-seven cents;
J. H. Bourne, thirty-five dollars; John Bell, twenty-two dollars; C. J.
Brewer, eighty-five dollars; E. Baker, seven dollars, T. L. Boggess,
four dollars and fifty cents; J. A. Blake, four dollars; Baltimore Journal
of Commerce and Price Current, fifteen dollars; George Brown. one dol-
lar and thirteen cents; L. C. Campbell, two hundred and fifty dollars and
sixty-nine cents; G. B. Carrow, eighty-five dollars; Cruit and Campbell,
twenty -dollars; Carter, Yates, and Wiswell, sixty-three dollars and
twenty-five cents; F. W. Christern, two dollars; H. L. Chapin, six dol-
lars and fifty cents; Craigen and Clever, five dollars; Collins, Alderson,
atld Company, eleven thousand seven hundred and thirty-three dollars
and eleven cents; William B. Dana, five dollars; R. P. Eaton and Com-
pany, one dollar.and fifty- cents ; Espey -and Burdoff, sixty-two dollars;
Samuel S. Foss, two dollars; Fisher and Schaeffer, ten dollars and
ninety cents; Nathaniel B. Fugitt, three hundred and sixty-four dollars
and forty-one cents; Fowler and Company, one hundred and fifty-three
dollars and twenty-nine cents; Z. aX Gilman, twenty-two dollarb; Wil-
Ham Hacker, six thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine dollars and
forty cents ; Hovey and Company, eighty-three cents ; International Ex-
change, (J. Mudie, agent,) two dollars; Irving and Willey, three hun-'
dred and ninety-seven dollars and thirty-five cents; Journal of Com-
merce, seventeen dollars; A. J. Joice and Company, forty-eight dollars
and thirteen cents; Aug. Jordan, twenty-five dollars; J. Knox, fifteen
dollars and fifty- cents; J. M. Kuester, two dollars; J. F. Luhme and
Company, three hundred and ninety-one dollars and five cents; Linton
and Company, forty-five dollars; A. M, Lawza, six dollars in gold; D.
T. Moore, three dollars; Pascal Morris, thirteen thousand two hundred
and twenty-three dollars and sixty-six cents; J. Markriter, ten dollars;
W. B. Moses, three hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-five cents;
Myers and McGhan, .twenty- five dollars and twenty-five cents; J. W.
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Marlin, eighty-six dollars and ninety-eight cents; E. Matlack, twenty- Payment

claims of
against
five cents; Munn and Company, three dollars; National Intelligencer, the Department
sixteen dollars; Plant and Brother, two dollars; Z. Pratt, ten dollars ; of Agriculture.
Philp and Solomons, fifteen dollars; F. and J. Rives, five dollars; Wil-
lam Smith, six dollars; John Saul, forty-five dollars and sixty-five cents;
H. A. Swasey and Company, three dollars; Schaeffer and Karadi, sixty-
seven dollars and seventy cents; W. B. Smith and Company, four dol-
lars; E. W. Stewart, sixty dollars; E. Slade, thirty dollars; Stevens
Brothers, (London,) fifty-eight dollars and twenty cents; Sibley and
Guy, forty-four dollars and ninety-seven cents; J. Turner, one dollar;
R. 0. Thompson, fifteen dollars ; Charles S. Taft, "one hundred and
twenty-eight dollars and forty-seven cents; J. E. Tilton and Company,
three dollars; Andrieux, Vilmorn, and Company, twelve dollars and
seventy cents; T. B. Winner, one dollar and fifty cents; William Wood
and Company twenty-nine dollars; J. B. Ward, thirty-five dollars and
thirty-eight cents; G. E. Woodward, two dollars and fifty cents; Samuel
Wagner, two dollars; J. F. Wright, one dollar; A. H. Young, forty-
eight dollars and seventeen cents ; Paschall Morris, twenty dollars ; A.
S. Yorke, sixty-five dollars and twenty cents; Stevens and Brother
(London magazine), eighty dollars; James Sheehy, six dollars and fifty
cents; R. 0. Thompson, eighty dollars; W. C. Lodge, thirty-five dol-
lars; James S. Lippencott, four hundred and twenty-eight dollars ; J. F.
Walfinger, forty-seven dollars. and fifty cents; Samuel Ringwalt, one
hundred and four dollars; William H. Gardner, twenty dollars; G.
Hubart Bates, thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents; William W. Bates,
two hundred and four dollars; H. D. Dunn, two hundred and thirty-two
dollars; M. A. Willard, one hundred and ninety-two dollars; N. B.
Cloud, twenty-eight dollars; S. F. Baird, twenty dollars; H. F. French,
one hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty cents; C. W. Howard, sixty-
seven dollars and fifty cents; John White, fifteen dollars and fifty-six
cents; Henry A. Dreer, one hundred and sixty-three dollars and seventy-
five cents; Israel S. Diehl, nine, hundred dollars; and to allow so much
of the same as shall appear upon due proof under -ath to be due and un-
paid for goods delivered and services rendered to the Department of Ag-
riculture upon contracts made by the commissioner prior to the first day
of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, [and] for the payment of the
same, forty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 'is
hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated.
SEC. 2. And be itfurther enacted, That if any commissioner or other Penalty upon.
officer of the Department of Agriculture shall hereafter, in tre name of Depa~tment the
any officer of of
the United States, or in the name of said department, contract for any Agrimtcof
Agilture con-
goods or services for the use thereof beyond the amount of money appro- tracting for
priated and remaining in his or their hands unexpended at the time of good, orservices
beyond appro-
such contract, the officer so offending dhall be deemed guilty of a misde- priaton, &o
meanor in office, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by fine
not exceeding five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding
two years, or both, at the dibcretion of the court.
CHAP. CXLIV. - An Act for TheARelef of certain Government Contractors July 18, 1868.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of thee United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Payments to
Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Secor Secor Co.;
Perme&Secor,
and Company, and Perine, Secor, and Company, the sum of one hundred Po., S
and fifteen thousaud five hundred and thirty-nine dollars and one cent ; to . Harmson Lot-
Harrison" Loring, thirty-eight'thousand five hundred and thirteen dollars- mg;
Atlantic Wox
to the Atlantic lIron Works, of Boston, Massachusetts, four thousand Works.
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APavments to
Adarns
'IIL eight hundred and fifty-two dollars and Affty-eigbt cents; to Aquilla
F. Merritt; Adams, the sum of four thousand eight hundred and fifty-two dollars and
Tomlinson, 'fty-eight cents ; to M. F. Merritt, the sum of four thousand eight huu-
Harteepee&Co.; dred and fifty-two dollars and fifty-eight cents ; to Tomlinson, Harteepee,
and Company, fifteen thousand one hundred and seventy-one dollar; ; to
Harlan & Hol- Harlan and Hollingsworth, the sum of thirty-eight thousand five hundred
hngsworth : and thirteen dollars, and to Poole and Hunt, the sum of three thousand
ele& Hunt. six hundred and ninety-four dollars and eighty-one cents, being
the amount
found to be due to each of the parties herein respectively named by the
1867, oh. 14T. Secretary of the Navy under an art of Congress entitled "An act for the
Vol. xiv. p. 424. relief of certain contractors for the construction of vessels of war and
steam machinery," approved March two, eighteen hundred and sixty-
seven, *hich shall be in full discharge of all claims against the United
States oi. account of the vessels upon which the board made the allow-
ance, as per their report, under the act of March two, eighteen hundred
and sixty-seven.
July 18, 1868. CHAP. CXLV - A;i Act for the Relief of James Hooper.
States of Amerca in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
Payment to Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay to James Hooper, out
JamesHooper. of any money not otherwise appropriated,' the sum of sixteen thousand
dollars, being the value of his vessel, the bark Geneial Berry, which was
captured and destroyed at sea, on the ninth day of July, eighteen hundred
and sixty-four, while in the military service of the United States, by the
rebel steamer Florida.
July 18, 1868. CHAP. CXLVI. - An Act for the Relief of the Widow and Children of John W.
Jameson, deceased.
widow and obil- terior is hereby authorized and directed to allow and pay Eveline Jame-
dren of John W. son, widow of John W. Jameson, late a first lieutenant in Captain Mac-
Jameson. Cluney's company of Missouri home guards, a pension at the rate of
seventeen dollars per month, as the widow, and two dollars per month
each to Flora A., Michael F., Eva F., and John E., children usder six-
teen years of age of said John W. Jameson, to commence September
seventh, eighteen -hundred and sixty-one, the date of his death, until the
twenty-eighth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-seveh, on which
date her present pension commenced.
APPROVED,July 13, 1868.
July 13, 1668. CHAP. CXLVII. -An Act ncreasWng ie Pension of Nancy Weeks, Widow ofFrancis
Weeks, an Ensign in the retolutzonary War.
Pension of States of America sn Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Into-
Nancy Weeks
inoreased. rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension
of Mrs. Nancy Weeks, widow of Francis Weeks, late of the State of
Georgia, and an ensign in the revolutionary war, to ten dollars per month,
from and after the passage of this act, and to continue during her widow-
hood.
APPRovED, July 13, 1868.
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CHAP. CXLV1II. - An Act authorizing the Commisz;oner of the GeneralLand 0fie July 18, 1868.
to ssue a Patent to F. N. Blake for one hundred and s2xty Acres of Land in Kansas.
WHEREAS military bounty land-warrant number eighty-two thousand Preamble.
hundred and sixty acrec, was 1855, oh. 207.
five hundred and seventy-eight, for one n Vol. X.p. 701
issued under the act of March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, in
the name of Betsey-Foster, and by her sold and'assigned to F. N. Blake,
and thereafter lost by said Blake; and whereas said Blake proved the
loss and ownership of said warrant, to the satisfaction of the com-
missioner of pensions, and obtained the issue of a duplicate warrant, and
has located the same on the northeast quarter of section twenty-five, in
township six south, of range one east, in the State of Kansas: There-
fore,
States of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioner of the Patentforlsnd
tissue to F. N.
general land office shall cause a patent for said land to be issued to F. Blake.
N. Blake, as if the said duplicate land-warrant had been asigned to him
by the warrantee.
CHAP. CXLIX. - An Act for the Relief of Charles B. Tanner, late first Lieutenant July 13, 1868.
sixty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers.
States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby appropri- Payment to
ated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the ner.
sum of one hundred and forty-four dollars and ninety-two cents, to be
paid to Charles B. Tanner, late first lieutenant and aid in the first bri-
gade, second division, second army corps, to cover a period of service
from November eight to December fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-
four, inclusive, at which time he actually performed duty and was regu-
larly commissioned in the sixty-ninth regiment Pennsylvania volunteers,
but was not mustered in.
CHAP. CL. - An Act for the Relief of Timothy Lyden, of Parkersburg,West Virginia. July 1, 1868.
Be it'enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Payment to
Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Timothy Timothy Lyden.
Lyden, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three hundred and two
dollar: in compensation of service4 rendered in the quartermasier's de-
partment, and for a period of captivity in rebel prison,
CHAP. CLI. - An Act for the Relief of Benjamin B. French, late Commissioner ,of July 18, 1868.
public Buildnfgs.
Treasury-be, and he is hereby, authorazed and directed to pay to Ben- DJ~amin B.
jamin B. French, late .commissioner of public buildings, for servicesFrench.
performed from the second to the fourteenth day of Marci, eighteon
hundred and sixty-seven, inclusive, for which he has not been heretofore
paid, the sum of eighty-five dollars.
APEOVEt, July 13, 1868:
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July 18, 1868. CHAP. CLII. -An Act granting a Pension to Louisa Fitch, Widow of E.P. Fitch,
deceased.
Pension to States of America en Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
Lousa Fitch. terior is hereby authorized and directed to place the name of Louisa
Fitch, widow of E. P. Fitch, late a captain and assistant quartermaster,
United States volunteers, on the pension roll, and to pay her at the rate
of twenty dollars per month, to commence from the thirty-first day of
May, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and to continue during her widow-
hood.
July 18, 1868. CHAP. CLIII - An Act for the Reltef of CharlottePosey, Widow of Sebastian A. Posey.
Be it enacted t4 the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
Payment of States of America in Congrass assembled, That the Secretary of the In
Otte
Posey. teror is hereby authorized and directed to pay Charlotte Posey her pen-
sion from and after the date of the discharge of her late husband,
Sebastian R. Posey, up to the date upon which her name was placed
upon the pension roll.
APPROVED,July 13, 1868.
July 18, 1868. CHAP. CLIV. -An Act grantinga Pension to Edward Hamel, minor Childof Edward
Hamel, deceased.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House qf Representatives of the United
Pensio to Ed- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
terior is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the
pension roll
the name of Edward Hamel, only surviving child of Edward Hamel, late
a private in company C, eighth regiment Kansas volunteers, who died in
the service of the United States and in the line of duty, and to pay to
him or his legally appointed guardian or guardians a pension of eight
dollars per month, from the eleventh day of October, eighteen hundred
and sixty-one, the date of the death of his father, until he attains the age
of sixteen years.
APROVED, July 13, 1868.
July 18, 1868. CHAP. CLV. -An Act grantinga Pension to Carrie E. Burdett.
Came E.Bum- terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of
dett. Carrie E. Burdett, widow of James F. Burdett, late an acting assistant
surgeon in the military service, on the pension roll at the rate of seven-
teen dollars per mouth, to commence on the sixth day of August, eighteen
hundred and sixty-six, and to continue during her widowhood.
APP-RoVED, July 13, 1868.
July 18, 1868. CHAP. CLV. -An Act for the Relief of Thomas W. Ward, late Collector of Cus-
toms, District of Corpus Christi, Texas.
Accounts of States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting
Thomas W. -
Ward to be set- officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed
tled. to audit and settle the accounts of Thomas W. Ward, late collector of
customs for the district of Corpus Christi Texas, from March fifth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, to July tiiirty-firet, eighteen hundred
and sixty-seven, and allow him the same compensation and emoluments
as if he had been legally collector of customs for said district for said
period; and that the deputy-collector appointed by said Thomas W.
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Accounts of
Ward, on the seventh day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven,.ddeputy-collector
be recognized as the legal deputy-collector of said district, and the said at Corpus Cls-
accounting officers are authorized to settle the accounts of the said deputy ti to be settled.
in the same manner as if he had been legally appointed and all his acts
were legal.
CHAP. CLVII. -An Act granting a Pension to Lucinda R. Johnson. July 13, 1868.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Pension to Ln-
Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the pension rolls, %fnda B. John-
subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of
Lucinda R. Johnson, widow of Doctor Bluford Johnson, of Illinois, late
a contract surgeon in the military service of the United States, and allow
and pay her a pension at the rate of seventeen dollars per month, to com-
mence March seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and to continue
during her widowhood.
CHAP. CLVIII. - An Act grantinga Pension to Martha Stout. July 18, 1868.
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- Martha Stout.
sion roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the
name of Martha Stout, widow of Tinson Stout, late a private in the
Daviess county company of home guards, Kentucky militia, and to pay
her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the
eleventh day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and to continue
CHAP. CLIX. - An Act granting a Pension to Harriet W. PondL July 13, 1868.
States of Ameried in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Pension to
terior is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls the Hamet W.Pond.
name of Harriet W. Pond, wife of - Pond, formerly Harriet W. Stin-
son, and to allow and pay to her as in her own right, and not subject to
the claim or control of her said husband, a pension at the rate of seven-
teen dollars per month, to commence on the twenty-first day of August,
in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and to continue during her
natural life.
CHAP. CLX. -An Act grantinga Pension to Elizabeth Steepleton, Widow of Harrison July 18, 188.
W. Steepletoa, deceased.
States of America in Conyress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Pension to
terior is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the pension rolls, Elizabeth Stee.
subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name pleton.
of Elizabeth Steepleton, widow of Harrison W. Steepleton, late a pri-
vate in company E, sixth regiment, Indiana legion, and allow and pay
her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the
ninth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and to cnntinue
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July 18, 1868. CHAP. CLXI. -An Act for the eliefof Mrs. Mary Gaither,Widow of Wiley Gaither,
deceased
Payment of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unitea
pension to Mary States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
(aither. terior is hereby authorized and directed to allow and pay to Mrs. Mary
Gaither, widow of Wiley Gaither, late a private in company A, twenty-
seventh regiment Kentucky infantry volunteers, her pension as such
widow from the twenty-seventh day of March, eighteen hundred and
sixty-two, the day of his death, until the thirteenth day of June, eighteen
hundred and sixty-six, on which day her present pension commenced.
July 18, 1868. CHAP. CLXII - An Act for the Relief of Rebecca V. Senor, Mother of James H. Senor,
deceased.
Pension to Re- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
beeca V. Senor. terior is hereby authorized and directed to allow and pay to Rebecca V.
Senor, mother of James H. Senor, late a private in company F, twenty-
fifth regiment Missouri volunteers, a pension at the rate of eight dollars
per month, as the mother of said James H. Senor, from the sixth day of
April, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, the date of his death, until the
twenty-third day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, on which
July 13, 1868. CHAP. CLXIII. - An Act granting a Pension to Mara Riftery.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
Pension to terior is hereby authorized and directed to place the name of Maria
Maria Raftery
and children. Raftery, widow of :Patrick Raftery, late a corporal in company H, thirty-
third regiment Massachusetts volunteers, on the pension roll, and that he
pay her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month during her widow-
hood, commencing on the second day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-
three; and two dollars per month for each child of said Raftery under
the age of sixteen years, commencing on the twenty-fifth day of July,
eighteen huadred and sixty-six, and to continue until they shall respec-
tively attain the age of sixteen years.
July 18, 1868. CHAP. CLXIV. - An Act granting a Pension to Thomas Stewart.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
PensionStew-
Thomas to terior is hereby authorized and directed to place the name of Thomas .
art. Stewart on the pension roll, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to
commence from the passage of this act, and to continue during his natu-
ral life.
July 13, 1668. CHAP. CLXV. -An Act granting a Pension to Anna M. Howard.
Stabs of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
Pension tdAn- terior is herel y authorized and directed to place upon the pension rolls,
na M. Howard. subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of
Anna M. Howard, mother of Geo. W. Howard, late a private in com-
pany C, eleventh regiment New Jersey volunteers, and allow and pay
her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, from the twelfth
day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to continue during her
widowhood.
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CHAP. CLXVI.- An Act for the Relief of Catharine Wands. July 13, 1868
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Payment of
terior is hereby authorized and directed to allow and pay to Catharine pension to Cath-
arne Wands.
Wands, mother of John Wands, late a private in company 1, seventh
regiment New York heavy artillery volunteers, now on the pension roll,
her pension from the third day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four,
the date of her son's death, until the twenty-second day of January,
eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, on which date her present pension
commenced.
CHAP. CLXVII. -An Ad for the Relief of E!zabeth Barker, Wdow of Alexander July 13, 1868.
Barker, deceased.
States of Americta in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Payment of
terior is hereby authorized and directed to allow and pay to Elizabeth penslonto Etiza-
Barker.
Barker, widow of Alexander Barker, late a private in company F, beth
twenty-second regiment Massachusetts volunteers, a pension at the rate
of eight dollars per month, from the thirteenth day of July, eighteen
hundred and sixty-two, the date of the death of her said husband, until
the seventh day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, on which
CHAP. CLXVIII. -An Act for the Relief of Julia X. Molin. July 13, 1868.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Payment to
nor is hereby authorized and directed to allow and to pay to Julia Mi. Julia i. Maloln.
Molin, of Stockholm, Sweden, widow of Charles G. Molin, late a private
in the second regiment of Minnesota volunteers, at the rate of eight dol-
lars per month, from the eighteenth day of May, in the year eighteen
hundred and sixty-two, the date of the death of her said husband, until
the nineteenth day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-
seven, the date of the commencement of the pension herettfore allowed
her.
CHAP. CLXIX - An Act for the Relief of Hlenry Reens. July 18, 1868.
States of Amerieca in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Payment of
rior is hereby authorized and directed to allow and pay to Henry Reens, ensionto Henry
late a private in company I, thirtieth regiment Massachusetts volun- ens.
teers, now on the pension rolls, his pension from the third day of June,
eighteen hundred and sixty-five, the date of his discharge from the ser-
vice, until the sixteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven,
on which day his present pension commenced.
CHAP. CLXX -An Act grantinga Pension to Henrietta Nobles. July 13, 1868.
States of America in Congress assambled, That the Secretary of the lute- Pension to
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of eniatta No.
Henrietta Nobles, widow of Captain Daniel G. Nobles, of the fourth reg-
iment of Tennessee infantry, upon the pension rolls, and to p'ay her a
pension at the rate of twenty dollars per month, to commence on the
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second day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and continue

ApROVED, July 13, 1868.
July 18, 1868. CHAP. CLXXI.-An Act grantinga Pensionto Ann Kelly, Widow of Bernard Kelly.
Ann Kelly. terior is hereby authorized and directed to place the name of Ann Kelly,
widow of Bernard Kelly, late a private in company I, thirteenth New
York heavy artillery volunteers, on ljhe pension roll, at the rate of eight
dollars per month, to commence on the thirteenth day of May, eighteen
hundred and sixty-four, and to continue during her widowhood.
APProvEn, July 13, 1868.
July 13, 1868. CHAP. CLXXI.-An Act grantingan Increase of Pension to Catharine Ecardt.
Increase of States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
pension to Cath- terior is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Catharine Eckhardt,
aine Eckhardt. widow of Henry L. Eckhardt, late a private in company C, fifth regi-
ment Missouri volunteers, in addition to the pension heretofore granted
her, the further sum of two dollars per month, for and on account of the
care, custody, and maintenance by her of Anna M. Eckhardt, a child
under sixteen years of age of the said Henry L. Eckhardt by a former
wife, from the third day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight,
while she has such care, custody, and maintenance, until the said child
shall attain the age of sixteen years.
Jmly 13, 188. CRAP. CLXUTL -An Ac for the Relief of Sylvester Nugent.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reiresentativesof the United
Pension to Syl- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Qf the In-
vester Nugent. terior is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls the
name of Sylvester Nugent, late a private in company F, eleventh regi-
ment Massachusetts volunteers, and to allow and pay him a pension at
the rate of eight dollars per month, from the nineteenth day of October,
eighteen hundred and sixty-two, the date of his discharge, until the four-
teenth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, on which date his
present pension commenced.
ArrROvD, July 13, 1868.
July 13, 1868. CHAP. CLXV.- An Act grantinga Pension to John W. 0arris.
John W. Hilnis. terior if hereby authorized and directed to place upon the pension rolls
the name of John W. Harris, late a pilot in the service of the United
States, and to allow and pay to him, from the naval pension fund, a pen-
sion at the rate of twenty-five dollars per month, the same to commence
on the fifteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
APPEOVED, July 13, 1868.
July 20, 1868. CHAP. CLXXXVII -An Act for the Removal of certain Disabilitiesfrom the Persons
therein named.
States of America in Congress assembled (two thirds of each house con-
curing therein), That all legal and political disabilities imposed by the
United States uppn the following-named citizens of the several States
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hereinafter mentioned, in consequence of participation in the recent re,- httical

Legadsabih-o
and po-
hellion, be, and the same are hereby, removed, namely: - ties removed
Jacob Kibler, Henry Summer, John P. Kinard, E. P. Lake, and W. from certain
W. Houseal, of Newberry County; H. P. Hammond, Gieenville ; Ehhu persons i South
Moore, Lancaster; S. B. Clowney, Fairfield; Lewis Dial, Laurens; H.
H. Kinnard, Newberry; J.C. Miller, Charleston; A. P. Kinnard, New-
berry; H. Beatie, Greenville; S. W. Maurice, Williamsburg; D. L.
Thomas, Beaufort; F. C. Gowen, H. C. Markley, Thomas Cox, of Green-
ville; William B. Johnson, Richland; Metts Williams and G. W.
Williams, of York; John Twitly, Lancaster; Matthew McDonald, Abbe-
ville; A. G. Baskin and E. B. Miller, of Richland; C. R. Rutland, J.
Botton Smith, and Daniel Burton, of York; Walter W. Herbert and
Thomas Jordan, of Fairfield; Thomas E. Dudley, Bennettsville; Alex-
ander MceBee, Greenville; J. B. Tolleson and B. F. Bates, of Spartan-
burg; William M. Thomas, Greenville; James A. Black, Abbeville;
Willis Allen, Spartansburg; John S. Green, Sumter; Elijah U. Homer,
Edgefield; H. W. Lawson, Abbeville; Doctor Robert Lebby, Charleston;
C. W. Dudley, Bennettsville; D. B. Miller and John L. iNeagle, of Co-
lumbia; James Johnson, Hugh Craig, James Martin, T. J. Bell, W. C.
Beaty, S. D. Goodlett, Peter McCole, Stewart Harrison, James L. Orr,
and W. F. Durisol; all of South Carolina.
Jacob Keichler, San Antonio; Jacob Eliot, Navarro County; Jacob in Texas;
Schmitz, Comal County; Richard W. Davis, Goliad; John Blair, Hous-
ton County; Thomas P. Ochiltree, Asa E. Stratton, junior, and D. E. E.
Brannan, of Matagorda; Amos Clark and John Forbes, of Nacogdoches;
Sydney L. Fontaifde, R. L. Fulton, and James B. Simpson, of Galveston;
J. D. Gay, Montgomery; J. Hilliard Jones, Mark Miller, and Armistead
T. Munroe, of Houston; Robert B. Kingsbury, Brownsville; William i.
Rust, Guadalupe; Horace Taylor, Mecas; Seymour White, Jasper; and
James W. Barnes, of Grimes County; all of Texas.
R. W. Bell, Banks County; Walter Brock, State Senator elect; Wil- in Georgia.
liam T. Martin, Banks County; Charles E. Broyles, of Dalton; William
Anderson, William Carter, William Cleary, Benjamin Loughbridge, D.
Johnson, A. S. Vining, R. P. Wood, Wesley Ashe, and Hugh Shannon,
of Murray County; M. J. Collins, C. D. Gibbs, James Glenn, A. J.
Green, Joshua Harland, Dawson A. Walker, and Joseph Guthrie, of
Whitfield County; W. F. Holden, Chamfordville; James Hill, Gordon;
John Calvin Johnson, Clark; A. T. McIntyre, Thomas; Elijah G. Rai-
ford, Chattahoochie; J. G. Moon, Valdosta; Daniel S. Printup, Floyd;
Samuel Bard and James M. Calhoun, of Atlanta; B. H. Warren, Rich-
mond; J. Sanders, C. C. Kelley, R. A. Waters, Miles Kitching, J. M.
Bucket, S. K. Long, and E. A. Marsh, of Twiggs County; George
Paine and Richard Nelson, of Wilkinson County; W. F. Jordan, Henry
1. Glover, and Reuben Jordan, of Jasper County; Joshua Hill, Madison;
J. B. Benson, Hart; J. 0. Harris, Fulton; George W. Flournoy, Cobb;
P. B. Bedford, Aren; N. M. Sessions, Pierce; Madison Bell, Banks;
Benjamin Dunmegan, Hall; George P. Burilett, Floyd; J. A. Wimpley,
Lumpkin; J. Milledge, Richmond; J. Harris, and J. F. Hardin, of New-
town; John Burch and W. W. Foster, of Towns; S. A. Corker, Burke;
William Woods, Morgan; Daniel A. Green and Joseph Armtrong, of
Vienna; William A. Adams, Greenville; N. Corbit, W. B. Jones, John
Harris, Samuel Lindsey, James Buchan, James Cunningham, Haywood
Hughes, F. M. Smith, A. J. Bennett, S. T. W. Muier, Horace Sibley,
W. H. Whitehead, J. Devers, Henry P. Farrow, David G. Cotting, Gar-
nett Andrews, M. R. Bell, Otheo P. Beall, and J. B. Jones, of Macon
County; Henry K. McCay, Sumter County; James L. Seward, Thomas
County; J. G. W. Mills, of Fulton County; 1. B. Nesbitt, of Gordon
County; D. E. Hunter, of Wilcox- County; William Clifton, of Tatnall
County; W. G. B. Rogers, of Union County; I. G. Black, of White
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Legal and po- County; A. W. Johnson, of Forsythe County; G. W. Johnson, of Hall

litical disabilities
removed from County; W. G. Spencer, of Lumpkin County; Burrell Jine, of Haber-
certain persons sham County ; J. Mathews, I. Nunnelly, I. R. Bracewell, and G. W. Hqu-
in Georgia; sard, of Gwmett County ; Berry Henderson, of Pierce County; James
M. Traywick, of Pulaski County; W. A. Mathews, of Hquston County;
Wiight Brady, Andrew J. Ronaldson, Benton B)rd, and John V Price,
of Sumter County; James L. Wimberly, of Stewart County; Jesse A.
Glenn and M. P. Quillian, of Whitfield County; George W. Fish, of Ma-
con County; I-bam Fannin and Thomas B. Saffold, of Mbrgan County ;
Hiram Warner, of Merriwether County; C. B. Cole, of Bibb County;
William T. Wofford, of Barton County; Benjamin Williams, of Appling
County; Horace Seibles, of Quitman County; W. S. Wall, of Taylor
County; William Whaley, of Wayne County; Fortune Louett, of Worth
County ; Lewis H. Roberts, of Echols County; J. 0. Hutchins, of Jones
County; Charles Daniels, of Coffee County; Thomas Barbour, of Cha-
tooga County; Dix Fletcher and J. S. Wood, of Cobb County; Thomas
I. Perry, Newton I. Perkins, and Warren R. D. Moss; Ephraim Thorn,
of Newton County; W. B. Gillespie, of Banks County; Joel D. Gun-
nels, of Banks County; George M. Nolan, of Henry County; William
L. Clay, of Sumter ,County; Joseph Adkins, E. J. Higby, A. Coi bitt, J.
Ml. Coleman, and John Dickey; all of Georgia.
m Louisiana; Zenon Lablauve and John E. Frudeau, of parish of Jefferson; Theo-
dore Drouet and Rufus King Howel, of New Orleans; Wade H. Hough,
W. W. Handlin, and E. North Cullum, of Marksvslle; Benjamin Bloom-
field and John A. Letten, of New Orleans; A. Sidney Robertson; all of
Louisiana.
in Tennessee; George W. Marshall, Lafayette, Tennessee.
in Florida; Robert H. Gamble, James T. Magbee, and Edwin M. West, of Talla-
hassee; Thomas T. Long, of Lake City; Josiah E. Lee, of Sumterville;
A. C. Blount, F. C. Humphreys, and James Abererombie, of Pensacola;
William J. Keizer, of Milton ; Benjamin Neal, of Marianna; J. Clark
Greeley, of Jacksonville; Francis J. Wheaton, Perry G. Wall, and D.
P. Holland, of Apalachicola, all of Florida.
in North Caro- William M. Moore, of Yancey; Leonidas C. Edwards, of Oxford,
lina Granby County; John F. Alexander, of Cleaveland County; William E.
Vaughan, of Pasquotank County; Luke Blackmoor, of Salisbury; H.
Davidson, of Charlotte; Neal McKay, of Harnett; Lafayette Gi een, of
Stanley County; John D. Carrie, W. R. Terry, and Andrew J. Brown,
of Richmond County; A. R. McDonald, of Carthage, Moore County;
William B. Richaxlon, of Moore County; William T. Buxton and
Henry Gatling, of Northampton County; William S. Mason, of Wake
County; S. M. Bell, James McGee, L. S. Ledford, W. H. Hogshead, John
Roberts, Abraham Israel, W. M. Davis, W. C. Ledford, Riley McCon-
nell, James Shearrer, T. C. West, and Marion Pasqmore, of Clay County;
Jame-, Bryson, of Cowee, Macon County; M. Ml Brown, of Jackson
County; B. K. Ward, of Henderson County; J. R. Neill and A. J.
Roberts, of Yancey County; William A. Walton, Obadiah Woodson,
John 1. Shaver, Dolphin A. Daviq, and Benjamin F. Fraley, of Rowan
County; Charles L. Summers, William F. Wasson, Thomas A. Allison,
Alexander P. Sharpe, John Young, George F. Davidson, Thomas A.
Ncholdson, and John M. Turner, of Iveilell County; Henry R. Austin,
Ephraim Gaither, Henry B. Howard, Charles Anderson, James M.
Brock, Paluck H. Cain, and James M. Johnson, of Davie County;
James W. Osborn, William W. Grier, R. M. White, F. M. Ross, T. B.
Brice, Thomas L. Vail, R. L. DeArmond, and S. W. Reed of Mecklen-
burg County; all of North Carolina.
in Kentuely; 'Edward Crossland, of Graves Counfy. Kentucky.
in Mississippi. James L. Alcorn, Benjamin D. Nabers, J. L. Wofford, and Austin Bal-
lard, of Tishoningo; John S. Moriis, Claiborne; Charles C. Shackleford,
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of Madison; Edward A. Payton and Samuel Donnelly, of Hinds; G. A. Legal and po.
dcalhabilities
Webster, of Simpson; G. C. Sullivan, of Oktibbeha; George Stovall, of removed from
Carroll ; William H. Noble, Wilkinson; George R. Alcorn, Coahoma; certain persons
Orville M. Blanton, L. B. Valiant, and Frank Valiant of Washington; MAssIssippi,
T. W. Adam6 and John McRae, of Kemper; James D. Stewart, Jack-
son ; E. J. Vasser, W. A. Sykes, N. G. Elkin, J. N. Walton, and G. W.
Rennington, of Monroe County; J. W. Vance, De Soto County; W. M.
Haley, Copiah ; Robert W. Flournoy, of Pontotoc County ; W. H. Bear-
den; all of Mississippi.
R. P. Bryant, W. W. Douglas, A. C." Dunn, J. L. C. Danner, Samuel m Virgmia;
Reith, E. H. Smith, junior, Doctor E. H. Smith, and Samuel M. Page,
of Richmond; J. M. Brickhouse, of Bellehaven; P. A. Balling and B. J.
Epes, of Dinwiddie; W. L. Edward, of Fairfax; R. S. Hines, of Rich-
mond; George C. Orgain, of Lunenburg, and R. L. Owen, of Lynchburg;
Henry Owen, of Prince Edward; Harvey Riik, of Stanton, and D. B.
Smith, of Hanover; Henry Shackleford, of Culpepper County; Samuel S.
Weisiger, of Amelia; James C. White, of Portsmouth; I. F. Fickler, of'
Danville; Thomas Y. Mosby, Bedford; J. W. Wright, Lynchburg; J.
N. Murdock, Wellsville; Charles H. Lewis, Rockingham; and Peter
Saunders, senior, of Franklin; WilhamWhistler, of Shenandoah; Edgar
Spady, of Northampton; James M. Catlett, of Fauquier; John W. John-
son, James R. Gibson, Alexander R. Preston, of Washington: J. Parker
Jordan and Thomas L. Nelson, of Norfolk; Lindsey M. Shumaker, of
Danville; Thomas S. Herring, of Powhattan; and William C. Burton,
of Lynchburg; all of Virginia
J. A. Corbett, Sevier County; M. W. Locke, Sevier County; and D. in Arkansas;
I. C. Moore, of Napoleon; John P. Farrell, of Arkansas County; James
T. Elliott, Onachite County; George W. McCown, of Columbia County;
John R. Duvall and Eli K. Haynes, of Drew County; all of Arkansas.
T. J. Woolf, of Maiengo County; George W. Malone, of De Kalb in Alabama;
County; J. D. Sibley, of Huntersville; and L. P. Saxon, of Montgomery New Orleans.
County; Sydall P. Saxon; all of Alabama; and R. K. Howell of New
Orleans.
APaROVED, July 20, 1868.
CHAP. CLXX 1 - An Act _gianting a Pension to the Widow and Child of July 20, 1868.
John P. Fety.
tenor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- widow and chld
sion roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the of John P Fetty.
names of Fannie Fetty, the widow, and Ethel May Fetty, child under
sixteen years of age of John P. Fetty, late a private in company "I,"
fourteenth regiment West Virginia infantry volunteers, and to pay her'a
pension, commeicing October thirty-first, eighteen- hundred and sixty-
four.
CHAP. CLXX.XIX.-- An Act granting a Pension to the Wdow and Chidren of July 20, 1868.
lenry Brown.
teror be, and he is hereby, authorized and difected to place on the pen- widow and chil.
dren of Henry
sion roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, Brown.
the 'names of Rehma Brown, the widow, and Nancy J., Alvey F., Sarah
C., and Henry, children under sixteen years of age of Henry Brown, late
a private in company K, tenth regiment Tennessee cavalry volunteers,
and to pay her a pension, commencing January thirty-first, eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-four.
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390 FORTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. IL Cn. 190, 191, 192, 193, 194. 1868.
July 20, 1868. CHAP. CXC. - An Act for the Relief of Joseph JM Ghee Cameron and Mary Jane
Cameron, Children of Lafayette Cameron, deceased.
Pension to Stales of America tn Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte-
children of La-
fayetteCameron. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the names of
Joseph M'Ghee Cameron and Mary Jane Cameron, residents of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, children under sixteen years of age of Lafayette Cam-
eron, deceased, on the pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limita-
tions of the pension laws, and to pay them a pension at the rate of eight
dollars per month, from the seventh day of December, eighteen hundred
and sixty-two, and to each the additional sum of two dollars per month
from the twenty-fifth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, until
they se erally attain the age of sixteen years.
July 20,1868. CHAP. CXCL -An Act grantinga Pension to John A. Weed and Elizabeth J. Weed,
minor Children of Robert 2. Weed, deceased.
children
nit of Rob- terior is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the
T. Weed names of John A. Weed and Elizabeth J. Weed, only surviving
children
of Robert T. Weed, late a private in the second Indiana battery volun-
teers, who died in the service of the United States and in the line of duty,
and to pay to them, or their legally appointed guardian or guardians, a
pension of eight dollars per month from the tenth day of November, eigh-
teenh undred and sixty-four, the date of the death of their father, until
they respectively attain the age of sixteen years, subject to the provisions
and limitations of the pension laws.
July 20, 1868. CHAP. CXCIL - An Act for the Relief of George T. Brien.
George T. Brien. terior is hereby authorized and directed to allow and pay to George T.
Brien, out of the naval pension fund, a pension at the rate of eight dollars
per month, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws,
in lieu of the pension of five dollars per month heretofore allowed him.
July 20, 1868. CHAP. CXCIII. -An Act granting an Increase of Pension to Obadiah T. Plum..
Pension of States of America in Congress assembled, That the Seeletary of the In-
Obadiah T.
Plum increased. terior is hereby authorized and directed to increase the pension of Oba-
diah T. Plum, late a private in company F, twenty-second regiment Iowa
infantry volunteers, from eight dollars to twenty-five dollars per month,
from and after the passage of this act, and to continue during his natural
life.
July 20. 1868. CHAP. CXCIV. -An Act granting a Pension to Maria Schweitzer and the minor
Children of Conrad Schweatzi, deceased.
vndow and chitl- terior is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the pension rolls
dren of Conrad
Schwe6iter. the names of Maria Schweitzer, the widow, and Carl B. and Maria
Schweitzer, children under sixteen years of age of Conrad Schweitzer,
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FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cn. 194,195. 196, 197,198. 1868. 3)1
late a private in company C, sixty-first regiment New York volunteers,

and allow and pay her a pension, subject to the provisions and limitations
of the pension laws, commencing February second, eighteen hundred and
sixty-five.
CHAP. CXCV.-An Act for the Relief of Samued N. Miler. July 20,1868.
States of America in Congress assembled, That Samuel N. Miller, who Samuel N.
obtained a patent for an improved compound anchor, dated the twenty- Millerply for may ap-
extension
ninth day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-twD, for fourteen years, ofpetent o
which expired on the twenty-ninth day of June, eighteen hundred and
sixty-six, be authorized to aliply to the commissioner of patents for the
extension of said patent for seven years, under the regulations now in
force in relation to the extension of patents; and the commissioner of
patents is hereby directed to investigate and decide the application for
extension on the same evidence and in the same manner as other applica-
tions for extension are decided: Provided, That the applications for ex- Proviso.
ten-ion be made within sixty days after the approval of this act, and the
decision of the commissioner be rendered within ninety days from the
filing of said application in the patent office: And provided also, That Proviso.
nothing herein shall be so construed as to hold responsible in damages
any person who may have manufactured or used the said improved com-
pound anchor between the expiration of the said patent and the approval
of this act.
APPtOVED, July 20, 1868.
CHAP. CXCVI. -An Act for the Relief of Robert Ford. July 20,1868.-
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unitid
States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby, Payment to
appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appro- Robert Ford.
ptiated, the sum of eight hundred and fourteen dollars to Robert Ford,
in full payment for his time and services as a teamster in the quarter-
mastei's department of the army from May first, eighteen hundred and
bixty-two, to August first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
CHAP. CXCVIL - An Act grantinga Pension to Me Children of Wdam Hl. Wooten, July 20, 1868.
deceased.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- PensionoftoWil.
.. children
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the ham M.Wooten.
pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitaions of the pension laws,
the names of Alfred C. Wooten, Susan M. T. Wooten, Jesse Wooten,
and Rosalia M. Wooten, children under sixteen-years of age of William
M. Wooten, deceased, late a private in Daviess County company of home
guards, Kentucky militia, and to pay to them, or to their legally appointed
guardian or guardians, a pension to coinmence on the eleventh day of
August, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and to continue until they
severally attain the age of sixteen years.
APPROVED, July-20, 1868.
CHAP. VCXCVIII. - An Act granting a Pension to John Sheets. July 20, 188..
Be it enacted by the Senate and Rouse of Rresentatives of the-United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Pensioito
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the John Seets.
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FORTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. Ca. 198, 199. 1868.
Pension
John to
Sheets. pension
the nameroll, subjectSheets,
of John to the late
provisions andinlimitations
a private company ofF, the pension
twelfth laws,
regiment
West Virginia volunteers, and to pay him a pension at the rate of fifteen
dollars per month, to commence on the fourteenth day of March, eighteen
hundred and sixty-three.
July 20, 1868. CHAP. CXCIX. - An Act to authorize the Sale of twent' Acres of Land in the military
Reservation at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Preamble. WHEREAS the Secretary of War, in behalf of the United States and in
accordance with the previous practice of the War Department, on the
thirteenth day of November, in the year eighteen bundied and sixty, did ex-
ecute to Samuel Denman, William H. Russell, and Thomas Ewing, jumor,
and their assigns, a lease of twenty acres of land in the military reserve
at Fort Leavenworth, State of Kansas, for the term of sixteen years
thereafter, with a preference to them of an extension of the term, and
with the exclusive right to mine for coal under the lands of said
military reserve; and whereas the said lessees and their assigns accepted
the said lease, and upon the faith thereof have prosecuted their mining
operations under many difficulties at great expense, and have finally suc-
ceeded in striking the deep coal beds of that geological region after having
expended their entire capital to the amount of forty thousand dollars ;
and whereas it is now discovered that the said lease is invalid because
the Secretary of War was unauthorized in law to make the same, by
reason of which the said lessees are deprived of their right to proceed,
and are threatened with the total loss of their money, and are without
redress; and whereas in view of the incalculable benefit to be derived, not
alone by the State of Kansas, but by the whole country adjacent thereto,
by the development of the coal strata of the region, the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of Kansas, on the eighteenth day of
February, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, did concur in a joint reso-
lution reciting the above, and respectfully requesting this Congress to act
in the premises; hnd whereas the House of Representatives of the United
States have heretofore passed an act directing the sale, in small tracts,
of a body of land in said military reserve: Therefore,
Leavenworth States of America in Congress assembled, That the Leavenworth Coal
Coal Company Company, being the successors and assigns of Samuel Denman, William
may purchase
part of military H . Russell, and Thomas Ewing, junior, in the lease aforesaid, shall have
reserve, the right to purchase from the United States twenty acres of land lying
in the military reserve at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and described as fol-
lows: Beginning at the intersection of the south line of the military
reserve and the Missouri RN er, running northwardly thence along the
west line of the said Missouri River, thence westwardly in a line parallel
to the south line of the military reserve, thence southwardly in a line at
right angles with the south line of the military reserve, thence eastwardly
in the said south line of the military reserve to the point of beginning, the
said lines to be run so as to make the form of the said twenty acres as
nearly square as practicable. The said Leavenworth Coal Company
shall pay therefor the sum fixed by the United States district judges of
the State of Kansas, the eastern district of Missouri, and of the northern
district of Illinois, whose reasonable expenses shall be paid out of any
Lease extend- money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; and said lease is
Ad. hereby extended sixteenyears from the passage of this act.
Patent to issue SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That, upon the payment of the
to grant exclu- purchase-money for the same, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby
8iveIghttomne directed to issue to the said Leavenworth Coal Company, and its suc-
cessors and assigns, a patent for the above-described
lands, which
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FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. 1I. CH.200, 201,202, 203, 204 1868. 393
patent shall also grant to the said company, and its successors and Mining right.
assigns,' the exclusive rikht to mine for all coal underlying the lands
now comprised in the military reserve aforesaid.
CHAP. CC - An Act granting a Pension to the Widow and Children of George R July 20,1868.
Wateis
States ofAmerzca in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- widow Pension to
and chl-
tenor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension dren of George
rolls, subject to the piovisions and limitations of the pension laws, the R. Waters.
names of Mary Waters, the widow, and the three children under sixteen
years of age, of George R. Waters, late a member of the fifteenth regi-
ment New York volunteers, commencing November seventeenth, eighteen
hundred and sixty-four.
CHAP CCI - An Act granting a Pension to Thomas Connolly July 20, 1868.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Seci etary of the In- Pension to
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and di, ected to place on the pension Thomas Con-
rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the nolly.
name of Thomas Connolly, late a member of company A, sixty-ninth New
York volunteors.
CHAP. CCIL - An Act for the Relief of Wait Talcott July 20, 1868.

States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Wait Talcott
ury be, and he is hereby, authoiized and directed to credit to Wait Tal- credit to be allowed a
sixty-five), in-
cott (as of the eighteenth February, eighteen hundred and
ternal re, enue collector for the second district of Illinois, the sum of five
hundred and fifty-six dollaie and ninety-three cents in consideration of
the loss of that sum by the robbery of his deputy, Captain Richard A.
Smith.
APPROVxD,Joly 20, 1868.
CHAP. CCIII. - An Act granting a Pension to Heiy H. Hunter. July 20, 1868.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Pension to
Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the Henry H.
of the pension laws,
pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations
the name of Henry H. Hunter, a resident of Knox County, Kentucky,
and who was wounded while serving with the first regiment of Kentucky
volunteer cavalry, commencing October seventh, eighteen hundred and
sixty-one.
CHAP CCIV. - An Act granting a Pension to the Widow and Children of iljyron July 20, 1868.
Wdklow.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Usited
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- widowdren of and chil-
Myron
sion rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the Wilklow
names of Sarah A. Wilklow, the widow, and Elmira, Emma, and Mary
Wilklow, children under sixteen years of age of Myron Wilklow, late a
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394 FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. IL CH. 205, 206, 207, 208. 1868.
member of company 3, forty-seventh Ohio volunteers, commencing June

second, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.
July 20, 188. CHAP. CCV. -An Act grantinga Pennon to the Children of Charles Couler.
children of teriorre,and he ishereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
sion rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations
the names of Willie, Ellen, and Tellis Gouler, children under sixteen
years of age of Charles Gouler, late a private in edmpany "F" ninth
New Hampshire volunteers, commencing April eighteenth, eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-six.
Repeal of SEc. 2. And be it further enacted,That an act approved April eighteen,
1866, ch. 62, 185. eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled "An act granting a pension to
Vol. xiv. p" Mrs. Emerance Gouler," and an act approved July thirteen, eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-six, entitled "An act amendatory
of an act entitled 'An
act granting a pension to Mrs. Emerance Gouler,"' are hereby repealed.
July 20, 1868. CHAP. CCVI - An Act grantinga Pension to the Children of James Heatherly.
Pensionof to
children States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secietary of the Inte-
James Heather- nor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
iy. rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the
names of Joseph, Sarah, Lami, Francis, and James Heatherly, the chil-
dien under sixteen years of age of James Heatherly, late of company E,
eleventh West Virginia volunteers, commencing January twenty-fourth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-five.
July 20, 1868 CHAP. CCVII. -An Act grantinga Penson to John H. Finlay.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Rouse of Representatives of the nlited
John H Finlay. rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
name of John H. Finlay, late a member of company G, second Illinois
cavalry, and to pay him a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month
from October sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, until June sixth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and thereafter at the rate of fifteen dol-
lars per month.
July 20, 1868. CHAP. CCVIII. -An Act for the Relief of John A Neustaedter.
John A.Neus- of the army is hereby directed to pay to John A. Neustaedter, late a cap-
taedter
tam of artillery, out of any money appropriated, or that may hereafter
be appropriated, for the pay of the army, the full pay-and emoluments of
a captain of artillery in the army of the United States, from March
twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to August twenty-eighth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-two: Povided, That this act shall not be
Proviso. deemed a precedent for the payment of other officers holding appointment
under General John C. Fremont.
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CHAP. CCIX - An Act to place the Name of .Aahala M. Straight upon the Pension July 20, 1868.
Bolls of the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives qf the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- ,Mahala
Pension to
Al.
terior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Straight.
Mahala M. Straight, widow of Alonzo A. Straight, deceased, late a private
in company E. one hundred and twenty-ninth regiment Illinois volunteers,
upon the pension rolls of the United States and to pay [her] a pension
at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the fifth day of
September, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and to continue
during her widowhood, subject to the laws now in force in relation to
pensions.
APPRoFVD, July 20, 1868.
CHAP. CCX. -An Act granting a Pensionto W. W. Cunningham. July 20, 186a.
States of America in Conyress assembled, That the Secretary of' the In- Pension to
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of W. W. Can-
W. W. Cunningham, late a sergeant of company C, thirteenth New York
ningham
cavalry, on the pension rolls, and to allow and pay him a pension at the
rate of fifteen dollars per month, subject to the provisions and limitations
of the pension laws, to commence from the twenty-fifth day of October,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
Appltovza, Jul& 20, 1868.
CHAP. CCXL -An Act qrantinga Pension to John W. Hughes. July 20, 1868.
States of Amermca in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Pension to
tei ior be, and lie is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension John W.Hughes.
rolls, subject to the provisions ahd limitations of the pension laws, the
name of John W. Hughes, late a private in company I, nineteenth Iowa
volunteers, and to pay him a pension at the rate' of eight dollars per
month, until the sixth day of June, eighteen hundied and sixty-six, and
thereafter at the rate of fifteen dollars per month, commencing February
twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
APPROVFD, July 20, 1868.
CHAP CCXII - An Act granting a Pension to the Widow and Children of Charles July 20, 1868.
W Walcor.
ior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension widow and chil
dren of Charles
jolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the W. wilcox
names of Mai tha 3 Wilcox, the widow, and James W., Clarinda J., Ira E.,
and Charles E. Wilcox, children under sixteen years of age of Charles
W. Wilcox, late of company ' B," ninety-seven Illinois volunteers, com-
mencing March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
Ai-POVED, July 20, 1865.
CHAP CCXUL - An Act granting a Pension to Saffrona C. Phelps, Widow of John July 20, 1868.
S. Phelps.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Pension tochild
a widow and
ror be, and he ishereby,authorized and directed to place on the pension of John S
rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the Phelps.
names of Saffrona C. Phelps, the widow, and Caleb S. Phelps, child
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896 FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. CA. 213, 214,215,216, 217. 1868.
under sixteen year's of age, of John S. Phelps, late a second lieutenant

in the thirty-fifth regiment of Kentucky mounted infantry, commencing
July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
July 20, 1856. CHAP. CCXIV. - An Act grantinga Pension to the Children of Pleasant Stoops.
children of terior be. and he is hereby, authorized and instructed to place upon the
Pleasant Stoops. pension rolls the names of David Henry Stoops, Pleasant Stoops, and Stur-
ges Stoops, the children under sixteen years of age of Pleasant Stoops,
late a member of company F, eighteenth regiment of United States in-
fantiy, to date from the day of his death, subject to the provisions and
limitations of the pension laws.
July 20, 1868. CHAP CCXV. - An Act qranting a Pension to George F. Gorham, late a Private in
Company "B" twenty-ninth Regiment Masqach setts volunteer Infantry.
George F. Gor-
ham, terior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
rolls the name of George F. Gorham, late a private in company " B,"
twenty-ninth regiment Maskachnsetts volunteer infantry, in the war of
eighteen hndred and sixty-one, aidthat he be allowed and paid a pen-
sion at the rate of twenty-five dollars per month, subject to the provisions
and limitations of the pension laws, to be computed from the sixteenth
day of January, anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty
five.
tobe paid to SEC. 2. And be itfurther enacted, That inasmuch as the said George
his guardian. F. Gorham is now insane, it is ordered and directed that the pension
money be paid over to his guardian to be applied to the support of said
George F. Gorham during his insanity.
July 20, 1868 CHAP. CCXVI - An Act granting a Pension to the Widow and Child of William
Crafta
'ension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
widow and child Interior be, and he is authorized and directed to on the
of Wltiam Craft. hereby, place
pension rolls the names of Susan F. Craft, widow, and the child under
sixteen years of age, of William Craft, late of company " D," eighty-sec-
ond Pennsylvania regiment, subject to the provisions and limitations of
the pension lawg, to commence April sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-
five.
July 20, 1868. CHAP CCXVI. -An Act granting a Pension to Jeremiah T. Hiallett
Jeremiah T. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to-place on the pen-
Hzaliett sion rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension
laws,
the name of Jeremiah T. Hallett, late a member of company 1, first Uit-
ed States infantry, and allow and pay him a pension at the rate of eight
dollars per month, until the fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and
sixty-four, and subsequently at the rate of twenty-five dollars per month,
commencing March tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
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FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. IL CH. 218, 219, 220, 221, 222. 1868. 397
CHAP. CCXVIII. - An Act granting a Pension to Solomon Zachman. July 20, 1868.
Be st enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
terior be authorized and directed to place the name of Solomon Zachman, Solomon Zach-
of Marion County, Ohio, formerly a member of company "D," eighty-
second Ohio volunteers, on the pension rolls, at the rate of eight dollars
per month, commencing on the thirtieth day of May, eighteen hundred
and'sixty-four, to the sixth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six,
and thereafter at the rate of fifteen dollars per month during his natural
hfe.
CHAP. CCXIX. -An Act granting a Pension to William H McDonald. July 20, 1868.
PensionHtoMe-
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- W11ham
teror be, and he is heieby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- Donald.
sion rolls, -ubject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws,
the name of William H. McDonald, late of company F, sixtieth regiment
New Yoik volunteers, and to pay him a pension at the rate of eight
dollars per month until June six, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and
thereafter at the rate of fifteen dollais per month, commencing March
eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
CHAP. CCXX -An Act grantznq Arrears of Pension to Cyrus K. Wood, legal Repre- July 20, 1868.
sentative of Cyrus D. Wood, deceased
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Arrears of
D WoodoftCvr
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Cyrus K. penon to be
Wood, of Auburn, Maine, father and legal repre-entative of Cyrus D. aid to Cyrus
Wood, late of company " H," tenth regiment of Maine volunteer infantry, K Wood.
eight dollars per month from the eighth day of May, eighteen hundred
and sixty-three, to the sixth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six;
and twenty-five dollars per month from said sixth day of June, eighteen
hundred and sixty-six, to the eighth day of April, eighteen hundred and
sixty-seven.
CHAP CCXXI - An Act granting a Pension to the Widow and Children of Andrew July 20, 1868.
Holman
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprsntatives of the United
States of Amerzca tn Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-. idow
Pension to
and chl-
teror be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension dren of Andrew
rolls, subject to the proviions and limitations of the pension laws, the Holman
names of Kezia Holman, the widow, and the three children under sixteen
years of age, of Andrew Holman, late a private in company "G," twenty-
ninth regiment of Ohio volunteer infantry, commencing March twenty-
sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.
CHAP CCXXII -An Act grantnq a Pension to John D Lay. July 20, 1868.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the lute- Pension to
nor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension John D. Lay.
name of John D. Lay a citizen of Daviess County, Missouri, and to pay
him a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month until June six,
eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and thereafter at the rate of fifteen dol-
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398 FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I1. Cn. 223, 224, 225, 231. 1868.
Jars per month, commencing on the first day of January, eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-two.
July 20, 1868. CHAP. CCXXII -An Act grantng a Pension to the Wdow and Child of Come/nm
L Rice
Pension to States ofAmerica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
widow and child teror be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
of Cornelius L.
Rice. sion rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws,
the names of Elizabeth Rice, the widow, and William T. S. Rice, the
child under sixteen years of age, of Cornelius L. Rice, late a member of
company " B," ninety-first regiment Pennsylvania volunteers, commencing
December fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
July 20, 1868. CHAP. CCXXIV. - An Act for the Rehf of Edimad B. Allen.
EdwardB Allen. of the army be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Edward B. Allen, of
the State of Indiana, out of any money appropriated for the pay of the
army, the full amount of the pay and emoluments of a captain of infantry
from the eighteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to
the first day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
July22 1868 CHAP. CCXXV - An Act for the'Relief of L. Merchant and Company and Peter
Rosecranf.

Payment to States of Amenca in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
Leander Mler-
chant for cotton Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money iii
wrongly taken, the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Leander Merchant, of the firm
of L. Merchant and Company, the sum of one hundred and nine thou-
sand four hundred and twelve dollars and eighty one cents, the proceeds
of six hundred and eighty-four bales of cotton, the private property of
said firm, taken erroneously and without due authority by the agents of
the United States civil and military authorities at Mobile, Alabama, in the
month of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, shipped to New York,
sold by the United States, and the proceeds thereof paid into the treas-
ury, the charges and expenses of the United States having been deducted
to Peter Rose- therefrom ; and to Peter Rosecrantz the sum of tbirty-nine thousand tao
crantz. hundred and fifty-three dollars and ten cents, the proceeds of two hun-
dred and forty-one bales of cotton, the private property of said Rose-
crantz, taken, sold, and appropriated at the same time and place, and in
the same manner, the charges and expenses of the United States having
likewise been deducted therefrom.
July 23, 1868 CHAP. CCXXXI - An Act qrantinqan increaseof Pension to Frances T. Richardson,
Mllajor-GeneralIsrael B. Richardson.
Widow of the late
Pension to States of Amei ica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
Frances T teo r
Richardson in- r he, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on tke pension
creased, roll the name of Frances T. Richardson, widow of the late Major-Gen-
eral Israel B. Richardson, for pension at the rate of fifty dollars per
month from the third day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,
on which day General Richardson died flor wounds received in the bat-
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FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. 11. Ca. 231, 232, 277, 278, 279. 1868. 399
tle of Antietam on the seventeenth day of September, eighteen hundred Pension to

and sixty-two, said pension to be continued during her widowhood, and continue
how
if that should terminate, then to be continued to Israel Philip Richard-

son, sole surviving child of said General Richardson, until he shall be-
come sixteen years old.
SEc. 2. And be it firther enacte4c That the pension heretofore al- Provision s
lowed to said Frances T. Richardson, under general law, be discontinued, to former pen-
but the sum received by her under the same shall be deducted from the 'ion.
pension hereby granted, and this pension.shall be subject to the provisions
of the general pension law.
CHAP. CCXXXII -An Act grantinga Pension to MarthaAnn Walace. July 28, 1868.
B it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary qf the In- Pension to
terior be, and hd is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- Martha Ann
sion roll the name- of Martha Ann Wallace, widow of the late Brigadier- Wallace.
General W. H. L. Wallace, for pension at the rate of fifty dollars per
month, from the tenth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
Siec. 2. And be it further enacted, Thpf the pension heretofore, al- Former pen-
lowed said Martha A. Wallace under general law be discontinued. sion.
CHAP. CCLXXVIIL - An Act grantinga Pension to Violet Henry. July 27,1868.

terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Violet Henry.
roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name
of Violet Henry, the widow of Sherrood Henry, late a private in com-
pany D, sixteenth regiments United States colored troops, and to pay her a
pension at the rate of eight dollars- per month, commencing July seven-
teenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and also to pay her the sum of
two dollars per month for Easter Henry, child under sixteen years of age
of the said Sherrod and Violet, from the twenty-fifth day of July, eighteen
hundred and sixty-six, until she attains the said age.
CHAP. CCLXXVIII. - An Act grantinga Pension to Nancy Smith. July 27, 1868.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of" the United
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Nancy Smitb.
of Nancy Smith, widow of Benjamin H. Smith, late a private in company
E, twenty-third regiment Massachusetts volunteers, and to pay her a pen-
sion, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the first day
of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and to continue duing her
widowhood.
CHAP CCLXXIX. - An Act granting Increase of Pension to Nancy A. Stocks. July 27, 1868.
teror be, and lie is hereby, authoiized and directed to pay to Nancy A. Nancy A.
Stocks for chiT-
Stocks, widow of Reuben Stocks, deceased, subject to the provisions and dien of Reuben
limitations of the pension laws, the sum of two dollars per month for Stocks.
each of the children of the said Reuben Stocks under sixteen years of
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400 FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. IL CH. 279, 280, 281, 282, 283. 1868.
age at the time of his death, to wit: George, born November twelfth,
eighteen hundred and fifty-four; Joseph, born March twenty-eighth, eigh-
teen hundred and fifty-seven; and Mary A., born December eleventh,
eighteen hundred and sixty-one, until they severally attain the age of
sixteen years.
July 27, 1868 CHAP. CCLXXX. - An Act granting a Pension to Robert Watson.
Pension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
Robert Watson. Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the
pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws,
the name, of Robert Watson, late a private in company E, tenth regi-
ment Tennessee infantry volunteers, and to pay him a pension, at the rate
of eight dollars per month, from the nineteenth day of August, eighteen
hundred and sixty-four, to the sixth day of June, eighteen hundred and
sixty-six, and thereafter at the rate of fifteen dollars per month during
his natural life.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCLXXXI. -An Act for the Relzef ofMary Scott.
Mary Scott and tenior i hereby authorized and directed to allow and pay to Mary Scott,
children of Wil-
liam Scott. widow of William Scott, late a private in company I, fifteenth regiment
Massachusetts volunteers, a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month,
from the twenty-first day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-one,
the date of the death of her said husband, until the tenth day of August,
eighteen hundred and sixty-six, the date of the commencement of the
pension heretofore allowed he; and the additional sum of two dollars per
month for each child of said William Scott under sixteen years of age,
to commence from the twenty-fifth day of July, eighteen hundred and
sixty-six, and to continue until said children shall severally attain the age
of sixteen years.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCLXXXII. - An Act for the Relief of Seth Lea.
Seth Lea. terior be, and'he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
name of Seth Lea, bf Knox County, in the State of Tennessee, and pay
him a pension as a sec9nd lieutenant, commencing January fifteenth, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-bthree.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCLXX'XI . - An Act to provide for the Distribution of the Reward offered by
the President of the United States for the Capture of Jefferson Davis.
Reward for States of America in Congress assembled, That the reward of one hun-
capture of Jef-
feison Davis, dred thousand dollars offered for the capture of Jefferson Davis by the
how to be President of the United States in his proclamation of May second, eigh-
dstributed.
Vol. MR.. p. 756. teen hundred and sixty-five, shall be paid as follows: To James H. Wil-
son, of the State of Illinois, late major-general of volunteers, three thou-
sand dollars; to Benjamin D. Pritchard, of the State of Michigan, late
lieutenant-colonel of the fourth Michigan cavalry, three thousand dollars;
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FORTIETH CONGRESS. 'SEss. IL Ca. 283. 1868.
to Henry'Harnden, of the State of Wisconsin, late lieutenant-colonel of

the first Wisconsin cavalry, three thousand dollars; to Joseph A. 0.
Yeoman, of the State of Iowa, late captain of the first Ohio cavalry, thiree
thousand dollars; and to the following officers, non-commissioned officers,
and privates, in proportion to the monthly pay proper to which they were
respectively entitled by law in the grades which they held at the time of
said capture : -
Officers and men of the fourth Michigan cavalry that were present at Fourth Micha.
the capture of Jefferson Davis and party, on the morning of May ten, gan cavalry.
eighteen hundred and sixty-five: Julian G. Dickinson, adjutant; Perry
J. Davis, regimental quartermaster; Charles T. Hudson, captain compa-
ny E; Silas J. Stauber, first lieutenant company G; Henry S. Bontell,
first lieutenant company C (wounded) ; Alfred B. Purinton, second lien-
tenant company I; John Bennett, second lieutenant company B; Thomas
Davis, commissary-sergeant company A; George A. Simmons, Thomas
Riley, and Rezin Wiight sergeants company A; Darwin Dunning,
Robert L. Reynolds, and Lyman.J. Russell, corporals company A; Wil-
liam Balon, Daniel C. Bhnn, Gilbert Coata, James Fullerton, Caspar
Knable, Philo Morse, Charles IV. Nichols, Henry Provost, and George
Rinke, privates company A; A. E. Ford and A. A. Braley, sergeants
company B; J. F. Sherbourne, C F. Parker, William Crow, U. B. Tut-
tle, and B. B: Bennett, corporals company B; A. F. Sheppard, W. P.
Steadman, Frank Crim, Augustus Armstronig, William V. Wood, John
Nichols, J. J. Bontell, and L. H. Wilcox, privates company B; Abram
Sebring, Reuben Palmerton, David J. Curry, and George M. Munger,
corporals company C; James F. Bullard, David Dillon, Frank C. Leach,
James H. Lynch, Stephen B. Munson, (killed,) John Ruppert, Ranselear
Riggs, William J. Smith, and Harmon Stephens, privates company C;
James H. Place, corporal company D; Burt Judson, Horace C. Jenfey,
William H. J. Martin, William Parker, Francis E. Thompson, Z. H.
Wilcox, John Brown, Jacob E. Munn, and Thomas Hnter, privates
company D; George A. Bullard hnd David B. Green, sergeants com--
pany E; John Hines, (killed,) Charle W. Tyler, Dewitt C. Carr, and
Wlham1H. Crittenden, corporals company E; Silas Bullard, Robert G.
Tripp, Oscar E. Teffi, Henry Johnson, William F. Driesman, Pete" Se-
garry, George F. Dalmage, and John G. Stephens, privates company E;
John Correnton, sergeant company F; William F. True and Dewitt C.
Cobb, corporals company F; B. Franklin Nichols, James Patterspn, Ira
Harrington, junior, John F. Grossman, Homer Hazleton, Henry Frickey,
George Raab, Joseph Bellinger, Henry Bradock, Dennis Drescoe, and
William Wright, privates company F; Jacob N. Frash, James F.
O'Brien, John Cavanaugh, Jeremiah F. Craig, and William H. Palmateer,
sergeants company G; George W. Van Sickle, John Ballou, George
Myers, and Leander B. Shaw, corporals company G; Joshua Parks,
Cary Reed, John A. Skinner, Joseph Odrin, David Cunningham, privates
company G; and John H. Kelch, private company K; Joseph Hofmas-
ter and Benjamin K Colf, sergeants company L; Charles C. Marsh and
William Oliver, corporals company L; Ed. Lane, J. W. Linsley, Perry
Phelps, Benjamin F. Carpenter, Joseph Stewart, William'Newkirk,
George Noggle, Jesse J. Penfield, William Munn. Andrew Bee, and
Daniel Edward, privates company L; Wesley D. Pond, first sergeant
company M; Simeon Huff and Henry Shanahan, corporals company M;
Emanuel Beazan, Andrew Anderson, Robert Arnold, and John Vantyle,
privates company M; Daniel Glaham, private company G; Elias F. Pierce
[and] Lester P. Bates, sergeant[s] company I ;Jerome B. Heath and Pres-
ton W. Brown, corporalh company I; Luke M. Thayer, Martin L. Brown,
George W. Bodnell, William Dill, George W. Dutcher, Chailes Flug-
ger, Daniel E. Krunmm, Charles W. Middaugh, Peter MeKennedy, Hi-
ram H. McCullough, and Marwin R. Pettit, privates company I; Ansel
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FORTIETH CONGRESS. Siss. II. CH. 283. 1868.
Adams, sergeant company K; Alonzo Moe, corporal company K; James

R. Norton, John Nelbon, Jacob D. Newith, Edwin Mabie, Smith B. Mills,
Decatur Jaycox, Enoch L. Rhodes, Thomas Folley, Nathaniel Root, pri-
vates company K.
First Wilcon- Officers and enlisted men of the first Wisconsin cavalry engaged in
min cavalry, the pursuit and present at the time of the capture of Jefferson Davis:
Orson P. Clinton, second lieutenant company B; Walter 0. Hargraves,
sergeant-major; James Aphn, private company K, orderly for Colonel
Harnden; Austin M. Howe, seigeant company A; David N. Bell, Wil-
liam Billsbeck, Martin M. Coleman, William Deyer, John Huntermer,
Gottleib J. Klinehne, Sidney Leonard, James McStillson, George W.
Sillsbee, Christopher Stinebreck, Herbert Schelter, privates company A;
Luther L. Blair, Melvin T. Olin, and John Clark, sergeants company B;
Thomas B. Culbertson, James MeCrary, and Ezra H. Stewart, corporals
company B; Albert L. Beardsley, Thomas Coleman, Rawson P. Frank-
lin, Sylvester Fairbanks, William Gill, William Grimes, Lewi, Jacobson,
Honore Leverner, William Matshie, Ira Miller, John Nolan, John Nor-
ton, Warren P. Otterson, Stephen Pouguette, William A. Spangler,
Frederick Sieinfleld, Joseph Smith, George Wright, and John Wagner,
privates company B; George D. Hussey and J. M. Wheeler, sergeants
company D; Gustavus W. Sykes, (wounded,) L. Philip Pond, Joseph
Myers, and George La Borde, corporals company D; Nelson Apley,
(wounded,) P. F. Anderson, Donald Brandor, F. Bublitz, J. S. Burton,
Lawrence Bird, Joseph Beguen, A. J. Craig, Thomas Day, Thomas Dick-
erson, Jerrod Feld, James Foley, Jacob Gosh, D. H. Goodrich, Lewis
Hartmg, U. M. Hephner, C. Helgerson, Henry Hamilton, A. E. John-
son, John Ludwick, M. F. Nickerson, P. W. 0. Herron, J. A. L. Pooch,
Alexander Pingilly, Arne Renom, Jerome Roe, Herman Stone, John
Spear, Henry Sidenburg, J. H. Warren, C. W. Seely, (wounded,) pri-
vates company D.
Detachment accompanying Captain Joseph A. 0. Yeoman, in his pur-
suit and discovery of Jefferson Davis: George P. Banes, junior, ser-
geant company A, first Ohio Cavalry; John H. McElwaine, quartermas-
ter-sergeant company A, first Ohio cavalry; Samuel Robertson and Rip-
ley M. Woln, corporals company A, first Ohio cavalry; Henry T. Ress-
ler, Samuel J. Rice, Spencer C. Phares, and George W. Blair, privates
company A, first Ohio cavalry; John Camm, sergeant company C, first
Ohio cavalry ; William Hampden, private company C, first Ohio cavalry;
John W. Newlove, commissary-sergeant company D, first Ohio cavalry;
William Powers, private company D, first Ohio cavalry; Bushrod W.
Click, private company F, first Ohio cavalry; Thomas R. Kennard and
William Place, privates company I, first Ohio cavalry; John Young, pri-
vate company K, first Ohio cavalry; Lee Wood, private company L,
seventh Ohio cavalry; John Gatts, corporal company E, seventh Ohio
cavalry; Thomas H. Wright, private company E, fifth Iowa cavalry;
and to five additional men, privates in the said first regiment of Ohio
cavalry, one man of the seventh regiment of Ohio cavalry, and two men
of the fifth regiment of Iowa cavalry, whose names and places of resi-
dence are unknown, but who shall satisfy the proper accounting officers
of the Treasury Department of their services and identity, by sufficient
evidence, before being paid under this act. And the Secretary of War
Misnomers is hereby authorized to receive evidence to correct misnomers and the
may be correct-
ed of those de- omission, if any, of the names of those actually present rendering service
ceased, &c. with either ot the said detachments, according to the true intent and
meaning of this act, and to certify the same to the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, who shall cause the same to be audited and paid.
Heirs, &c to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That to the heirs-at-law and legal
receive their representatives of such soldiers above named as were killed in action at
shae. the capture of Jefferson Davis, or have since deceased, the share, propor-
tion, or claim of such killed or deceased soldier shall be paid.
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SEc. 8. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred Appropriation.
thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to carry this act into effect.
CHAP. CCLXXXIV. - An Act to relievefrom legal and politwal Diabiitescertain July 27, 186s.
Personsengaged in the late Rebellion.
States of America in Congress assealed, That all legal and political dis-. litical
Legal aud po-
dissk ilt-
abilities imposed by the United States upon Simeon Corley, a citizen of ties of certain
South Carolina, John Milledge, of Augusta, Georgia, Michael Hahn, of persons re-
New Orleans, Louisiana, James Bussey, of Morehouse parish, Louisiana, mov,
Win. C. Carr, and John L. Barrett, of Union parish, Louisiana, Richard ch. 6.
H. Cuney, of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Robert Ray, of New Orleans, Private
Louisiana, George W. Christy, of New Orleans, Louisiana, Andrew T. Laws, p 2.
Stone, of Rocky Comfort, Arkansas, Riley B. Archer, of Arkansas,
James H. Hicks, of Arkansas, Rufus L. Archer, of Arkansas, Z. C. Ross,
of Arkansas, W. F. Richardson, of Union County, Arkansas, and P. M. B.
Young, of Georgia, [be, and the same are hereby, removed.]
ArPRovFc, July 27, 1868.
CHAP CCLXXV. - An Act grantinga Pension to Lucinda J. Ledlier. July 27, 1868.
States of Ameeca in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Pension to
Letcher J
pen- Lucinda
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on thelaws,
of the pension
sion roll. subject to the provisions and limitations
the name of Lucinda J. Letcher, widow of Joseph Letcher, late a private
in company G, ninth Michigan volunteers, commencing October twenty-
first, eighteen hundred and sixty-fbur.
AreiRova, July 27, 1868.
CHAP. CCLXXXVL - An Act for the Relief of Eliza Mascher, Widow of John F. July 27, 1 8.
Mascher.
Be it enacted by. the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That Eliza Mascher, adminis- liza bilascher
tratrix of John F. Mascher, deceased, wh6 obtained a patent No. 9611 may apply for
extension of
for an improvement in daguerreotype cases, dated the eighth of March, patent.
eighteen hundred and fifty-three, with additional improvement, No. 134,
annexed to said original patent, dated nineteenth of February, eighteen
hundred and fifty-six, for fourteen years, which expirod on the eighth day
of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, be authorized to apply to
the commissioner' of patents for the extension of said patent for seven
years, under the regulations now in force for the extension of patents, as
if she had made application previous to its expiration, as required by law;
and the commissioner of patents is directed to investigate and decide the
application for extension on the same evidence and in the same manndr
as other applications for extension are decided: Provided,That the ap- Proviso
plication for extension ba made within thirty days after approval of this
act, and the decision of the commissioner be rendered within ninety
days from the filing of said application in the patent office: And pi o- Proviso
videdfurther,That nothing herein shall be so construed as to hold respon-
sible in damages any person who may have manufactured or used the
daguerreotype cases with the improvement and addition aforesaid, or
used cases containing the improvement and addition aforesaid, between
the expiration of the patent and the approval of this act: And provided Proviso
also, That the commitsioner shall be satisfied before granting such exten-
sion that it will enure entirely to the benefit of the said Eliza Mascher.
APP-ROVED, July 27, 1868.
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July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCLXXXVI . - An Act drecting the Commissioner of Pensions to proceed to
hear Evidence and determine the Right of W H Cox, deceased, late a Sergeant in Com,
panyF, Second Rgsment Pennsylvania Artdleroy, to a Pension an same Manner as ifhe
were still iveng, he havm died of Disease contracted whilst a Prisonerof War at Ander-
sonvslle, Georgia, and, iffound to be entitled to a Pension, then same,fton Time of his
Death, to be paid over to his Father, Charles D. Cox.
Preamble. WHEREAS, W. H. Cox, a hale, hearty young man of about twenty
years of age, residing with his rkther, Charles 15. Cox, of Lewisburg,
Pennsylvania, and being a part of his family, on the sixteenth day of
February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, was enrolled as a sergeant in
company F, second regiment Pennsylvania artillery, to serve three years
or during the war; that he was regularly mustered in as such, and at the
battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, on or about the second of June, eighteen
hundred and sixty-four, was taken prisoner by the rebels and sent to An-
dersonville, Georgia, and there confined as a prisoner of war for the
period of ten months, and from exposure and lack of food became vesy
much debilitated, and after being released he was on the eighth of Au-
gust, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by
virtue ofa telegram dated adjutant-general's office, May twelfth, eighteen
hundred and sixty-five, honoiably discharged from the United States ser-
vice; and whereas the said W. H. Cox, after reaching his father's resi-
dence, made application for a pension under existing laws, in consequence
of disease contracted in line of duty, and before the case was finally dis-
posed of, to wit, July ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, he died of
disease contracted as aforesaid, and the commissioner then declined to
proceed farther in the case, being of opinion that the death of the
young man suspended farther proceedings; and whereas Charles D. Cox,
father of said deceased soldier, is desirous of obtaining the pension justly
due his said son from date of his discharge till death, to be applied to
the purchase of a suitable monument to be placed at his giave: There-
fore,
Right of W. States of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioner of
H Cox to a pen- pensions be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to proceed and
sion tobe ex-
amined receive proof of the right of said W. H. Cox to a pension in same man-
ner as it still living, and if the evidence satisfies him that he was so en-
Pension to be titled, then the pension from time of discharge till his death to be paid
over to in
£adto Charles money father,
histhe Charles
treasury D. Cox, out of the pension fund or any other
not otherwise appropriated.
July 27, 1868 CHAP. CCLXXXVIII. - An Act granting a Pension to Orlena Walters.
Orlesn Walters. tenor be, and he is heieby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
name of Orlena Walters, widow of Lieutenant Elisha Walters, late of the
seventh provisional regiment of enrolled Missouri militia, commencing
October tourth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
July 27, 1868 CHAP. CCLXXXIX - An Act granting a Pension to Elizabeth Richardson.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House i/'Representatives of the United
Pension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
Etizabeth Rich- Interior be, and he is heieby, authoiized and directed to place oii the
ardson. pension roll, subject to the provisioun and limitations of the pension laws,
the name of Ehzabeth Richardson, widow of William Rmhard 5 on, late a
psivate in company I, fifth Kentucky cavalry, commencing Febsuaiy
twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.
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CHAP. CCXC. - An Act granting a Pension to Mfargaret C. Long. July 27, 1868.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Pension C.
to
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension. Alargaret
Long.
roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the
name of Margaret C. Long, 'widow of Jessee K. Long, late a private in
company E, twenty-eighth Kentucky volunteers, commencing June six,
eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
CHAP. CCXCI. - An Act granting a Pension to James Rooneg. July 27, 1888.
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension James Rooney.
name of James Rooney, late a member of company B, seventh Missouri
cavalry, commencing April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
CHAP. CCXCII. - An Ad grantinga Pension to Margaret Dams. July 27, 1868.

rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Margaret Davis.
name of Margaret Davis, widow of William H. Davis, late an acting
surgeon in the eighteenth Missouri volunteers, and pay her a pension at
the rate of seventeen dollars per month.
ArPRovz, July 27, 1868.
CHAP. CCXCIII. - An Act granting a Pension to the Widow and minor Children July 27, 1868.
of Hiram Hitchcock.
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension idow children
inor and
roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, the of Hiram Hitch-
names of the -aidow, Jane E. Hitchcock, and the minor children, under cook.
sixteen years of age, of Hiram Hitchcock, late a hospital steward in the
eighteenth Wisconsin regiment volunteers, commencing January seventh,
APPROVED, Jr'ly 27, 1868.
CHAP. CCXCIV. - An Act for the Relief of Zadock T. Newman. July 27, 1868
rior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Zadock T. New- Zdnck T. New-
man, late a private in the seventh provisional regiment enrolled Missouri
militia, upon the pension roll, at the rate of four dollars a month from
the second day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to continue
during his natural life, subject to the provisions of the pension laws.
CHAP. CCXCV. - An Act for the Relief of Mrs. Alice A. Dryer. July 27, 1868.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatsves of the United
ror be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Alice A. Alice A Dryer.
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Dryer, widow of Hiram Dryer, late a major of the thhteenth regiment

of United States infantry, whose name is now on the list of pensioners,
the sum of twenty-five dollars per month during her widowhood, in lieu
of the pension she is now receiving; this act to take effect from the fifth
day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, the day of the death of
said Hiram Dryer.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCXCVI. - An Act granting a Pension to Ann Williams.
Be it enacted 4 the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
Ann Wlhams. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
name of Ann Williams, widow of John Williams, late of company E,
third regiment of Wisconsin cavalry, commencing May twentysixth,
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCXCVIL -An Act granting a Pension to Georqe Truax, late a Private in
Company H, FirstRegnment of Virginia Volunteers.
George Truax. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of
George Truax, late a private in company H, first regiment of Virginia
volunteers, on the pension roll, to be paid a pension to the extent of one
fourth disability, to be increased or cease as the subsequent examina-
tions of the surgeon may disclose, subject to the rules and regulations of
the pension department, to commence on the twenty-ninth day of October,
anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCXCVIMI. - An Act granting a Pension to Elizabeth Cassidy.
Be it enacted b the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
Pension Cas-
Elizabeth to Stats of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
sitdy. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
sion roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws,
the name of Elizabeth Cassidy, widow of Michael Cassidy, late a first
lieutenant in the sixty-ninth regiment of Pennsylvania volunteer infantry,
commencing July fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCXCIX. -An Act granting a Pension to Margaret Filson.
Margaret Filson. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
name of Margaret Filson, widow of George W. Filson, to receive a
pension to bear date from first January, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
July 27,1868. CHAP. CCC -An Act to place the Name of Ellen Curry, Widow of James Curry, de-
ceased, a private Soldier of Company F, 39th Regiment Illinois Voluntee s, upon the
Pension Roll of the United States.
Elen Curry. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized to place the name of Ellen Curry,
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widow of James Curry, deceased, private soldier in company F, thirty-

ninth regiment Illinois infantry volunteers, upon the pension roll of the
United States, subject to the laws now in force in relation to pensions.
CHAP. CCCL - An Act grantinga Pension of seventee Dollars per Month to David July 27, 1868.
Duhiqg, of Lynden, Vermont, Fatheroflate FirstLieutenant Dennis Duhigg, of Company
M, First.Regiment Vermont Artidey.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives bf the United
terior be, and is hereby, authorized and required to place on the pen- David Duhigg.
sion roll the name of David Duhigg, father of late First Lieutenant Den-
nis Duhigg, of company , first regiment Vermont artillery, who was
killed in battle, and that the 'said David Duhigg, in consequence of the
service and death of his said son, be paid during his natural life a
pension of seventeen dollars per month, to commence from the passage of
this act.
CHAP. CCCIL - An Art grantinga Pension to CharlesHaistead. July 27, 1868.

rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- Charles
stead Ham-
sion roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws,
the name of Charles Hamstead, late a member of Captain Shell's com-
pany of West Virginia State guards, (afterwards the seventh West Vir-
ginia volunteers,) commencing February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred
and sixty-two.
CHAP. CCCIIL -An Act granting a Pension to Matthew C. Griswold. July 27, 1868.
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Matthew C.
roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the Gnswold.
name of Matthew C. Griswold, late a first lieutenant in the twentieth
regiment of New York cavalry, commencing January eleventh, eighteen
CHAP. CCCIV. -An Act for the Rdief of Mrs. Mary J. Truenman. July 27, 1868.
terior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension roll of the Mary J. True-
United States the name of Mary J. Trueman, widow of James True- man.
map, late private in company B, twelfth regiment West Virginia -volun-
teer infantry, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension
laws.
CHAP. CCCV. -An Act for the Relief of CaptainA. G. Olivar. July 27, 1868.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Pay to Cap-
ury be, and he is hereby, authorzed and directed to pay to Captain A. tan A. G 01i-
G. Ohvar, out of any moneys en the treasury not otherwise approoriated, vat
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the sum of two thousand and ten dollars, this being the full amount that
the said Olivar had stolen from him the thirteenth of May, eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-four, which was government funds.
July 27, 1868. CREAP. CCCVL.- An Act for the Rdief of Sally C. Northrop.
Preamble. WSREREAS the petition of Sally C. Northrop represents that in the year
1V4?, ci. p 1 2. eighteen hundred and forty-eight, Henry S. Atwood, a merchant, being
solicited thereto by them, purchased the discharges of certain soldiers,
and obtained from them powers of attorney to procure and assign The
bounty land warrants to which they were entitled under the ninth section
of the act of Congress, approved February eleventh, eighteen hundred
and forty-seven ; and that before receiving the warrants on the discharges
so purchased, the said Henry S. Atwood died; and that subsequently
said warrants were duly received by Franklin K. Beck, administrator of
the estate of said Henry S. Atwood, and sold by said Beck, as such ad-
ministrator, to the said Sally C. Northrop, for a full and valuable consid-
eration ; and whereas it is further represented-by the petitioner t'hat,
according to the forms of transfer now prescribed by law, her title to said
warrants is defective, and that after careful efforts through several years,
she has been unable to find the soldiers in whose names said warrants
were issued, and therefore unable to perfect her title to the same; the
numbers of said warrants and the names of the soldiers in whose favor
they were issued being as follows, viz: 61669, John Holly; 61575,
William Luffman; 60813, George W. Bowen; 60823, James Cooper;
61672, John Gilbert; 61556, Adam H. Underwood; 60817, Henry
Truitt; 61674, Henry H. Foster; 61822, Joseph Ervin; 61675, John
E. Edmundson ; 61820, Thomas Johnson; 61676, William Davis; 62062,
William M. Connor; 61663, Frederick S. Moore; 60814, Robert Bryan;
61665, William Holley; 60825, Green B. Driscoll; 60822, William
Childers; 61819, James Loflen ; 61664, John C. Lewis; 61569, Mat-
thew V. Gray; 61806, William B. Buckelew; 61671, William H.
Hines; 60816, Pierce L. Alford; 61808, Peter Brookey ; 61576, Silas
M. Sullivan; 61809, Elebe H. Jones ; 62111, William E. Binion ; 6233',
Zadoc Pitts; 60827 John Lamerson; 62335, Thomas Lindsey; 60826,
Wilson Clark; 61807, Wiley Chesser; 60824, Joel Foster; 62336, Au-
gustus Patal; 60821, Jesse Le Grand; 61810, Persel N. Graham;
60815, Milton A. Roach; 62060, Ludwick B. Bright; 61667, Samuel
C. Gordon; 61670, Patrick H. Harding; 61666, Farrer Lankaster;
62061, William F. Hunter; 62189, Nicholas M. Fain; 61805, John
Bradley; 60812, Robert Beesley; 62064, Robert D. Brooks; 70861,
Columbus W. Howard; 62373, John M. Castello; 61577, James Mum-
ray; 61562, George Somers; 62063, Charles R. Brewer; - , John
Burner: Therefore,
Patents
issue to C. States of America in Congress assembled, That upon the location, in ac-
to Sally
Northrop, &c. cordance with law, by Sally C. Northrop, or her assigns, and the presenta-
for land, &o. tion of any of the foregoing bounty land warrants so located, to the com-
missioner of the general land office with proper legal evidence that the
same has been assigned to the aforesaid Sally C. Northrop by Franklin
K. Beck, as administrator of the estate of the aforesaid Henry S. At-
wood, it shall be the duty of said commissioner to issue patents for the
land so located as in other cases.
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CHAP. CCCVI -An Act for the Relief of Hon. George W. Bridges, a Member of July 27, 1868.
the Thirty-seventh Congress.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the treasurer of the United Payment to
States pay to the Hon. George W. Bridges, late a member of the Thirty- George W.
seventh Congress, from the State of Tennessee, the sum of one thousand
six hundred and eighty-five dollars and ten cents, out of any money in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation and payment
of his claim for pay a-4 a member of the Thirty-seventh Congress, deducted
for loss of time, occasioned by his arrest by rebel authority while on his
way to the capital.
CHAP. CCCVIII. - An Act for the Relief of Major F. F. Stevens, Assistant Pay- July 27, 18568.
master United States Army.
Major to
States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting Stevens F.
F. be
officersof the paymaster-general's office and the Treasury Department credited with,
in the settleraent of the accounts of Major F. F. Stevens, late an assist- &c in settle-
ant paymaster of the United States army, credit to him the sum of three men"t of acoount.
thousand and seventy-eight dollars and sixty-three cents, as of the first
April, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, for the cause that that
amount of public money in his hands on that day was lo-t by the burning
of the steamer Alabama, on the Mississippi River: Provided,That in the Proviso.
opinion of said accounting officers the said allowance should be made.
APPRovxu, July 27, 1868.
CHAP. CCCIX. -An Act for the Relief of Palemon John. July 27, 1868.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the commisgioner of in- allowed to be
Credit Pale-
ternal revenue be, and hereby is, instructed to allow Palemon John a Mn John.
credit for the sum of seven hundred and sixty-nine dollars and thirty-
seven cents, for that amount of revenue stamps lost or stolen from the
mails while the same were in transit to said commissioner from said
Palemon John, late revenue stamp agent.
CHAP. CCCX -An Act forihe Relief of Captain Thomas W. Miller. July 27, 1868.
Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Thomas Captain rhomas
W. Miller, late captain and acting aide to Brigadier-General L. Cutler, w. Miler.
late of the army of [the] Potomac. out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred and twenty-nine dollars
and eighty-eight cents, in full for military services from the thirteenth of
May, to the seventh of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, inclu-
sive, and for jrivate horse killed in action at the battle of Gettysburg.
Arrnovan, July 27, 1868.
QEAP. CCCXI. -An Act qrantng a Penswin to Enmelene H'. Rudd, Widow of the late July 27, 1868.
Commodore John Rudd, deceased.
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension dmmeteneH.
roll, subject to the prowiions and limitations of the pension laws, the name
of Emmelene H. Rudd, widow of John Rudd, late a commodore in the
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United States navy, and pay her, out of the naval pension fund, A pen-
Bion at the rate of thirty dollars per month, commencing October twelfth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and continue during widowhood.
July 27,1868. CHAP. CCCXIL - An Act granting a Pensionto Jolrn Gridky.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of .Representatives of the United
John Gridley. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
the name of John Gridley, late of company G, of the ninth regiment of
Michigan volunteers, commencing February fourth, eighteen hundred and
sixty-five.
AisPROVED, July 27, 1868.
July 27,1868. CHAP. CCCXIIL -An Act granting a Pension to Catherine Gensler.
Pension to
Catherine States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary. of the In-
*obeanh
Gensler. terior be, and he is hereby, aqthorized and directed to place on the pen-
the name of Catherine Gensler, mother of John D. Gensler, late a private
in company I, one hundred and forty-ninth regiment of Pennsylvania
volunteers, commencing June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundrel and sixty-
four.
APPnovEI, July 27, 1868.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCXIV. - An Act granthnga Pensionto Asa F. Holcomb.
AssF.Holcomb. rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
name of Asa F. Holcomb, late a private in company B, of the twenty-
fourth regiment of New York cavalry, commencing September ninth,
July 27,1868. CHAP. CCXV. - An Act grantinga Pension to Elizabeth Laman -

Elizabeth LA- rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
mar. roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the
name of Elizabeth Lamar, mother of James Curtis Lamar, who was
killed while fighting with an organization of Union men in Kentucky,
and pay her a pension of eight dollars per month, commencing September
twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
ArPROVED, July 27, 1868.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCX VL-An Act grantinga Pension to Willam Smith.
Be it enacted y the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
William Snth. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
the name of William Smith, late-a corporal in company H, of the tent
United States infantry.
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CHAP. CCCXVIL - An Act grantinga Pensionto Martin Burke. July 27, 1868.
Be it enacted by the Senate and.House of Representatives of the United
Pension
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary' of the In- Martin to
Burke.
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
name of Martin Burke, late a sergeant in company K, of the fifteenth
regiment of New York heavy artillery, and pay him a pension from Au-
gust twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, to December thirty-
CHAP. CCCXVI. -An Ad grantng a Pensionto Prescott . Howland July 27, 1868.
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Prescott Y.
laws, the aowan(L
roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension
name of Prescott Y. Howland, late a corporal in company D, of the
twelfth regiment of New Hampshire volunteer infantry, commencing
October thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
A~rpROVED, July 27, 1868.
CHAP. CCCXIIK-An Act grantinga Pension to Stephen T. Carver. July 2Z, 1868.
tier be, 4nd he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen Stephen T. Car-
name of Stephen T. Carver, late a private in company D, of the forty-
ninth New York volunteers, and pay him a pension subject to the report
from an examining surgeon, commencing February fifth, eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-three.
.APPROVD, July 27, 1868.
CHAP. CCCXX.-An Act granting a Pension to Esther C. C. Vangilder, Widoz of July 27, 1868.
Charles F Vangilder, deceased, late a Pnvate tn Company M, FirstRegiment Vermont
Heavy Artdlany Volunteers.
Sates of Americtx in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Pension to
ior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Esther C. C.
Vangilder and
roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the childre.
name of Esther C. C. Vangilder, widow of Charles F. Vangilder, late a
private in company M, first regiment of Vermont heavy artillery volunteers,
who died May sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, leaving surviving
said widow and issue by her, three children, to wit: Charles Adelbert, born
November thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, Martha Rosell,
born June eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and Hosea Rosell
Vangilder, born February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five,
and that she be paid during her widowhood the sum of eight dollars per
month, to commence on the sixth day of May, eighteen hundred and
sixty-four, and also, under the provisions of the act of Congress relating
to pensions, approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, 186, ch- 285
the further sum of two dollars per month for each of said children, until VoL xiv. p. 280
they shall respectively arrive at the age of sixteen years.
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FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. CH, 321-325. 1868.
July 2r, 1868. CHAP. CCCXXL - An Act granting back Pension to the minor Children of Joseph
Berry.
Pension
minor to
children States oof America
mr in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the 'In-
of Joseph Berry. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place
sion roll, subject to the provisions and limitations on the pen-
the names of Mary E. Berry and Louisa Berry, minor childien of Jo-
seph Berry, late a private in company B, fourth regiment of Iowa volun-
teers, commencing October twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-
two, and to continue until November twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and
sixty-seven.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCXXII - An Act grantingincreasedPensionto Wliam B. Edwards.

Increased pen- States of Americ in Congress assemblid, That the Secretary of the In-
B.n to Wlliam terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
sion roll, subject to the provisions and limitations
the name of William B. Edwards, who was granted a pension of eight
dollars per month by an act approved April twentieth, eighteen hun-
dred and fifty-four, and pay him a pension at the rate of fifteen dol-
lars per month, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving; said increased
pension to commence June sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCXXII - An Act granting a Pension to JonathanH. Perry.
Pension EL
Jonathan to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
Perry. teror be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
sion roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, at
the rate of eight dollars per month, the name of Jonathan H. Perry,
father of Anthony H. Perry, late of company I, of the third regiment of
New Jersey volunteer infantry, commenciMg August fifteenth, eighteen
July 27, 1868. CHAP CCCXXIV. - An Act grantinga Pension to John La Marsh
John La Marsh. teiior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
name of John La Marsh, late a private in company F, of the third Ver-
mont volunteer infantry, commencing August fourth, eighteen hundred
and sixty-four.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCXXV. - 4n Act granting a Pension to Catharine Skinner.
Be it enacted by the Senate -andHouse of Representatives of the United
Pension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inter
Catharne Skin- rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
her. roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the
-name of Catharine Skinner, widow of Charles B. Skinner, late a private
in company C, of the second regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, and
pay her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, commencing De-
cember twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
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CHAP. CCCXXVI. -An Act granting a Pension to Helen L. Wolf. July 27, 1868.

Wolf.
teror be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- Helen L.
name of Helen L. Wolt widow of John Wolf, late a private in company
K, of the one hundred and eleventh regiment of New York infantry, com-
mencing March twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.
CHAP. CCCXXVI. - An Act grantinga Pension to Mrs Elizabeth Lane, of Boston, July 27, 1868.
Alassachuqetts, Motha of John Lane, deceased, late a Private in Company A, Twelfth
Regiment Mqssachusetts Volunteers.
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- Elizabeth Lane.
name of Elizabeth Lane, mother of John Lane, deceased, late a private
in company A, twelfth regiment Massachusetts volunteers, who was killed
in action August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, at the second
battle of Bull Run, Virginia, and that she be paid a pension of eight
dollars per month during her widowhood, commencing on the thirtieth
day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
CHAP CCCXXVIII - An Act granting a Pension to Miss Ann P. Hamlton, of July 27, 1868.
Allegheny C",Pennsylbanza, Aunt and adopted Mother of James E. McKillhp and
Charles P. McKilhp, deceased, late Soldiers in the Union Army.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Ann Pension to
E. Hamd-
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- ton.
sion roll the name of Miss Ann E. Hamilton, aunt and adopted mother
of James E. McKillip, late a private in company F, sixty-first regiment
Pennsylvania volunteers, who was wounded in battle at Fair Oaks, Vir-
ginia, May thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and died of his
wounds, in Richmond, June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,
and Charles P. MeKillip, late a corporal in company G, sixty-second
regiment Pennsylvania volunteers, who was killed in battle at Gaines
Hill, Virginia, June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-two;
and that she be paid a pension of eight dollars per month during her
natural life, to commence on the twenty-seventh of June, eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-two.
CHAP. CCCX=XI - An Act granting a Pension to Sarah E. Ball, Widow of James July 27,1868.
Ball, deceased, late a Fireman on the Steamer Vidette, connected with the Burnside
Expedition.
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Sarah E Ball.
name of Sarah E. Ball, of the city of Poughkeepsie, in the State of New
York, widow of James Ball, deceased, who was a fireman on the steamer
Vidette, belonging to the government-of the United States and connected
with the Burnside Expedition, an[d] died .of disease contracted in the
service, leaving said widow surviving and issue under age of sixteen years,
two children, to wit : Elnora, born June twenty-sixthb, eighteen hundred and
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fifty-three, and George D., born January third, eighteen hundred and
fifty-five ; and that she be paid a pension of eight dollars per month, dur-
ing her widowhood, to commence on the ninth of May, eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-two, and at her death or marriage the pension from that
event to be paid to the children of the said James Ball, deceased, as may
be then under the age of sixteen years.
July 27, 1868. CHAT. CCCXXX. - An Act grantinga Pension to JaneMeVaughton.

Jane MoNaugh- terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
ton.
name of Jane McNaughton, widow of Peter McNaughton, late a con-
tract surgeon, and pay her a pension as the widow of a contract surgeon,
commencing June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCXXXI. -An Act granting a Pension to Michael Rety.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Rouse of Rpresentatives of the United
Michael Reilly. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
the name of Michael Reilly, late a private in company H, thirty-fifth
regiment of Massachusetts volunteer infantry, commencing June ninth,
APPROVD,July 27, 1868.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCXXXII. -An Act granting a Pension to Eliza Donnelly, Mother of Dudl
Donnelly, deceased, late Colonel of the Twenty-ezghth Regiment Infantry, Meo York
State Volunteers.
Riza Donnelly. terior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
of Eliza Donnelly, mother of Dudley Donnelly, deceased, late colonel of
the twenty-eighth regiment of infantry, New York State volunteers;
and that she be paid during her widowhood a pension at the rate of
thirty dollars per month, to commence on and after the fourth day of
December, anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCXX:XIII - An Act grantinga Pension to Elizabeth G. Hibben, Widow
vfReverend Samuel HTibben, deceased, late a Chaplain in the Fourth Cavalry Regiment,
klinois Volunteers.
Be it enacted by the Senate andHouse of Representativesof the United
Elizabeth G. be, and he is authorized and directed to on the
Hibben. nor hereby, place pension
name of Elizabeth G. Hibben, widow of Reverend Samuel Hibben, late
a chaplain of the fourth cavalry regiment, Illinois volunteers, who had
been appoihted to that position with the lank of captain, and died of
disease contracted in the service, leaving surviving said widow, and issue,
one child, a son, of the name of John Grier Hibben, born April nine-
teenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one; and tha&she be paid during her
widowhood a pension of twenty dollars per month, to commence on the
tenth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two; and at her marriage
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or death the pension from that event to be paid to said child, if then un-
der sixteen years old.
CHAP. CCCXXXIV. - An Act granding a Pension to Hinman L. HalL July 27,1868.

Hall
ror be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Ininan L.
roll, subject to the provigions and limitations of the pension laws, the
name of Hinman L. Hall, late a private in company D, of the ninety-
seventh regiment of New York volunteer infantry, commencing July
seventeenth, eighteen hufidred and sixty-two.
CHAP. CCCXXXV. - An Actfor the Relief ofthe Granteesof Ann D.Durding. July 27,1868.
WHEREAs Ann D. Drirding, by her duly appointed attorney, attempted Preamble.
to locate the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section'tventy-
one, in township ninety-seven north of range six west in the district of
lands subject to sale at Dubuque, Iowa, on the seventh day.of November,
A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty-one, with bounty-land warrant No.
23525, for forty acres, act of September twenty-eight, eighteen hundred 1850, oh. 85.
and fifty, but by an error the location was made in township ninety-one Vol Ix.p. 520.
north, instead of ninety-seven north, and a patent was issued on said
location in township ninety-one north, which patent was destroyed by fie
by thiburning of the land office at Dubuque; and whereas the tract in
township ninety-seven north has been withdrawn from market under the
act of Congress approved May twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, 1864, oh. 84.
to aid in constructing the McGregor western railroad, but has not been Vol. xiii. p.72.
taken by or approved to that road at this time; and whereas the tract in
township ninety-seven north has been several times changed, hnd the said
Ann D. Durding cannot now be found, and the loss of the tract of land
to her grantees would result in a great hardship to them: Therefore,
Be itenacted by the Senate and House of Bepiesentatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the commmissioner of the Patent for
general land office is hereby authorized to cause the records and papers land to issue to
in the case to be corrected, and to issue a patent for the northwest quar- Ann D.Durding.
ter of the southwest quarter of section twenty-one in township ninety-
seven north of range six west, Iowa, in the name of Ann D. Durding.
CHAP CCCXXXVI -- An Act granting a Pension to Poy W. Cotton. July 27, 186B.
rror be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension PolyW. Cotton.
name of Polly W. Cotton, widow of Wayne W. Cotton, late of company
G,of the seventh regiment of Tennessee infantry, and pay her a pension
as the widow of a captain, in lien of the pension she is and has been re-
ceiving, commencing April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
ArPRovEn, July 27, 1868.
CHAP. CCCXXXVI -An Act radntng a Pension to Danid Sheeds. July 27, 1868.
States of Ameriia in Congress assembled, Tht the Secretary of the Inte- Pension to
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Daniel Sheets.
roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the Pension laws, the
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name 6f Daniel Sheets, late a captain in the seventeenth regiment of

Ohio volunteers, commencing September twelfth, eighteen hundred and
sixty-three.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCXXXVII.-An Act grantinga Pension to JaneRook.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representhtives of the United
Pension to States of America in Congress asssembled, That the Secretary of the Inte-
Jane Rook. rior he, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
name of Jane Rbok, mother of James C. Rook, late a private in company
A, of the third regiment of Maine volunteer infantry, commencing July
sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
ApRovED, July 27, 1868.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCXXXIX. -An Act granting a Pension to Hugo Etchholtz.
Pension to States of America in Congress assembled, That thq Secretary of the Inte-
Ji/ngo Echoltz. rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to plade on the pension
name of Hugo Eichholtz, late a sergeant in company L,'of the fifteenth
New York heavy artillery, and pay him a pension from August twenty-
second, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, to April twenty-third, eighteen
hundred and sixty-six.
July 27,1868. CHAP, CCCXL. -An Act grantinga Pension to the Children of William R. Suvey.
Pension to Ztates of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte-
uinor children, rhadh
oin hd.rier be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
SAvey. roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the
names of William A. Silvey and Mary Elizabeth Ann Silvey, children,
under sixteen years, of William R. Silvey, late a private in company B,
second regiment of Tennessee infantry, commencing November thirteenth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
July 27, 169. CHAP. CCCXLI. - An Act granting a Pension to Sarah K. Johnson.
Sarah K John- teror be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the
the name of Sarah K. Johnson, late of Salisbury, North Carolina, and
pay her a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per month, commencing
March four, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and to continue during her
natural life..
fly 27, 188. CHAP. CCCXLII. -An Act gralting [granting] a Pension to Roslinda McCabe,
Widow of Barney fc Cabe, late a Private in Company , Tenth Regiment New York
Cavalry Volunteers.
'ension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
,inda Mo- terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
i}e. sion roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension
laws, the
name of .Roslinda McCabe, widow of Barney McCabe. deceased, late a
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private in company I, tenth regiment New York cavalry volunteers, who

died July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, leaving surviving
said widow, who has not remarried, and issue by bei three children under
sixteen years of age, to wit: William, born October twentieth, eighteen
hundred and fifty-nine; Charles Edwin, born January twenty-ninth, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-one; and Emily Jane McCabe, born May four-
teenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three; and that she be paid, during
her widowhood, a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, to com-
mence on the fourteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-three,
and also be paid under the provisions of an act of Congress relative to
pensions, approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, the 1866, ch. 235.
further sum of two dollars per month for each of said children, until they Vol. xiv. p. 230.
shall respectively arrive at the age of sixteen years.

CHAP. CCCXLIII. -An Act granting a Pension to Joseph A. Fry. July 27, 1865.
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the Joseph A. Fry.
the name of Joseph A. Fry, a private soldier enlisted in company F,
seventeenth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry.
CHAP. CCCXLIV. -An Act granting a Pension to William J. Cotty, late of the July 27, 1868.
Twenty-first Missouri Infantry Volunteers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the. United
teror be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- Wiliam
Cotty.
J.
sion roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, at
the rate of eight dollars per month, the name of William J. Cotty, late a
member of the twenty-first Missouri infantry volunteers, to commence
from the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
APPROVED, July 27, 1,868.
CHAP. C CCXLV - An Act for the Relief of Nancy Cook, of Tennessee. July 27, 1868.
terior be, and is hereby, directed and authorized to place the name of Nancy Cook.
Nancy Cook, of Johnson County, Tennessee, widow of Alexander Cook,
on the pension roll at the rate of eight dollars per month, commencing
on the sixth day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and to con-
tinue during her widowhood.
CHAP. CCCXLVI. -An Act for the Rdief of BarbaraStout, of Tennessee. July 27, 1868.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Pension to
Interior be, and is. hereby, directed and authorized to place the name Barbara Stout.
of Barbara Stout, of the county of Johnson, State of Tennessee, widow
of John P. Stout, on the pension roll, at the rate of eight dollars per
month, to commence on the first day of October, eighteen hundred and
sixty-four, and to continue during her widowb--,
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July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCXLVIIL-An Act granting a Pension to the minor Clldrenof Garrett W.
Freer.
minor children
of Garrett W. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
Freer. roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the
names, jointly, of William G. Freer, Broadhead E. Freer, and Clarence
Freer, minor children of Garrett W. Freer, late a "special agent" in the
thirteenth district of New York, as the minor children of a second lieu-
tenant, commencing July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
July 27, 1868 CHAP. CCCXLVIII. - An Act grantinga Pension to Julia L. Doty.

Juha L. Doty. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
names of the widow Julia L. Doty and minor children of John M. Doty,
late a contract surgeon United States volunteers, and who died at An-
napolis, Maryland.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCXLIX. -An Act grantng a Pension to Frances A. Webster.

Frances M.
Webster tior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
name of Frances M. Webster, widow of L. B. Webster, late a captain
and brevet lieutenant-colonel in the fourth regiment United States artil-
lery.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCL. -An Act granting a Pension to Ruth Barton.
Pension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Itre-
Ruth Barton. rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
name of Ruth Barton, widow of Albert G. Barton, late a hospital stew-
ard, United States army, commencing April seventh, eighteen hundred
and sixty-five.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCLI. -An Act granting a Pension to John Marley.
John Marley. ior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, the
name of John Marley, late a private in company "1,"seventh New
Hampshire volunteers, commencing on the twenty-third day of October,
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CHAP CCCLII. -An Act granting a Pension to JoannaL. Shaw. July 27, 1868
Shmw.
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension JoannaL.
name of Joanna L. Shaw, widow of John E. Shaw, late a private in
company "E," fourteenth regiment of Maine volunteers, and pay her a
pension of seventeen dollars per month in lieu of the pension she is now
and has been receiving, commencing August seventeenth, eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-two.
CHAP. CCCLIII. -An Act granting a Pension to Anna H. Pratt. July 27, 1868.
ror be, and he is hereby, authoiized and directed to place on the pension Anna B. Pratt.
name of Anna H. Pratt, widow of Wheelock Pratt, late a major in the
fifty-fifth regiment Massachusetts infantry, as the widow of a captain,
commencing December thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
ArROVED, July 27, 186&.
CHAP. CCCLIV. -An Act grantinga Pension to Hannah K. CooL July 27,1868.'
Pension to
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Hannah K.
rnor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Cook.
name of Hannah K. Cook, widow of John M. Cook, late a second lieu-
tenant in the one hundred and nineteenth regiment of Pennsylvania
volunteers, commencing July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-
five.
CHAP. CCCLV - An Act granting a Pension to Jane B. Rogers. July 27, 1868.
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Jane E. Rogers.
name of Jane E. Rogers, widow of James B. Rogers, late captain com-
pany C, sixty-fourth regiment of United States colored -troops, commene-
ing July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
CHAP. CCCLVI1. - An Act granting a Pensionto Patrick Collins. July 27, 1868.
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Patrick Collins.
name of Patrick Collins, of Dayton, Ohio, late of the twenty-ninth Indi-
ana infantry, to receive pension from and after January first, eighteen
hundred and sixty-six, at the rate of ten dollars per month.
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July 27, 188. CHAP. CCCLVII. - An Act grantinga Pension to Kate Higgins.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Hfouse of Representatives of the United
Pension to tates of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
Kate Higgins. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
name of Kate Higgins, of Louisville, Kentucky, widow of John Higgins,
formerly a private in company F, twenty-eighth regiment Kentucky infan-
try, to receive a pension as such widow, commencing eleventh November,
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCLVM. - An Act granting a Pension to Barbara Weisse.
Barbara Weisse. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
name of Barbara Weisse, widow of Michael Weisse, late of company
"K," ninth regiment Michigan infantry, to receive a pension to date
from January first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.
July 27, 188. CHAP. CCCLIM - An Act grantinga Pension to Sarah J. Rogers.
Sarah Jane
Rorers. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
of Sarah Jane Rogers, widow of Hugh S. Rogers, formerly of company
C, qftieth regiment Ohio volunteers, to receive pension from the twenty-
se id day of June, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-five.
-&PPROVED, July 27, 1868.
July 27, 1868. CHAP CCCLX.-An Act granting a Pensionto Louia H. Wliston.
.Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
Louisa MI.A d-
hston. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
sion roll the name of Louisa M. Williston, widow of Samuel P. Williston,
late a sergeant in the fourth Massachusetts battery, and pay her a pension
at the rate of eight dollars per month, from October seventeenth, eighteen
hundred and sixty-two, to June sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCLXI. -An Act grantinga Pension to Esther Graves.
Esther Graves. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
sion roll, subject to the provisions and limitations o( the pension laws,
the name of Esther Graves, late a nurse in the army, and pay her a pen-
sion at the rate of eight dollars" per month, commencing January first, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-five.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCLXII. -An Act granting a Pension to Frederick Denning.
Pension to Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United

Frederiek Den- Btates of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
ning. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
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the name of Frederick Denning, father of William F. Denning, late a
second lieutenant in the ninth Maine volunteers, commencing July twenty-
second, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
CHAP. CCCLXMI - An Act granting a Pensionto Joseph B. Rodden. July 27,1868.

States of America in Congress assembled,
• That of the In-
• the Secretary"Joseph Pension to
B. Rod-
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- deB.
name of Joseph B. Rodden, late a private in company K, sixteenth
regiment of New York volunteers.
CHAP. CCCLXIV. -An Act authorizing the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to July 27, 1868.
adjust the Accounts of Mark Howard.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioner of in- Accounts of
MakHoward
ternal revenue be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to adjust o adrusted
and settle the accounts of Mark Howard, as collector of the first revenue
district of Connecticut, in conformity with the revenue laws in force at
the time he was collector of said district.
APPROVEDJUly 27, 1868.
CHAP. CCCLXV. - An Act granting a Pension to Eliza Mathews. July 27, 1868.
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Eliza Mathews.
name of Eliza Mathews, mother of Josiah W. Mathews, late a private
in company F, of the one hundred and ninth regiment of Pennsylvania
volunteers, commencing May twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-
four.
CHAP. CCCLXVL - An Act granting a Pension to William F. Nelson. July 27, 1868.
States of America in aongress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Pension to
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension William F. Nel-
roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the son.
name of William F. Nelson, late a chaplain at the Washington Park
Hospital, Cincinnati, and pay him a pension as a chaplain from and after
the passage of this act.
CHAP. CCCLXV'IL -An Act granting a Pension to Tulia A. Barton. July 27, 1868.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repreientatives of the United
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Julia A. Barton.
name of Julia A. Barton, widow of William Barton, late a private in
company I, seventh regiment Kentucky volunteers.
Ai-ruovED. July 27, 1868.
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July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCLXVIIL -An Act grantinga Pension to Julia Carroll.
Julia Carroll. ror be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
name of Julia Carroll, widow of Edward Carroll, late a private in com-
pany H, twenty-ninth regiment Massachusetts volunteers, commencing
February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCLXIX. -An Act grantinga Pension to Cornelia Peaslee.
Cornelia Peas-
lee. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
name of Cornelia Peaslee, widow of Leonard Peaslee, late a private in
company D, of the third regiment of Maine volunteer infantry, commenc-
ing July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCLXX. -An Act granting a .Pension to Maqy Cover, Widow of Samuel
Cover, deceased, late a Private in Company G, of the Ffly-sixth Regiment of Pennsy1-
vania Volunteers.
Mary Cover. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
name of Mary Cover, widow of Samuel Cover, deceased, late a private in
company G, of the fifty-sixth regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, (who
left one child, to wit, a son named Henry, born May nineteenth, eighteen
hundred and fifty-six,) and to pay her such a pension per month as a widow
of a private is entitled to under existing laws, to commence from the
tenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and continue
during her widowhood, and at her marriage or death the pension from
that event to be paid to said child while under sixteen years of age.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCLXXI. -An Act granting a Pension to William F. Moses.
PensionF. to
Wilim States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
Moses. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
name of William F. Moses, late of company A, seventy-second regiment
of Indiana volunteers, commencing June six, eighteen hundred and sixty-
five.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCLXXIL -An Act granting a Pension to Malinda Ferquson, Widow of
James Ferguson, late a Privatem Company C, of the First Regiment f entucky Cavalry.
ganda Fr- terior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
roll the name of Malinda Ferguson, widow of James Ferguson, deceased,
late a private in company C, of the first Kentucky cavalry, to be paid

during her widowhood, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise
aupropriated, the sum allowed widows of privates in the war of eighteen
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hundred and sixty-one, under existing pension laws, to commence from

and after the passage of this act, and at her remarriage or death the pen-
sion to be paid from that period to the surviving children of said James
Ferguson, deceased, that may then be under sixteen years of age, subject
to the rules and regulations of the pension department.
CHAP. CCCLXXIII. -An Act granting a Pension to Mary Merchant, Mother of July 27, 1868.
Timothy H Pittsford, deceased, late a Private in Company G, of the FirstRegiment of
the United States Veteran Engineer Corps.
teror be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Mary Merchant.
rolls the name of Mary Merchant, mother of Timothy H. Pittsford, late
a private in company G, of the first regiment of United States veteran
engineer corps, to be paid during her widowhood, out of any money in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum allowed mothers of a
deceased private in the war of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, under
existing pension laws, to be computed from the passage of this bill.
CHAP. CCCLXXIV. -An Act gransng a Pension to FredericaBrlmayer. July 27, 1868.
Frederica Briel-
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- mayer
sion roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, the
name of Frederica Brielmayer, widow of William Brielmayer, late a
member of company H, second regiment Ohio heavy artillery.
CHAP. CCCLXXV.- An Act granting a Pension to Mary A Falardo, Widow of July 27, 1868.
Onesimus Falardo,deceased, late a Private in Company K, of the One Hundred and
Twenty-fifth Regiment of New York Volunteers.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-. Mary Pension to
A. Fa-
terior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension ]ardo.
name of Mary A. Falardo, widow of Onesimus Falardo, deceased, late a
private in company K, of the one hundred and twenty-fifth regiment of
New York volunteers, (who left three children under sixteen years of
age, to wit, George, William, and Charles Falardo,) and to pay her such
a pension per month as a widow of a private is entitled to under existing
laws, to commence from the passage of this act, and to continue during
her widowhood, and at hek marriage or death the pension from that event
to be paid to her said children while under sixteen years of age.
A.PPROVED, July 27, 1868.
CHAP. CCCLXXVI.-An Act granting a Pension to Phebe McBride, Mother of July 27, 1888.
Thomas McBrde, deceased, late a Private an Company B, of the Ezghty-seventh Regs-
tnent of Illinois Volunteers.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Phoabe
Pension
Me-
to
terior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Bride.
roll the name of Phoebe McBride, mother of Thomas McBride, deceased,
late a private in company B, of the eighty-seventh regiment of Illinois
volunteers, to be paid a pension of eight dollars per month during her
widowhood, to commence from the passage of this act.
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July 27, 1868 CHAP. CCCLXXVIL -An Act qrantinga Pension to Harriet E Shears, Widow
of John T Shears, deceased, late a Private in Company H, of the Ftfty-seventh Regi-
meat of Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
Harriet E terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
Shears sion roll the name of Harriet E. Shears, widow of John T. Shears,
deceased, late a private in company H, of the fifty-seventh regiment of
Illinois infantry, to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated, the pension allowed widows of privates during widowhood,
to be computed from the seventh day of September, eighteen hundred and
sixty-two, and at her remarriage or death the same to be paid to the
minor children of said John T. Shears, deceased, who may then be under
the age of sixteen years, subject to the rules and regulations of the pen-
sion department.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCLXXVIII. - An Act granting a Pension to William H. Blair, late a
Private en Company G, of the Twelfth Regiment of Maine Volunteers.
PensionH.to
William States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
Blair. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of
William H. Blair, late a private in company G, of the twelfth regiment
of Maine volunteers, on the pension roll, to be paid a pension at the rate
of eight dollars per month, out of any moneys in the treasury not other-
wise appyopriated, to be compvted fr-om the twenty-seventh day of Janu-
ary, anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, subject to
the rules and regulations of the pension department.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCLXXIX -An Act granting a Pension to Christopher M. Cornimesser, late
a Privatein the Independent Iowa Home Guards.
Corimesser. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen
name of Christopher M. Cornmesser, late a private in the Independent
Iowa Home Guards, and pay him such a pension as a private, injured as
he is, may be entitled to under existing laws, founded upon surgical ex-
amination, to commence on the twenty-first day of July, anno Domini
eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
July 27, 1868 CHAP. CCCLXXX. -An Act grantinga Pensionto Johannah Connolly.
Johanah Con- terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
nolly. sion roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, the
name of Johannah Connolly, mother of Eugene Connolly, late a private
in company E, twentieth regiment Massachusetts volunteers, commencing
November five, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
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CHAP. CCCLXXXI. -An Act granting a Pension to the minor Chdden of Michael July 27, 1868.
ravgs.
minor children
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- of Michael
sion roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the Travis.
names of the minor children of Michael Travis, late a private in com-
pany I, seventy-fourth segiment of Ohio volunteers, commencing February
sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
CHAP. CCCLXXXII. - An Act granting a Pension to the Widow and minor Children July 27, 1868.
of James Cox.
widow and mi-
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- nor children of
sion roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, the James Cox
names of the widow, Agnes Cox, and the minor children of James Cox,
late of company B, first regiment Ohio heavy artillery, commencing Janu-
ary ten, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
CHAP. CCCLXXXIII. -An Act qranting

. a Pension to Lavinaa A Gutings, Mother July 27, 1868.
of Andrew Gittengs.
terror be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- Lavinia A Git,
the pension laws, the tings.
sion roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of
name of Lavinia A. Gittings, mother of Andrew J. Gittings, late of" Put-
nam's Rangers," first Maryland cavalry, commencing March fourth, eigh-
teen hundied and sixty-two.
CHAP. CCCLXXXIV. - An Act granting a Pension to Owen Griffin. July 27, 1868.
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- Owen Griffin.
name of Owen Griffin, foster-father of James Griffin, late a member of
company D, of the twenty-second Wisconsin volunteers, and John Griffin,
late of company H, seventeenth regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers, at the
rate of eight dollars per month, and to continue during his natural life.
CRLAP. CCCLXXXV. - An Act grantinga Pension to MargaretLewis. July 27, 1868.

States of America en Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Pension to
terior be, and he is hereby, nuthorized and directed to place on the pen- Margaret Lewis.
name of Margaret Lewis, mother of John B. Lewis, who served in com-
pany A, twelfth regiment of Connecticut volunteers, under the name of
Clarence L. Ingersoll, at the rate of eight dollars per month, commencing
April twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and to continue
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July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCLXXXVI. -An Act granting a Pension to Mkrs. Mary Brown.
Pension
Mrs. Mary to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
Brown. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
sion roll, subject to the provisions and restrictions of the pension laws, the
name of Mrs. Mary Brown, widow pf William Brown, late of company E,
thirty-seventh regiment Iowa volunteer infantry, at the rate of eight dol-
lars per month, to commence on the third day of April, eighteen hundred
and sixty-three, and to continue during her widowhood.
APPrtovED, July 27, 1868.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCLXXXVII. -An Act granting a Pension to Esther Fisk.
Esther Fisk. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
name of Esther Fisk, widow of John D. Fisk, late a private in the second
New York veteran cavalry, commencing November twentieth, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCLXX.XVIII. - An Act granting a Pension to William 0 Dodge.
Wdlam 0. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
namne of William 0. Dodge, a resident of Kingston, Caldwell County, Mis-
souri, and a late member of the Missouri home guards.
July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCLXXXI. - An Act granting a Pension to the Widow of Solomon Cause.
Pension
widow to
of Solo- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
mon Gause teror be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
name of Mary D. Gause, the widow of Solomon Gause, late a private in
company B, sixty-fifth regiment Ohio volunteers, commencing September
eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.
APPRovFD, July 27, 1868.
July 27, 1868. CHAP CCCXC. - An Act grantingan IncreaseofPension to Emdy B Bidwell, Widow
of Brigadier-General DanielD Bidwell, and to Sarah Hackleman, 'Wzdow of Brigadeer-
General PleasantA Hackleman.
Pension
Emily to
B. Bid- States of Amersca in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-
wel. teror be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
sion roll the name of Emily B. Bidwell, widow of the late Brigadier-Gen.
eial Daniel D. Bidwell, for pension, at the rate of fifty dollars per month,
from the nineteenth day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, on
which day General Bidwell fell mortally wounded at the battle of Cedar
Creek, Virginia, to continue during widowhood.
Former pen- SEC. 2. And be it fJ2 ther enacted, That the pension heretofore al-
sion discon- lowed said Emiy B. Bidwell under general law be discontinued; but the
tinned
sum received by her under the same shall be deducted from the pension
hereby granted, and this pension shall be subject to the provisions of the
general pension law.
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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Interior Pension to
be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension rollnSarah akle-
the name of Sarah Hackleman, widow of the late Brigadier-General
Pleasant A. Hackleman, for pension, at the rate of fifty dollars per month,
from the third day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, on which
day General Hackleman fell mortally wounded at the battle of Corinth,
to continue during her widowhood.
SEc. 4. And be it further enacted, That the pension heretofore allowed Former pen-
said Sarah Hackleman under general law be discontinued; but the here- sum sion ducon-
tinned.
received by her under the same shall be deducted from the pension
by granted, and this pension shall be subject to the provisions of the gen-
eral pension law: Provided, That the increase of pension herein granted Proviso.
shall take effect from the date of the passage of this act.
CHAP. CCCXCI. -An Act for the Relief of Samuel Tibbetts. July 27, 1868.
Treasury be authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the SamuelTibbetta
treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred dollars, be-
ing for money paid by said Tibbetts for the entry of land upon which he
had before located a land warrant, and which warrant, before a patent
was issued, had been lost by the officers of the land office.
CHAP. CCCXCII -An Act granting a Pension to Chauncey D. Rose, Father of Alvin July 27, 1868.
J. Rose, late a Serqeant Veteran in Company A, Second Regiment of Ohio Cavalry
Volunteers, who was killed in Action at Five Forks, Virginia, April one, eighteen hundred
and sixty-.five
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Chauncey D.
of Chauncey D. Rose, father of Alvin J. Rose, late a sergeant veteran in
company A, second regiment of Ohio cavalry volunteers, who was killed
in action at Five Forks, Virginia, April first, eighteen hundred and sixty-
five, and that he be paid a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month
during his natural life, to commence on the first day of April, anno
Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-five.
CHAP. CCCXCIII -An Act to relieve Nelson Tif, of e gia, of Disabilities. July 27, 1868.
States of America in Congress assembled, (two thirds of each house con- Nelson Tift
curring therein,) That all legal and political disabilities imposed by the relieved of dis.
United States upon Nelson Tift, of Albany, Georgia, in consequence of
participation in the recent rebellion, be, and the same are hereby, re-
moved.
CHAP. CCCXCIV. - An Act for the Relief ofA. W. Ballard. July 27, 1868.
States of America in Congress assembled, That, the Quartermaster-Gen- Claim of Cap-
eral of the United States be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to tam A.W. Bal-
allow and settle the claim of Captain A. W. Ballard, late captain in one lowed, &.
hundred and thirteenth regiment U. S. colored infantry, for value of lost
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428 FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. IL CH. 894 1868.
voucher for corn issued by Benton Stearns, lieutenant twenty-second

Michigan veteran infantry, late A. A. Q. M. at Washington, Arkansas,
1867, ch. 57. November fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, the same being now
Vol. xiv. p. 897. suspended under act of Congress of February nineteenth [twenty-first]
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.
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RESOLUTIONS.
[No. 6 ] A Resolution authorimng Rear-Admiral H. K. Thatcher to accept a Decoration Jan 11, 1868.
from the King of the Hawaiian Islands
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That Rear-Admiral H. K. Thatcher, I Rear-Admiral
K. Thatcher
of the navy of the United States, may accept a decoration of the order may accept a
of Kamahamaha First, which has be[ejn tendered him by the King of decoration.
the Hawaiian Islands, as an evidence of his appreciation of that officer.
[No. 21.] A Resolution for the Relief of Israel S. Diehl. March 12, 1868.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates
of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury tomCertain dutiesens-
paid
be, and he is hereby, directed to remit the duty charged on the importa- by Irael S.
tion of a number of Cashmere or Angora goats, imported for the intro- Dishl may be
remitted and re-
duction of the breed in a portion of the United States by Israel S. Diehl, 3paid.
and that he cause to be returned to the said Israel S. Diehl the sum of
one hundred and thirty-five dollars in gold, deposited by him with the
deputy-collector of the port of New York, on the twenty-ninth day of
November, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, on account of the payment
of said duty.
[No. 22.] A Resolution instructingthe Superintendent of the Asylum for the Insane in the March 12, 1868.
Distrnct of Columbia to admit James McIntosh on the same Footing as indigent insane
Persons of the Distrct.
Resolved by the Senate and Rouse of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That the superintendent of the asylum James Mcli-
for-the insane in the District of Columbia be, and is hereby, authorized tosh may be ad-
mitted into
to admit to said asylum James McIntosh, on the same footing as other asylum for the
indigent insane persons of the District. insane.
[No. 26.] A Resolution for the Relief of the Heirs of Major A. L. Brewer, late a March 80, 1868.
Paymasterin the United States Army.
Resolved tn the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of allowed
Creditintothe
be
the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to enter a accounts of Ma-
credit of three thousand six hundred and thirty-six dollars on the account jor A L. Brew-
of Major A. L. Brewer, paymaster in the army, who, with his clerk, er.
Robert F. Brewer, was destroyed by the explosion of the steamer J. R.
Carter on the Mississippi River, and which sum stands charged against
the said Major Brewer as a balance against him on his accounts in the
Treasury Department.
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430 FORTIETH CONGRESS Sn-s. I. Rs.27, 29, 85, 86. 1868.
April 11, 1868. [No 27.] Joint Resolutionfor the Reltef of Beals and Dixon.
Be it rcsolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
Accounts of States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
and Dix- Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause the accounts of Beals
Beals
on to lbe adjust-
ed and paid. and Dixon, for the delivery of material after May first, eighteen hundred
and sixty-one, under their contracts with the United States, to be adjusted
and paid, allowing to said Beals and Dixon such additional prices for
material delivered after May first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, as
they may he justly entitled to under the provisions of their supplemen-
tary contract dated January first, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, the
same to be adjusted by the proper officer and in the manner named in
the contract.
A_PPROVED, April 11, 1868.
May 19, 1868. [No 29.] A Resolution for the Relief of George W. Doty, a Commanderin the United
States Navy on the retired List.
Name of of America in Congress assembled, That the name of George W. Doty,
Geoige W Doty
to be placed on commander United States navy, be placed upon the navy register as
navy register as, a commander, from the sixteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and
&c. p. 482. sixty-two, the
h date
aeo of his
n commission.
omsin
Pest, sxyto
June i1,1868. [No. 25 ] Joint Resolution for the Restoration of CaptainJames F. Armstrong, United
States Navy, to the active List from the retired List.
Captain James States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the
F Armstrong United States be authorized to nominate, and, by and with the advice
to be restoied to
active list of and consent of the Senate, to appoint Captain James F. Armstrong to
navy. the active 116t of the navy, with the rank to which he may be entitled
thereon.
June 17, 1868. [NTo. 361 Joint Resolutionfor the Reiefof.ofhwrM. Palmer.
Preamble. WEREAS John M. Palmer, of Nashville, Tennessee, on the twenty-
seventh August, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, contracted with the
quartermasters' department of the United States to manufacture and de-
liver fifty-two thousand two hundred coffins, for the interment of deceased
Union soldiers at Natchez, Vicksburg, and Corinth, Mississippi; Memphis,
Pittsburg Landing, Fort Donelson, and Nashville, Tennessee; and Mari-
etta, Georgia; and also to erect fences for the national cemeteries at
Natchez, Vicksburg, and Corinth, Mississippi; and at Memphis, Fort
Donelson, Stone River, and Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee; and whereas
by the malicious destruction of said Palmer's steam saw-mill and ma-
chinery by rebel incendiaries, and the loss of lumber by providential
floods, but by no fault or neglect of his own, he has failed to fully com-
plete his said contract, and has incurred forfeitures to the government
thereon: Therefore,
relieved Staes of America in Congress assembled, That said John M. Palmer be,
John M.
Palmer
from forfeitures and he is hereby, relieved from all stoppages and forfeitures on account
of contract, and of his failure to deliver coffins under said contract: And be ztfurther re-
bs claim tobe solved, That the quartermaster-general is hereby authorized and directed
settled.
1867, ch 61, § 7 to adjust and settle the further claim of said John M. Palmer for erecting
Vol. xiv p. 401. fences around the said national cemeteries by an additional allowance of
seven thousand two hundred and eighty-three dollars and seventy cents,
to be paid from the appropriation provided in an act entitled "An act to
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establish and protect national cemeteries," approved February twenty-

second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and the accounting officers of
the treasury are authorized to audit the same, in conformity herewith.
SEc. 2. And be it further resolved, That the chief quartermaster of Further sum
the military department of the Cumberland, in addition to the contract to be paid John
price of ninety cents for each coffin manufactured by the said John M. M Palmer.
Palmer, under his contract aforesaid, of' the date of the twenty-seventh
of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, cause to be paid out of any
money under his control unto the said John M. Palmer the further sum
of twelve thousand seven hundred and sixteen dollars and thirty cents
for manufacturing and delivering said coffins: Provided, That the said
John M. Palmer shall, in conformity with the provisions of his contract
aforesaid, well and truly manufacture and deliver all the coffins which he
is thereby still required to manufacture and deliver.
[No. 44.1Joint Resolution for the Relief of Robert L Lindsay. June 25, 1868.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the paymaster-general Robert Payment to
L. Lind-
of the army be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to say.
Robert L. Lindsay, late of the fiftieth regiment Missouri volunteers, the
full pay and allowances of a second lieutenant of infbntry from the third
day tf August, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to the thirtieth day of
November, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
APPEOVEDi-June 2-5, 1868.
[No 45.] Joint Resolutioi to authorize the Secetar. of the Treasury to remit the Duties June 25, 1868.
on certain Articles contributed to the nationalAssocTation of American Sharpshooters.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Duties remit-
Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized to remit the duties on all prizes ted to national
u bassoetin of
contributed to the national association of American sharpshooters for American
the third American shooting-festival, by friends and kindred associations sharpshooters.
in Europe, which may be imported into the United States prior to the
sixth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight: Provided, That the Proviso
value of the prizes so contributed and imported shall not exceed the ag-
gregate sum of one thousand dollars in currency.
[No. 46 ] Joint Resolution to authorize the Enlargement of the Hygeia Hotel at Fortress June 25, 1868.
Monroe, Virginia.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, Henry Clark
and he is hereby, authorized to grant permission to Henry Clark, propri- may enlarge the
Hotel.
etor of the Hygeia Hotel at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, to enlarge the said Hygeim
hotel in such a manner as may be compatible with the interests of the
United States: Provided, That such enlargement, or any building here- Proviso.
after erected by any peison or persons upon the lands of the United
States at Fortress louioe, shall be at once removed, at the expense of
the respective owners, whenever the Seretary of War shall deem such
removal necessary, and no claim for damages therefor shall be made upon
the government of the United States: And provided further, That -the Proviso.
building so to be enlarged shall be subject to taxation under State and
national authority the same as other property.
APPROVED, June 25, 1868-
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July 8, 1868 [No. 501 A Resolution for the Relief of George W. Doty, a Commanderin the United
States Navy, on the retired List.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
Name of States of America in Congress assembled, That the name of George W.
George W Doty
to be placed on Doty, commander United States navy, be placed upon the navy register
navy register
with pay, as a commander, from the sixteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and
Ante p. 430.&c. sixty-two, with the pay of such rank to the date of his commission.
APPEOVED, July 3, 1868.
July 7, 1868 [No. 53 ] Joint Resolutonfor the Rdief of John Sedqwick, Collector of Internal Revenue,
third District Californza
Payment to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
John Sedgwick. Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to pay, out of any
money not otherwise appropriated, to John Sedgwick, collector of internal
revenue for the third district of California, the sum of three thousand
five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as the proper accounting officer
shall, from satisfactory vouchers, determine necessary to secure him a
salary of that amount for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and sixty-four, in addition to the amount be [he] necessarily paid
out, in currency, in the discharge of his official duties for said year.
July 18, 1868. [No 57 1 Joint Resolution in Relation to the Settlement of the Accounts of certain Offleers
and Agents who hare disbursedpublic Money inder the Directionof the Chzef of Engneers.
Credits to be States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
allowed of
tlement n the
set- Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, in settlement of
accounts of the accounts of Captain George W. Cullum, Captain James B. McPher-
James B. Mc- son, Captain Charles E. Blunt, and Lieutenant John C. Palfrey, of the
Pherson, Charles
E Blunt and corps of engineers, to allow to the credit of Captain Cullum the amount
John C. Patfrey, receipted for to him by Charles H. Bigelow; to the credit of Captain
ot the corps of James B. McPherson and Captain C. E. Blunt the amounts receipted for
engineers, and of
John J. Lee. to them respectively by Abiel W. Tinkham; and to the credit of Lieu-
tenant John C. Palfrey the amount receipted for to him by John J. Lee;
and to the credit of Mr. John J. Lee the amount receipted for to him by
Proviso. L. H. Eaton: Provided, That the said Charles H. Bigelow, Aiel W.
Tinkham, John J. Lee, and L. H. Eaton, shall each be held to the same
accountability to the United States for the amounts transferred to them,
respectively, at the time of transfer, apd for advances made to them from
the treasury, as was at the time of transfer required by law and regula
tions from officers of the corps of engineers : And provided further, That
this authority bhall have no further application than to such accounts of
[the] aforesaid persons as have been already examined and approved by
the chief of engineers, and are found to contain a full and satisfactory
accounting for all the public money which came into the hands of the
aforesaid persons under the circumstances aforesaid, viz. C. H. Bigelow,
thirty-eight thousand three hundred and fifty-one dollars and seventy-four
cents ; J. J. Lee, three thousand five hundred and eight dollars and ninety-
five cents; A. W. Tinkham, twelve thousand nine hundred and ten dol-
lars and thirteen cents; L. H. Eaton, ninety dollars and eighty-five cents;
all of which money having been expended upon the fortifications of the
States of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine.
APPROVPD, July 13, 1868.
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[No. 65.] Joint Resolutionfor the Relief of Henry B. Ste. Marie. July 20, 1868.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State is Payment to
hereby authorized and directed to pay out of the civil service fund of his Henry B. Ste.
Marie.
department, the sum of ten thousand dollars to Henry B. Sainte Marie, Repealed, see
for services and information in the arrest of John H. Surratt, in the 1868, ch. 268, § 8.
Kingdom of Italy, charged with the crimes of conspiracy and murder. Ante, p. 234.
[No. 66.] Joint Resolutwnffor the Relief of Z. H. Hall. July 20, 1868.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Amountof
tonnage tax
Treasury is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to refund to Z. M. Hall, be refunded to
of Chicago, the sum of one hundred and four dollars and ten cents, being Z.X. Hall.,
the tonnage tax paid on the schooner S. B. Pomeroy, in error by the
master of said schooner, at the port of Bay City, on the twenty-first of
April, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, said tax having been paid by
said Hall at Chicago, on the sixteenth April, eighteen hundred and sixty-
eight.
[No. 70.] A Resolution for the Restoration of Commander Aaron K. Hughes, United July 23,1868.
States Nary, to the active List from the retired List.
Resolved by the Senate and House of i,epresentatives of the United
States of America in Congress assemblef T hat Ithe President of the Commander
United States be authorized to nominate, and by and wiih the advice Aaron K.
Hughes to be
and consent of the Senate, to appoint Commander Aaron K. Hughes to restoied to
the active list of the navy, with the rank to which he may be entitled actve lst of the
therein.
[No. 71.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of Peter M. Carmichael, Surveyor of the Port July 23, 1868.
of Albany
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting Allowance to
officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized, ,M. be made Peter
Carmichael
in auditing and adjusting the accounts of Peter M. Carmichael, surveyor ii settlement of
of the port of Albany, to admit and allow the charge of one thousand accountb
and eight dollars, the same having been paid by him to John Hastings,
deputy surveyor and inspector of said port.
[No. 85] A Resolution to construe an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the accounting July 27, 186g.
Officers of the Treasury to settle the Accounts of Andrew S. Core." 1868, oh. 122.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Ante, p. 875.
States of America in Congress assembled, That an act entitled "An act Andrew S.
to authorize the accounting officers of the treasury to settle the accounts Core to he cred
of Andrew S. Core." shall be so construed as to authorize and direct the
said accounting officeis to settle and close the said accounts by crediting
the said Core with the amount of such uncollectable, or unaccounted for,
tax lists or bills placed in hi hands for collection as they may be satis-
fied have been lost or destroyed by reason of rebel raids, and have not
been collected by him.
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434 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sass. IL REs. 86, 87. 1868.
July 27, 1868. [No. 86.] A Resolution for the Relief of Jonathan S. Turner.
Preamble. WHEREAS Jonathan S. Turner, of Fair Haven, in the county of New
Haven and State of Connecticut, did obtain letters patent of the United
States of America, for improvement in alarm clocks, dated July thirteen,
eighteen hundred and fifty-two; and whereas the said Jonathan S. Turner
did, on or about the twenty-seienth day of December, eighteen hundred
and sixty-five, file in the patent office his petition or apphcatioi for an
extension of the term, in accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth
1888, oh 857, section of the patent act, approved July four, eighteen hundred and thir
§ 18. ty-six, and complied with all the requirements of the rules and laws ap
Vol. v. p. 124. plicable thereto, except the inadvertent omission of one revenue stamp of
the value of five cents, for which omission only the acting commissioner
of patents did, on the twelfth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-six,
refuse to extend the said patent: Theretore,
Resolved by the. Senate and House of Representatives of the United
Patent of States of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioner of pat
Jonathan S.
Turner extend- ents be, and he is hereby, authorized to extend the term of the said patent
ed. to the said Jonathan S. Turner, for the term of seven years from and after
the thirteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, which said
patent, so extended, shall have the same validity, force, and effect, as
though the extension had been allowed and certified by the said commis-
sioner of patents, in accordance with the eighteenth section of the patent
act, approved July four, eighteen hundred aiid thirty-six, before the ex-
piration of the original term named in said patent.
APPROVED, July 27, 1868
July 27, 1868. [No. 87.] Joint Resolutionfor the Relaefof.3artha E. King.
Payment and States of America in Congress assembled, That the paymaster-general of
pension to Mar- the United States army be, and is hereby, directed to pay to Martha E.
tha E King. King, widow of Clinton King, late of the county of Carroll and State of
Tennessee, deceased, a sum equal to the pay of a first lieutenant of cav-
alry from the fifteenth day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-
three, to the tenth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-four ; and
that the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place
the name of the said Martha E. King on the pension roll, and she shall be
entitled to the pension provided by law for the widow of a first lieutenant
of cavalry who died in the military service of the United States of disease
contracted while in such service and in the line of duty, since the fourth
day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
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PRIVATE ACTS OF THE FORTIETH CONGRESS
OF THE
UNITED STATES,
Passed at the Third Session, which was begun and held at the City of
Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the seventh day
of December, A. D. 1868, and was adjourned without day on Thursday,
the fourth day of March, A. D. 1869.
ANDREW JOHNSON, President. BENJiAIN F. WADE, President of the

tives, until the third day of March, A. D. 1869, on which day he re-
signed, and THEODORE M. POMEROY was elected Speaker, and so
acted for the remainder of the session.
CHAP. I. -An frn Disabilities Franldm J. Moses, a Citizen of South Dec. 11, 1868.
Act to relieve
Carolina.
States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of each house concur- Franklin J.
ring therein,) That all political disabilities imposed on Franklin J. Moses, of
Moses relicved
political dis.
a citizen of South Carolina, by reason of the third section of the four- abilities.
teenth article of the amendments to the Constitution of the United States,
be, and the same are hereby, removed.
APPROVED, December 11, 1868.
CHAP III -An Act to authorize the Secretary of State to adjust the Claim of Gustavus Dec 15, 1868.
(. Cushmanfor Office Rent whde Commissioner under the Reciprocity Treaty.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State is Accounts of
hereby authorized to reopen and adjust the accounts of Gustavus G. Gustavus G.
Cushman to be
Cushman, late commissioner of fisheries under the late reciprocity treaty adjusted.
with Great Britain, so far as relates to a claim for office rent, upon the See Vol xvi
same basis as allowed to all the successors of said Cushman in said office. P 10
CHAP. V.- An Act to relieve certain Persons ofrbt political Disablitiesimposed by the Dec. 22, 1868.
Fourteenth Article of the Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.

States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of each house con- Removal of
curring therein,) That all political disabilities imposed by the fourteenth olitical disabil-
article of the amendments of the Constitution of the United States upon lain persons.
the following citizens of South Carolina, viz : Andrew Ramsey, of Edge-
field county ; .W. L. Hewiotz, of Sumter county; William A. McDamels,
James Harrison, and John H. Goodwin, of Greenville county ; William
J. Mixson, of Barnwell county; Johnson J. Knox, of Sumter county;
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486 FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. III. CH. 5, 6, 8, 10, 1,1. 1869.
J. J. Klein, John W. Burbridge, and Charles B. Farmer, of Colleton

county; and George Buist, of Charleston county; A. L. McCaslan and
William Hill, of Abbeville county; John F. Porteous, of Beaufort county;
C. W. McFadden, of Chester county; R. H. Edmunds, of Fairfield county;
Alexander McBee, H. M. Smith, and William E. Earle, of Greenville
county; W. H. Langston, of Laurens county; John C. Secrest, of Lan-
caster county; Julius L. Shanklin, of Oconee county; Thompson H.
Cooke, George Boliver, and William N. Mount, of Orangeburg county;
Spartan D. Goodlett, R. E. Holcombe, John W. Singleton, L. N. Robbins,
and James E. Hagood, of Pickens county; John Heart and N "illiam H.
Tally, of Richland county; P. Quin Camp and A. E. Smith oj Spartan-
burg county; R. L. Heriot, of Sumter county; and Charles W. Ged-
des, of Charleston county, South Carolina; and Edward Cantwell, of
Hanover county; and W. J. Clarke, of Craven county, North Carolina;
and DeWitt C. Senter, of Granger county, Tennessee; on account of
participation in the recent rebellion, be, and the same hereby are,
removed.
Jan. 6, 1869. CHAP. VI. - An Act for the Relief of Joseph Moorehead.
Be it enacted by the Senate and house of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That Joseph Mloorehead, of
Joseph Moore- Ohio, lately a passed midshipman in the United States navy, now insane,
head to be ad-
mitted into the shall be admitted as a patient intd the naval and military asylum for the
asylum for the insane, at Washington City, District of Columbia, and remain therein so
insane in Wash-
ington, D C long as be shall continue insane and his guardian shall so desire.
Jan. 8, 1869. CHAP. Vill. - An Act to relievefrom DisabilitiesJohn G. Stoces, a Citzen of Alabama.
John G Stokes States of America in Congress assembled, (two thirds of each house con-
relieved of poht- curring therein,) That all political disabilities imposed on John G. Stokes,
ical disabilites. a citizen
of Alabama, by reason of the fourteenth article of the
amend-
ments to the Constitution of the United States, be, and the same are here-
by, removed.
Jan 14, 1869. CHAP. X. -An Act for the Relief of Mrs. Emma Wilson, of the State of Indiana.
Be it enacted by the Senate and U-'ouse of Representatives of the United
Payment to States of America in Congress assembled,That the Secretary of the Treas-
Mis. Emma Wil-
son. ury be authorized to pay to Mrs. Emma Wilson, of Indiana, one quarter's
salary of her deceased husband, James Wilson, as minister to Venezuela.
APPRoVED. January 14, 1869.
Jan. 18,1869. CHAP XI - An Act to prowde for the Removal of the Remains of Hon. W. T. Cogges.
halt, late Minister of the Unted States at Ecuador, to the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate akd House of Representatives of the United
Remains of States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State be,
William T.
Coggeshall to be and hereby is, authorized to provide for the removal of the body of Hon-
removed to the orable William T. Coggeshall, late minister of the United States at Ecua-
United States. dor, to the United States, and that of his daughter; and that a sum not
exceeding one thousand dollars be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any
money not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expense of said removal;
and that the sum of one thousand dollars be, and is hereby, appropriated
for the relief of the family of the deceased W. T. Coggeshall.
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CHAP. XII. - An Act to relieve William H Bagley. of Wake County, North Carolina. Jan. 18, 186b.
States of America in Congress assembled, (two thirds of each house concur- William H.
ring therein,) That all political disabilities imposed by the third section Bagley relieved
from political
of the fourteenth article of the amendments to the Constitution of the disabilities.
United States be, and the same are hereby, removed from William H.
Bagley, of the county of Wake, in the State of North Carolina.
CHAP XIV. -An Act to relievefrom DisabilitiesR W. Best and Samuel F. Phillips, Jan. 22, 1869.
of North Carolina.
States of America in Congress assembled, (two thirds of each house con- R W. Best
and Samuel F
curring,) That all political disabilities imposed by the United States upon Phillips relieved
R. W. Best and Samuel F. Phillips, of North Carolina, in consequence from political
of participation in the recent rebellion, be, and the same are hereby, disabilities.
removed.
CHAP. XVII. - An Actfor the Relief of Rufus H. Hollister, ofJanesville, Wisconsin. Jan. 80, 1869.
Be it enacted by the Senate and louse of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Rufus
Payment to
M. Hol-
ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Rufus M. later.
Hollister, of Janesville, Wisconsin, the sum of five hundred dollars, out
of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to reimburse
the said Hollister for that sum, in seven-thirty bonds of the United
States, lost and destioyed by fire on the sixteenth of June, eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-six.
CHAP. XVII.-An Act confrming Tite to "Little Rock Island," in the M'isissippi Jan. 80, 1869.
River.
Whereas, according to the official plat of the survey of the public land Preamble.
returned to the general land office by the surveyor-general, a certain
island, in the Mississippi River, known as Little Rock Island, and situate
opposite the city of Clinton, in the State of Iowa, was surveyed and
platted as being within the district of lands subject to entry as d sale at
the government land office at Dubuque, in the Territory of Iowa; and
whereas said island was entered by Jonathan L. Pearce, junior, at said
government land office at Dubuque, as appears by cash certificate num
ber three thousand three hundred and twenty-six, and was subsequently
granted by the United States to said Jonathan L. Pearce, junior, by let-
ters patent, dated the first day of January, A. D. eighteen hundred and
forty-six, and recorded in volume seven, page two hundred and ten, of
patents, in which said letters patent said island is described as being
" Little Rock Island, in the Mississippi River, in township eighty-one
north, of range seven east, of the fifth principal meridian, in the district
of lands subject to sale at Dubuque, Iowa Territory, containing thirty-
nine acres and four hundredths of an acre" ; and whereas said island is
situdted east of the main channel of the Mississippi River, in the State
of Illinois, in the district of lands subject to sale at Springfield, in said
Illinois: Now, therefore,
States of America in Congress assembled, That the title to the said island Title to "Lit-
tle Rock Island"
be, and the same is hereby, ratified and confirmed to the said Jonathan L. confirmed to
Pearce, junior, and his grantees, fully, in like manner and effect, and in Jonathan L.
Pearce, Jr.
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438 FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. ITT. CH. 18, 22, 25, 26, 7. 1869.
all respects to the same intent and purpose, as if the laws of the United
States respecting the survey, entry, and sale of the public land had been
Proviso. fully and in every respect complied with and observed : Provided,That
this act shall not be construed to deprive any other person of any right
or title to said land acquired from the United States.
Feb. 2, 1869. CHAT. X - An Actfor the Relief of Commander John L. Davis.

Payment to States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting
Commander
John L. Davis. officer of the treasury pay to commander John L. Davis two hundred
and seventy-one dollars and ninety-one cents out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Feb. 9, 1869. CHAP XXV. -An Act for the Relief of John H. Osier, of Guernsey County, Ohio.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representates of the United
Payment to States of America in Congresi assembled, That there be paid to John H.
John H. Osler. Osier, late first lieutenant twenty-sixth regiment 0. V. I., the pay of a
first lieutenant of infantry from the thirty-first of July to the fourth
of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.
Feb. 9, 1869. CHAP. XXVI. -An Act to confirm the Tle to certain Land to the Pueblo of Santa
Ana, z the Territory of New Mexico.
Title to cer- States of America in Congress assembled, That the lands claimed by and
tam lands m New
Mexico, con- belonging to the pueblo of Santa Ana, in the Territory of New Mexico,
firmed to the lying upon the Jernez or Santa Ana river, and not exceeding four square
pueblo of Santa leagues in extent, as reported by the surveyor-general of said Territory
Ana. in his report to the Secretary of the Interior, of January fifth, eighteen
hundred and sixty-seven, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed, and the
commissioner of the general land office shall issue the necessazy
instructions for the survey of said claim, and upon the return and filing
in his office of such survey and plot, said commissioner shall issue a
Proviso. patent therefor: Provided, however, That the confirmation shall only be
construed as a relinquishment of title on the part of the United States,
and shall not affect any adverse valid right, should any such exist.
Feb 16. 1869. CHAP. XXVII - An Act for the Relief of Jane MeMurray.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of tne United
Penion to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte-
Jane MoMurray. rior is hereby authorized and directed to allow and pay to Jane McMur-
ray, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, widow of Ezekiel McMurray, a soldier of
the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, a pension at the rate of eight
dollars per month, in lieu of the sum of four dollars' per month now
received by her, to commence from the fourteenth day of July, eighteen
hundred and sixty-two.
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FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. III. CH. 28, 29, 30, 9, 40. 1869. 439
CHAP. XXVIII. -An a Pension to the Widow and Child of Martin

Act g Wirantn Feb. 16, 1869.
deceased.
hltt,

Whitt.
rior is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, sub- Margaret
ject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of
Margaret Whitt, widow of Martin Whitt, late a private in company B,
fourth regiment Kentucky volunteers, and allow and pay her a pension,
commencing September nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
CHAP. XXIX.-An Act granting a Pension to Anne Dycher, Widow of Matthew D. Feb. 16,1869.
Dycher.
rior is hereby authorized and directed to place the name of Anne Dycher, Anne Dycher.
widow of Matthew D. Dycher, late a sergeant in company M, first regi-
ment New York cavalry volunteers, on the pension roll, at the rate of
eight dollars per month, to commence from *thefirst day of April, eighteen
hundred and sixty-four, and to continue during her widowhood.
CHAP. XXX. -An Act grantzng a Penswn to Elizabeth J. Miller, Widow of General Feb. 16, 1869.
John Miller.
Be it enacted,by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
rior is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the pension rolls, Elizabeth
ler J. Mil-
subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name
of Elizabeth J. Miller, widow of General John Miller, of Kentucky, and
to allow and pay her a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per month,
to commence from the thirtieth day of August, eighteen hundred and
sixty-two, and to continue during her widowhood.
CHAP. XXXIX. -An Act granting a Pension to Daniel Hauser, a Citizen of North Feb. 19, 1869.
Carolina,and a Soldier of theWar of eighteen hundied and twelve.
rior be, and he is hereby, required to place the name of Daniel Hauser, Dan:el Hauser.
now a citizen of Forsyth county, North Carolina, a soldier of the war of
eighteen hundred and twelve, who served in the fifth regiment of North
Carolina militia, -upon the pension roll; and that the said Daniel Hauser
be paid out of the pension fund the sum of eight dollars per month from
the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, during the re-
mainder of his natural life.
CHAP XL. - An Act for the Relif of William Grant Powers. Feb. 19, 1869.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Powers
William Grant
may be
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized to admit into the government admitted into
hospital for the insane, in the District of Columbia, William Grant the hospital for
Powers, an insane person, son of Mrs. Eliza H. Powers, widow, an the insane in the
District of
employee of the government in the Post-Office Department. Columbia.
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440 FORTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. i. CH. 41, 44, 47. 1869.
Feb. 19, 1869. CHAP. XLI.- An Act for the Relief of the Estate of Isaac Philips, deceasd, who was
a Private in the Revolutwnary War.
Payment to States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid out of the
Sally Philips. pension fund, or out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, to Sally Philips, daughter-in-law of Isaac Philips, deceased, the
sum of five hundred dollars, which is to be in full for all pension claim
that was due from the United States to said Isaac Philips, a private in
the Revolutionary war, said Sally Philips having nutsed and taken care
of him in his declining years.
Feb. 22, 1869. CHAP. XLIV. - An Act for the Relief of Nott and Company.
Attorney-Gen- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Attorney-General be,
eral to examine
claim of Nott and he is hereby, directed to examine the claim of Nott and Company,
and Company. American merchants trading and doing business in China, against the
Chinese government, for losses of coin sustained in eighteen hundred and
fifty-seven by the capture and robbery of the vessel called the "Neva " ;
Claim to be and that, if in his opinion the said claim ought to be paid, be is hereby
paid, if,&c' authorized and instructed to order the same to be paid, with the rate of
interest allowed on other claims from the time of such loss, out of any
funds received from the Chinese government, under the treaty of eighteen
hundred and fifty-eight, for the payment of losses sustained by American
citizens : and that the said amount be paid to the said Nott and Company,
or the surviving copartner or copaitners, or any person duly authorized
to be their agent or attorney, from the fund now held by the Secretary of
State.
Decision of the Sac. 2. And be itfurther enacted, That the decision of the said Attor-
Attorney-Gen- ney-General as to the right of said claimants to be paid, as to the amount
erlto be -Gnealrihtpad
to be paid, and as to the parties entitled to receive the same, shall be
final and conclusive.
APPRoVED, February 22, 1869.
Feb 25, 1869 CHAP. XLVII. -An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to confirm certain private
1860, ch. 1l. Land Clauns in the Territory of New Mexico"
Vol. xii. P. 71. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
Claims of Cor- States of America in Congress assembled, That the exterior lines of the
nehao
CramVig and Cornelio Vigil and Cram St. Vrain claims of eleven leagues each, subject
St Vrain
to be adjusted; to claims derived from said parties as confirmed by the act of Congress
approved twenty-first June, eighteen hundred and sixty, United States
Statutes, volume twelve, page seventy-one, shall be adjusted according
to the lines of the public surveys, as nearly as practicable, with the limits
of all actual of said claims, yet in as compact a form as possible ; and the claims of
settlers on, &c. all actual settlers upon the tracts heretofore claimed by the said Vigil
and St. Vrain, holding possession under titles or promises to settle,
which have been made by said Vigil and St. Vrain, or their legal repre-
sentatives prior to the passage of this act, who may establish their claims
within one year from the passage of this act, to the satisfaction of the
register and receiver of the proper land district, shall in like manner be
atdjusted according to the subdivisional lines of survey, so as to include
the lands so settled upon or purchased, and the areas of the same shall
be deducted and excluded from the adjusted limits of the claims of said
Homestead Vigil and St. Vrain respectively; and the claims of all other actual set-
and pre-emption tIers falling within the limits of the located claims of Vigil and St. Vrain
claims, shall be adjusted to the extent which shall embrace their several settle-
ments upon their several claims being established either as pre-emotion
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FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. IIL Car. 47, 58. 1869,
or homesteads, according to law; and for the aggregate of the areas of the
latter class of claims the said Vigil and St. Vrain, or their legal repre-
sentatives, shall be entitled to locate a like quantity of public lands, not
mineral, according to the lines of the public surveys, and not to exceed
one hundred and sixty acres in one section.
SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the gen- Linesof public
eral land office to cause the lines of the public surveys to be run in the suveys to be
St. Vrainrun
regions where a proper location would place the said Vigil and
claims, and that the expense of the same shall be paid out of any moneys
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; yet. before the confirmation Cost thereof.
of the said act of June twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty, shall
become legally effective, the said Vigil and St. Vrain, or their legal rep-
resentatives, shall pay the cost of so much of said surveys as enures to
their benefit respectively, and that all settlers of the said third class, Improvements
whose clauns may be adjusted as valid, shall have the right to home- enter of certain set-
or tiers.
their improvements by a strict compliance with the pre-emption
stead laws.
SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That upon the adjustment of the Plats to claim-
Vigil and St. Vrain claims according to the provisions of this act, it shall ants.
be the duty of the surveyor-general of the district to furnish proper ap-
proved plats to said claimants, or their legal representatives, and so in
like manner to said derivative claimants, which shall be evidence of title,
the same to be done according to such instructions as may be given by
the commisssioner of the general land office.
SEc. 4. And be it further enacted, That immediately upon running the Surveyor-gen-
lines as provided in section second of this act, the surveyor-general of not ,r ceto that
give the
said district shall notify the said Vigil and St. Vrain, or their agents or survey is being
legal representatives, of the fact of such survey being made, and said made.
claimants shall, within three months after notice of such survey, select Claimants to
and locate their said claims in accordance with such survey and the pro- claimsand
'elect locate
within
visions of this act and of the act to which this is amendatory, so far as three months, or
the same is not changed by this act, and shall within said time furnish he held to have
the surveyor-general with the description of such location, specifying the abandoned
them.
make such selection and
lines of the same. And the party failing to
location, in such manner and within such time, shall be deemed and held
to have abandoned their claim, and their rights and equities under this
act, and the act to which this is amendatory, shall cease and terminate.
SEac. 5. And be it further enacted, That in case of the neglect or refusal No suit to be
of the said Vigil and St. Vrain, or either of them, to accept of the pro- brought, if, &a.
visions of this act, and the act to which this is amendatory, and to locate
their said claims, as provided therein, no suit shall be brought or pro-
ceedings instituted in apy of the courts of the United States, by such
party or by any one claiming through or under them, to establish or en-
force said claims, or for any cause of action founded upon the same, after
six months from the passage of this act.
CHAP. LVIII. - An Act for the Rehif of Walter D. Plow en. March 1, 1869.
Payment
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Walter to
D. Plowc-
ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Walter D. don.
Plowden, a colored scout and spy, the sum of one thousand dollars, for
military services rendered the army of the United States, under Major-
General Hunter, in the military district of South Carolina, in the war of
eighteen hundred and sixty-one, for the suppression of the rebellion.
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442 FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. m. CH. 59, 60, 61, C2, 68. 1869.
March 1, 1869. CHAP. LIX.-An Act provd'y for the Payment of Captain Goldman Bryson's
Mounted Company.

Payment of
Captain Gold-
States of America in Congress assembled, That the company of mounted
man Bryson's volunteers raised and commanded by Captain Goldman Bryson, of Chero-
company of kee county, State of North Carolina, under authority of Major-General
mounted vroun- Rosecrans, and received into the service of the United States by Major-
General Burnside, September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-
three, and such men as were accepted into the service of the United States
by the said Captain Goldman Bryson within one month thereafter, and
the widows, heirs, and legal representatives of the officers and enlisted
men, shall be entitled to pay, bounty, pension, and allowances according
to their grade and time of service as other volunteers in the service of
the United States, notwithstanding any informality in their muster or en-
listment into the service of the United States, under such rules and
regulations as may be adopted by the proper accounting officer of the
treasury.
March 1, 1869. CHAP. LX. -An Act to confirm an Entry of Land by Moses F. Shinn.
Entry of land States of America in Congress assembled, That the entry by Moses F.
by Mosses F.
Shinn con- Shinn, of the northeast quarter of section sixteen, in township fifteen, north
firmed. of range thirteen east, in the district of lands subject to sale at Omaha,
Nebraska, made on the twenty-second day of August, eighteen hundred
and sixty-six, by cash certificate number one thousand nine hundred and
thirty-one, be and the same is hereby confirmed.
March 1, 1869. CHAP. LXI - An Act grantinga Pension to Charles Mains, of Tennessee.
Charles Mans. rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to inscribe on the pen-
sion rolls the name of Charles Mains, of Johnson county, Tennessee, and
that he be paid at the rate of eight dollars per month, commencing on the
first day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.
March 1, 1869. CHAP. LXII. - An Act granting a Pension to Joseph M. Hudson.

Joseph M. Hud-
son
rior be, and he i. hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of
Joseph M. Hudson, late a private in company E, ninety-first regiment
Ohio infantry volunteers, on the pension roll, subject to the provisions of
the pension laws, to commence from the twenty-second day of December,
March 1, 1869. CHAP. LXIII. -An Act granting a Pension to William M Simpson.
Pension to States ofAmerica in ongress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte-
William M.
Simpson. ror be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
of William M. Simpson, late a private in company E, seventy-first regi-
ment of Illinois volunteer infantry, and pay him a pension, commencing
October twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
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CHAP. LXIV. - An Act grantinga Pension to Mrs. Susan Carson. March 1, 1869.
tior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Mrs. Susan Car- Mrs. Susan Car-
son, of Cottonwood Grove, Bond county, Illinois, widow of Robert G. Car- sou.
son, deceased, on the pension roll, and that he pay her a pension, at the
rate of eight dollars per month, during her widowhood, commencing on the
second day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, the date 6f her
husband's death. This act shall entitle the said Susan Carson to the 1866,ch 235, §2.
benefit of the second section of the act approved July twenty-fifth, Vol. ixv. p. 230.
eighteen hundred and sixty-six, in regard to the minor children of deceased
soldiers, to wit: for the following-named children : Frances A., born Sep-
tember first, eighteen hundred and fifty-four ; John A., born May twenty-
second, eighteen hundred and fifty-six; Kansas A., born July twenty-fifth,
eighteen hundred and fifty-eight; Louisa C., born December sixth, eigh-
teen hundred and fifty-nine; and Sarah J., born November fourth, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-one, as would entitle her to the benefit of said
section.
CHAP. LXV. - An Act grantinga Pension-to Mrs. Naomi Adams. March 1, 1869.
rior cause the name of Mrs. Naomi Adams. mother of G. W. Adams, late Mrs Naomi
be Adams.
a private in company G, thirty-ninth Missouri infantry volunteers, to
placed on the pension rolls at the rate of eight dollars per month, to com-
mence September twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and to
continue during her widowhood.
CHAP. LXVL - An Act grantinga Pension to Charlotte Webster, Widow of Timothy March 1. 18i9.
Webster, deceased.
Charlotte Web-
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension ster.
of Charlotte Webster, widow of Timothy Webster, deceased, who was in
the secret service of the United States, arrested by the rebels and execut-
ed at Richmond on the thirteenth of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-
two, and that she be paid out of the pension fund during her widowhood
the sum of eight dollars per month, to commence on the thirteenth of April,
eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
CHAP. LXVII. - An Act grantinga Pension to Mary R. Brown. March 1, 1869.

rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Mary R Brown.
roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, thb name
of Mary R. Brown, step-mother of Benjamin R. Brown, late a member of
company F, sixth regiment of United States infantry, and pay her a
pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, commencing July sixteenth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.
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March 1, 1869. OHAP. LXY1II. -An Act to ncreasethe Pension of William .H. Johnson.
Pension o States of America in Congress assembled, That the pension heretofore
William H. granted to William H. Johnson, late a private in the United States navy,
Johnson in-
creased. be, and the same is hereby, increased from three dollars and fifty cents to
eight dollars per month, and that he be paid at that rate, to commence on
the first of July, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and that
the Secretary of the Interior is directed to have it so entered in the depart-
ment, to be subject, in all respects, to the provisions and limitations of the
pension laws passed in relation to soldiers of the late war to put down the
rebellion, known as the war of eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
A1'rRovEm, March 1, 1869.
March 1, 1869. CHAP. LXIX. -An Act granting back Pension to Edmund W. W ndell, of Wilkes-
bane, Pennsylvania.
Preamble. Whereas the said Edmund W. Wandell entered as a private in company
I, first regiment Pennsylvania volunteers, inthe war with Mexico, and
served to the close of that war in eighteen hundred and forty-eight, when
he received an honorable discharge; that owing to disease contracted in
said service his name in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-four was placed
upon the pension rolls at the rate of eight dollars per month; that in Novem-
ber, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, he raised a company and was com-
missioned as captain of company G, of the one hundred and forty-third regi-
ment of Pennylvania volunteers, in the war of eighteen hundred and
sixty-one ; that on the seventh day of November, eighteen hundred and
sixty-three, he was honorably discharged for disability contracted in the
Mexican war, and on application his pension was restored, but only from
February, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, instead of from date of his
liseharge: Therefore,
Back pension States of America in Congress assembled, That the sixth section of the
to Edmund W.
Wandell act of Congress entitled "An act relating to pensions," approved July
1868, ch. 264, §6. twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, be, and the same is
AntW, p. 286. hereby, made applicable to the case of said Edmund W. Wandell.
March i, 1869. CHAP. LXX - An Act granting a Pension to Katharine Dreyer, Widow of Sylvester
Dreyer, deceased, late Private of Company H, of the Tenth Regment of Alennesota Vol-
unteers.

Pension to States of.America in Congress assembled, That under the provisions of the
Katharine nsion laws o
Dreyer. pe f the United States the Secretary of the Interior be, and is
hereby, required to place upon th6 pension roll the name of Katharine
Dreyer, widow of Sylvester Dreyer, deceased, late a private in company
H, of the tenth regiment of Minnesota volunteers, who died at Alton, Ilh-
nois, on the eighteenth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-four,
leavingsurviving said widow and issue, two children, to wit, William, born
November eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, andAugustus, born June
sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two; and that she be paid the pen-
sion during her widowhood, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to com-
mence ton the eighteenth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-
four, besides the sum allowed for minor children of deceased soldiers under
the age of sixteen years under existing laws.
APPnOVED, March 1, 1869.
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CHAP. LXXI. - An Act grantinga Pension to Catharine (Y Conners, Widow of Tim- March 1, 1869.
othy O'Conners, deceased, late Private, Company C, of the Thirty-third Regriment Mas-
sachusetts Volunteers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of -he United
States of America in Congress assembled, That under the provisions of the Pension to
pension laws of the United States the Secretary of the Interior be, and Catharine
he is hereby, required to place upon the pension roll the name of Catha- OConners.
rine O'Conners, widow of Timothy O'Conners, deceased, late a private in
company C, of the thirty-third regiment of Massachusetts volunteers, who
died on the eighth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-four,
leaving surviving said widow and issue, four children, to wit: Susan, born
November third, eighteen hundred and fifty; Margaret, born March seven-
teenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-three; Mary, born July fourth, eighteen
hundred and fifty-five ; and Timothy, born January first, eighteen hundred
and fifty-nine; and that she be paid the pension during her widowhood, at
the rate of eight dollars per month, to begin on the eighth day of Novem-
ber, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, beside the sum allowed for minor
children under the age of sixteen years, under existing laws.
CHAP. LXXII. -An Act grantinq a Pension to Elizabeth Radigan, Widow of John March 1, 1869.
Radigan, deceased, who was a Prwate in Company A, of the Forty-ninth Regiment of
Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatihes of the United
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- Elizabeth
pn.
Radi-
the name of Elizabeth Radigan, widow of John Radigan, who was a
veteran sergeant in company A, of the forty-ninth regiment Pennsyl-
vania volunteers, and died, leaving surviving said widow and issue, one
child, to wit, a son, named Henry E. Radigan, born November eighteenth,
eighteen hundred and sixty; and that she be paid during her widow-
hood a pension, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on
the first day of July, anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty.
five.
CHAP. LXXIII. - An Act granting a Pension to Ann Smith. March 1, 1869.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House 9f Representatives of the United
teior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on'the pen- Ann Smith.
name of Ann Smith, widow of Simeon Smith, late private in company D,
fifty-eighth regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, commencing July
twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.
APPROVED, March 1. 1869.
CHAP. LXXIV. - An Act granting a Pension to Mary J. Hutton, Widow of John C. March 1, 1869.
Hutton, deceased.
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Mary J. Hutton.
of Mary J. Hutton, widow of John C. Hutton, deceased, who enlisted as
a private in company K, third regiment of Delaware volunteers, and was
afterwards detailed as hospital steward, and died on the tenth day of
December, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, leaving surviving said widow
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and issue, under the age of sixteen years, three children, to wit: Mary
A., born December twenty-ibur, eighteen hundred and fifty-four; Eveline,
born April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and fifty-six ; and Hattie Hut-
ton, born September third, eighteen hundred and sixty ; and that the said
Mary J. Hutton be paid during her widow hood the sum of eight dollars
per month, to commence on the tenth day of December, eighteen hundred
and sixty-five.
March 1, 1869. CHAP. LXXV. - An Act grantinga Pension to Ellen Green.

Penon to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the late-
Ellen Green. rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen-
name of Ellen Green, mother of Philip Gieen, late a coal-heaver on the
United States ship "KE. B. Hale," and pay her a pension, commencing
June eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
Ar uOVLD, March 1, 1869.
March 1, 1869. CHAP. LXXV. - An Act grantinga Pensionto Edward W. White.

Edward W. nor le, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
White. roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the
name of Edward W. White, late a private in the first troop of Phila-
delphia city cavalry, and pay him the pension of a private, commencing
July thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
.APPOVED, March 1, 1869.
March 1,1869. CHAP. LXXVII. - An Act for the relief of George W. Short.
W. to
PaYynert
George States of America in Congress assembled, That the paymaster-general is
Shor. hereby directed to pay to George W. Short, late captain of company D,
sixty-third regiment of Illinois volunteers, out of any money appro-
priated for the pay of the army, three months' pay proper of a captain
of infantry.
ArpuOVED, March 1, 1869.
March 1,1869. CHAP. LXXVIii -An Act grantinga Pension to Marir alters.
Pension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the lnte-
Marla Walters. ior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed tq place on the pension
name of Maria Walters, widow of Charles F. Walters, late a hospital
steward, tenth regiment of Missouri volunteers, and pay her a pension,
commencing May thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
March 1, 1869. CHAP. LXXIX. - An Act granting a Pension to Wdliam McDonald.

Pension to States of America in Conqress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte-
VilhamMeDon- ior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
ald. roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the
name of William McDonald, late a private in company E, first regiment
Michigan cavalry, commencing November seventeenth, eighteen hundred
and sixty-five.
APrnovzD, March 1, 1869.
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CHAP. LXXX. -An Act grantinga Pension to Richard Look. March 1, 1869.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives~ofthe United
to
PensionLook.
States of.America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the lnte- Richard
place on the pension
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to
name of Richard Look, late a private in company B, seventh regiment
of Maine volunteer infantry, and pay him a pension, commencing Novem-
ber second, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
CHAP. LXXX1. - An Act grantinga Pension to CatharineS. B. Spear. March 1, 1869.

rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Catharme S B.
Spear.
name of Catharine S. B. Spear, widow of Reverend Charles Spear, late
a chaplain in the service of the United States, commencing April thir-
teenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
CHAP. LXX I.-An Act grantinga Pension to Nancy Reed. March 1,1869.
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Nancy. Reed.
name of Nancy Reed, widow of Seabourn Reed, late a private in com-
pany B, in the battalion of twelve months Arkansas cavalry, and pay
her a pension, commencing January eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-
four.
CHAP. LXXXI -An Act grantinga Pension to James H. Maguire. March 1, 1869.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Ite- Pension to
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension James H. Ma-
roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the gmre.
name of James H. Maguire, late a private in company H, of the fourth
regiment United States Infantry.
CHAP. LXXXI V.- An Act grantmg a Pension to John R. Ray. March 1, 1869.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the lte- Pension to
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension John B. Ray.
name of John R. Ray, a resident of Caldwell county, Missouri, who was
wounded while serving in an organization known as the six months
militia of Missouri, and pay him a pension of a private from January
first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
CHAP. LXXXV. -An Act granting a Pension to MarthaB. McKinney. March 1 1869.
States of.America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the lnte- Pension to
r Martha E.
nior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Mcmsny.
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of Martha E. MeKinney, widow of Edwin McKinney, late company B,
one hundred and twenty-ninth regiment of Illinois volunteers, commencing
September twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to be paid out of
the naval pension fund.
APPROVEn, March 1, 1869.
March 1, 1869. CHAP. LXXXVI. -An Act grantinga Pension to Matilda Carney.
Matilda Carney. tior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
roll, subject -tothe provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name
of Matilda Carney, widow of Garret Carney, late a private in company E,
of the one hundred and thirty-fourth regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers,
and pay her a pension, commencing September eighteenth, eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-two.
March 1, 1869. CEHAP. LXXXVII.-An Act increasingthe Peasioan of William J. Patton.

PensionJ.toPat- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte-
William
ton. rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
of William J. Patton, late of the fourth regiment of Arkansas cavalry, and
pay him a pension as first lieutenant in lieu of the pension he is now and
has been receiving, commencing from his discharge from the service of the
United States.
APRovED, March 1, 1869.
March 1, 1869. CHAP. XVIII. - An Act grantinga Pension to Lorenzo Day,

Lorenzo Day.
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
roll,subject to the provisions and limitationsof the pensionslaws, the name
of Lorenzo Day, late a private in company H, of the twenty-seventh regi-
ment of Maine volunteer infantry, and pay him a pension, commencing
January first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
March 1, 1869. CHAP. LXXXIX. - An Act grantinga Pension to Rachel C. Floyd.

Rachel C.Floyd. rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
of Rachel C. Floyd, widow of Joseph Floyd, late a private in company B,
of the twentieth regiment of Iowa volunteer infantry, and pay her a pen-
sion, commencing November twenty-seven, eighteen h undred and sixty-
three.
Mach 1, 1869. CHAP. XC. -An Act granting a Pension to Allen E. ector.
Pension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of tne Inte-
.llen E. Rector. ior be, and he is, hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
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of Allen E. Rector, late a private in company H, of the twenty-eighth regi-

ment of Pennsylvania volunteers, and pay him a pension, commencing July
eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.
CHAP XCL - An Act granting a Pension to Jacob Huggins. March 1, 1869

nor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Jacob Huggins.
roll, i-ubject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name
ot Jacob Huggins, late a private in company A, of the ninth regiment of
Pennsylvania volunteer calvary, and pay him a pension, commencing May
tN enty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.
APPROVED, Maich 1, 1869.
CIJAP. XCII - An Act granting a Pension to Lucinda A Wilder. March 1, 1869

Lucinda A.
ror be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Wilder.
name of Lucinda A. Wilder, mother of George C. Wilder, late of com-
pany I, one hundred and fifteenth New York volunteers, and William E.
Wilder, late a private in company H, seventy-seventh New York vol-
unteers, commKcing September twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-
two.
CRAP XCIII -An Act granting a Pension to the Widow and Minor Children of March 1, 1869.
Lieutenant lichard H. Allen.
Be it enacted y the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte-.widow
Pension
andtochil-
ror be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension dren of Richard
roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the H Allen.
names of the widow and children of Lieutenant Richard H. Allen, late a
lieutenant in company D, thirteenth regiment of Tennessee cavalry, and
pay them a pension, commencing November first, eighteen hundred and
sixty-four, and continue to the widow during the time she may have
remained a widow, and to continue to the children until they attain the
age of sixteen years.
CHAP. XCIV -An Act grantinga Pension to Bridget Hayes. March 1, 1869.
rior be, and he-is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Bridget Hayes.
name of Bridget Hayes, mother of James Hayes, late a private in com-
pany D, twentieth regiment of Massachusetts volunteers, commencing
February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.
CHAP. XCV - An Act granting a Pension to SarahA. Scherr. March 1, 1869

States of America is. i]ongress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Pension to
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Sarah A bcherr.
roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension lawsi the
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name of Sarah A. Scherr, widow of Captain William E. Scherr, late of

the twenty-sixth regiment of Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, and pay
her a pension, commencing May first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
March 1, 1869. CHAP. XCVI. - An Act granting a Pension to Mary A. Amer.

Mary A. Amer. rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
name rf Mary A. Amer, widow of John Amer, late a private in the ninety-
seventh regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, commencing October thirty-
first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
March 1, 1869. CHAP. XCVII. -An Act granting a Pension to Julia A. Fisher.
Be zt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
Julia A Fisher. rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
name of Julia A. Fisher, widow of Martin Fisher, late corporal in com-
pany A, fifth regiment Missouri State militia cavalry, commencing
twentieth September, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
March 1, 1869. CHAP. XCVII - An Act granting a Pension to Lucinsda Pangle.

Lncmda Pangle. ior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
name of Lucinda Pangle, widow of Lieutenant Tarleton S. Pangle, late
of the eighth regiment of Tennessee cavalry, and pay her a pension as
the widow of a first lieutenant in lieu of the pension she is now receiving.
March 1, 1869. CHAP XCIX - An Act grantinga Pension to Mary Ann Shurlock.
Mary Ann Shur- ior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
roll the name of Mary Ann Shurlock, dependent sister of Samuel Shur-
lock, late of the eighty-first regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, and pay
her a pension at the rate of ten dollars per month.
March 1, 1869. CHAP. C. -An Act granting a Pension to Charles . B. King.

Pension to States of Amenca in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte-
Charles H. B.
King. ior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
name of Charles H. B. King, minor child of Charles L. King, late a
private in company C, thirty-sixth regiment of Ohio volunteers, after-
wards company E, eighth regiment veteran reserve corps, and pay him
a pension, commencing February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and
sixty-four.
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CHAP. CI. - An Act granting a Pension to JulAit E. Hall. March 1, 1869.

Nall.
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Juliet E.
name of Juliet E. Hall, widow of William Hall, late a colonel eleventh
regiment of Iowa infantry, commencing August first, eighteen hundred
and sixty-four.
CHAP. CII. -An Act granting a Pension to Mahala M. Freeman. March 1, 1869.
Pension to
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte-. Mahala 11 Free-
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension man.
name of Mahala M. Freeman, widow of Benjamin F. Freeman, late a re-
cruit, company D, eighteenth regiment Illinois volunteers, commencing
March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
CHAP. CIII. - An Act grantinga Pension to John M. Flynn. March 1, 1869.

M. Flynn.
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and.directed to place on the pension John
name of John M. Flynn, late of company I, thirty-second regiment of
Massachusetts volunteer infantry, and pay him a pension, commencing
from the passage of this act.
CRAP. CIV. - An Act granting a Penson to HarrietM. Mis, Widow of Samud J. March 1, 1869.
Mills, deceased, late a Prwate in Company F, of Second Regiment Connecticut Vol-
unteers.
Mills
rior be, and he is, hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Harret M.
name of Harriet M. Mills, widow of Samuel J. Mills, deceased, who was
a private in company F, of the second regiment of the Connecticut volun-
teers, and that she be paid, during her widowhood, out of the pension
fund, the sum of eight dollars per month, to commence on the fifth day of
September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, the date of her
husband's death.
CH AP. CV. - An Act grantmng a Pension to Henry Riemann. March 1, 1869.

rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Henry Rinana.
roll, subject tca the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name
of Henry Riemann, late a private in company G, of the twelfth regiment
of Maine volunteers, commencing July thirty-first, eighteen hundred and
sixty-five.
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March 1, 1869. CHAP. CVI - An Act for the Relief of Fosterand Tower.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the [nited
Allowance to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy
Foster & Tower. be, and he is hereby, authorized to allow to Messrs. Foster and Tower,
of New York, out of the appropriation for yards and docks, the sum of
twenty-two hundred and fifty-one dollars, for difference in cost of cruel-
bles furnished by them to the navy yard at New York under contract,
in which the price of said crucibles was erroneously stated at five cents
each.
March 1, 1869. CHAP. CVII. -An Act for'the Relief of N A. Shuttlesorth, of Sason County,
West Virginia.
Payment to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas-
N. A Shuttle-
worth. ury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed, out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to N. A. Shuttleworth, of
Harrison county, West Virginia, late captain in third regiment Virginia
volunteers, the sum of five hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-five cent,
to reimburse him for the same amount paid by him for the transportation
of recruits in eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
March 1, 1869. CHAP. CVIII. - An Act for the Relef of Isaac Watts.
Payment to States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting
Isaac Watts. officers of the treasury and pay department be, and they are hereby,
authorized and directed to pay to Isaac Watts all arrears of pay, bounty,
or other allowances due from the United States, to hi adopted son,
Samuel Watts, late a private of company H, eighty-first regiment in-
fantry, Ohio volunteers, the same in all respects as if the said Samuel
Watts had been the son of the said Isaac Watts.
March 1, 1869 CHAP. CIX. -An Act for the Rehpf of Lieutenant Leonidas Smith, late of the Twenty-
second Regiment Lndiana Volunteer Infantry
Allowance to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas-
Leondas Smith. ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to audit and allow to
Lieutenant Leonidas Smith, late of company K, twenty-second regiment
Indiana volunteer infantry, the full pay and allowances of a first lieuten-
ant in the active service in the army in the late war, from the twenty-
eighth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to the twenty-
third day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, in full payment
for unpaid salary and allowances for said period of time.
APPROVD, March 1, 1869.
March 1, 1869. CHAP. CX. - An Act granting a Pension to Betsey S. Jackman.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatiles of the United
Betsy S. Jack-
man .J or be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
of Betsey S. Jackman, foster-mother of Benjamin H. Jackman, late of
company I, twenty-third regiment of Massachusetts volunteers, cort-
mencing May sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
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CHAP. CXI. - An At for the Reliefof H. A. White. March 1, 1869.

Stoites of America in Congress assembled, That the paymaster-general is Payment to
C, third H.A. White.
hereby directed to pay to H. A. White, late captain of company
regiment of North Carolina mounted infantry, out of any money appro-
priated for the pay of the army, the full pay and allowances of a captain
of infantry, from October fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to
August eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.
APPROVED, March 1,1869.
CHAP CX]I. - An Act granting a Pensiom to Cyrus Hall. March 1,1869.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representattoes of the United
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Cyrus Rall.
of Cyrus Hall, late a private in company A, of the fortieth regiment of
Massachusetts volunteer infantry, commencing May thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and sixty-three.
CHAP. CXIII.- An Act for the Relief of John Gestiger. Match 1,1869.
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of John Gestiger.
John Gestiger, late a private in company F, nineteenth regiment Wis-
consin volunteers, subsequently transferred as a private of company C,
ninth regiment veteran reserve corps, on the pension roll, at the rate of
fifteen dollars per month, to commence December twelfth, anno Domini
APPROVEnD, March 1, 1869.
CHAP. CXIV. - An Act granting a Pension to John A. Parker,a Soldier in the War March 1, 1869.
of eighteen hundied and sixty-one.
rior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on, the pension John A. Parker.
of John A. Parker, late a private in company K, fifth regiment of Kan-
sas cavalry volunteers, who had his left arm shattered in battle so as to
render amputation necessary, and that he be paid during his natural life,
out of the pension fund, the sum of fifteen dollars per month, to commence
on the first day of January, anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-five.
CHAP. CIV. - An Act grantinga Pension to Clarissa K. Grant. March 1, 1869.

PensionK.to
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Clarissa
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Grant.
of Clarissa K. Grant, widow of William H. Grant, late a private in com-
pany K, of the fifth regiment of Maine volunteer infantry, commencing
October twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
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454 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Suss. IIL CH. 116,117,118,119,120,152. 1869.
March 1, 1869. CHAP. CXVI. -An Act granthng a Penion to Sarah A. Walcm.
Pension
Sarah to
A. Wil- States of'America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte-
COX. rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
roll the name of Sarah A. Wilcox, late a nurse in the United States hos-
pitals, now a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, and pay her a pension at the
rate of eight dollars per month during her disability, commencing July
March 1, 1869. CHAP. CXVIL - An Act granting a Penvon to Jacob S Baker.

Jacob S. Baker. ior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
of Jacob S. Baker, of Marion county, Illinois, formerly a private in com-
pany I, fourth regiment Indiana volunteers, in the war with Mexico, to
receive a pension from the approval of this act.
A PROVED, March 1, 1869.
March 1, 1869. CHAP. CXVII. - An Act grantng a Pensionto Emily H. Gardner.

Emily H. Gard-
iier. rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
of Emily H. Gardner, widow of William H. Gardner, late a contract sur-
geon, and pay her a pension at the rate of seventeen dollars per month,
commencing July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
March 1, 1869. CHAP. CXX. - An Actfor the Relief of Edwin B. Hoag.

Payment to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster-General
Edwin B Hoag.
be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to said Edwin B. Hoag, in ad-
dition to what he is now receiving, such sum or sums as shall make the
payment for carrying the mails on route number eleven thousand four
hundred and ninety-four equal to the sum of three hundred and ninety-six
dollars per annum for all the time he has or shall convey said mails on
said route under the existing contract.
March 1, 1869. CHAP. CXX. -An Act for the Relief of George Kaiser.
Payment to States of America in Congress assembled,That the Secretary of the Treas-
George Kaiser. ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay George Kaiser,
out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum
of one hundred and eighty-one dollars and fifty cents for labor and mate-
rial furnished in building a hospital at Parkersburg, West Virginia, in
March 6,1869. CHAP. CLII.-An Act to confirm certain priateLand Claims in the Terriory of New
Mexico.
States of America in Congress assembled, That private land claims num-
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FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sxss. M. C. 152, 153, 154. I869. 455
bered forty-one, forty-two, forty-four, forty-six, and forty-seven, Territory Certain pri-
of New Mexico, as known and designated by the numbers aforesaiko Ia vate landMexico,
claims
in New
the reports of the surveyor-general of the said Territory and on the books confirmed
of the commissioner of the general land office, be, and the same are here-
by, confirmed : Provided, That such confirmation shall only be construed Certain rights
as a quit-claim on [or] relinquishment of all title or claim on the part of not affected
the United States to any of the lands not improved by or on behalf of the
United States, and not including any military or other reservation em-
braced in either of the said claims, and shall not affect the adverse rights
of any person or persons to the same, or any part or parcel thereof.
to be
Claims and
Sac. 2. And be it farther enacted, That the commissioner of the general•surveyed
land offie shall, without unreasonable delay, cause the lands embraced in plateed and pat-
said several claim; to be surveyed and platted, at the proper expense of ents to issue.
the claimants thereof, and upon the filing of said surveys and pla t s in his
office he shall issue patents for said lands in said Territory which have
heretotbre been cnfirm-d by acts of Congress and surveyed, and plats of
such survey filed in his office as aforesaid, but for which no patents have
heretofore been issued.
Surveysto to
SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That all surveys authorized by this conform pub-
act shall conform to and be connected with the public surveys of the hcsurveys.
United States in said Territories, so far as the same can be done consist-
ently with the landmarks and boundaries specified in the several grants
upon which said Claims are founded: Provided, however, That when said Proviso.
lands are so confirmed, surveyed,-and patented, they shall in eaeh case be
held and takento be in full satisfaction of all further claims or demands
against the United States.
CHAP. CLIIL -An Act for the elitef of Captain Charles Hunter, United States Navy. March 8,1869.
B it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
Payment
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Captain to
Charles
ury be directed to pay to Captain Charles Hunter, United States navy, Hunter.
out of any monies [qaoneys] in the treasury not otherwise appropriated,
pay as commander in the navy, on leave, from the twenty-second day of
June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, to the twenty-first day
of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
CHAP. CLIV. -An Act for theRelief of Wright Durje March 3, 1869.
WEEREAS on the tenth day of April, anno Domini eighteen hundred Preamble.
and fifty-five, a patent was issued to Wright Duryea, of the city, county,
and State of New York, for a certain "card exhibitor," and that owing
to circumstances beyond his control he has not, up to the present time, as
it is alleged, derived either profit ,or emolument therefrom ; and further-
more, being desirous of applying for a renewal of said patent, has been
prevented by ill health from making the petition therefor within the time
specified by law: Therefore,
Br it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioner of Wright Dur-
patents is hereby authorized and empowered to receive the application yea may apply
for the renewal of said patent, in the same manner and with the same patent.
effect as though the time had not passed which is specified by law within
which apphcations for the extensions of patents are required to be made:
Provided, That no person who may make or use said "card exhibitor," Proviso.
after the expiration of said patent and before an extension thereof shall
be granted by said commissioner, shall be liable to any action or damages
therefor.
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456 FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. III. CH. 155, 156, 157. 1869.
March 8,1869 CHAP. CLV. - An Actfor the Relief of Mary A. Filler.
Preamble. WHEREAS Sergeant Henry Drenning, late of company K, fifty-fifth
regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, was killed at Cold Harbor, in Vir-
ginia, on the third day of June, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-four,
leaving no widow, [and] no heirs lineal or collateral; and whereas the
Henry Drenning was the adopted and foster-son from childhood of Mrs.
Mary A. Filler: Therefore,
Mary A Filler States of America in Congress assembled, That Mary A. Filler, foster-
may receive te
beck pay due mother of said Henry Drenning, shall be entitled to receive the back
Henry Drennrng. pay due to the said Henry Drenning at the time of his death, and the
bounty to which he would have been entitled by law.
ArrxovanD, March 3,1869.
March 1869. CHAP CLVI. -An Act for the Relief of the Illinois Iron and Bolt Company.
Part of judg- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas-
ment to be re-
funded to the ury be, and he is hereby, authorized to examine a judgment by confession,
Illinois Iron and rendered on the second day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-five,
Bolt Company. in the circuit court of the northern district of Illinois, against the Illinois
Iron and Bolt Company for five thousand and five hundred dollars, penal-
ties for certain alleged violations of the internal revenue laws, and to
refund to the said Illinois Iron and Bolt Company so much of the amount
paid into the treasury of the United States, not exceeding twenty-seven
hundred and fifty dollars, as upon investigation he may think it right and
proper under the circumstances of the case to remit.
APPROVED, March 3,1869.
March 8, 1869. CHAP. CLVII. -An Act for the Relief of Henry Barricklo.
Preamble. WHEREAS, on the twenty-eighth day of March, eighteen hundred and
fifty-nine, by the sinking of the steamboat "Nat. Holmes," in the Ohio
river, near the city of Aurora, Indiana, Henry Barricklow lost the follow-
ing described twenty-three land warrants, to wit: Numbers fifty-three
thousand nine hun&ed and eleven, eighty thousand two hundred and
eighty-five, eighty thousand three hundred and nine, and eighty thou-and
1847, ch s, §9.three hundred and forty-one, issued under the act of February eleventh,
Vol. ix p. 125 eighteen hundred and forty-seven ; number seven hundred and ninety,
1852, oh. 19, §1. issued under act of March twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-
Vol. x.p. 3. two ; and numbers thirty-one thousand and seventy-eight, thirty-four
thousand two hundred and sixty-six, forty-four thousand and thirty-
seven, forty-nine thousand nine hundred and eighty-six, fifty-five thou-
sand one hundred and thirty-two, fifty-seven thousand three hundred
and thirteen, sixty thousand one hundred and one, sixty thousand tour
hundred and eleven, sixty-two thousand four hundred and eighty-eight,
sixty-six thousand four hundred and eighty-one, seventy-one thou-and
three hundred and fifty-seven, eighty thousand and forty-three, eighty-one
thousand six hundred and eighty-three, eighty-one thousand eight hun-
dred and thirty, dighty-two thousand four hundred and twenty-one,
eighty-two thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, eighty-two thou-and
nine hundred and eighteen, and eighty-four thousand four hundred and
1855, oh 20r. eighty-nine, [issued under] act of March third, eighteen hundred and
Vol. x. p. 701. fifty-five ; each for one hundred and sixty acres: and whereas duplicates
of said warrants have been issued by the commissioner of pensions and
delivered to said Barricklew : Therefore,
Henry Bar- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
ricklow may States of America in Congress assembled, That said Henry Barricklow is
locate, &c. cer- hereby authorized to locate, or sell and assign, said duplicate land war-
taraduplicate
land warrants.
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FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. HI. Cu. 157, 158, 159. 1869. 457
rants in the same manner as if the same had been issued in his name, and
patents shall be issued by the commissioner of the general land office,
on the location of said duplicate warrants, as in case of other land war-
rants.
CHAP. CLVIII. - An Act for the Relief of certain Companies of Scouts and Guides March 8, 1869.
organized in Alabama.
States of America in Congress assembled, That Captain H. J. Springfield's Payment to
Captam H J.and
ea and Sprigfield's
and guides, numbering
scoutsfscusadguds
company ofcopn n men,
officers and
ubrigfrytw forty-two fies
Captain John B. Kennamer's company of scouts and guides, numbering Captain John B.
thirty-three officers and men, organized in northern Alabama, under Kennainer's
orders of Brigadier-General R. S. Granger, commanding the disti
ict of companies of
northern Alabama, approved by Major-General Geoige H. Thomas, guides.
commandng the department of the Cumberland, shall be entitled to
receive pay for their services from the date when they respectively joined
such companies to the date when they %ere reliexed fiom duty, iespec-
tively, at the price fixed by order of General Thomas, to wit : captains,
three dollars ; lieutenants, two dollar ; sergeants, one dollar and fifty
cents ; and privates, one dollar per day ; the value of the clothing re- eet,ed to bere-
Clothing de,
ceived by each of said scouts and guides to be deducted from the amount ducted.
due them respectively. And if either of sid scouts or euides is dead, or Heis,&c if
shall die before-receiving the amount due him, his heirs or other legal any dead, to
receive the
representatives shall be entitled to receive the same. amount due
SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in auditing and paying the deceaed
audmtedhow
foregoing accounts, the rolls of said companies now on file in the office of to Abe counts
the adjutant-general of the army shall be the data to guide the account- and paid.
ing officers; and said claims shall, when audited, be paid by the pay-
master-general out of any money heretofore appropriated, or that may
heeleafter be appropriated, for the pay of the army.
SEC. 3. And be itffurther enacted, That all other companies or parts of Othe .ats
companies of scouts and guides organized or employed by General R. S. and guide, to
haxe like pay-
Granger under authority of or by the approval of Major-General George ment upon satis-
H. Thomas, commanding department of the Cumberland, be entitled to factory ploof.
the same relief as provided for the companies named in the first section
of this act: Provided, however, That before such payment satisfactory
evidence of service shall be furnished by claimants and approved by the
Secretary of War.
CHAP. CLIX. - An Act granting a Pension to Madge K. Guthre and Robert B March 8, 18C9.
Guthie.
Madge K Guth-
nor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension ri and Robert
roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the B. Guthrie.
names of Mtge K. Guthrie and Robert B. Guthrie, children of Presley
N. Guthrie, late a captain in the United States army, and pay them, or
their authorized guardian or guardians, a pension of twenty dollars per
month, commencing May second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and
continuing until November eleven, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and
afterwards to the said Robert, or his guardian or guardians, until October
twenty-three, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, when he will attain the
ageAPPROVED,
of sixteen years.
March 8, 1869.
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March 8, 1869. CHAP. CLX. -An Act granting a Pension to Lemuel Bartholow.
Leninel Bartho- nor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
name of Lemuel Bartholow, late a private in company G, of the one
hundred and twenty-sixth regiment of Ohio volunteers, and pay him a
pension, commencing January third, eighteen hundred and sixty-thiee.
March 8, 1869. CHAP. CLXL. - An Act for the Reief of Leutenant-Colonel John W. Davidson, of the
United States Ai my.
Payment to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas-
Lieu.-Colonel C
John W. David- ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Lieutenant-
son, for money Colonel John W. Davidson, of the United States army, out of any money
stolen, in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred and
eighteen dollars and twenty-five cents, being the amount of public money
stolen from him while in his possession at Los Angelos, California, in
August, eighteen hundred and forty-seven.
March 3, 1869 CHAP. CLXII. - An Act for the Rehefof the Heirs and legal Representatives of Charles
C. Cook, deceased.
heirs, &e of diec
Charles C Cook. is hereby directed to pay to the heirs or legal representatives of Charles
C. Cook, deceased, formesly of company C, seventy-seventh regiment
Pennsylvania volunteers, the full pay and allowances of a second lieuten-
ant of infantry, from the first day of November, eighteen hundred and
sixty-one, until the sixth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-
four, when he died from wound, received in battle, deducting therefrom,
however, such sums as may have been already paid to Chailes C. Cook
for his military services during that period.
March 3, 1869. CHAP CLXHI -An Act to confirm certain private Land Claims in the State of
ilissouri
Private land States of America tsn Congress assembled, That the claims of the legal
claims of repre-
sentatives of representatives of Gabriel Cerre and Sophia Bolaye, falling within the
Gabriel Cerre exterior boundaries of the commons of Carondelet. the former entered as
and Sophia Bo- number sixty, for four hundred arpens, and the latter as number two bun-
laye in Missouri,
confirmed. Ad- dred and seventy-nine, for one hundred and fifty arpens, in the firbt class
verse rights not
affected of decisions of the board of land commissioners under the acts of Conaress
a8fe,ch. 1 0 approved July,
ath eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and second March,
1838, ch. 84 eighteen hundred and thirty-three, for the adjustment oW. rivate land
Vol. iv PP. claims in Missouri, as recommended by said board. (H. Ex. Doe. 59, 1st
65, 661. session 24th Congress, p. 187, and S. Doe. 16, same session, page 40,)
1886, ch 861 which claims were confirmed by the act of Congress approved fourth July,
Vol. v. P 16. eighteen hundred and thirty-six, subject to location elsewhere than in
place in case of conflict, (Stat. L., vol. 5, page 126,) be, and the same are
hereby, confirmed in place, subject to any valid advrse rights, if such
exist, and patents for said claims shall be issued accordingly.
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CHAP CLXIV. -An Act granting a Pension to Mary A. Dams, Widow of William March 3, 1869.
P. Davs, a Private of the Pzghteenth Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, in the War of
terior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Mary A. Davis;
rolls the name of Mary A. Davis, widow of William P. Davis, deceased,
a private in the eighteenth regiment of the Indiana volunteers of the nar
of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and that she be paid a pension allowed
a private during her widowhood, subject to the provisions and.limitations
of the pension laws, to commence on the ninth day of September, eighteen
hundred and sixty-four, and in case of her deat, or marriage, then the to be mil to
pension to be paid to the minor children of the said William P. Davis, of Wilam P
deceased, under sixteen years of age, subject to the provisions and hmita- Davi,, incase of
tions of the general pension laws. her death or
marriage.
CHAP. CLXV -An Act for the Relef of Peter Ale Gouqh, Collector of Internal March 3,1869
Revenue and disbursing Agent, Twentieth District, Pennsylvania.
States of America, in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting Credit to be
officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized to allow to alowed to Peter
Peter McGough, collector and disbursing agent of the twentieth internal
Maough.
revenue district of Pennsylvania, a credit for the sum of four thousand

seven hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-four cents, public money deposit-
ed in pursuance of law in the Venango National Bank, late a United
States designated depository, and lost by the failure of said bank, without
fault or neglect of the said collector and disbursing agent.
CHAP CLXVI. - An Act granting a Pension to Sarah E. Haines. March 3, 1869.

States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Sarah Pension to
E. Unines.
terior be, and he is hereby, authorized apd directed to place on the pen-
name of Sarah E. Haines, widow of George H. Haines, late a private in
company K, eighteenth regiment Missouri volunteers, and to pay her a
pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the eigh-
teenth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and to continue dur-
ing her widowhood.
CHAP CLXVII -An Act grantinga Pension to Horace Peck, of Charlton, Massa- 'March 8, 160.
chusetts.
rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Horace Peck.
name of Horace Peck, of Charlton, Massachusetts, and to pay him a pen-
sion at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the twenty-
fourth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and to continue
during his natural life.
CHAP. CLXVIII. -An Act granting a Pension to Benjamin T. Raines of Indiana. March 3, 1869.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte-
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460 FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. III. Cn. 168,169,170,171,172. 1869.
Pension to rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
Benjamin T. rosbjc
R.Lnaes. roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the
name of Benjamin T. Raines, of Indiana, late a private in Captain Bran-
ham's company, one hundred and fifth regiment Indiana militia, and to
pay him a pension at the rate of fifteen dollars per month, to commence
on the fourteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
March 3, 1869. CHAP. CLXIX. - An Act grantinga Pension to Elizabeth Clarke.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatves of the United
Pension to States of-America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte-
Elizabeth rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
Clarke. roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the
name of Elizabeth Clarke, widow of Newman S. Clarke, late colonel of the
sixth regiment of infantry, United States army, and to pay her a pension
at the rate of thirty dollars per month, to commence from and after the
passage of this act, and to continue during her widowhood.
March 3, 1869. CHAP CLXX. -An Act granting a Pension to the Children of Martin N Slocum,
deceased.
the children of
Martin N S1, rior is hereby authorized and directed to continue the pension allowed by
cum, deceased. private act, approved February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred ahid sixty-
seven, to Mrs. Josephine Slocum, widow of Martin N. Slocum, late a sec-
ond lieutenant in the sixty-fifth regiment United States colored infantry,
who has remarried, and to pay the same to Ireton N. Slocum and Lucilla
J. Slocum, children of the said Martin N. Slocum, or to their legally au-
thorized guardian or guardians, from the third day of March, eighteen
hundred and sixty-seven, until they severally attain the age of sixteen
years.
March 3, 1869. CHAP. CLXXI. -An-Act grantinga Pension to Benjamin C. Stone.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repi esentatives of the United
Pension C.
Benjamin to States oJ America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte-
Stone. riot be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
name of Benjamin C. Stone, late a private in company I, ninth regiment
Vermont infantry volunteers, and to pay him a pension, to commence on
the twenty-seventh day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.
APR'IOVED, March 3, 1869.
March 3, 1869. CHAP CLXXII. - An Act grantinga Pension to Mrs. Lydia W Ford.
Be it enacted by the Senate and 1house of Representatives of the United
Mrs Lydia W. ror be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension
Ford. roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the-pension laws, the
name of Mrs. Lydia W. Ford, widow of Jefferson Ford, late an acting
master in the United States navy, and allow and pay her a pension at
the rate of twenty dollars per month, to commence on the eighteenth day
of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and to continue during her
widowhood; said pension to he paid out of the naval pension fund.
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CHAP CLXXIII. - An Act for the Relief of Henry C Noyes. March 3. 1869.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas-, bond New coupon
to be issued
ury be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue a new bond for one thousand to Henry C.
dollars, with coupons from and including that of July first, eighteen hun- No e, for one
dred and sixty-seven, to Henry C Noyes, of Claremont, New Hampshire 11 1865, cst ch. 77
in place of his coupon bond for a like amount, number fifty-five thousand Vol. xii p. 468.
three hundred and thirty-seven, act of March third, eighteen and sixty-
five, July issue, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, destroyed: Provided,
That before issuing a new bond the Secretary of the Treacury shall the re- dem nty.
a sufficient bond of indemnity securing the government against
quire
presentation of the bond alleged to be lost.
CHAP CLXXIV.- An Act for the Relief of Reverend D. Hllhouse Bud. March 3, 1869
States of Amei ica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Certain
cate-, certifi-
of regi.-
ury be, and he hereby is, directed to cause to be issued to the Reverend tered stock to be
D. Hillhouse Buel, of Cooperstown, New York, proper certificates of the lssued to Rev
registered stock of the United States of the consolidated debt under the D. Hillhouse
act of March third, 0anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-five, to the Bue], for lost
cer fict
act certificates.
amount of seven thousand dollars, in lieu and stead of certificates of is65, ch. 77.
said debt numbered sixteen thousand three hundred and thirty-one and Vol. xi p 468.
sixteen thousand three hundred and thirty-two for one thousand dollars
each, and certificate numbered four thousand nine hundred and eighty-
seven for five thousand dollars, belonging to him and lost while passing
through the mails: Provided, That said Buel shall give bond with Proviso.
surety to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, conditioned to
indemnify the United States against all claim upon or in respect to said
first-mentioned certificates.
CHAP. CLXXV. -An Act for the Rdief of Alpheus C. Gatlahue. March 3, i869.
States of America in Congress assembled, That Alpheus C. Gallahue have Gallahne
Alpheusmay
C
leave to make application to the commissioner of patents for the exten- apply for exte -
sion of the letters-patent granted to him for an improvement in machines san of patent.
for pegging boots and shoes, on the sixteenth day of August, eighteen
hundred and fifty-three, antedated eighteenth day of February, eighteen
hundred and fifty-three, for fourteen years from the latter date, in the
same manner as if the petition for said extension had been filed at least
ninety days before the expiration of said patent, and that the commis-
sioner of patents be authorized to consider and determine said applica-
tion in the same manner as if it had been filed ninety days prior to the
expiration of said patent, and with the same effect as if it had been regu-
larly filed and acted upon under existng laws: Provided, That any such Proviso.
extension of said patent shall not affect the right to continue to use
said machine of any person who since the eighteenth day of February,
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and prior to the approval of this act,
may have procured and at the time of such approval shall be using said
machine.
CHAP CLXXVI - An Act for the Relief of Celestia P. Hart. March 3, 1869
I . Payment to
States of America in Cong ess assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Celet p
ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Celestia P. Hartt.
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462 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sass. II. CH. 176, 177, 178. 1869.
HFartt, widow of the late naval constructor, Samuel T. Ilartt, the sum
of three thousand dollars, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated, the same to be in full and complete compensation and satis-
faction for the use of a gun-elevating screw invented by said Samuel T.
Hartt, and which had been used on the iron gun-carriages of the United
States navy.
March 3. 1869. CHAP. CLXXVII - An Act for the Relief of George Fowler, and the Estate of De
(rasse Fowler, deceased, or their Assigns.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uited

George Fowler States of America in Congress assembled, That George Fowler and the
end the adms- administrators of the estate of De Grasse Fowler, or their assigns, have
tWators of" De
Grasse Fowler leave to make application to the commissioner of patents for an extension
may apply for of the letters-patent for improvement in machine for punching metal,
extension of
patent. issued to the said George Fowler and De Grasse Fowler for the term of
fourteen years from the seventeenth day of April, eighteen hundred and
fifty-five, in the same manner as if the petition for said extension had
been filed at least ninety days prior to the expiration of said patent, and
that the commissioner be authorized to consider and determine said appli-
cation in the same manner as if it had been filed ninety days before the
expiration of the said patent.
March 8, 1869. CHAP. CLXXVIII - An Act confirming certain Purchases of Lands in the Ionia
District, Michigan, made by Charles H. Rodd and And) ew J Campeau.
Certain
tions loca-
and pur- States of America in Congress assembled, That the locations and purchases
thasssoflandby of land made by Charles H. Rodd and Andrew J. Campeau, under the
Charles H Rodd provisions of the treaty of August two, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, in
and Andrew J. the Ionia land district, Michigan, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed,
Campeau con-
firmed. so far as such purchases or locations were made prior to the instructions
Vol xi p. 688. of the commissioner of the general land office to the register and receiver
not to allow any further Indian locations or purchases in the Indian reser-
Provisos. vation: Promded, That such purchases were made regularly, according
to the regulations and instructions of the general land office in force at
the time: And provided, That this act shall not prejudice any adverse
claims to such lands.
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RESOLUTIONS.
[No. 4.] Joint Resolution /or the Rdeliefof George W. Lane, Superintendent of the Branch Feb. 4,1869.
Mint at Denver, Colorado, and Assistant Treasurer of the United States.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Trens- Credit to be
allowed George
ury be, and he is hereby, authorized to credit and allow to George W. w Lane in set-
Lane, superintendent of the United States branch mint at Denver, Col- tlement ac-
counts forofmoney
orado Territory, in the settlement of his accounts, the sum of four thou- stolen
sand four hundred and nineteen dollars and ninety cents, public money,
which was stolen from the min't without fault or neglect on the part of
said superintendent, and which has not been recovered.
[No 6.] A Resolution relating to the MTileage of Charles Westmoreland. Feb 9, 1869.
Payment in
of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, trust'for Charles
and is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the secretary of the Westmoreland
Senate, out of the appropriation for payment of the messengers of the 1868, ch 177
respective States for conveying to the seat of government the votes of Ante, p. 111.
the electors of said States for President and Vice-President, (act of July
twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight,) in trust for Charles West-
moreland, the only child of the late Charles Westmoreland, the person
appointed by the electors of California to deliver to the president of the
Senate a list of the votes of California for President and Vice-President
for eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and who died at Panama, on his
way to the seat of government with said list, the sum to which said
Westmoreland would have been entitled had he reached the seat of gov-
ernment and delivered the same ; and the receipt of the secretary of the
Senate for said sum shall be a sufficient voucher therefor.
[No 12 ] Joint Resolution fo the Relief of Leonard Pierce, junior, late United States Feb 19, 1869.
Consul at Alatarnora
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United d Payment t
States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid to Leonard Leonard Poere,
Pierce, junior, of ioulton, Maine, out of any money appropriated for the Jr.
use of the State Department, the sum of eleven thouand eight hundred
and forty-three dollars and eighty-nine cents in gold, in fqll for expendi-
tures made by him out of his private funds while United States consul
at Matamoras, Mexico, during the period from the twelfth of March,
eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to the thirtieth of November, eighteen
hundred and sixty-four, in aiding Union soldiers and refugees fleeing
from Texas.
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FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sss. III. RES. 13, 18, 29, 30. 1869.
Feb 25, 1869 [No. 13.]Joint Resolutwnfor the Relief of Frederick Schley.
Allowance to States of America in Congress assembled, That the accounting officers of
Frederick
Schley in settle- the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, authoried to allow
ment of ac- and credit Frederick Schley, late collector of internal revenue in the
counts. fourth district of the State of Maryland, such amount of uncollected
taxes as he may, by satisfactory proof, show to have been uncollected by
reason of the destruction of his tax lists and accounts by rebel fbrces
during the recent rebellion.
APPROVED, Februaiy 25, 1869.
March 1, 1869 [No. 18 ] Joint Resolution for the Rebief of Edward E Shead, of Eastport,State of Maine.

Two coupon States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
bonds to be is-
smed to Edward Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to issue to Edward E. Shead, of
E Shead, in lieu Eastport, State of Maine, two six per centum coupon bonds, for the sum of
of two destr~'ed five hundred dollars each, in leu of two bonds destroyed by fire, bearing
by fire
date eighteenth of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, numbered
nineteen thousand seven hundred and forty-seven, and nineteen thousand
seven hundred and forty-eight, payable in eighteen hundred and eighty-
one.
March 3, 1869. [No. 29 ] Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to remit the Duty on
certain Meridian Circles.
Customs duty States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
on certain me-
ridian circles Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to remit the duties on a meridian
remitted, circle, imported for the observatory at Cambridge, in the State of Massa-
chusetts, and a meridian circle imported for the observatory connected
with the Chicago University, at Chicago, in the State of Illinois.
March 8, 1869. [No. 30.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of Henry S Gibbons, Luther McNeal, and Seth
H Gates
Allowance to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster-General be,
be made in set-
tlement of ac- and he hereby is, authorized and required, in settling the accounts of
counts to Henry Henry S. Gibbons, late postmaster at St. John's, Michigan, to allow him
S. Gibbons, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars as indemnification for a like
amount belonging to the post-office fund and stolen from him by burglars,
and which amount has been paid to the United States by said Gibbons:
proviso Provided, [That] it shall be proven satisfactorily to the Postmaster-Gen-
eral that funds belonging to the Post-Office Department to the amount of
five hundred dollars were stolen by burglars, and that said Gibbons was
not guilty of neglect in the custody thereof.
Luther Mc- SEc. 2. And be it further resolved, That Luther McNeal be paid the
Neal, sum of one hundred and seventy-five dollars and forty-six cents for
money and postage stamps belonging to the United States, and which
were stolen from the post-office at the town of Lancaster, Erie county,
New York, while he was postmaster, and which sum he has paid to the
government on settlement with the Post-Office Department, as such post-
master, and that such sum be paid out of the post-office fund by the Post-
proviso, master-General upon the said McNeal making proof to his satisfaction
that said money and stamps were stolen without any fault of said
MeNeal.
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FORTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. iii. Rzs. 30, 83. 1869.
SEC. 3. And be it further resolved, That in the settlement of the Seth M.Gates;
accounts of Seth ME. Gates, postmaster at Warsaw; New York, with the
Post-Office Department, the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby,
authorized to allow a credit to the said Seth M. Gates of seven hundred
and twenty-six dollars and seventy-three cents, the amount in value of
postage stamps belonging to the United States, stolen from the post-office
on the sixteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, while the
said Gates was postmaster: Provided, That it shall satisfactorily appear proviso.
to the Postmaster-General that the said Gates was guilty of no negligence
in the custody of said stamps.
[No. 31] Joint Resoluttonfor the Rdzef of Mrs. Ella .E. Hobart. March 3, 1869.
States of America in Congress assembled, That Ella E. Hobart, who was Ella Payment to
E. Hlobart.
appointed as chaplain to the first regiment of Wisconsin volunteer heavy
artillery, shall be entitled to receive the full pay and emoluments of a
chaplain in the United States army, for the time during which she faith-
fully performed the services of a chaplain to said regiment, as if she had
been regularly commissioned and mustered into service.
APPROVED, March 3, 1869. '
VOL. XV. Pry. - 30
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TREATIES.
reaty between the United States and the Confederated Tribes of Sacs and
Foxes of the Mississippi; Made October 1, 1859; RatifiedJuly 9,1860.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: October 1,1869.
A PROCLAMATION.
TO ALL AND SINGULAR TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING
WHEREAS a treaty was made and concluded at the Sac and Fox Agency Preamble
in the Territory of Kansas, on the first day of October, one thousand
eight hundred and ifly-nine, by and between Alfred B. Greenwood, com-
missioner on the part of the United States, and certain chiefs and head-
men hereinafter named representing the confederated tribes of Sacs
and Foxes of the Mississippi, which treaty is in the following words,
to wit:.-
Articles of agreement and convention made and concluded at the Sac and
Fox agency, in the Territory of Kansas, on the first day of October, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, by
and between Alfred B. Greenwood, commissioner on the part of the
United States, and the following named chiefs and delegates, represent-
ing the confederated tribes of Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi, viz. Contracting
Ke-o-kuk, Mack-a-sah-pee, Sha-bah-caw-kah, Mat-tah-tah, My-ah- parties.
pit, Kaw-ah-kee, Kah-sha-mob-mee, Maw-mee-won-e-kah, and Che-
ko-skuk, they being thereto duly authorized by said confederated
tribes.
ARTICLE 1. The Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi having now more Part of pres-
lands than are necessary for their occupancy and use, and being desirous ent reservation
of promoting settled habits of industry and enterprise amongst themselves to be set apart.
by abolishing the tenure in common by which they now hold their lands,
and by assigning limited quantities thereof, in severalty, to the individu-
al members of the tribe, to be cultivated and improved for their individu- Post, p 465
al use and benefit, it is hereby agreed and stipulated that the portion of
their present reservation contained within the following boundaries, that
is to say: beginning at a point on the northern boundary line of their Boundaries.
reservation, six miles west of the northeastern corner of the same ; run-
ning thence due south, to the southern boundary of the same, twenty
miles; thence west, and along said southern boundary, twelve miles;
thpnce due north, to the northern boundary of said reservation, twenty
miles; and thence east, along said boundary line, twelve miles, to the
place of beginning- estimated to contain about one hundred and fifty-
three thousand and six hundred acres - shall be set apart and retained
by them for the purposes aforesaid.
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468 TREATY WITH THE SACS AND FOXES. OCTOBER 1, 1859.
Assignment to ARTICLE II. Out of" the lands so set apart and retained there shall be
each member of assigned to each member of said confederated tribe, without distinction of
Iie confederated
tube; age or sex, a tract of eighty acres, to include, in every case, as far as
for agent; practicable, a reasonable portion of timber. One hundred and sixty acres
of said retained lands shall also be set apart and appropriated to the use
for school, and occupancy of the agent fbr the time being of said confederated tribe;
and one hundred and sixty acres shall also be reserved for the establish-
ment and support of a school for the education of the youth of the tribe.
Locations. The location of the tracts, the assignment of which is provided for in this
article, shall be made in as regular and compact a manner as possible, and
so as to admit of a distinct and well-defined exterior boundary, embracing
the whole of them and any intermediate portions or parcels of land or
water not included in or made part of the tracts assigned in severalty.
Intermediate All such intermediate parcels of land and water shall be owned by the
parcels. Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi in common ; but, in case of increase in
the tribe, or other cause, rendering it necessary or expedient, the said inter-
mediate parcels of land shall be subject to distribution and assignment in
such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe and direct.
Lands to be The whole of the lands, assigned or unassigned, embraced within said ex-
known as, &c. terior boundary, shall constitute and be known as the reservation of the
Laws. Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi; and all laws which have been, or
may be, passed by the Congress of the United States regulating trade
and intercourse with Indian tribes shall have full force and effect over the
White persons same, and no white person, except such as shall be in the employment of
not to reside
thereon except,
the United States, shall be allowed to reside or go upon any portion of
said reservation, without the written permission of the superintendent of
the central superintendency, or of the agent of the tribe.
Division and ARTICLE III. The division and assignment in severalty among the
assignment how Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi of the land hereinbefore reserved for
mde that purpose shall be made under the direction of the Secretary of the
Interior, and his decision of all questions arising thereupon shall be final
Certificates for and conclusive. Certificates shall be issued by the commissioner of In-
tracts. dian Affairs for the tracts assigned in severalty, specifying the names of
the individuals to whom thdy have been assigned, respectively, and that
the said tracts are set apart for the exclusive use and benefit of the as-
Tracts not to signees and their heirs. And said tracts shall not be alienated in fee,
be disposed of, leased, or otherwise disposed of, except to the United States, or to mem-
&c.; bers of the Sac and Fox tribe, and under such rules and regulations as
may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. And said tracts
to be exempt, shall be exempt from taxation, levy, sale, or forfeiture, until otherwise
&c. provided by Congress. Prior to the issue of the certficates aforesaid,
the Secretary of the Interior shall make such rules and regulations as he
may deem necessary or expedient respecting the disposition of any of
said tracts, in case of the death of the person or persons to whom they
may be assigned, so that the same shall be secured to the families of
such deceased persons; and should any of the Indians to whom tracts
shall be assigned abandon them, the said Secretary may take such action
in relation to the proper disposition thereof as, in his judgment, may be
necessary and proper.
Certain lands ARTICLE IV. For the purpose of establishing the Sacs and Foxes
of present
ration to bereser- of the Mhssisbippi
sold,of .issp comfortably upon the lands to be assigned to them in
arid proceeds severalty, by building them houses, and by furnishing them with agricul-
how applied tural implements, stock ahimals, and other necessary aid and facilities for
commencing agricultural pursuits under favorable circumstances, the
lands embraced in that portion of their present reservation, not stipu-
Post, p. 495. lated to be retained and divided as aforesaid, shall be sold, under the di-
rection of the Secretary of the Intei ior, in parcels not exceeding one hun-
Sales, how drtd and sixty acres each, to the bighest bidder, for cash ; the sale to be
made. made upon sealed proposals, to be duly invited by public advertisement, and
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TREATY WITH THE SACS AND FOXES. OCTOBER 1, 1859. 469
the proceeds thereof to be expended, for the purposes hereinbefore recited, Improvements.
in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may think proper. And
should any of the tracts so to be sold have upon them improvements of
any kind which were made by or for the Indians, or for government pur-
poses, the proposals therefor must state the price for both the land and
the improvements. And if, after assigning to all the members of the
tribe entitled thereto their proportion of land in severalty, there shall
remain a surplus of that portion of the reservation retained for that pur-
pose, outside of the exterior boundaries of the lands assigned in sever-
ally, the Secretary of the Interior shall be authorized and empowered,
whenever he shall think proper, to cause such surplus to be sold in the
same manner as the other lands to be so disposed of, and to apply the
proceeds of such sale to the purposes and in the mode hereinbefore pro-
vided with respect to that portion of their present reservation not re-
tained for distribution.
ARTICLE V. The Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi being anxious Debts of the
to relieve themselves from the burden of their present liabilities, and it Indians to be
paid, &c.
being essential to their best interests that they should be allowed to corn-
mence their new mode of life, free from the embarrassments of debt, it is
stipulated and agreed that debts which may be due and owing at the date
of the signing and execution hereof, either by the said confederated
tribes of Sacs and Foxes, or by individual members thereof, shall be
liquidated, and paid out of the fund arising from the sale of their surplus
lands, so far as the same shall be found to be just and valid on an exami-
nation thereof, to be maje by their agent and. the superintendent of In-
dian affairs for the central superintendency, subject to revision and cor-
rection by the Secretary of the Interior.
ARTICLE VI. Should the proceeds of the surplus lands aforesaid If proceeds of
prove insufficient to carry out the purposes and stipr'lations of this agree-
lands are insuf-
ficient other
ment, and further aid be, from time to time, requisite to enable the Sacs moneys to be
and Foxes of the Mississippi to sustain themselves successfully in agri- taken.
cultural or other industrial pursuits, such additional means as may be
necessary therefor shall be taken from the moneys due and belonging to
them under the provisions of former treaties; and so much of said mon-
eys as may be required to furnish them further aid as aforesaid shall be
applied in such manner, under the direction of the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, as he shall consider best calculated to improve and promote their
welfare. And, in order to render unnecessary any further treaty engage- Provisions of
ments or arrangements hereafter with the United States, it is hereby former treaties
agreed and stipulated that the President, with the assent of Congre s, meybehanged.
shall have full power to modify or change any of the provisions of for-
mer treaties with the Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi in such manner
and to whatever extent be may judge to be necessary and expedient for
their welfare and best interest.
ARTICLE VII. The Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi, parties to All members
this agreement, are anxious that all the members of their tribe shall par- of the tribe to
ticipate in the advantages herein provided for respecting their improve-share herein.
ment and civilization, and to that end to induce all that are now sepa-
rated to rejoin and reunite with them. It is therefore agreed that, as
soon as practicable, the commissioner of Indian Affairs shall cause the
necessary proceedings to be adopted to have them notified of this agree-
ment and its advantages, and to induce them to come in and unite with
their brethren; and to enable them to do so, and to sustain themselves
for a reasonable time thereafter, such assistance shall be provided for
them at the expense of the tribe as may be actually necessary for that
purpose: Provided,however, That those who do not rejoin and perma- To come in
nently reunite themselves with the tribe within one year from the date within one year
of the ratification of this treaty shall not be entitled to the benefit of any
of its stipulations.
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470 TREATY WITH THE SACS AND FOXES. OCTOBER 1, 1859.
Expenses of ARTICLE VII. All the expenses connected with and incident to the
the treaty, &o. making of this agreement, and the carrying out its provisions, shall be
defrayed out of the funds of the Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi.
Roads and ARTICLE IX. It is agreed that all roads and highways laid out by
highways. authority of law shall have right of way through the lands within the
reservation hereinbefore specified, on the same terms as are provided by
law when roads and highways are made through lands of citizens of the
Railroads. United States; and railroad companies, when the lines pass through the
lands of said Indians, shall have right of way on the payment of a just
compensation therefor in money.
Mixed and ARTICLE X. The Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi being anxiou3
half bloods and
whole bloods to make some suitable provision for their mixed and half bloods, and
intermarried such of their women, (whole bloods,) who have intermarried with white
with white men. men, it is agreed that there shall be assigned to the mixed and half bloods
of their tribe, and to such whole blood females as have intermarried with
white men, at the date of this agreement, three hundred and twenty acres
Post, p 498. each; the location and allotments of said lands to be made out of that
portion relinquished by this treaty to the Unid States in trust, provided
the mixed or half bloods, and such females of their tribes as have inter-
married with white men, desire to do so. The allotments to such of the
mixed or half bloods as may be minors to be made by the agent of the
tribe, subject to the confirmation and approval of the Secretary of the
Interior; and in allotting lands to those provided for in this article, said
allotments shall be made so as to include their improvements, (if any,)
provided it can be done, and at the same time make said allotments con-
Thomas Con- form to the public surveys. And it is further agreed between the parties
trolly, to this agreement, that Thomas Connelly, a half-breed, and a member of
the tribe who has been uniformly kind to his people, shall be permitted
to so locate his three hundred and twenty acres as to include Randal's
dwelling and trading-house, if it can be done so as to harmonize with the
public surveys; and provided the said Connelly shall pay to the owner
of said improvements a fair valuation therefor. The lands granted by
this article shall remain inalienable except to the United States or mem-
bers of the tribe, nor shall the mixed or half bloods, or such females as
have intermarried with white men, participate in the proceeds of the
lands herein ceded.
Funds with- ARTICLE XL The United States also agree to cause to be paid to the
held to be paid. tribe any funds that may have heretofore been withheld under the provis-
ions of the fifth article of the treaty of one thousand eight hundred and
forty-two, the same to be extended for their benefit, or paid in money, as
the Secretary may direct.
Treaty when ARTICLE XII. This instrument shall be obligatory on the contracting
to take effect, parties whenever the same shall be ratified by the President and the
Senate of the United States.
Execution. In testimony whereof, the said Alfred B. Greenwood, commissioner as
aforesaid, and the said chiefs and delegates of the Sacs and Foxes of the
Mississippi, have hereunto set their hands and seals at the place and on
the day and year hereinbefore written.
ALFRED B. GREENWOOD. [L. s.]
Sacs.
KE-O-KUK, his x mark. [L. S.]
MACK-AH-SAH-PEE, his x mark. [L.
SHAW-PAH-CAW, his x mark. [L. S.]
MAT-TAH-TAH, his x mark. [L. S.'
MY-AH-PIT, his x mark. [L. s.j
KAW-AH-KEE, his x mark. [L. S.]
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Foxes.
KA-SHA-M.AH-ME, his x mark. [L. S.]
MAW-ME-WONE-CAH, his x mark. [L. s.]
CHE-CO-SKUK, his x mark. [L. S.]
In presence of-
FERREY FULLER, U S. -Agent.
THos. J. CONNOLLY, U. S. Interpreter.
G. BAILEY, Secretary to Comm'r.
J. M. LUcE.
H. S. RANDALL.
JOHN GOODELL.
And, whereas, the said treaty having been submitted to the Senate of Ratification.
the United States, for its constitutional action thereon, the Senate did,
on the twenty-seventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty, advise and consent to the ratification of the same, by a resolution
in the words and figures following, to wit : -
Iff EXECUTIVE SESSION, SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES,
June 27, 1860.
.Resolved, (two thirds of the senators present concurring,) That the
Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the articles of agreement
and convention made and concluded at the Sac and Fox agency, in the
Territory of Kansas, on the first day of October, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-nine, by and between" Alfred B. Greenwood, commis-
sioner on the part of the United States, and certain chiefs and headmen
representing the confederated tribes of Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi.
Attest : ASBURY DICKINS, Secretary.
Now, therefore, be it known that I, JAmEs BucE&NAN, President of Proclamation.

the United States of America, do, in pursuance of the advice and con-
sent of the Senate as expressed in the resolution of the twenty-seventh
day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, accept, ratify and
confirm said treaty.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the United States to
be hereto affixed, having signed the same with my hand.
Done at the city of Washington, this ninth day of July, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty, and of the
LL. S-] independence of the United States of America the eighty-
fifth.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
By the President:
Wa. Iuyr THESCOT, Acting ecretary of State.
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CONVENTION WITH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. FEB. 8,1867. 473
General Convention of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, and for the

Surrenderof Fugitive 0riminals, between the United States of Ameried
and the Dominican Republic; $igned at Santo Domingo February8,
1867; Rattfied by President of United States July 31, 1867; Ex-
changed at Santo Domingo October 5, 1867; Proclaimedby President
of Unt ted States October 24, 1867.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Feb. 8, 1867.
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, a general convention of amity, commerce, and naviga- Preamble.
tion, and for the surrender of fugitive criminals, between the United
States of America and the Dominican Republic, was concluded and
signed by their respective plenipotentiaries, at the city of Santo Domingo,
on the eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
seven, which convention, being in the English and Spanish languages, is
word for word, as follows:
The United States of America La. Reptiblica Dominicana y los

and the Dominican Republic, equally Estados Unidos de Amgrica, igual-
animated with the desire of main- mente animados del deseo de man-
taining the cordial relations, and of tener las cordiales relaciones que ex-
tightening, if possible, the bonds of isten entre ambos paises, de estre-
friendship between the two coun- char, si es posible, sus lazos de amis-
tries, as well as to augment, by all tad, y de aumentar por todos los
the means at their disposal, the com- medios que estan , su alcance las
mercial intercourse of their respec- relaciones comerciales de sus re-
tive citizens, kmve mutually resolved spectivog ciudadanes, mtituamente
to conclude a general convention of han resuelto celebrar un convenio
amity, commerce, and navigation, general de amistad, comercio y nave-
and for the surrender of fugitive gacion, y de entrega de reos pr6fu-
criminals. For this purpose they gos. Con este fin han nombrado Contracting
have appointed as their plenipoten- por sus plenipotenciarios, i saber: el partes.
tiaries, to wit : the President of the Presidente de la Repdblica Domi-
United States, John Somers Smith, nicana, A Jos6 Gabriel Garcia, Se-
commercial agent of the United cretario de Estado en el Despacho
States at the city of Santo Domin- de Relaciones Exteriores, y A Juan
go, and the President of the Domi- Ramon Fiallo, ex Secretario de Es-
nican Republic, Jos6 Gabriel Gar- tado en el de Hacienda; y el Presi-
cia, Secretary of State in the De- dente de los Estados Unidos, AJohn
partment of Foreign Relations, and Somers Smith, agents comercial
Juan Ramon Fiallo, ex-Secretary of de los Estados Uniaos en Santo
the Treasury, who, after a commu- Domingo, los cuales, despues de ha-
nication of their respective full berse comunica4o sus respectivos
powers, have agreed to the following plenos poderes, han convenido en
articles: los articulos siguientes:
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474 CONVENTION WITH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. FEB. 8, 1867.
A TiE 1. AuTIOTJLO 1.
Peace and It is the intention of the high Quieren las altas partes contra-
friendship. contracting parties that there shall tantes que continue habiendo paz
continue to be a firm, inviolable, and firme, inviolable y universal, y ami-
universal peace, and a true and sin- stad verdadera y sincera entre las
cere friendship between the Repub- Repdiblicas Dominicana y los Esta-
lic of the United States of America dos Unidos de Amdrica, y entre sus
and the Dominican Republic, and respectivos paises, territories, cl-
between their respective countries, dades, villas y poblaciones, sin es-
territories, cities, towns, and peo- cepcion de personas ni lugares. Sj
ple, without exception of persons or desgraciadamente ambas nacione$
Provision in places. If, unfortunately, the two se vieren envueltas en guerra una
case of wars. nations should become involved in contra otra, se conceder6. el tdrmino
war, one with the other, the term de seis meses despues de la declara-
of six months after the declaration cion de ella A los comerciantes y
thereof shall be allowed to the mer- otros ciudadanos y habitantes re.
chants and other citizens and inhab- spectivamente per cada parte, para
itants respectively, on each side, que en ese tiempo tengan libertad
during which time they shall be at de retirarse con sus efectos y mue-
liberty to withdraw themselves, bles que tendrdn derecho da lle-
with their effects and movables, varse, envitr fuera 6 vender como les
which they shall have the right to plazca, sin el menor impedimento;
carry away, send away, or sell, as durante dicbo tdrmino de seis i eses
they please, without the least ob- no serdn cogidos sus efectos y toucho
struction; nor shall their effects, menos sus personas; per el contra-
much less their persons, be seized rio, los pasaportes que se lesdieren,
during such term of six months; sehin vilidos durante el tiewpo ne-
Passports. on the contrary, passports shall cesario A su vuelta, y comprenderdn
be valid for -a term necessary for sus buques y los efectos qtfe deseen
their return, and shall be given to llevar consigo 6 enviar fuera, sirvign-
them for their vessels and the ef- doles de salvo conducto contra los
fects which they may wish to carry insultos y capturas que los buques
with them or send away, and such privados de guerra intenten contra
passports shall be a safe-conduct sus personas y efectos ; y no se con-
against the insults and captures fiscartn, ni secuestrarAn el dinero,
which privateers may attempt las deudas, las acciones de los fondos
against their persons and effects, pdblicos, 6 de los baocos, ni nmgu-
and the money, debts, shares in the nos otros bienes m7ebles 6 raices
public funds, or in banks, or any que pertenezean A las ciudaaanos de
other property, personal or real, be- una parte en los territorios de ]a-
longing to the citizens of the one otra.
party in the territories of the other,
shall not be confiscated or seques-
trated.
ARTICLE IT- ARTIOuoO 20.

Exemption The citizens of each of the high Los ciudadaros de cada una de las
from compul- contracting parties, residing or estab-
sory mihtary altas partes contratantes residentes
service, forced lished in the territory of the other, 6 establecidos en el territorio de la
loans, &c. shall be exempt from all compulsory otra, estards exentos de todo servi-
military service by sea or by land, cio militar forzado, de mar 6 de tier-
and from all forced loans or military ra, y de todo prdstamo forzoso 6 ex-
exactions or requisitions ; nor shall acciones 6 requisiciones militares;
they be compelled to pay any con- ni serin compelidos . pagar contri-
tributions whatever, higher or other buciones cualesquiera mayores d
than those that are or may be paid otras que las que pagan 6 pagaren
by native citizens. los ciudadanos naturales.
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ARTICLE II. ARTICUILO 83.
The citizens of the contracting Se permitiri A los ciudadanos de Right of resi-

parties shall be permitted to enter, las partes contratantes entrar, mo- deu and to do
sojourn, settle, and reside in all parts rar, establecerse y residir en todas bumess;
of said territories, and such as may las partes de dichos territorios, y los
wish to engage in business shall que deseen dedicarse A negocios,
have the right to hire and occupy tendrdn derecho para tomar en al-
warehouses, provided they submit to quiler y ocupar almacenes, siempre
the laws, as well general as special, que se sometan A las leyes, asi gene-
relative to the rights of travelling, rales cono especiales, relativas A los
residing, or trading. While they derechos de viajar, residir 6 traficar.
conform to the laws and regulations Midntras se conformen con las leyes
in force, they shall be at liberty to y reglamentos vigentes, tendrin
manage themselves their own bvisi- libertad de manejar ellos mismos
ness, subject to the jurisdiction of sus propios negocios con sujecion A
either party, as well in respect to la jurisdiccion de cada parte, asi con
the consignment and sale of their respecto A la consignacion y venta
goods by wholesale or retail as with de sus mercancias por mayor 6
respect to the loading, unloading, menor, como con respecto A ]a car-
and sending off their ships. They ga, descarga y despacho de sus
may also employ such agents or buques. Tambien podrdn emplear to employ
brokers as they may deem proper, aquellos agentes 6 corredores que agents;
and shall in all these cases be treat- crean conveniente, y en todos estos
ed as the citizens of the country casos serdn tratados como los ciuda-
wherein they reside; it being, never- danos del pals donde residan, enten-
theless, distinctly understood that "didndose, sin embargo, claramente,
they shall be subject to such laws que tambien dn cuanto A la venta
and regulations also in respect to por mayor 6 menor estardn sujetos
wholesale or retail. They shall A tales leyes y reglamentos. Ten-
have free access to the tribunals of di An abiertos los tribunales de justi- to have free
justice, in cases to which they may cia en las causas en que puedan ser " tojudicial
tdrminos que
be a party, on the same terms which partes, en los mismos
are granted by the laws and usage las leyes y uso del pais concedan A
of the country to native citizens ; los ciudadanos naturales, para lo
for which purpose they may employ cual podrAn emplear en defensa de
in defence of their interests and sus intereses y derechos aquellos
rights such advocates, attorneys, abogados, procuradores y otros
and other agents as they may think agentes que crean coaveniente.
proper.
ARTICLE IV. .ARTIcuLo 4.
The citizens of each of the high Los cludadanos de cada una de Liberty of
las altas partes contratantes resi-conscience and
contracting parties, residing in the religious wor-
other, shall enjoy the most perfect dentes en la otra, gozardn de la mas ship.
liberty of conscience. They shall perfecta libertad de conciencia, sin
be subjected to no inconveniences ser molestados de ningun modo por
whatever on account of their re- su creencia religiosa. Ni serAn de
ligious belief, nor shall they in any ninguna manera incomodados ni
manner be annoyed or disturbed in perturbados en el ejercicio de su culto
the exercise of their religious wor- religioso en cases particulares, 6 en
ship in private houses, or in the las capillas y lugares que elijan al
chapels and places which they may efecto, siempre que observen el de-
select for that purpose; provided, coro debido A las leyes, usos y cos-
that in so doing they observe the tumbres del pals. Se conviene asi
decorum due to the laws, usages, and mismo, en que los ciudadanos de un
customs of the country. It is likewise pais que mueran en el territorio del
agreed that the citizens of the one- otro puedan ser enterrados, 6 en los
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476 CONVENTION WITH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. FEE. 8,1867.
Right of country dying in the territory of cementerios comunes, 6 en otros que
the other, may be interred either in sean elejidos 4 ese fin, con el con-
the ordinary cemeteries or in such sentimiento de las autoridades lo-
others as may be selected for that cales, por su propio gobierno, 6 per
purpose by their own government, sus amigos 6 representantes perso-
or by their personal friends or rep- nales. Todos esos cementerios y las
resentatives, with the consent of the procesiones funerales, 6en su ida 6
local authorities. All such ceme- en su vuelta, ser n protejidas de
teries and funeral processions, going violacion 6 perturhacion.
to or returning from them, shall be
protected from violation or disturb-
ance.
ARTICLE V. Awi IcuLo 50.
prop- of
Disposition
personal The citizens of each of the high Los ciudadanos de cada una de
erty. contracting parties, within the juris- las altas partes contratantes, dentro
diction of the other, shall have de ]a jurisdiccion de ]a otra, tendrsin
power to dispose of their personal poder jpara disponer de sus bienes
property by sale, donation, testa- muebles por vents, donacion, testa-
ment, or otherwise ; and their per- mento, 6 de otro modo; y sus repre-
sonal representatives, being citizens senlantes personales, siendo ciu-
of the other contracting party, shall dadanos de ]a otra parte contratan-
succeed to their personal property, te, sucederan en sus bienes muebles,
whether by testament or ab intestato. ya sea For testamento, 6 ab intesla-
They may take possession thereof, to. PodrAn tornar posesion de elios,
either by themselves or by others bien sea por s mimos, 6 For otros
acting for them, at their pleasure, que hagan sus veces, segun su vo-
and dispose of the 'same, paying luntad, y disponer de los mijmos,
such duty only as the citizens of the pagando solo aquellos derechos que
country wherein the said personal estuvieren sujetos A pagar en iguales
property is situated shall be subject casos los ciudadanos del pais en
to pay in like cases. In the absence donde estuvieren situados los dichos
of a personal representative, the bienes muebles. A falta de repre-
same care shall be taken of the sentante personal se cuidarAe de los
property as by law would be taken bienes del mismo modo que se cut-
of the property of a native in a darta con irreglo i las leyes de los
similar case, whilst the lawful own- bienes de un natural en caso seme-
er may take measures for securing jante, mientras el legitimo duefiD
it. If a question should arise among tome providencias pars asegurarlos.
claimants as to the rightful owner- Si se suscitare cuestion entre los
ship of the property, the same shall reclamantes sobre ]a legitima pro-
be finally decided by the judicial piedad de los bienesf aquella ser6
tribunals of the country in which it definitivamente decidida por los
is situated. ti ibunales de justicia del pais donde
Real estate When on the decease of any per- se hallaren estos situados.
of persons
deceased. son holding real estate within the Cuando al morir alguna persona
territory of one party, such real es- que tenga bienes raices, dentro del
tate would by the law of the land territorio de una parte, ellos pasa-
descend on a citizen of the other, rian segun el derecho de ]a tierra, Al
were he not disqualified by alienage, un ciudadano de ]a otra, si no lo in-
the longest term which the laws of habilitara su calidad de extrangero,
the country in which it is situated se le conceder el mayor plazo que
will permit shall be accorded to permitan las leyes del pais donde
him to dispose of the same; nor estuvieren situados, para disponer
shall he be subjected, in doing so, to de ellos, y no ser, sometido, cuando
higher or other dues than if he lo haga , otros ni mas altos derechos,
were a citizen of the country where- que los que deberia pagar si fuera
in such real estate is situated. ciudadano del pais en que tales bi-
ones raices esten aituado.
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.AIiCLE VI. ARTicuLo 6'.
The high contracting parties Las altas partes contratantes con- Imports.
hereby agree, that whatever kind of vienen en que cualquiera clase de
produce, manufactures, or merchan- productos, manufacturas 6 mercan-
dise, of any foreign country can be, cias de cualquier pais estrangero que
from time to time, lawfully imported puedan ser en cualquier tiempo le-
into the United States in their own galmente importados en la Repidblica
vessels, may also be imported in the Dominicana en sus propios buques,
vessels of the Dominican republic, puedan tambien ser importados en
and no higher or other duties upon los buques de los Estados Unidos, y
the tonnage or cargo of the vessels en que no se impondrn, ni cobra- Tonnage and
shall be levied or collected, whether rtn otros ni mas altos derechos de other duties.
the importation be made in a vessel tonelada 6 por el cargamento de los
under the flag of the United States, buques, ya sea que se haga la im-
or a vessel under the flag of the portacion en buque que lieve la
Dominican republic. And, recipro- bandera de la Repdblica Domnicana
cally, whatever kind of produce, 6 en buque que Ileve la bandera de
manufactures, or merchandise of los Estados Unidos. Y reciproca-
any foreign country can be, from mente eualquier clase de produetos,
time to time, lawfully imported into manufacturas 6 mercancias de cual-
the Dominican republic in her own quier pais estrangero, que puedan
vessels, may also be imported in ser en cualquier tiempo legahnente
vessels of the United States, and importados en los Estados Unidos
no higher or other duties upon the en sus propios buques, podrdn
tonnage or cargo of the vessel shall tambien ser importados en buques
be levied or collected, whether the de la Repdblica Dominicana, y no se
importation be made in a vessel impondrdm ni cobrarin otros ni mas
under the flag of the Dominican re- altos derechos de tonelada, 6 por el
public, or under the flag of the cargamento del buque, bien se haga
United States. ]a importacion en buque que lleve la
Whatever can be lawfully ex- bandera de la Repdblica Dominicana
ported or re-exported by one party 6 la de los Estados Unidos.
in its own vessels to any foreign Todo lo que legalmente pueda Exportg.
country, may, in like manner be ex- exportarse 6 re-exportarse por una
ported or re-exported in the vessels parte en sus propios buques, para
of the other; and the same duties, cualquier pais estrangero, podrti de
bounties, and drawbacks shall be la misma manera ser exportado 6
collected and allowed, whether such re-exportado en los buques de la
exportation or re-exportation be otra. Y se cobrarin y concederin Duties,
made in vessels of the one or the los mismos derechos, premios y charges, &c.
other. Nor shall higher or other descuentos, sea que ]a exportacion 6
charges of any kind be imposed in re-exportacion se haga en buques de
the ports of one party on vessels of la una 6 de la otra, ni se impondrin
the other than are or shall be pay- en los puertos de una parte Aibuques
able in the same ports by national de la otra, otros ni mas altos derechos
vessels. de cualquier gdnero que los que
paguen 6 pagaren en los mismos
puertos buques nacionales.
ARTiCLE VII. ,A-RTicuLo 70.
The preceding article is not ap- El precedente articulo

• Coastingortrade
no es apli- reservedfl
plicable to the coasting trade of the cable al comercio de cabotage de resezens.
contracting parties, which is respec- las partes contratantes, que respec-
tively reserved by each exclusively tiva y exclusivamerite reserva cada
for its own citizens. una 6 sus propios ciudadanos.
But vessels of either country Pero se permitirt 6 los buques de Discharge of
shall be allowed to dischrxge a part cualquiera de los dos paises descar- vessels.
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478 CONVENTION WITH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. FEB. 8,1867.
of their cargoes at one port, and gar una parte de sus cargamentos
proceed to any other port or ports en un puerto habilitado, y pasar i
in the territories of the other to dis- otro puerto 6 puertos habilitados de
charge the remainder, without pay- los territorios de la otra i descar-
ing higher or other port charges or gar el resto, sin pagar otros ni mas
tonnage dues than would be paid by altos derechos de puerto ni de tone-
national vessels in such cases, so long lada que los que pagarian buques
as this liberty shall be conceded to nacionales en semejantes casos;
any foreign vessels by tie laws of entendi6ndose esto mientras las
both countries. leyes de ambos paises permitan
dichos actos i buques estrangeros.
AnTICLE VIII. ARTicuLo 80.
What to be For the better understanding of Para cabal inteligencia de las

deemed Domini- the preceding stipulations, it has estipulaciones precpdentes, se ha
can vessels.
been agreed that every vessel be- convenido en. que todo buque per-
longing exclusively to a citizen or teneciente esclusivamente A ciuda-
citizens of the Dominican republic, dano 6 ciudadanos de la Repiblica
and whose captain is also a citizen Dominicana, y cuyo capitan sea
of the same, such vessel having also tambien ciudadano de ella, y su-
complied with all the other requi- puesto que dicho buque haya
sites established by law to acquire cumplido con todos los demas requi-
such national character, though the sitos establecidos por la ley para
construction and crew are or may be adquirir su nacionalidad, aunque su
foreign, shall be considered, for all construccion y tripulacion sean
the objects of this treaty, as a estrangeras, serA considerado para
Dominican vessel. todos los efectos de este tratado
como buque Dominicano.
.
ARTICLE IX. ARTICULO 9
No higher or No higher or other duty shall be No se impondrdn otros ni mas

other duties on imposed on the importation into the alto, dereehos .4 la importacion en
imports; United States of any article the
la Repxiblica Dominicana, de cual-
growth, produce, or manufacture of quier articulo, produccion 6 manu-
the Dominican republic, or of her factura de los Estados Unidos 6
fisheries; and no higher or other de sus pesquerias, ni se impondrin
duty shall be imposed on the im- otros ni mas altos derechos i la
portation into the Dominican re- importacion en los Estados Unidos
public of any article the growth, de cualquier articulo, pioduccion 6
produce, or manuficture of the manufactura de ]a Repdbhca Do-
United States, or their fisheries, minicana 6 de sus pesquerias, que los
than are or shall be payable on the que se paguen 6 pagaren por igual
like articles the growth, produce, or articulo, produccion 6 manufactura
manufacture of any other foreign de cualquier otro pais estrangero 6
country, or its fisheries. de sus pesquerias.
on exports. No other or higher duties or No se impondrin otros ni mas
charges shall be imposed in the altos derechos ni cargas en la Re-
United States on the exportation of ptiblica Dominicana A la exportacion
any article to the Dominican re- de cualquier articulo para los Esta-
public, nor in the Dominican re- dos Unidos, ni en los Estados Uni-
public on the exportation of any dos d la esportacion de cualquier
article to the United States, than articulo para la Repiblica Domini-
such as are or shall be payable on cana, que los que se paguen 6 paga-
the exportation of the like article ren A la esportacion de igual articulo
to any other foreign country. para cualquier otro pais estrangero.
Nodoes
that prohibition
not No prohibition shall be imposed No se impondrd ninguna prohibi-
apply to allother On the importation of any article, cion i la importacion 6 exportacion
Countries.
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CONVENTION WITH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. FE. 8,1867. 47a
the growth, produce, or manufacture de cualquier articulo, produccion 6

of the United States or their fish- manufactura de la Reptiblica Domi-
eries, or of the Dominican republic nicana 6 de sus pesquerias, 6 de los
and her fisheries, from or to the Estados Unidos 6 de las suyas que
ports of the United States or the procedan de los puertos de la Re-
Dominican republic, which shall not piblica Dominicana 6 de los Esta-
equally extend to every other for- dos Unidos 6 que se destinen A ellos,
eign country. que no se estienda igualmente i
todos los demas paises estrangeros.
ARTICLE X. ARTICULO 10.
Should one of the high contract- Si alguna de las altas partes con- Discriminat-
ing parties hereafter impose discrim- tratantes impusiere en lo sucesivo ing duties.
inating duties upon the products of derechos diferenciales A los produc-
any other nation, the other party tos de cualquiera otra nacion, la otra
shall be at liberty to determine the parte tendra libertad para determi-
manner of establishing the origin of nar por s! la manera de acreditar el
its own products intended to enter origen de aquellos productos suyos
the country by which the discrimi- que se destinen al pais por el cual
nating duties are imposed. se hubieren impuesto los derechos
diferenciales.
ARTICLE XI. ARTICULO 11.
When any vessel of either party Cuando algun buque de cualqui- Wrecks.
shall be wrecked, stranded, or other- era de las partes naufragare, encal-
wise damaged on the coasts or with- lare 6 sufriere otra averia en las
in the jurisdiction of the other, costas, 6 dentro do la juridiccion de
their respective citizens shall receive, la otra, sus respectivos ciudadanos
as well for themselves as for their recibir1n para si y sus buques y
vessels and effects, the same assist- efectos la misma ayuda que se de-
ance which would be due to the in- beria A los habitantes del pais donde
habitants of the country where the ocurri6 el accidente, y tendran que
accident happened, and they shall pagar las mismas cargas y derechos
be liable to pay the same charges de salvamento que dichos habitantes
and dues of salvage as the said in- habrian de pagar en igual caso.
habitants would be liable to pay in Si las reparaciones que requiera C-rgo of
stranded vessels
a like case. un buque encallado hicieren necesa- unladen for
If the repairs which a stranded ria la descarga del todo 6 parte de repairs.
vessel may require shall render it su cargamento, no se pagarn dere-
necessary that the whole or any chos de aduana, cargas ni honorarios
part of her cargo should be unload- por el cargamento que se sacare, si-
ed, no duties of custom, charges, or no los que paguen en el mismo case
fees on such cargo as may be car- buques nacionales. Se entiende sin
ried away shall be paid, except such embargo que, si mientras el buque
as are payable in like case by na- se est6 reparando, se desembarcare
tional vessels. It is understood, el cargamento y se guardare en un
nevertheless, that if, while the ves- dep6sito destinado para la recepcion
sel is under repair, the cargo shall de g6neros cuyos derechos no se
be unladen and kept in a place of han pagado, el cargamento quedarA
deposit destined for the reception sujeto A las cargas y honorarios que
of goods, the duties on which have legalmente se deban 61los que cuidan
not been paid, the cargo shall be thles almacenes.
liable to the charges and fees law-
fully due to the keepers of such
warehouses.
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ARTICLE XII. .ARTICULO 12.

Trading from It shall be lawful for the citizens Seri licito A.los ciudadanos de
and to enemies' of either country to sail with their cualquiera de los dos paises navegar
ports. ships and merchandise (contraband
con sus buques y mercancias (es-
goods always excepted) from any ceptuando siempre los g6neros de
port whatever, to any port of the contrabando) de un puerto cualqui-
enemy of the other, and to sail era 6, los del enemigo de ]a otra y
and trade with their ships and navegar y traficar con sus buques y
merchandise, with perfect security merceancias, con perfecta seguridad
and liberty, from the countries, ports, y libertad, de los paises, puertos y
and places of those who are ene- lugares de los que sean enemigos de
mies of either party, without any una de las partes, sin oposicion ni
opposition or disturbance whatso- molestia, y pasar no solo directamen-
ever, and to pass not only directly te de los lugares y puertos mencio-
from the places and ports of the en- nados del enemigo, A puertos y luga-
emy aforementioned, to neutral ports res neutrales, sino tambien de un
and places, but also from one place lugar perteneciente 6.un enemigo, A.
belonging to an enemy to another otro lugar enemigo, ya sea que es-
place belonging to an enemy, wheth- t6n 6 no bajo la jurisdiccion de la
er they be or be not under the juris- misma potencia, 4. mdnos que tales
diction of the same power, unless puertos 6 lugares estdn efectivamen-
such ports or places be effectively te bloqueados, sitiados 6 embesti-
blockaded, besieged, or invested. dos.
Blockaded And whereas it frequently hap- Y por cuanto frecuentemente su-
ports. pens that vessels sail for a port or cede que navegan buques para un
place belonging to an enemy with- puerto 6 lugar perteneciente A un
out knowing that the same is either enemigo sin saber que aquel estd
besieged, blockaded, or invested, it sitiado, bloqueado 6 embestido, se
is agreed that every vessel so cir- conviene en que pueda bacerse vol-
cumstanced may be turned away ver, de tal puerto 6 lugar A todo
from such port or place, hut she buque que se halle en estas circun-
shall not be detained, nor any part stancias; pero no ser detenida, ni
of her cargo, if not contraband, be confiscada parte algura de su carga-
confiscated, unless, after notice of mento, no siendo contrabando i md-
such blockade or investment, she nos que, despues de ]a intimacion de
shall again attempt to enter; but semejante bloqueo 6 ataque, inten-
she shall be permitted to go to any tare otra vez entrar ; mas le serA
other port or place she shall think permitido ir A cualquier btro puerto
proper; provided the same be not 6 lugar que juzgue conveniente, con
blockaded, besieged, or invested. tal que este no se halle bloqueado,
Nor shall any vessel of either of the sitiado 6 embestido. Ni se impedirA
parties that may have entered into 6. ningun buque de cualquiera de
such port or place before the same las partes que haya entrado en tal
was actually besieged, blockaded, or puerto 6 lugar, antes de estar efecti-
invested by the other, be restrained vamente sitiado, bloqueado 6 em-
from quitting such place with her bestido por la otra, salir de dl con
cargo, nor, if found therein after the su cargamento, ni si fucre hallado
reduction and surrender of such alh despues de la reduccion y en-
place, shall such vessel or her cargo trega del lugar es tar sujeto 6 con-
be liable to confiscation, but they fiscacion el buque, ni su cargamento,
shall be restored to the owners si no que serdn restituidos A sus
thereof. dueflos.
ARTICLE XTIL ARTIULO 13.

tContraband of The liberty of navigation and La libertad de navegacion y de
war. commerce shall extend to all, kinds comercio se estendert ,4 toda clase
of merchandise, excepting those only de mercancias, escoptuando dnica-
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which are distinguished by the name mente las designadas con el nombre
of contraband of war, and under de contrabando de guerra, y bajo
this name shall be comprehended este nombre se comprenderin
10. Cannons, mortars, howitzers, 10. Los cafiones, morteros, obuses,
swivels, blunderbusses, muskets, fu- pedreros, espingaldas, mosquetes, fu-
sees, rifles, carbines, pistols, pikes, siles, rifles, carabinas, pistolas, picas,
swords, sabres, lances, spears, hal- espadas, sables, lanzas, arpones, ala-
herds, grenades, bombs, powder, bardas, granadas, bombas, p6lvora,
matches, balls, and everything be- mechas, balas, y todo lo que corre-
longing to the use of arms. sponds al uso de las armas.
2'. Bucklers, helmets, breast- 20. Los broqueles, cascos, corazas,
plates, coats of mail, accoutrements, cotas de malla, avios y vestiduras
and clothes made up in military hechas en forma militar y pars uso
form and for military use. de los militares.
.
3*. Cavalry belts and horses, with 30 Los cinturones de caballeria
their harness. y los caballos con sus arneses.
4'. And generally, all offensive 4 . Y generalmente, todas las
or defensive arms, made of iron, armas ofensivas y defensivas, ya
steel, brass, copper, or of any other sean de hierro, aeero, bronce, cobre,
material prepared and formed to 6 de cualquier otro material, con tal
make war by land or at sea. quo' sirvan para hacer la guerra pOr
mar 6 por tierra.
ARTICLE XIV. ARTICULO 14.
All other merchandises and things Toda otra mercancia 6 artioulo no Articles not
not comprehended in the articles of comprendido, entre aquellos articulos enumerated as
contraband tobe
contraband explicitly ennmerated de contrabando, esplicitamente enu- held as free.
and classified as above ball be held merados y clasificados arriba, serAn
and considered as free, and subjects considerados libres y objetos de un
of free and lawful commerce, so that comercio libre y legal, y podriin ser
they be carried and transported in trasportados libremente por los ciu
the freest manner by the citizens of dadanos de las dos partes contratan-
both the contracting parties, even to tes, anun A plazas pertenecientes i
places belonging to an enemy, ex- un enemigo, eseepuando solamente
cepting only those places which are aquellos que se encuentren 'en la
at the time besieged or blockaded. actualidad sitiadas 6 bloqueadas.
ARTICLE XV. ARTICULO 15.
The two high contracting parties Las dos altas partes contratantes Declaration of
recognize as permanent and im- reconocen como permanentes 6 in- principles.
mutable the following principles, to mutables los siguientes principios, A
wit: saber:
1'. That free ships make free 10. Que los buques libres hacen Free ships
goods; that is to say: that the effects libre la mercancia ; es decir: que make free goods.
or goods belonging to subjects or los efectos 6 mereancias pertene-
citizens of a power or state at war cientes d sdbditos 6 ciudadanos de
are free from capture or confiscation una potencia 6 de un estado en
when found on board neutral vessels guerra, no pueden ser capturadas
with the exception of articles con- ni confiscadas si se encuentran A
traband of war. bordo de un buque neutral A menos
20. That the property of neutrals que no sean articulos de contrabando
on board of an enemy's vessel is de guerra.
not subject to confiscation, unless 20. Que la propiedad de los neu- Neutral
. erty prop-
on enemie'
the same be contraband of war. trales . bordo de un buque enemigo, essels.
The like neutrality shall be ex- no esta sujeta d confiscacion i me-
tended to persons who are on board nos quo ella no sea contrabando de
a neutral ship with this effect, that guerra.
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although they may be enemies of La misma neutralildad se barst

both or either party, they are not estensiva A las personas que se
to be taken out of that ship, unless encuentren A bordo de un buque
they are officers or soldiers, and in neutral, con esta consecuencia, A
the actual service of the enemy. saber, que aunque estas personas
The contracting parties engage to puedan ser enemigas de las dos
apply these principles to the com- partes contratantes, 6 de una de
merce and navigation of all such ellas, no podr4n ser extraidas de
powers and states as shall consent dicho buque, 6 no ser que sean ofi-
to adopt them as permanent and ciales 6 soldados en servicio actual
immutable. del enemigd. Las partes contratan-
tes se obligan Aiaplicar estos princi-
pios al comereio y A la navegacion
de todas las potencias y estados que
consientan en adoptarlos como per-
manentes 6 inmutables.
ARTICLE XVI. AR.TiCULO 16.
Merchant yes- In time of war the merchant ships En tiempo de guerra los buques
sels in time of belonging to the citizens of either mercantes pertenecientes A4ciudada-
war bound to an
enemies' port to of the contracting parties, which nos de cualquiera de las partes con-
exhibit passports shall be bound to a port of the tratantes destinados A algun puerto
and certificates, enemy of one of the parties, and
del enemigo de una de ella-, y re-
concerning whose voyage and the specto A cuyo viage y articulos de
articles of their cargo there shall cargamento hubiere justos motivos
be just grounds of suspicion, shall de sospecha, tendrin obligacion de
be obliged to exhibit as well upon exhibir, asi en alta mar como en los
the high seas as in the ports or puertos 6 radas, no solo sus pasa-
roads not only their passports but portes, sino tambien sus certificados
likewise their certificates, showing para demostrar que sus g6neros no
that their goods are not of the qual- son de la cualidad de los especifica-
ity of those which are specified to dos como contrabando en el asti-
be contraband in the thirteenth arti- cule d6cimo tercero de la presente
cle of the present convention. convencion.
ARTICLE XVII. ARTICULO 17.
Passports in And that captures on light suspi- Y para evitar las capturas funda-
time of war. cions may be avoided, and injuries das en leves sospechas 6 impedir los
thence arising prevented, it is agreed dafios consiguientes, se conviene en
that when one party shall be eh- que cuando una parte estuviere en
gaged in war, and the other party guerra y la otra parmaneciere neu-
be neutral, the ships of the neutral tral, se darwin 6,los buques de la parte
party shall be furnished with pass- neutral, pasaportes de los cuales
ports, that it may appear thereby aparezea que los buques pertenecen
that the ships really belong to the realmente i. ciudadanos de la paste
citizens of the neutral party : they neutral; estos pasaportes les ser-
shall be valid for. any number of virdn para cualquier nimero de
voyages, but shall be renewed every viages, pero se renovar~n de aio
year; that is, if the ship happens to en afio, ent~ndi6ndose esto, si aaso
return home in the space of a year. el buque volviese a su pais dentro
If the ships are laden they shall be del espacio de un aflo. Si los
provided, not only with the passports buques est5n cargados, no solo irdn
Certificates. above mentioned, but also with cer- provistos de los pasaportes arriba
tificates, so that it may be known mencionados, sino tambien de certi-
whether they carry any contraband ficados tales que por ellos se conoz-
goods. No other paper shall be re- ca si ilevan gdneros de contrabando,
quired, any usage or ordinance to y no se requeriri ningun otro papel,
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the contrary notwithstanding. And no obstante cualquier uso i orde-

if it shall not appear from the said nanza en contrario. Y si no constare
certificates thrt there are contra- de dichos certificados que hay4 bor-
baud goods on board, the ships shall do generos de contrabando, se per-
be permitted to proceed on their mitir4 A los buques proseguir sus
voyage. If it shall appear from the viages. Si constare do los cer-
certificates that there are contraband tificados quo hay 6 bordo de tal
goods on board any such ship, and buque gdneros de contrabando, y
the commander of the same shall su comandante ofreciere entregar-
offer to deliver them up, the offer los, se aceptarA la oferta, se dari
shall be accepted, and a receipt for un recibo de ellos y quedara el
the same shall be given, and the buque en libertad de continnar su
ship shall be at liberty to pumsue its viage ; A menos que la cantidad de
voyage unless the quantity of the los g6neros de contrabando sea
contraband goods be greater than mayor que la que convenientemente
can conveniently be received on pueda recibirse A bordo del buque
board the ship-of-war or privateer, de guerra, pdblico 6 privado; caso
in which case, as in all other cases en el cual el buque serg ilevado,
of just detention, the ship shall be para que los entregue, como en
carried into the nearest safe and todos los demas do justa detencion,
convenient port for the delivery of al puerto mas inmediato, c6modo y
the same. seguro.
If any ship shall not be furnished Si 4lgun buque no estuviere pro- Cases when
with such passport or certificates as visto del pasaporte 6 certificado que ships have not
rabove re ed for the same, se qui..o
... , passports and
arese reqeren segun lo ato, poara certificates to be
such case may be examined by a un juez 6 tribunal competente exa- examined, &e.
proper judge or tribunal; and if it minar la causa, y si se viere de otros
shall appear from other documents documentos 6 pruebas, admisibles
or proofs, admissible by the usage segun el uso de las naciones, que el
of nations, that the ship belongs to buque pertenece , los ciudadanos 6
the citizens or subjects of the neu- sdbditos de ]a parte neutral, no serA
tral party, it shall not be confiscated, confiscado sino puesto en libertad
but shall be released with her car- con su cargamento (eseepto los gd-
go, (contraband goods excepted,) neros de contrabando) y se le permi-
and be permitted to proceed on her tirA seguir su yiage.
voyage. Si el capitan de un buque nom- Provision in
If the master of a ship, named in brado en el pasaporte, llegare 4 me- case of master's
the passport, should happen to die, rir, 6 faltare por cualquiera otra death.
or be removed by any other cause, causa, y fuere puesto otro en su
and another put in his place, the lugar, gozarin sin embargo de igual
ship and cargo shall, nevertheless, seguridad el buque y su cargamento
be equally secure and the passport y el pasaporte conservarA toda sa
remain in full force. fuerzs.
ARTICLE XVIII. AliTCULo 18.
In order to prevent all kinds of A fin de prevenir todo des6rden Visiting, &a.
disorder in the visiting and exami- en las visitas y exAmenes de los of vessels, &c.
nation of the vessels and cargoes of buques y cargamentos de las dos on the hlgh seas.
both the contracting parties on the partes contratantes en alta mar, so
high seas, it is hereby agreed that conviene que cuando un buque de
whenever a ship-of-war shall meet guerrd encuentre un buque neutral
with a neutral of the other contract- de la otra parto contratante, per
ing party, the first shall remain at a manecerg 6 una distancia conveni-
convenient distance, and may send ente y enviarA su bote, con dos 6
its .boats,' with two or three men tres hombres solamente pars quo
only, in order to execute the exam- efectde el examen de los documen-
ination of the papers concerning the tos relativos. 4 la propiedad del
ownership and cargo of the vessel, huque y de su cargamento, sin en-
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without causing th6 leaft extortion, tregarse 6 ninguna exaccion, violen-

violence, or ill treatment, for which cia 6 maltiatamiento, de lo que
the commanders of the said armed serAn responsables los comandantes
ships shall be responsible with their de dichos buques de guerra con sus
persons and property; for which personas 6 intereses. Para esto los
purpose the commanders of all pri- comandantes de todos los buques
vate armed vessels shall, before re- privados armados en guerra deberAn
ceiving their commissions, give suffi- antes de recibir sus comisiones, dar
cient security to answer for all dam- una garantia suficiente para respon-
ages they may commit; and it is der de todos los daios que puedan
hereby agreed and understood that ocasionar; y so conviene y entien-
the neutral party shall in no case be de, que Ia parte neutral, no serA en
required to go on board the examin- ningun caso llamada 6, bordo del
ing vessel for the purpose of exhibit- buque visitante ni para la presenta-
ing his papers, or for any other pur- cion de sus documentos, ni para nin-
pose whatever. gun otro objeto.
ARTICLE XIX. ARTICULO 19.
Rules to apply It is expressly agreed by the high Las altas partes contratantes con-
only to Ab*g cotatn9ta vienen espresamente en que las es-
sailyng wit contracting parties that the stipula-
sonvoy tions above mentioned, relative to tipulaciones arriba mencionadas re-
the conduct to be observed on the sea lativas 6 la conducta que ha de oh-
by the cruisers of the belligerent servarse en el mar por los cruce-
party towards the ships of the neu- ros de la parte beligerante con los
tral party, shall be applicable only buques de la parte neutral, sola-
to ships sailing without convoy, and mente se aplicardn 6. buques que
when the said ships shall be con- naveguen sin convoi, y que cuando
voyed, it being the intention of the dichos buques fueren convo ados,
parties to observe all the regards queriendo las partes observar todos
due to the protection of the flag los miramientos debidos 6,la bandera
displayed by public ships, it shall que desphegan los buques pdblicos
not be lawful to visit them ; but te que los protegen, no serd licito visi.
verbal declaration of the commander tarlos, sino que los respectivos cru-
of the convoy that the ships he con- ceros considerarn como entera-
voys belong to the nation whose flag mente suficiente la declaracion ver-
he carries, and that they have no bal que haga el comandante del con-
contraband goods on board, shall be voi de que los buques que convoya
considered by the respective cruisers pertenecen 6,la nacion cuya bandera
as fully sufficient: the two parties lieva 61 y que no tienen i su bordo
reciprocally engaging not to admit gdneros de contrabando; obligin-
under the protection of their con- dose reciprocamente ambas partes 4
voys ships which shall have on no admitir bajo ]a proteccion de sus
board contraband goods destined to convoyes, buques que tengan i sa
an enemy. bordo gdneros de contrabando de-
stinados A un enemigo.
ARTICLE XX. ARTrcuLo 20.
Provisions in In all cases where vessels shall uEntodos los casos en que se
case oe capture be captured or detained, to be car- capturaren 6 detuvieren buques pa-
oied into port under pretence of
ra conducirlos A un puerto con mo-
carrying to the enemy contraband tivo de que lievan gen6ros de con-
goods, the captor shall give a receipt trabando, el captor d6rA de los
for such of the papers of the vessel papeles del buque que retenga un
as he shall retain, which receipt recibo que pondrA al pid de una co-
shall be annexed to a copy of the pia de ellos; y no serA licito romper
said papers; and it shall be unlaw- ni abrir los cuarteles, areas, baules
ful to break up or open the hatcles, cubas, fardos, ni vasos hallados A
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chests, trunks, casks, bales, or ves- bordo, ni sacar la menor porcion del
sels found on board, or remove the cargamento, A menos que se lieve 6i
smallest part of the goods, unless tierra, y A presencia de los emplea-
the lading be brought on shore in dos competentes los cuales harin de
presence of the competent officers, 61 un inventario. Ni serA licito ven-
and an inventory be made by them der, permutar ni enagenar de ningun
of the same. Nor shall it be law- modo dichos articulos de contraban-
ful to sell, exchange, or alienate the do, A menos que haya habido pro-
said articles of contraband in any cedimiento legal y que el juez 6
manner, unless there shall have jueces competentes hayan pronun-
been lawful process, and the compe- ciado contra ellos sentencia de con-
tent judge or judges shall have pro- fiscacion.
nounced against such goods sentence
of confiscation.
ARTICLE XXI. ARTICULO 21.
And in such time of war, that Y para que se cuide conveniente- Same subject,
proper care may be taken of the mente en dicho tiempo de guerra el
vessel and cargo, and embezzlement buque y carga, y se impida su hurto,
prevented, it is agreed that it shall se conviene en que no serA licito
not be lawful to remove the master, quitar de A bordo de ningun buque
commander, or supercargo of any capturado, A su capitan, comandante,
captured ship from on board there- ni sobrecargo, durante el tiempo que
of, during the time the ship may be estuviere el buque en el mar de-
at sea after her capture, or pending spues de la captura, 6 mientras pen-
the proceedings against her, or her den los procedimientos contra 61, el
cargo, or anything relating thereto cargamento 6 cualquiera cosa que le
and in all cases where a vessel of concierna. Y en todos los casos en
the citizens of either party shall be que se capturare, 6 cojiere, y se r~tu-
captured or seized and held for ad- viere para que se adjudique, algun
judication, her officers, passengers, buque de los ciudadanos de cual-
and crew shall be hospitably treat- quiera de las partes, se darA hospi-
ed. They shall not be imprisoned tahdad A susempleados, pasageros y
or deprived of any part of their tripulacion ; ellos no serdn encarce-
wearing apparel, nor of the posses- lados, ni privados de parte alguna
sion and use of their money, not de sus vestidos, ni de ]a posesion y
exceeding for the captain, supercar- uso de su dinero, en cuanto no ex-
go, mate, and passengers five hun- ceda de quinientos pesos por cabeza
dred dollars each, and for the sailors tratAndose del capitan, sobrecargo,
one hundred dollars each. piloto y pasageros, ni de cien pesos
por cada uno de los marineros.
ARTICLE XXIL ARTICULO 22.
It is further agreed that in all Se conviene ademas en que en to- -Courts for
cases the established courts for dos los casos que ocurran tan solo prize caseo.
prize causes, in the country to which los tribunales establecidos para
the prizes may be- conducted, shall causaa de presas, en el pais A que
alone take cognizance of them. las presas sean conducidas, tomarAn
And whenever such tribunal of conocimiento de ellas. Y siempre
either of the parties shall pronounce que semejante tribunalde cualquiera
judgment against any vessel or de las partes pronunciare sentencia
goodb, or property claimed by the contra algan buque, 6 g6neros 6
citizens of the other party, the sen- propiedad, reclamados por los ciu-
tence or decree shall mention the dadanos de la otra parte, la senten-
reasons or motives on which the cia 6 decreto harA mencion de Ias
same shall have been founded, razones 6 motivos en que se haya
and an authenticated copy of the fundado aquella, y se entregarA sin
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sentence or decree, and of all the demora alguna al comandante 6

proceedings in the case, shall, if de- agente de dicho buque, si lo recla-
manded, be delivered to the com- mare, un testimonio autdntico de la
mander or agent of the said vessel sentencia 6 decreto, y de todo el
without any delay, he paying the proceso, pagando por 6l los dere-
legal fees for the same. chos legales.
ARTICLE XXIII. ARTICULO 23.
onNo duty,
prize &e.
ships, When the ships-of-war of the two Cuando se admitan con sus presas
pe. contracting parties, or those belong- en los puertos de cualquiera de las
ing to their citizens, which are dos partes los buques de guerra de
armed in war, shall be admitted to ellas 6 los pertenecientes i sus ciu-
enter with their prizes the ports of dadanos que estdn armados en guer-
either of the two parties, the said ra, dichos buques pfibhlcos 6 priva-
public or private ships, as well as dos, como tafipoco sus presas no
their prizes, shall not be obliged to serin obligados i pagar ningun der-
pay any duty either to the officers cho 6 los empleados del lugar,
of the place, the judges, or any jueces ni ningunos otro,; ni serdn
others; nor shall such prizes, when detenidas ni embargadas tales presas
they come to and enter the ports of cuando lleguen i los puertos de
either party, be arrested, or seized, cualquiera de las partes y entren en
nor shall the officers of the place ellos, ni sobre su legalidad har~n
make examination concerning the ningun exdmen los empleados del
lawfulness of such prizes, but they lugar; sinn que tales buques de
may hoist sail at any time and de- guerra podrdn en cualquier tiempo
part and carry their prizes to the izar las velas y partir, y Ilevarse sus
places expressed in their commis- presas A los lugares indicados en sus
sions, which the commanders of patentes que sus comandantes de-
such ships-of-war shall be obliged to berin mostrar. Entidndese sin em-
show. It is understood, however, bargo, que, los privilegios conferidos
that the privileges conferred by this en este articulo no se estenderdn
article shall not extend beyond mas alli de los que se concedan por
those allowed by law or by treaty icy, 6 por tratado con las naciones
with the most favored nations. mas favorecidas.
ARTICLE XXIV. ARTIcuLo 24.

Privateers of It shall not be lawful for any for- No ser6 licito 6, ningunos arma-
hostile powers. eign privateers who have commis- dores estrangeros que hayan reci-
sions from any prince or State in bido patente de cualquier principe
enmity with either nation, to fit 6 estado que sea enemigo de cual-
their ships in the ports of either, quiera de las dos naciones, equipar
to sell their prizes, or in any man- sus buques en los puertos de la otra,
ner to exchange them; neither shall ni vender, ni de ninguna manera
they be allowed to purchase pro- permutar sus presas, ni se les per-
visions, except such as shall be mitirA cofsprar provisiones, sino las
necessary to their going to the next que sean necesarias para ir al pr6x-
port of that prince or State from imo puerto del principe 6 estade de
which they have received their que hayan recibido sus patentes.
commissions.
ARTICLE XXV. ARTrCULO 25.

Further pro- No citizen of the Dominican Re- De ningun principe 6 estado con
visions as to public shall, apply for or take any quien los Estados Unidos est6n en
privateers. commission or letters of marque for
guerra, solicitar~n ni tomar~n los
arming any ship or ships to act as ciudadanos de ]a Repdblica Domi-
privateers against the said United nicana patentes ni letras de marca
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States, or any of them, or aga:nst para armar ningun buque 6 buques

the citizens, people, or inhabitants y salir A corso contra los dichos
of the said United States, or any Estados Unidos 6 alguno de ellos,
of them, or against the property of 6 contra los ciudadanos, pueblos 6
any of the inhabitants of any of habitantes de diehos Estados Unidos
them, from any prince or State with 6 alguno de ellos, ni contra los bienes
which the said United States shall de ninguno de sus habitantes; ni
be at war; nor shall any citizen or ningun ciudadano ni habitante de
inhabitant of the said United States, los Estados Unidos 6 alguno de ellos
or any of them, apply for or take solicitarA ni tomar. de ningun prfn-
any commission or letters of marque cipe 6 estado con quien la Repiib-
for arming any ship or ships to act lica Dominicana est6 en guerra
as privateers against the citizens or patentes ni letras de marca para
inhabitants of the Dominican Re- armar algun buque 6 buques y salir
public, or any of them, or the prop- d corso contra los ciudadanos 6 habi-
erty of any of them, from any pr nce tantes de dicha Repdhlica, 6 algu-
or State with which the said Repub- no de ellos, y si algun individuo
lic shall be at war; and if any perde cualquiera de las dos naciones
son of either nation shall take such tomare tales patentes 6 letras de
commissions of letters of marque, marca, serA castigado conforme ,
he shall be punished according to sus respectivas leyes:
their respective laws.
ARTICLE XXV-. ARTICuLo 26.
The high contracting parties Las altas partes contratantes se Consuls, vice-
grant to each other the liberty of conceden reciprocamente la libertad consuls, So.
having in the ports of the other, de tener en los puertos de la otra
consuls or vice-consuls of their own c6asules .y vice c6nsules nombrados
appointment, who shall enjoy the por ellas mismas, los cuales gozaiin
same privileges and powers as those de los propios privilegios y facul-
of the most favored nation; but if tades qua los de li nation mas favo-
any of the said consuls or vice-con- recida; pero si alguno de dichos
suls shall carry on trade, they shall e6nsules 6 vice c6nsules ejercieren
be subjected to the same laws and el comercio, estardn sujetos A4las
usages to which private individuals mismas leyes y usos d. que estu-
of their nation are subjected in the vieren sujetos en el mismo lugar
same place. los particulares de su nacion.
It is understood that whenever Se entiende que, siempre que Residence.
either of the two contracting par- cualquiera de las dos partes contra-
ties shall select a citizen of the other tantes elijiere A un ciudadano de la
for a consular agent, to reside in any otra por agente consular con resi-
ports or commercial places of the dencia en puertos 6 plazas comer-
latter, such consul or agent shall ciales de la 6ltima, tal c6nsul 6
continue to be regarded, notwith- agente continuarA siendo conside-
standing his quality of a foreign rado, no obstante su calidad de c6n-
consul, as a citizen of the nation sul estrangero, como ciudadano de
to which he belongs, and conse- la nacion 6 que pertenece, y eonsi-
quently shall be subject to the laws guientemente estarA sometido A ]as
and regulations to which natives are leyes y reglamentos 6, que en el
subjected in the place of his resi- lugar de su residencia lo estuvieren
dence. This obligation, however, los naturales. Sin embargo, esta
shall in no respect embarrass the obligacion en ningun respecto em-
exercise of his consular functions barazari el ejercicio de sus fun-
or affect the inviolability of the ciones consulares, ni afecdtard Ia
consular archives. inviolabilidad de los- archivos con-
The said consuls and vice-consuls sulares.
shall have the right, as such, to sit Dichos c6nsules y vice c6nsules
as judges and arbitrators in such tendrA come tales ci dexecho do
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differences as may arise between servir de jueces arbitradores en las

the masters and crews of the ves- diferencias quo se susciten entre
sel belonging to the nation whose los capitanes y tripulaciones de los
interests are committed to their buques pertenecientes A ]a nacion
charge, without the interference of cuyos intereses estdn puestos A su
the local authorities, unless their cuidado, sin intervencion de las au-
assistance should be required, or toridades locales, A nenos que se re-
the conduct of the crews or of, the quiera la asistencia de elas, 6 que
captain should disturb the order or la conducta de las tripulaciones 6
tranquillity of the country. It is, del capitan turbe el 6rden 6 Ia tran-
however, understood that this spe- quilidad del iais. Se entiende sin
cies of judgment or arbitration shall embargo, que esta especie de juicio
not deprive the contending parties 6 arbitramento no privari A las par-
of the right they have to resort, on tes contendientes del derecho que
their return, to the judicial author- tienen para recurrir, cuando vuelvan
ity of their own country. A su pais A la autoridad judicial de
Deserters The said consuls and vice-consuls este.
from vessels, are authorized to require the assist- Dichos c6nsules y vice c6nsules
ance of the local authorities for the tendr~n la facultad de requerir la
arrest and imprisonment of the de- asistencia de las autoridades locales
serters from the ships-of-war and para el arresto y prision de los
merchant vessels of their country. desertores de los buques de guerrA
For this purpose they shall apply y mercantes de su pais. A este fin
to the competent tribunals, judges, se dirijirin A los tribunales, jueces
and officers, and shall, in writing, y empleados competentes, y recla-
demand such deserters, proving by marin por escrito tales desertores,
the exhibition of the registers of probando con ]a exhibicion de los
the vessels, the muster rolls of the registros de los buques, los roles de
crews, or by any other official docu- las tripulaciones 6 cualesquiera otros
ments, that such individuals formed documentos oficiales, que tales indi-
part of the crews; and, on this claim viduos formaban parte de aquella ;
being substantiated, the surrender y probada asi esta demanda, no se
shall not be refused. Such desert- negarA la entrega. Tales desertores,
ers, when arrested, shall be placed cuando sean arrestados, serAn pues-
at the disposal of the consuls and tos A ]a disposicion de los c6nsules y
vice-consuls, and may be confined vice c6nsules, y podrdn ser encerra-
in the public prisons at the request dos en las cArceles pdblicas A soli-
and cost of those who shall claim citud y espensas de los que los
them, in order to be sent to the reelamen para ser enviados A los
vessels to which they belong, or to buques A que pertenezean 6 6 otros
others of the same country. But if del mismo pais. 'Perosi no fueren
not sent back within three months mandados dentro de tres meses con-'
of the day of their arrest, they shall tados desde el dia de su arresto,
be set at liberty, and shall not again serdn puestos en libertad, y no vol-
be arrested for the same cause. verAn A set arrestados por la misma
However, if the deserter shall be causa. Si se viere sin embargo que
found to have committed any crime el desertor ha cometido algun crimen
or offence, his surrender may be de- 6 delito, se deferirA su entrega hasta
layed until the tribunal before which que el tribunal donde penda su
his case shall be pending shall have causa haya pronunciado sentencia
pronounced its sentence, and such y se haya llevado esta A ejecu-
sentence shall have been carried cion.
into effect.'
ARTICLE XXVII. ARTICULo 27.
Extradmition of The United States of America La Repdblica Dominicana y los

criminals, and the Dominican republic, on Estados Unidos de Amdrica en vir-
requisitions made in their name tud de requisitorias que se hagan en
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CONVENTION WITH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. FnB. 8, 1867. 489
through the medium of their re- su nombre, por el 6rgano de sus re-
spective diplomatic and consular spectivos agentes diplomiticos y
agents, shall deliver up to justice consulares, entregardn 6 la justicia
persons who, being charged with las personas A quienes imputindose
the crimes enumerated in the fol- los crimenes enumerados en el arti-
lowing article, committed within the cul siguiente, cometidos dentro de
jurisdiction of the requiring party, lajurisdiccion de la parte requerente,
shall seek asylum or shall be found buscaren asilo 6 fueren encontrados
within the territories of the other: dentro de los territorios de la otra;
Provided, That this shall be done con tal que se haga esto solamente, Proviso.
only when the fact of the commis- cuando el becho de la comision del
sion of the crime shall be so estab- crimen estd aicreditado de modo que
lished as to justify their apprehen- justificase la aprehension y someti-
sion and commitment for trial, if the miento A juicio de las personas aecu-
crime had been committed in the sadas, si se husbiese cometido el
country where the persons so ac- crimen en el pais donde se hallen,
cused shall be found; in all of en todo lo cual los tribunales de
which the tribunals of said country dicho pais procederin y decidir~n
shall proceed and decide according conforme A sus eyes.
to their own laws.
ARTICLE XXVIII. ARTICULo 28.
Persons shall be delivered up-ac- Conforme A las disposiciones de Crimes for

cording to the provisions of this which surrender
esta convencion, serdn entregadas is to be made.
convention, who shall be charged ]as personas 4 quienes se impute
with any of the following crimes, to algfino de los crimenes siguientes, a
wit: murder (including assassina- saber: Homicidio voluntario (in-
tion, parricide, infanticide, and pois- cluyendo el asesinato, el parricidio,
oning) ; attempt to commit murder; el enfanticidio, y el envenenamien-
rape ; forgery ; the counterfeiting to); conato de homicidio ; fuerza
of money; arson; robbery with vio- hecha , muger; falsificacion; fabri-
lence, intimidation, or forcible entry cacion de moneda falsa; incendio;
of an inhabited house ; piracy ; em- robo con violencia, intimidacion, 6
bezzlement by public officers, or by entrada violenta en una casa hah-
persons hired or salaried, to the det- tada ; pirateria ; peeulado 6 hurto
riment of their employers, when cometido por personas alquiladas 6
these crimes are subject to infamous asalariadas en detrimento de los que
punishment. las emplean, cuando estos crimenes
esten sujetos A castigo infamante.
ARTICLE XXIX. ARTICULo 29.
On the part of each country the Por parte de cada pais, ]a entre- Surrender
surrender shall be made only by the ga serA hecha solamente de 6rden how to be made.
authority of the executive thereof. del ejecutivo. Los gastos de deten-
The expenses of detention and de- cion y entrega hechos en virtud de Expenses.
livery, effected in virtue of the pre- los artfculos precedentes, corrern d
ceding articles, shall be at the cost cargo de la parte reclamante.
of the party making the demand.
ARTICLE XXX ARTICULO 30.
The provisions of the aforegoing Las disposiciones de los articulos forNopolitical

surrender
articles relating to the surrender of anteriores relativos 4 la entrega de offences.
fugitive criminals shall not apply to reos prdfugos, no se aplicarin A de-
offences committed before the date litos cometidos antes de esta fecha,
hereof, nor to those of a pohtical ni A los de car/cter politico.
character.
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490 CONVENTION WITH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. FEB. 8,1867o
ARTICLE XXXI. ARTIcULO 81.

Convention to This convention is concluded for Esta convencion se celebra por el
last for eight the term of eight years, dating from tdrmino de ocho ailos, contados desde
years. the exchange of the ratifications;
el cange do Ins ratificaciones; y si
and if one year before the expira- un aid antes de espirar ese plazo,
tion of that period neither of the ninguna de las partes contratantes
contracting parties shall bave an- bubjere anunciado i, la otra, por
nounced, by an official notification, medio de una notificacion oficial,
its intention to the other to arrest su voluntad de detener los efectos
the operations of said convention, de dicha convencion, esfa continuari
Continuance. it shall continue binding for twelve obligatoria por doce meses mas, y
months longer, and so on, from year asi en adelante, de aio en aflo, hasta
to year, until the expiration of the que terminen los doce meses que
twelve months which will follow a seguirn A semejante declaracion,
similar declaration, whatever the sea cual fuere el tiempo en que ten-
time at which it may take place. ga efecto.
ARTICLE XXXIL .ATICULO 82.
Convention to This convention shall be sub- Esta convencion serA sometida

be ratified. mitted on both sides to the approval pot ambas partes A ]a aprobacion y
and ratification of the respective ratificacion de las respectivas auto-
competent authorities of each of the ridades competentes de cada una de
contracting parties, and the ratifica- las contratantes, y las ratificaciones
tions shall be exchanged at Santo cangeadas en Santo Domingo luego
Domingo as soon as circumstances que las circunstancias lo permitan.
shall admit. En f6 de lo cual los respectihos
In faith whereof, the respective plenipotenciarios han firmado y sel-
plenipotentiaries have signed the lado los precedentes artfculos en
aforegoing articles, in the English Espafiol y en Ingls.
and Spanish languages, and they H echo por duplicado en ]a ciudad
have hereunto affixed their seals. de Santo Domingo 1 ocho de Febre-
Done in duplicate, at the city of ro del afio del Sefior de rail ocho-
Santo Domingo, this eighth day of' cientos sesenta y siete.
February, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-seven.
[L. S.] JNO. SOMERS SMITH. 1L. S.] JOSE G. GARCIA.
[L. s.] JOSE G. GARCIA. [L. S] JUAN R. FIALLO.
[L. A.]JUAN R. FIALLO. LL. S.] JNO. SOMERS S1MITH
Ratification. And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts
and the respective ratifications of the same were exchanged at the city
of Santo Domingo on the fifth instant:
Proclamation Now, therpfore, be it known that I, ANDREW JOHNSON, President of
the United States of America, have caused the said cons ention to be
made public, to the end that the same, and every clause and article
thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United
States and the citizens thereof.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal
of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this twenty-fourth day of October, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
LSEAL.] sixty-seven, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the ninety-second.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
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TREATY WITH MADAGASCAR. FEBRUARY 14. 1867.
Treaty between the United States of America and the Queen of Mada-
gascar; Concluded February 14, 1867; Ratified Jdy 8, 1868; Pro-
claimed October 1, 1868.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Feb. 14, 1867.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS a treaty of commerce between the United States of America Preamble.
and her Majesty the Queen of Madagascar was concluded and signed by
their respective plenipotentiaries at Antananarivo, the fourteenth day of
February, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, which treaty is word for
word as follows: -
TREATY BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA AND OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF MADAGASCAR.
Between Rainimaharavo, chief secretary of state, 16 vtra., Adriantsito. Contracting

parties.
haina, 16 vtra., Rafaralahibemalo, head of the civilians, on the part of the
government of her Majesty the Queen of Madagascar, and Major John
P. Finkelmeier, the commercial agent of the U. S. for Madagascar, on
the part of the government of the U. S. of America, all duly authorized
to that effect by their respective governments, the following articles of a
commercial treaty have this day been drawn up and signed by mutual
agreement:
ARTICLE I. Her Majesty Rasoherina Manjaka, Queen of Madagascar, Peace and
and his Excellency Andrew Johnson, President of the United States of fiendshup.
America, both desirous, for the good and welfare of their respective
countries, to enter into a more close commercial relation and friendship
between the subjects of her Majesty and the people of the United States,
hereby solemnly declare that peace and good friendship shall exist be-
tween them and their respective heirs and successors forever without
war.
ARTICLE I1. The dominions of each contracting party, as well as the Right of dn.
right of domicile of their inhabitants, are sacred, and no forcible posses- vi.
sion of territory shall ever take place in either of them by the other
party, nor any domiciliary visits or forcible entries be made to the houses
of either party against the will of the occupants. But whenever it is When any
known for certain, or suspected, that transgressors against the laws of the premises may
kingdom are in certain premises, they may be entered in concert with the be entered.
United States consul, or, in his absence, by a duly authorized officer, to
look after the offender.
The right of sovereignty shall in all cases be respected in the domin- Religious
ions of one government by \he subjects or citizens of the other. Citizens worship.
of the United States of Anierica shall, while in Madagascar, enjoy the
privilege of free and unmolested exercise of the Christian religion and
its customs. New places of worship, however, shall not be builded by
them without the permission of the government.
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492 TREATY WITH MADAGASCAR. FEBRUA&RY 14, 1867.
Rights of per- They shall enjoy full and complete protection and security for them-
sons and prop- selves and their property, equally with the subjects of Madagascar; the
erty. right to lease or rent land, houses, or storehouses for a term of months or
years mutually agreed upon between the owners and American citizens;
build houses and magazines, on land leased by them, in accordance with
the laws of Madagascar for buildings; hire laborers not soldiers, and if
slaves, not without permission of their masters.
Should the Queen, however, require the services of such laborers, or
if they should desire, on their own account, to leave, they shall be at
See p.493. liberty to do so, and be paid up to the time of leaving, on giving previous
notice.
Contracts for Contracts for renting or leasing land or houses or hiring laborers may
land, be executed by deeds signed before the United States consul and the local
Trade. authorities. They also shall be permitted to trade or pass with their
merchandise through all parts of Madagascar which are under the control
of a governor, duly appointed by her Majesty, with the exception of
Ambohimanga, Ambohimanambola, and Amparafaravato, which places
foreigners are not permitted to enter, and, in fact, be entitled to all privi
leges of commerce granted to other favored nation-.
Subjects of The subjects of her Majesty the Queen of Madagascar shall enjoy the
the Queen
United in the same privileges in the United States of America.
States.
Commerce. ARTICLE III. Commerce between the people of America and Mada
gascar shall be perfectly free, with all the privileges under which the
rariff. most favored nations are now or may hereafter be trading. Citizens of
America shall, however, pay a duty, not exceeding ten per cent, on both
exports and imports in Madagascar, to be regulated by a tariff mutually
agreed upon, with the following exceptions: Munition of war, to be im-
ported by the Queen of Madagascar into her dominions, or by her order.
Prohibiting Prohibited from export by the laws of Madagascar are munition of war,
imports and ex- timber, and cows. No other duties, such as tonnage, pilotage, quarantine,
ports, lighthouse dues, shall be imposed in ports of either country on the vessels
of the other to which national vessels or vessels of the most favored
nations shall not equally be liable.
Ports. Ports of Madagascar where there is no military station under the con-
trol of a governor must not be entered by United States vessels.
Consuls. ARTICLE IV. Each contracting party may appoint consuls, to reside
in the dominions of each other, who shall enjoy all privileges granted to
consuls of the most favored nations, to be witness of the good relation-
ship existing between both nations, and to regulate and protect com-
merce.
Rights of citi. ARTICLE V. Citizens of the United States who enter Madagascar,
zens of each
country when in and subjects of her Majesty the Queen of Madagascar while sojourning
the other coun- in America, are subject to the laws of trade and commerce in the re-
try. spective countries. In regard to civil rights, however, whether of person
or property, of American citizens, or in cases of criminal offences, they
shall be under the exclusive civil and criminal jurisdiction of their own
consul only, duly invested with the necessary powers.
But should any American citizen be guilty of a serious criminal offence
against the laws of Madagascar, he shall be liable to banishment from the
country.
Disputes, &a. All disputes and differences arising within the dominions of her Majesty,
between citizens of the United States and subjects of Madagascar, shall
be decided before the United States consul, and an officer, duly author-
ized by her Majesty's government, who shall afford mutual assistance and
every facility to each other in recovering debts.
Vessels. AurIcLE, VI. No American vessel shall have communication with the
shore before receiving pratique from the local authorities of Madagascar;
nor shall any subject of her Majesty the Queen be permitted to embark
on board an American vessel without a passport from her Majesty's gov-
ernment.
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TREATY WITH MADAGASCAR. FEBRUARY 14, 1867.
In cases of mutiny or desertion, the local authorities shall, on applica- Deserters.

tion, render all necessary assistance to the American consul to bring back
the deserters and to re-establish discipline, if possible, among the crew of
a merchant vessel.
ARTICLE VII. In case of a shipwreck of an American vessel on the Shipwreck.
coast of Madagascar, or if any such vessel should be attacked or plun-
dered in the waters of Madagascar adjacent to any military station, her
Majesty engages to order the governor to grant every assistance in his
power to secure the property and to restore it to the owner or to the
United States consul, if this be not impossible.
ARTICLE VIII. The above articles of treaty, made in good faith, shall Treaty, when
be submitted to both the government of the United States of America to be ratified;
and her Majesty the Queen of Madagascar for ratification, and such rati-
fications be exchanged within six months from date of ratification, at
Antananarivo.
Should it, at any future time, seem desirable, in the interest of either may be at-
of the contracting parties, to alter or add to the present treaty, such alter- tered.
ations or additions shall be effected with the consent of both parties.
Duplicate originals of this treaty, with corresponding text in the Eng-
lish and Malagasy languages, which shall be both of equal authority, have
been signed and sealed at Antananarivo this day.
SUPPLEMENTARY ARTICLE TO § IL
P. S. - Should there be an'ybusiness of the Queen requiring the ser- Supplemen.
vices of such laborers, they shall be permitted to leave without giving tary article.
previous notice. The sentence in article II, stating that previous notice See p. 492
must be given, refers only to laborers leaving on their own account.
J. P. FINKELMEIER, [SEAL.]
RAINIMAHARAVO, [SEAL.]
Chief Secretary of State, 16 vtra.
ANDRIANTSITOHAINA, 16 vtra.
RAFARALAHIBEMALO,
Head of the Ovilians.
ANTANANARIVO, 14th February, 1867.
And whereas the said treaty has been duly ratified on both parts, and Ratification.
the respective ratifications were exchanged at Antananarivo on the eighth
of July last:
Now, therefore, be it known that I, ANDREW JOHNSON, President of the
United States of America, have caused the said treaty to be made pub-
be, to the end that the same and every clause and article thereof may be
observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citi-
zens thereof.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal
of the United States to be affixed.
Done in the city of Washington this first day of October, in the year proclamation
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and of the inde-
pendence of the United States the ninety-second.
[SEAL.] ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
WILLIA, H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
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TREATY WITH THE SACS AND FOXES. FEBRUARY 18, 1867.
Treaty between the United States of America and the Tribe of Sac and
Fox Indians of the Mississippi; Concluded February 18, 1867; Rati-
fication advised, with Amendments, July 25, 1868; Amendmehts ac-
cepted September 2, 1868; Proclaimed October 14, 1868.
ANDREW JOHNSON,
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Feb. 18, 1867.
TO ALL AND SINGULAR TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SMALL COME, GREETING:
WHEREAS a treaty was made and concluded at the'city of Washington, Preamble.

in the District of Columbia, on the eighteenth day of February, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, by and be-
tween Lewis V. Bogy, William H. Watson, Thomas Murphy, and Henry
W. Martin, commissioners, on the part of the United States, and Keo- Contracting
kuk, Chekuskuk, Uc-quaw-ho-ko, Mut-tut-tah, and Man-ah-to-wah, chiefs Paxt",s.
of the tribe of Sac and Fox Indians of the Mississippi, on the part of
said Indians, and duly authorized thereto by them, which treaty is in the
words and figures following, to wit: -
Articles of agreement made and concluded this eighteenth day of Feb-

ruary, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, between the United
States, represented by Lewis V. Bogy, Commissioner of Indian Af-
fairs; William H. Watson, Special Commissioner; Thomas Murphy,
Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Kansas; and Henry W. Mar-
tin, United States Indian Agent, duly authorized, and the tribes of
Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi, represented by Keokuk, Che-kus-
kuk, Utc-quaw-ho-ko, Mut-tut-tah. and Man-ah-to-wab, chiefs of said
tribes.
ARTICLE I. The Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi cede to the gov- Cession of
ernment of the United States all the lands, with the improvements there- ]ands to the
on, contained in their unsold portion of their diminished reserve defined United States.
in the first article of their treaty ratified July ninth, one thousand eight Ante, p. 46?
hundred and sixty, (the said tract containing about eighty-six thousand and
four hundred acre,, and being more particularly described by the survey
and plats on file in the Department of the Interior,) except as reserN ed in
previous treaties, or in this treaty.
ARTICLE II. The said Indians also cede to the United States a full Additional
and complete title to the lands, with the improvements thereon, now re- cesson.
maining unsold in that portion of their old reservation provided by article
four of the treaty of July ninth, ole thousand eight hundred and sixty, to Ante, p 468.
be sold by the government for their benefit, the cession herein made being
subject to the exceptions defined in this treaty.
ARTICLE III. The United States agree to pay to the Sac and Fox Payments by
Indians, parties to this treaty, at the rate of one dollar an acre for the the United
States.
sections, being about one
whole of the land ceded in the two preceding
hundred and fifty-seven thousand acres of land, less the amount of land
set apart for individuals ; and further agree to pay the outstanding indebt-
edness of the said tribe, now represented by scrip issued under the provis-
ions of previous treaties, and amounting, on the first of November, eight-
een hundred and sixty-five, to twenty-six thousand five hundred and sev-
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496 TREATY WITH THE SACS AND FOXES. FEBuARY 18, 1867.
Amended. enty-four dollars, besides the interest thereon ; and the amount herein
Post, p. 500. provided to be paid to said Indians, after deducting such sums as, under
the provisions of this treaty, are to be expended for their removal, sub-
sistence, and establishing them in their new country, shall be added to
their invested funds, and five per cent interest paid thereon in the same
manner as the interest of their present funds is now paid.
Lands ceded, ARTICLE IV. At any time after the ratification of this treaty, the
when to be at
the disposal of lands ceded in the first article shall be held and considered at the disposal
the United of the United States, and the legal rights of railroad corporations shall be
States. conceded thereon, the same as on other public lands ; except that, until
the time for the removal of the Indians is fixed by public notice, under
the provisions of this treaty, no interference shall be made with the righta
postsn. 500. of the Indians as the occupants of the lands, but they shall remain in all
respects without molestation, in the same manner as if this treaty had
Proviso. not been made: And providedfurther, That inasmuch as there are valu-
able improvements upon said reservation, such improvements shall be ap-
praised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and the
appraised value of the same shall be paid to the United States, before
title is given to any individual or corporation for the lands upon which
such improvements are situated.
Same subject- ARTICLE V. The lands ceded in the second article of this treaty, being
the unsold remainder of the lands provided in the fourth article of the treaty
of July ninth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, to be sold in trust
for said Indians, shall, immediately upon the ratification of this treaty,
Amended. become the property of the United States, and shall be open to entry and
Post, P. 500. settlement, and the legal rights of railroad corporations shall accrue there-
on ; and the lands in the second article ceded, as well as those ceded in
the first article, shall be subject to all the laws and regulations of the gen-
eral land office the same as other public lands, except as relates to the pro-
visions in the next preceding article relating to the time when they shall
be open for settlement, and the requirement of payment for the improve-
ments ; and should there be any improvements upon the land ceded in
the second article, they shall be appraised, and payment shall be required
therefor; and the scrip referred to in the third article of this treaty shall
be received in payment for any of the lands herein ceded to the United
States, and not granted to any railroad corporation, at any time after the
removal of the Indians, as provided in the seventh article hereof.
New reserva- A
ion for the Se ARTICLE VI. The United States agree, in consideration of the im-
and Foxes; provements upon the said reservation, to give to the Sacs and Foxes for
their future home a tract of land in the Indian country south of' Kansas, and
south of the Cherokee lands, not exceeding seven hundred and fifty square
how to be miles in extent. The selection of such new reservation shall be made
selected; under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and with his approv-
al, by commissioners appointed by the said Secretary, who shall visit the
Indian country, with delegations ftom all the tribes proposing to remove
and
how surveyed, thereto, as soon as practicable after the ratification of this treaty;
said reservation shall be surveyed as to its exterior lines, at the cost of
the United States, under the direction of the Commissioner of Indian
Proviso. Affairs, not to exceed three thousand dollars: Provided,That if it shall be
found impracticable to select a suitable home for the tribe except by pur-
chase from the Cherokees, the United States will pay towards the said
purchase the same amount that would have been payable.to the Creeks if
the reservation had been selected upon the former Creek lands ; and in
that case the balance of the money payable to the Cherokees shall be
deductdd from the amount due the Sacs and Foxes under this treaty.
Buildings to
be erected.
ARTICLE VII. As soon as practicable after the selection of the new
reservation herein provided for, there shall be erected
thereon, at the cost
of the United States, a dwellng-house for the agent of the tribe, a house
and shop fbr a blacksmith, and dwelling-house for a physician, the aggre-
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gate cost of which shall not exceed ten thousand dollars; and also at the
expense of the tribe, five dwelling-houses for the chiefs, to cost in all not
more than five thousand dollars.
As soon as practicable after such selection of a reservation as it may, Removal of
in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, be deemed advisable the Indiana to
for the Indians to remove thereto, regard being had to the proper season new reservation
of the year for such removal, notice shall be given to their agent, direct-
ing such removal; and whenever such time shall be fixed, public notice
thereof shall be given in three leading newspapers of Kansas, and there-
after the land ceded to the United States by the first article of this treaty,
shall be open to entry and settlement, under the provisions of the fourth
article.
ARTICLE VIII. No part of the invested funds of the tribe, or of any Certain claims
moneys which may be due to them under the provisions of previous trea- against the not
tribe, how
ties, nor of any moneys provided to be paid to them by this treaty, shall to be paid.
be used in payment of any claims against the tribe accruing previous to
the ratification of this treaty, unless herein expressly provided for.
ARTICLE IX. In order to promote the civilization of the tribe, one Manual labor
section of land, convenient to the residence of the agent, shall be selected school, school
by said agent, with the approval of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, buildings, &c.
and set apart for a manual labor school; and there shall also be set apart,
from the money to be paid to the tribe under this treaty, the sum of
ten thousand dollars for the erection of the necessary sicjhool buildings
and dwelling for teacher, and the further sum of five thousand dollars, if
the chiefs shall so request; and thb annual amount of five thousand dol-
lars shall be set apart from the income of their funds, after the erection of Section sub-
such school buildings, for the support of the school ; and after the settle- stiuted for this.
ment of the tribe upon their new reservation, the sum of ten thousand dol- Post,p. 500.
lars of the income of their funds may be annually used, with the consent
of the chiefs, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for agri-
cultural implements and assistance, purchase of stock, and otherwise in
encouraging and assisting such of the tribe as will trurn [turn] their at-
tention to agriculture, and in support of their national government, for
which last-mentioned purpose the sum of five hundred dollars shall be an-
nually paid to each of the five chiefs, two hundred dollars to each of ten
councillors, two hundred dollars to their mashal [marshal], and the re-
maining three hundred dollars be subject to the disposal of the chiefs.
ARTICLE X. The United States agree to pay annually, for 'five years Physician,
after the removal of the tribe, the sum of fifteen hundred dollar, for the medicines, to-
support of a physician and purchase of medicines, and also the sum of bacco and salt.
three hundred and fifty dollars annually for the same time, in order that
the tribe may provide itself with tobacco and salt.
ARTICLE XI. In consideration of certain improvements made by John Grant of' lands
Goodell upon the lands of the nation within their present reservation, and to certain per-
of his services as their interpreter, he shall be allowed to select therefrom sons.
a half-section of land; and it is further provided that of said land, Sarah
A. Whistler and Pash-e-ca-cah, or Amelia Mitchell, shall each be allowed
to select a half-section of land, the latter selection to include the house
in which she lives; and Julia A. Goodell one quarter section, besides the Amended
land, not exceeding eight acres, upon which her house and improvements Post, p. 501.
are situated; and Mary A. Means one quarter section. to includ[e] the
improvements occupied by her; and there shall also be allowed to An-
toine Gokey and William Avery, each one hundred and sixty acres, to
Leo Whistler and Gertrude Whistler, each three hundred and twenty
acres, and to James Thorpe, Virginia Thorpe, and Cassandra Thorpe,
Thomas J. Miles, and Hattie Miles each eighty acres, to be selected
from unimproved lands: Provided, That they may select from lands
upon which improvements exist, by paying the appraised value of such
improvements; but no selection shall include the agency, mission, or mill
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buildings; and upon the approval by the Secretary of the Interior of

such selections, patents in fee simple shall be issued to the respective
parties, their heirs or assigns.
Lana to ARTICLE XII. In consideration of the faithful services of Samuel
Samuel Black; Black in protecting their houses and timber from trespass and depreda-
tion, there shall be patented to him in fee simple the tract of land upon
which be lives, being the west half of the northwest quarter section four,
town[ship] seventeen, range sixteen.
to Thomas C. ARTICLE XIII. Thomas C. Stevens and Company, licensed traders,
Stevens & Co. having erected valuable building at the agency, it is agreed that they
Amended.
Post, p. 501. may have a patent for the land, not exceeding eight acres, upon which
such improvements are built, and not to include any other improvements,
on the payment of two dollars and fifty cents per acre.
The Sacs and ARTICLE XIV. The Sacs and Foxes, parties to this treaty, agree that
Foxes of Mis- the Sacs and Foxes of Missouri, if they shall so elect, with the approval
souri may unite
with, & u. of the Secretary of the Interior, may unite with them and become a part
of their people, upon their contributing to the common fund such a por-
tion of their funds as will place them on an equal footing in regard to
annuities.
Certain claims ARTICLE XV. The claims of the Sacs and Foxes against the United
afagaist States
Unted the States for stealing of stock, which have heretofore been adjusted, amount-
to be paid. ing to sixteen thousand four hundred dollars, shall be paid by the United
States, and the amount disbursed and expended for the benefit of the tribe
in such objects for their improvement and comfort upon the new reserva-
tion as the chiefs, through their agent, shall desire; and whereas the In-
dians claim that one full payment due under previous treaty has never
been made to them, it is agreed that a careful examination of the books
of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall be made, and if any sum is
found to be still due and unpaid, the same shall be paid to them per cap-
ita in the same manner as their annuities are paid.
Advance to ARTICLE XVI. The United States will advance to the said tribe of
the Indians for Indians the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may
subsistence and
removal, be necessary, to pay the expenses of their subsistence for the first year
after their arrival at their new home in the Indian country, and to pay
the necessary expenses of removal, and furnish necesgary rations for the
Amended. journey during such removal; said removal to be made under direction of
Post, p.501. the superintendent or agent, or other person specially designated by the
Secretary of the Interior; the moneys thus expended to be deducted from
the whole amount provided to be paid for their lands herein ceded.
Patents for ARTICLE XVII. It is hereby provided that the half-breedg and full-
lands heretofore bloods of the tribe, who were entitled to selections of land under the Sac
selected and ap-
proved. and Fox treaty, ratified July ninth, one thousand eight hundred and
470. sixty, and which selections have been approved by the Secretary of the
Ants, 4.Interior, shall be entitled to patents in fee-simple for the lands heretofore
Amended selected, according to the schedule annexed to this tieaty: Provided,
Post, p. 501. That where such selections have been made and the allottees have sold
their lands for a valuable consideration and have since died, the Secretary
of the Interior shall, upon full proof being made, cause patents to issue
to the purchasers or their assigns.
Sales of land ARTICLE XVIII. All sales hereafter made by or on behalf of per-
to be approved, sons to whom lands are assigned in this treaty shall receive the approval
of the Secretary of the Interior before taking effect in conveying title to
lands so sold.
Expenses of ARTICLE XIX. The United States agree to pay the expenses of
treaty. ng
Steety, negotiating this treaty, not to exceed the sum of fifteen hundred dollars.
For substitute ARTICLE XX. The stipulations of all former treaties now in force,
for this article and not inconsistent with the provisions of this treaty, shall remain in
and additional full force; and all treaties or parts of treaties heretofore made which
article, see post,
p. 5e. conflict with the provisions of this treaty are hereby abrogated.
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In testimony whereof, the parties hereinbefore named have hereunto

set their hands and seals the day and year first above mentioned.
LEWIS V. BOGY, [SEAL.]
Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
W. 11. WATSON, [SEAL.]
Special Commissioner.
THOS. MURPHY, [SEAL.]
Superintendent of Indian Affairs.
HENRY W. MARTIN, [SEAL.]
U S. Indian Agent.
KEOKUK, his N mark. [SEAL.]
CHEKUSKUK, his N mark. [sEA.]
UC-QUAW-HO-KO, his N mark. [SEAL.J
MUT-TUT-TAH, his N mark. [SEAL.]
MAN-AH TO-WAH, his N mark. [SEAL.]
In presence of-
JNTOINE GOKEY, his N mark,
U. S. Interpreter.
CHARLES E. Mix.
THOS. E. MCGRAW.
WKr. WHISTLER.
C. H. NORRIS.
VITAL JARROT.
G. P. BEATuvAis.
H. W. FARNSWORTH.
List of Sac and Fox lands selected for individuals referred to in Article Schedule an-
XVII. of the above treaty, selected by Perry Fuller,agent. nexed.
Names of Persons Description of Land Sec[tion.] Town[sbip.] Range.

Alvira Connolly ......... S 4 NW. 4...... 5 17 18
Do.............. SW. j .......... 5 17 1
Do.............. N j NW. j ...... 8 17 18
Alexander Connolly ..... E. j ............. 4 17 18
Cordelia Conuolly ....... E j ............. 35 16 17
Isaac Goodell ...... . W .......... 3 17 18
KMsh-Kah-Iwah ....... . 4........... 16 17 1
Mary I Thorp ...... .. E ........... 12 17 17
Hiram P. Thorp ........ E ..... ....... 1 17 17
Francis A Thorp ....... W ............ 6 17 18
Amelia McPherson ...... W. ............ 1 17 17
Sarah A. Whistler ...... SW.4 .......... 34 16 18
Do ............. SW. j SW.j .... 35 16 18
Do .............. W JNW ..... 2 17 18
Do............. NW. SW .... 4 2 17 18
Julia A Goodell ....... N. 4 ............. 21 17 18
Susan J. Goodell ........ E j .......... .. 3 17 18
John Goodell, jr......... E 4 ............ 17 17 18
Jane Goodell ........... NE. 4........... 10 17 18
Do....... N . NW .... 10 17 18
Do ........... E. 2 NW. 4.. 10 17 18
Do ............. NW j NW. . 1i 17 18
MaryA. Byington ....... E. j NE 4 9 17 18
Do ............. E SE 9 17 18
Do............... W. 4 SW 4 10 17 18
Do....... ...... SW 4NW 10 17 18
Do ............. NE. NE.4 .... 16 17 is
Margaret Miles .......... W 4............ 4 17 18
Thomas J Connolly ..... SW. SE ..... 9 17 18
Do ............. SE NE I ..... 16 17 is
Do ............W 4NE 4 ...... 16 17 is
Do ............. NW. 4 .......... 16 17 18
Charles T Connolly ..... E .NW ...... 9 17 18
Do ............ W NE j ...... 9 17 18
Do ........... NW j SE. 4 9 17 18
Do .. .... ..... SE 4SW 4 ..... 9 17 is
Do ............. S SW 4 ...... 9 17 18
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The following were selected by C. C. Hutehinson:
Names of Persons. Desenption. Seeftior J Town[ship.] Range
Kaw-Kol-we-nah ........ B. J ............ 2 17 17

*......
George Powers .... NE. J ........... 8 17 18
Do ............... S b NW. ...... 8 17 18
Do .......... N SW. ...... 8 17 18
Joseph Gokey........... W'. EJ ....... 21 17 1
Do ............... N. NW. 4 ...... 28 17 18
Do ............... SW. 4 NW. j.... 28 17 18
Do ............... NW. 4 NE i .... 28 17 18
Do ............... W. J SE J ...... 29 17 is
Met-tach-ah-pack-o tal... E ............ 7 17 18
Mack-oh-tah-o-quit ...... W. ............ 7 17 18
Ratification And whereas the said treaty having been submitted to the Senate of
with amend-
ments. the United States for its constitutional action thereon, the Senate did, on
the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight,
advise and consent to the ratification of the same, with amendments, by a
resolution in the words and figures following, to wit :
IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, .

July 25, 1868.
Resolved, (two thirds of the senators present concurring,) That the
Senate advise and consent to the ratification of Articles of Agreement
made and concluded the eighteenth day of February, eighteen hundred
and sixty-seven, between the United States and the Sac and Fox tribes
of Indians, with the following
AMENDMENTS:
Amendments. ARTICLE III. After the words "the interest thereon" insert: "out of
Art. 111, the proceeds of the sale of lands ceded in this treaty."
Ante, p_ 496
Art. IV ARTICLE IV. Strike out the following words: "And the legal rights
Ante, p. 496. of railroad corporations shall be conceded thereon, the same as on other
public lands."
Art. V. ARTICLE V. Strike out the words: "and the legal rights of railroad
Ante, p 496 corporations shall accrue thereon."
Same article. Strike out the words: "and the scrip referred to in
the third article of this treaty shall be received in payment for any of the
lands herein ceded to the United States, and not granted to any railroad
corporation, at any time after the removal of the Indians, as provided in
the seventh article hereof"; and insert in lieu thereof the following
words: "Provided, That such lands shall be subject to sale, in tracts of
not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to any one person, and at a
price not less than one dollar and fifty cents per acre."
Art. IX. Strike out all of Article IX., and insert in lieu thereof as follows:
Ante, p. 497. " In order to promote the civilization of the tribe, one section of land,
convenient to the residence of the agent, shall be selected by said agent,
with the approval of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and set apart
for a manual labor school; and there shall also be set apart, from the
money to be paid to the tribe under this treaty, the sum of ten thousand
dollars for the erection of the necessary school buildings and dwelling for
teacher, and the annual amount of five thousand dollars shall be set apart
from the income of their funds after the erection of such school boildings,
for the support of the school; and after settlement of the tribe upon their
new reservation, the sum of five thousand dollars of the income of their
funds may be annually used, under the direction of the chiefs, in the sup-
port of their national government, out of which last-mentioned amount
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the sum of five hundred dollars shall be annually paid to each of the
chiefs."
AITICLE XI. After the Words "Thomas J. Miles," strike out the Art XI.
word "and." Afe, P. 497.
Same article. After the words "Hattie Miles," insert the words:
"Ema-Ke-O-Kuck, Hannie-Ke-O-Kuck, Mo-Co-P-quah."
Same article. After the words "each eighty acres," insert the
words: "Man-a-ta h , Pab-me-che-kaw-paw, Henry Jones, Wilson McKin-
ney, and Carrie C. Capper, each one hundred and sixty acres."
Same article. After the words "unimproved lands," insert the fol-
lowing words:
"Provided, That the parties herein named shall pay to the Secretary of
the Interior, within three months after the ratification of this treaty, the
sum of one dollar per acre for said lands, the avails of which shall be
used for the benefit of the Sacs and Foxes in the same manner as the
other funds arising from the sales of their lands: Provided also, That
George Powers, the present Government Interpreter, for valuable ser-
vices rendered and uniform kindness towards the nation, shall have
patented to him, in fee simple, three hundred and twenty acres of land, to
be'located by the agent: Provided also."
Same article. After the Word "selections," insert the following words:
"And on payment therefor as hereinbefore provided-"
ARTICLE XIII. Strike out the words " Thomas C. Stevens and Coin- Art. XII.
pany," and insert in lieu thereof the words: "John K. Rankin." Ante, p. 498.
Same article. After the words "agreed that," strike out the word
they."
ARTICLE XVI. Strike out the words "or other persons specially," Art XVI.
and insert in lieu thereof the words: "to be." AiS, p. 498.
ARTICLE XVIL Strike out the words "and have since died," and Art. XVIL
insert in lieu. thereof the words: "not less than one dollar and twenty-five Ante, p. 498.
cents per acre."
At the end of Article XIX. add the following words: "not to exceed Art. XIX.
the sum of fifteen hundred dollars." Ante, p. 498.
Strike out all of Article XX., and insert in lieu thereof the following Art XX.
word,;: Ante, p. 498.
"The chiefs and headmen of the Sacs and Foxes having permitted their Provisions as
employees to cultivate farms, which, together with the farms of Ke-o-kuck to cultivated
farms.
and other chiefs, are embraced within an area two miles by four, and the
said Sacs and Foxes believing that the lands comprising the said area
having been made valuable by reason of said occupancy, and in order
that they may receive a fair compensation for said area of land, bounded
and described as follows, except as heretofore specially excepted, and the
mill and mission building, to wit: commencing at the northwest corner of
section thirty-three, township sixteen, range seventeen, thence east two
and a quarter (21) miles to the reservation hue; thence south along said
line four miles; thence west two and a fourth (2f) miles to the southwest
corner of section sixteen, township seventeen, range seventeen; thence
north along the section line to the place of beginning, are hereby with-
drawn from sale, as is provided for the sale of their lands in this tieaty,
and the said area of land, as above described, shall be sold by the chiefs
and agent for the tribe at the best price obtainable ; and they are hereby
empowered to make warrantee deeds for the same, subject to the approval
of the Secretary of the Interior, at not less than two dollars per acre in
addition to the appraised value of the improvements. The avails of said
lands shall be expended by the agent, under the direction of the chiefs,
for the benefit of the nation."
Insert the following as an additional article, to wit:
"ARTICLE XXI. The Sacs and Foxes ofthe Mississippi, parties to this Art XX!.
aretvment, being anxious that all the members of their tribe shall partici- bersAbsent
of themem-
tribe
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to be notified of pate in the advantages to be derived from the investment of their national
this treaty, &O. funds, sales of lands, and so forth, it is therefore agreed that, as soon as
practicable, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall cause the necessary
proceedings to be adopted, to have such members of the tribe as may be
absent notified of this agreement and its advantages, and to induce them
to come in and permanently unite with their brethren; and that no part
of the funds arising from or due the nation under this or previous treaty
stipulations shall be paid to any bands or parts of bands who do not per-
manently reside on the reservation set apart to them by the Government
in the Indian Territory, as provided in this treaty, except those residing
in the State of Iowa; and it is further agreed that all money accruing
from this or former tribes, Etreaties,] now due or to become due said
nation, shall be paid them on their reservation in Kansas; and after their
removal, as provided in this treaty, payments shall be made at their
agency, on their lands as then located."
Attest: GEO. C. GORHAM,
Secretary.
By W. J. McDONALD,
Chief Cr.
Amendments And whereas the foregoing amendments having been fully explained
assented to and interpreted to the chiefs of the said tribe of Sac and Fox Indians
of the Mississippi, whose names are subscribed to the writing hereto
following, they did, on the second day of September, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight, give their free and voluntary assent to the said
amendments in the words and figures following, to wit:
Whereas the Senate of the United States did on the twenty-fifth day of
July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, advise and consent to the
ratification of Articles of Agreement made and concluded the eighteenth
day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, between the
United States and the Sac and Fox tribes of Indians, with the following
AMENDMENTS:
ARTICLE III. After the words "the interest thereon" insert: "out of
the proceeds of the sale of lands ceded in this treaty."
ARTICLE IV. Strike out the following words: "and the legal rights
of railroad corporations shall be conceded thereon, the same as on other
public lands."
ARTICLE V. Strike out the words: "and the legal rights of railroad
corporations shall accrue thereon."
Same article. Strike out the words: "and the scrip referred to in
the third article of this treaty shall be received in payment for any of the
lands herein ceded to the United States and not granted to any railroad
corporation, at any time after the removal of the Indians, as provided in
the seventh article hereof"; and insert in lieu thereof the follo\iing
words:
"Provided, That such lands shall be subject to sale in tracts of not
exceeding one hundied and sixty acres to any one person and at a price
not less than one dollar and fifty cents per acre."
Strike out all of Article IX., and insert in lieu thereof as follows:
"In order to promote the civilization of the tribe, one section of land,
convenient to the residence of the agent, shall be selected by said agent,
with the approval of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and set apart
for a manual labor school, and there shall also be set apart from the
money to be paid to the tribe under this treaty, the sum of ten thousand
dollars for the erection of the necessary school buildings and dwelling for
teacher, and the annual amount of five thousand dollars shall be set
apart from the income of their funds, after the erection of such school
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buildings, for the support of the school; and after settlement of the tribe
upon their new reservation the sum of five thousand dollars of the income
of their funds may be annually used, under the direction of the chiefs, in
the support of their national government, out of which last-mentioned
amount the sum of five hundred dollars shall be annually paid to each
of the chiefs.
ARTIcLE XI. After the words "Thomas J. Miles" strike out the word
" and."
Same article. After the words "Hattie Miles" insert the words:
"Emma Ke-o-kuck, Hannie Ke-o-kuck, Mo-Co-P-quah."
Same article. After the words "each eighty acres" insert the words:
"Man-a-tah, Pah-me-che-kbw-paw, Henry Jones, Wilson McKinney, and
Carrie C. Capper, each one hundred and sixty acres."
Same article. After the words "unimproved lands" insert the follow-
ing words:
"1Provided, That the parties herein named shall pay to the Secretary
of the Interior within three months after the ratification of this treaty the
sum of one dollar per acre for said lands, the avails of which shall be
used for the benefit of the Sacs and Foxes in the same manner as the
other funds arising from the sales of their lands: Provided,also, That
George Powers, the present Government Interpreter, for valuable ser-
vices rendered and uniform kindness towards the nation, shall have
patented to him, in fee simple, three hundred and twenty acres of land,
to be located by the agent: Provided, also."
Same article. After the word "selections " insert the following words:
provided."
" and on payment therefor or [as] hereinbefore
ARTICLE XIII. Strike out the words "Thomas C. Stephens and Com-
pany," and insert in lieu thereof the words: "John K. Rankin."
Same article. After the words "agreed that," strike out the word
"they."
ARTCLx XVI. Strike out the words "or other persons specially," and
insert in lieu thereof the words: "to be."
ARTIcLE XVIL Strike out the words "and have since died," and in-
sert in lieu thereof the words: "not less than one dollar and twenty-five
cents per acre."
At the end of Article XIX. add the following words: "not to exceed
the sum of fifteen hundred dollars."
Strike out all of Article XX., and insert in lieu thereof the following
words:
"The chiefs and headmen of the Sacs and Foxes having permitted their
employees to cultivate farms, which, together with the farms of Ke-o-kuck
and other chiefs, are embraced within an area two miles by four, and the
said Sacs and Foxes believing that the lands comprising the said area
having been made valuable by reason of said occupancy, and in order
that they may receive a fair compensation for said area of land, bounded
and described as follows, except as heretofore specially excepted, and the
mill and mission building, to wit: Commencing at the northwest corner
of section thirty-three, township sixteen, range seventeen, thence east two
2
and a quarter ( k) miles to the reservation line; thence south along said
line four miles; thence west two and a fourth (2:) miles to the southwest
corner of section sixteen, township seventeen, range seventeen; thence
iorth along the section line to the place of beginning, are hereby with-
drawn from sale, as is provided for the sale of their lands in this treaty,
and that the said area of laud, as above described, shall be sold by the
chiefs and agent for the tribe at the best price obtainable ; and they are
hereby empowered to make warrantee deeds for the same, subject to. the
approval ot the Secretary of the Interior, at not less than two dollars per
acre in addition to the appraised value of the improvements. The avails
of said lands shall be expended by the agent under the.direction of the
chiefs for the benefit of the nation.
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Insert the following as an additional article, to wit: -

"ARTICLE XXI. The Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi, parties to this
agreement, being anxious that all the members of their tribe shall par-
ticipate in the advantages to be derived from the investment of their
national funds, sales of lands, and so forth, it is therefore agreed that, as
soon as practicable, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall cause the
necessary proceedings to be adopted, to have such members of the tribe
as may be absent, notified of this agreement and its advantages, and to
induce them to come in and permanently unite v*ith their brethren, and
that no part of the funds arising from or due the nation under this or
previous treaty stipulations shall be paid to any bands or parts of bands,
who' do not permanently reside on the reservation set apart to them
by the Government in the Indian Territory, as provided in this treaty,
except those residing in the State of Iowa; and it is further agreed, that
all money, accruing from this or former tribes, [treaties,] now due or to
become due said nation, shall be paid them on their reservation in Kan-
sas ; and after their removal, as provided in this treaty, payments shall
be made at their agency on their lands as then-located."
Now, therefore, we the undersigned, chiefs of the said tribe of Sac and
Fox Indians of the Mississippi, having had the said amendments read,
interpreted, and explained to us, and the same having been fully under-
stood by us, do hereby assent and agree to the same.
Witness our bands and seals this second day of September, A. D.
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
KEOKUK, his x mark, -SEAL.-
CHE-KO-SKUK, his x mark, 'SEAL.
UC-QUAW-HO-KO, his x mark, zSEAL.'
PAH-TECK-QUAW, his x mark, 'SEAL.
MUT-TUT-TAH, his x mark, =SEAL.
MAN-AH-TO-WAH, his x mark, 'SEAL.
WAW-COM-MO, his x mark, -SEAL.'
For the Sacs and Foxes of the Aississispfl.
Signed in presence of-.
ALBERT WILEY, United States Indian Agent.
GEORGE POWERS, United States Interpreter.
JAMES H. EMBRY, Special .Agent.
WARNER CRAIo,
JOHN K. RANKIN.
Proclaimed. Now, therefore, be it known that I, ANDREW Jomsow, President

of the United States of America, do, in pursuance of the advice and con,
sent of the Senate, as expressed in its resolution of the twenty-fifth
of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, accept, ratify, and
confirm the said treaty, with the amendments, as aforesaid.
In testimony whereof, I have hereto signed my name, and caused the
seal of the United States to be affixed,
Done at the city of Washington, this fourteenth day of October, in the
[SEAL.] year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight,
and of the Independence of the United States of America the
ninety-third.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
WILLIAM H. SEWARD, &erdtaryof State.
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Treaty between the United States of America and the Sissiton and War-
peton Bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians ; Concluded February 19,
1867; Ratification advised,with Amendments, April 15, 1867; Amend-
ments accepted April 22, 1867 ; Proclaimed May 2, 1867.
ANDREW JOHNSON,
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
TO ALL AND SINGULAR TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING: Feb. 19, 1867.
Whereas a Treaty was made and concluded at the city of Washington, Preamble.
in the District of Columbia, on the nineteenth day of February in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, by and
between Lewis V. Bogy and William H. Watson, Cominis-ioners, on the
part of the United States, and Gabriel Renville, Wamdiupiduta, Tacandu-
pahotanka, and other Chiefs and Headmen of the Sissiton and Warpeton
bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians, on the part of said Indians, and duly
authorized thereto by them, which Treaty is in the words and figures fol-
lowing, to wit:
Where~ts it is understood that a portion of the Sissiton and Warpeton

bands of Santee Sioux Indians, numbering from twelve hundred to fifteen
hundred persons, not only preserved their obligations to the government
of the United States, during and since the outbreak of the Medewakan-
tQns and other bands of Sioux in 1862, but freely perilled their lives dur-
ing that outbreak to rescue the residents on the Sioux reservation, and
to obtain possession of white women and children made captives by the
hostile bands; and that another portion of said Sissiton and Warpeton
bands, numbering from one thousand to twelve hundred persons, who did
not participate in the massacre of the whites in 1862, fearing the indis-
criminate vengeance of the whites, fled to the great prairies of the north-
west, where they still remain ; and
Whereas Congress, in confiscating the Sioux annuities and reserva-
tions, made no provision for the support of these, the friendly portion of
the Sissiton and Warpeton bands, and it is believed [that] they have been
suffered to remain homeless wanderers, frequently subject to intense suf-
fering from want of subsistence and clothing to protect them from the
rigors of a high northern latitude, although at all times prompt in render-
ing service when called upon to repel hostile raids and to punish depreda-
tions committed by hostile Indians upon the persons and property of the
white- ; and
Whereas the several subdivisions of the friendly Sissitons and Warpe-
ton bands ask, through their representatives, that their adherence to their
former obligations of friendship to the government and people of the Unit-
ed States be recognized, and that provision be made to enable them to
return to an agricultural life and be relieved from a dependence upon the
chase for a precarious subsistence: therefore,
A treaty has been made and entered into, at Washington city, District Contracting
of Columbia, this nineteenth day of February, A. D. 1867, by and be- partles.
tween Lewis V. Bogy, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and William H.
Watson, commissioners, on the part of the United States, and the under-
signed chiefs and headmen of the Sissiton and Warpeton bands of Dakota
or Sioux Indians, as follows, to wit:
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506 TREATY WITH THE SIOUX INDIANS. FEBRUARY 19, 1867.
Friendly rela- ARTICLE 1. The Sissiton and Warpeton bands of Dakota Sioux
tions. Indians, represented in council, will continue their friendly relations with
the government and people of the United State-, and bind themselves
individually and collectively to u-e their influence to the extent of ther
ability to prevent other bands of Dakota or other adjacent tribes from
making hostile demonstrations against the government or people of the
United States.
Cession
right of
to con- ARTICLE II. The said bands hereby cede to the United States the
struct wagon- right to construct wagon roads, railroads, mail stations, telegraph lines,
roads, railioads, and such other public improvements as the interest of the government
mal stations,
and telegraph may require, over and across the lands claimed by said bands (including
lines. their reservation as hereinafter designated) over any route or routes that
that may be selected by authority ot the government, said lands so claimed
Boundaries. being bounded on the south and east by the treaty line of 1851 and the
Red river of the North to the mouth of' Goose river, on the north by the
Goose river and a line running from the source thereof by the most west-
erly point of Devil's lake to the Chief's Bluff at the head of James river,
and on the west by the James river to the mouth of Mocasin river, and
thence to Kampeska lake.
Permanent ARTICLE III. For and in consideration of the cession above men-
reservation set tioned, and in consideration of the faithful and important services said to
apart. have been rendered by the friendly bands of Sissitons and Warpetons
Sioux heie represented, and also in consideration of the confiscation of all
their annuities, reservations, and improvements, it is agreed that there
shall be set apart for the members of said bands who have heretofore sur-
rendeted to the authorities of the government, and were not sent to the
Crow Creek reservation, and for the members of said bands who were
released from prison in 1866, the following described lands as a perma
nent reservation, viz.:
Boundaries. Beginning at the head of Lake Travers [e], and thence along the treaty
line of the treaty of 1851 to Kampeska lake ; thence in a direct line to
Reipan or the northeast point of the Coteau des Prairie [s], and thence
passing north of Skunk lake, on the most direct line to the foot of Lake
Traverse, and thence along the treaty line of 1851 to the place of begin-
ning.
Reservation. ARTICLE IV. It is further agreed that a reservation be set apart for
all other members of said bands who were not sent to the Crow Creek
reservation, and also for the Cut head bands of Yanktonais Sioux, a res-
ervation bounded as follows, viz.:
Boundaries. --Beginning at the mo-t easterly point of Devil's lake ; thence along the
waters of said lake to the most westerly point of the same; thence on a
direct line to the nearest point on the Cheyenne river; thence down said
river to a point opposite the lower end of Aspen island, and thence on a
direct line to the place of beginning.
Reservations ARTICLE V. The said reservations shall be apportioned in tracts of
to be appor- (160) one hundred and sixty acres to each head of a family, or single
tioned i tracts
of 160 acres to, person over the age of (21) twenty-one years, belonging to said bands,
&o. and entitled to locate thereon, who may desire to locate permanently and
Tracts to con- cultivate the soil as a means of subsistence: each (160) one hundred and
form to legal sixty acres so allotted to be made to conform to the legal subdivisions of
subdivisions, the government surveys, when such surveys shall have been made; and
every person to whom lands may be allotted under the provisions of this
article who shall occupy and cultivate a portion thereof for five consecu-
tive years shall thereafter be entitled to receive a patent for the same so
soon as he shall have fifty acres of said tract fenced, ploughed, and in
Patents, when crop: Provided, [That] said patent shall not authorize any-transfer of
to issue, effect said lands, or portions thereof, except to the United States, but said lands
of. and the improvements thereon shall descend to the proper heirs of the
persons obtaihing a patent.
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TREATY WITH THE SIOUX INDIANS. FEBRUARY 19, 1867. 507
ARTICLE VI. To enable said Indians to return to an agricultural life Expenditures

on reservations
under the system in operation on the Sioux reservation in 1862, is for benefit of the
agreed that there shall be expended for the benefit of the Indians entitled Indians.
to locate farms on the Lake Traverse leser htion for the year 1867, three Seejostp.509.
hundred and fifty thousand dollars; for the year 1868, two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars; for the year 1869, one hundred thousand dollars ;
for the )ear 187.0, fifty thousand dollars; and thirty thousand dollars
annually thereafter; and to enable the Indians on said reservation to
return at once to their agiicultural habits and life, and be enabled to cul-
tivate a crop the coming season, the expendituies set forth in the sched-
ule hereunto attached, shall be made at as early a day as pos-sible.
ARTICLE VII. An agent shall be appointed for said bands, who shall Ageut at Lake
be located at Lake Traverse; and whenever there sball be (500) five Traverse, an,'
other agents.
hundred persons located permanently upon the Devil's Lake reservation, Seepost,p.509.
there shall be an agent, or other competent person, appointed to superin-
tend the agricultural, educational, and mechanical interests of said Indians,
and thereafter there shall be expended to aid said Indians in their agricultu-
ral improvements and civilization, for the first year, one hundred thousand
dollars; for the second year, two hundred thousand dollars ; for the third
year, one hundred thousand dollars; for the fburth year, fifty thousand
dollars ; and thirty thousand dollars annually thereafter.
ARTICLE VIII. All expenditures to be made upon said reservation[s] Expendxtutes
(except as per schedule afbresaid) shall be made for the agricultural to be made for
the agricultural
improvement and civilization of the Indians upon the respective reserva- improvement
tions, in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct, and civilization
but no issue of goods, provisions, groceiies, or other articles, (except of Seepostp.5d.
the Indians.
houses, which will be provided for Indians and mixed-bloods entitled
to locate on the respective reservations as they advance in agricuult e,)
shall be made to Indians or mixed-bloods on either reservation, unless it
be made in payment of labor performed, or to be performed, or for prod-
uce delivered: Provided, That when persons on either reservation, by
reason of age, sickness, or deformity, are unable to labor, the agent may Proviso.
issue clothing and subsistence to such persons from the supplies provided
for said bands.
ARTICLE IX. As it is contemplated that the agent will supply the No person to
Indians and mixed-bloods with clothing, provisions, &c., in payment for trade m reserva-
tions, nor, &c.
labor, as provided in Article VIII., and it being desirable that no encour- Seepost, pp. 509,
agement be afforded them to rely upon the chase as a means of subsist- 610.
ence, no person will be permitted to trade upon either of the reservations
nor within the limits of the land claimed by said bands, as designated in
the second article of this treaty; and it is also agreed that no person, not
a member of said bands, parties heieto, whether white, mixed-blood, or
Indian, except persons in the employ of the government, or located under
its authority, shall be permitted to locate upon said lands, either for hunt-
ing, trapping, or agricultural purposes.
ARTICLE X. It is further agieed that the said bands, parties to this Safety of
treaty, will guarantee the safety of tiavel, of the transportation of the travel, mails,
mails, supplies, &c., the protection of mail stations and propel ty connected and frontier 5set-
therewith, upon the lands claimed by them as before specified, and the tiers
Seepost pp. 509,
safety of the frontier settlers of Minnesota and eastern Dakota from ires- 5 p0.
pass by hostile or unfriendly Indians; baid safety of travel and transpor-
tation and protection of mail stations and property to extend over any
rout[e] across the lands claimed by said bands as hereinbefore set forth.
ARTICLE XI. To enable said Indians to make good the guarantee Members of
above specified, the President of the United States will cause the selec- the
organized as be
bands to
tion and appointment of a suitable person, satisfactory to the Indians here scouts.
.represented, who shall organize not less than two hundred and fifty mem- Seepst,p.509.
bers of said bands for service as scouts. The person so selected shall
command and control the operations of said scouts, under such-regulations,
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and shall report to such civil or military officer of the government, as the
President may direct; and the Presjdent may at any time dispense with
said organization: Provided, [That] the said guarantees specified in arti-
cle X. shall not be in force until the organization aforesaid is made, nor
after it is dispensed with.
Scouts to fur- ARTICLE XII. Each scout so employed will furnish his own horse,
nish horses, arms, ammunition, transportation, and equipments of all kinds, and receive
airms, &c.
Pay, Kc. from the United States sixty dollars per month, and rations for himself ind
family, and grain rations for his horse, in full of all allowances whatever:
Chiefs of sta- Provided,That there shall be one chief of station to every twelve men,
trnos. who shall receive fifteen dollars per month extra, and there shall be one
chief of escort to every fifty men, who shall receive twenty dollars per
month extra, and one chief of band to every hundred men, who shall
receive thirty dollars per month extra. The commandant of the organi-
zation to receive such compensation as the President may direct.
Scouts to en- ARTICLE XIIL Whenever the organization of scouts as before speci-
force ruleq, &c. fled shall be dispensed with, the said bands shall have authority to organ-
Seeiost, p.509. ize under the direction of the agent, and without expense to the govern-
ment, scouts sufficient to enforce any and all rules, regulations, or laws
which may be prescribed by the government, or adopted by the chiefs
and head men in council upon either reservation, for the security of life
and property and the progress of agricultural improvement and civiliza-
tion upon such reservation.
Debtstoand
claims be paid ARTICLE XIV. It is further provided that the balance of debts or
tow bom claims against the Sissiton and Warpeton bands of Sioux Indians provid-
See ost, p. 509. ed to be paid by the third article of the treaty of 1858, and the decision
of the Secretary of the Interior in 1861, are to be paid to the claimants,
their attorneys or assignees, as shown to be due by the schedules exhib-
iting the settlement of said claims, after an examination by the Commis-
sioner of Indian Affairs, and on file in the Department of the Interior,
amounting in the aggregate to twenty-four thousand three hundred and
seventy-one dollars and eighty cents.
Execution. In testimony whereof, we, the commissioners representing the United
States, and the delegates representing the Sissiton and Warpeton bands
of Sioux Indians, have hereunto set our hands and seals, at the place and
on the day and year above written.
LEWIS V. BOGY,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs-
W. H. WATSON.
--
Signed in presence of
Ca-ARLEs E. Mix.
GABRIEL RENVILLE,
head chief Siss[i]ton and Wa[r]peton bands.
WAMDIUPIDUTA, his x mark,
head Siss[i]ton chief.
TACANDUPAHOTANKA, his x mark,
head Wa[r]peton chief.
OYEHDUZE, his x mark, chief Sissiton.
UMPETUTOKCA, his x mark, " Wahpeton.
JOHN OTHERDAY.
AKICITANANJIN, his x mark, Sissiton soldier.
WAXICUNMAZA, his x mark, "
WASUKIYE, his x mark, a a
WAMDIDUTA, his x mark, "
HOKXIDANWAXTE, his x mark, " "
WAKANTO, his x mark, "4
ECANAJINKE, his x mark, " "
CANTEIYAPA, his x mark, "
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TIHDONICA, his x mark, Sissiton soldier.

TAWAPAHAMAZA, his x mark, "
WANDIIYEZA, his x mark, " "
TACUNRPIPETA, his x mark, "
WICUMRPINUMPA, his x mark, Wa[r]peton"
XUPEHIYU, his x mark,
ECETUKIYE, his x mark,
KANGIDUTA, his x mark,
Witnesses to signatures of above chiefs and soldiers:
CHARLES E. MIX.
BENJ'N THomPsor.
J. R. BRowN.
ANEXUS M. A. BROWN, Interrt.
CHAS. CRAWFORD.
THos. E. MCGRAW.
J. H. LEAVENWORTH.
A. B. NORTON.
Gzo. B.JONAS.
FRANK S. MIX.
And whereas, the said Treaty having been submitted to the Senate of Ratification
the United States for its constitutional action thereon, the Senate did, on advised with
amendments.
the fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven,
advise and consent to the ratification of the same, with amendments, by a
resolution in the words and figures following, to wit:
IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.

April 15, 1867.
Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senatorspresent concurring,) That the Sen-
ate advise and consent to the ratification of the Treaty between the United
States and the Chiefs and Headmen of the Sissiton and Warpeton bands
of Dakota Indians, concluded February 19th, 1867, with the following
AMENIMENTS.
Strike out all of said treaty from and following the 6th to the I 4th Ante, pp. 507,
article, both inclusive, and insert in lieu thereof the following, viz: 508.
ARTICLE VI. And, further, in consideration of the destitution of said Congress win
bands of Sissiton and Warpeton Sioux, parties hereto, resulting from the make appropria-
confiscation of their annuities and improvements, it is agreed that Con- tions to enable
IndaMns to return
gress will, in its own discretion, from time to time, make such appropria- to an agrcultu-
tions as may be deemed requisite to enable said Indians to return to an ral life, &c.
agricultural life under the system in operation on the Sioux reservation
in 1862 ; including, if thought advisable, the establishment and support
of local and manual labor schools; the employment of agricultural, me-
chanical, and other teachers; the opening and improvement of individual
farms; and generally such objects as Congress in its wisdom shall deem
necessary to promote the agricultural improvement and civilization of
said bands.
ARTICLE VI. An agent shall be appointed for said bands, who shall Agents.
be located at Lake Traverse ; -and .whenever there shall be five hundred
(500) persons of said bands permanently located upon the Devil's Lake
reservation there shall be an agent or other comoetent person appointed
to superintend at that place the agricultural, educational- and mechfanical
interests of said bands.
ARTICLE VIII. All expentures under the provisions of this treaty Expenditures.
shall be made for the agricultural improvement and civilization of the
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members of said bands authorized to locate upon the respective reserva-

tions, as hereinbefore specified, in such manner as may be directed by law;
Goods pro. but no goods, provisions, groceries, or other articles- except materials
visions, lo. not for the erection of houses and articles to facilitate the operations of agri-
to be issued to
Indians, &c. culture - shall be issued to Indians or mixed-bloods on either reservation
unless, unless it be in payment for labor performed or for produce delivered :
Proviso. Provided,That, when persons located on either reservation, by reason of
age, sickness, or deformity, are unable to labor, the agent may issue cloth-
ing and subsistence to such persons from such supplies as may be pro-
vided for said bands.
No person to ARTICLE IX. The withdrawal of the Indians from all dependence
trade for furs
andpeltries. upon the chase as a means of subsistence being necessary to the adoption
of civilized habits among them, it is desirable that no encouragement be
afforded them to continue their hunting operations as meahs of support,
and, therefore, it is agreed that no person will be authorized to trade for
furs or peltries within the limits of the land claimed by said bands, as
specified in the second article of this treaty, it being contemplated that
the Indians will rely solely upon agricultural and mechanical labor for
subsistence, and that the agent will supply the Indians and mixed-blods
on the respective reservations with clothing, provisions, &c., as set forth
in article eight, so soon as the same shall be provided for that purpose.
Members of And it is further agreed that no person not a member of said bands, par-
bands only, ex- ties hereto whether white, mixed-blood, or Indian, except persons in the
cept, &c. to lo-
cate on lands. employ of the government or located under its authority, shall be per-
mitted to locate upon .said lands, either for hunting, trapping, or agricul-
tural purposes.
Chiefs and ARTICLE X. The chiefs and headmen located upon either of the
headmen may reservations set apart for said bands are authorized to adopt such rules,
adopt rules, regulations, or laws for the security of life and property, the advancement
of civilization, and the agricultural prosperity of tlk members of said
bands upon the respective reservations, and shall have authority, under
the direction of the agent, and without expense to the government, to
organize a force sufficient to carry out all such rules, regulations, or laws,
and all rules and regulations for the government of said Indians, as may
be prescribed by the Interior Department: Provided, That all rules,
regulations, or laws adopted or amended by the chiefs and headmen on
either reservation shall receive the sanction of the agent.
Attest: J. W. FORNEY, Secretary,
by W. J. McDONALD, Chief Clerk.
Amendments And whereas, the foregoing amendments having been fully explained
assented to. and interpreted to the Chiefs and Headmen of the Sissiton and Warpeton
bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians, whose names are hereinafter signed,
they did on the twenty-second day of' April, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-seven, give their free and voluntary assent to the said amend-
ments, in the words and figures following, to wit:
The foregoing amendments having been fully explained and inter-

preted to us, the Chiefs and Headmen of the Sissiton and Warpeton
bands of Dacotah [Dakota] or Sioux Indians, now therefore, we, the
Chiefs and Headmen of said bands, duly authorized by our people, do
hereby accept, assent, and agree to the said amendments as above written,
the same being fully understood by us.
Witness our hands and seals this 22d day of April, 1867, at Washing-
ton, D. C.
GABRIEL RENVILLE,
head chief of Sissiton and Warpeton bands. [SEAL.]
WAMDIUPIDUTA, his x mark,
head Sissiton Chief. [SEAL.]
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TACANDUPAHOTANKA, his x mark,

head Warpeton Chief. [SEAL.]
OYEHDUZE, his x mark,
Chief Sissiton. SEAL.'
JOHN OTHERDAY, chief Warpeton. SEAL.
AKICITANANJON, his x mark, Sissiton soldier -SEAL.-
WAXICUNMAZA, his x mark, " "i SEAL.
WASUKIYE, his x mark, " " SEAL.-
WAMDIDUTA, his x mark, " " SEAL.
HOKXIDANWAXTE, his x mark, " " SEAL.-
WAKANTO, his x mark, " " SEAL.
ECANAJINKE, his x mark, " " SEAL.
CANTEIYAPA, his x mark, " " SEAL.
TIHDONICA, his x mark, " " SEAL.
TAWAPAHAMAZA, his x mark, " " SEAL.
WANDIIYEZA, his x mark, " " SEAL.
TACUNRPIPETA, his x mark, " " SEAL.
XUPEHIYEE, his x mark, Warpeton " SEAL._
WICUNRPINUPA, " " SEAL.-
ECETUKIYA, " " SEAL.
HAN GIDUTA, (dead,) 94
N. G. TAYLOR, Corr. Ind. Atrs.
BENJ'N THOMPSON, Special Aqent.
J. R. BROWN, Spi. Agt.
ALF. A. TAYLOR.
W. P. DOLE.
H. H. YouNG.
ANEXUS M. A. BROWN, Interp[r]eter.
CEAS. CRAWFORD, Interpreter.
CHARLES E. MIx.
Now, therefore, be it known that I, ANDREW JOHNSON, President of Proclamation

the United States of America, do, in pursuance of the advice and consent
of the Senate, as expressed in its resolution of the fifteenth of April, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, accept, ratify, and confirm tht
taid Treaty, with the amendments as aforesaid.
In testimony whereof I have hereto signed my name, and caused the
eal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this second day of May, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
[SEAL.] seven, and of the Independence of the United States of
America the ninety-first.
ANDREW JOHNSON,
By the President:
WnLAr H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
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TREATY WITH THE SENECAS, &o. FEBRuARY 23, 1867.
Treaty between the United States of America and the Senecas, Mixed
Senecas and Shawnees, Quapaws, Confederated Peorias, _Kaskaskias,
Weas; and Piankeshaws, Ottawas of Blanchard's Fork and Roche de
Bauf, and certain Wyandottes ; Concluded February 23, 1867; Ratifi-
cation advised, with Amendments, June 18, 1868; Amendments accepted
September 1, 7, 8, and 15, 1868; Proclaimed October 14, 1868.
ANDREW JOHNSON,
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Feb. 28, 1867.
O ALL AND SINGULAR TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COmX , GREETING:
WHEREAS a treaty was made and concluded at the city of Washington,

in the District of Columbia, on the twenty-third day of February, in the Preamble.
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, by and
between Lewis V. Bogy, William H. Watson, Thomas Murphy, George
C. Snow, and G. A. Colton, commosioners, on the part of the United
States, and certain chiefs, delegates, and headmen of the Senecas, mixed
Senecas and Shawnees, Quapaws, confederated Peorias, Kaskaskias, Weas, Contracting
and Piankeshaws, Miamies, Ottawas of Blanchard's Fork and Roche de parties
Beuf, and certain Wyandottes, on the part of said Indians, and duly au-
thorized thereto by them, which treaty is in the words and figures follow-
ing, to wit: -
Articles ot agreement, concluded at Washington, D. C., the twenty-third

day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, between
the United States, represented by Lewis V. Bogy, Commissioner of In-
dian Affairs, W. H. Watson, Special Commissioner, Thomas Murphy,
Superintendent of Indian Affairs, George C. Snow, and G. A. Colton,
U. S. Indian agents, duly authorized, and the Senecas, represented by
George Spicer and John Mush; the mixed Senecas and Shawnees, by
John Whitetree, John Young, and Lewis Davis; the Quapaws, by S.
G. Vallier and Ka-zhe-cah; the confederated Peorias, Kaskaskias,
Weas, and Piankeshaws, by Baptiste Peoria, John Mitchell, and Ed-
ward Black; the Miamies, by Thomas Metosenyah and Thomas Rich-
ardville, and the Ottawas of Blanchard's Fork and Roche de Bceuf, by
John White and J. T. Jones, and including certain Wyandott[ejs, rep-
resented by Tauromee, or John Hat, and John Karaho.
Whereas it. is desirable that' arrangements should be made by which
portions of certain tribes, parties hereto, now residing in Kansas, should Pr,=ble.
be enabled to remove to other lands in the Indian country south of that
State, 'while other portions of said tribes desire to dissolve their tribal re-
lations and become citizens; and whereas it is necessary to provide cer-
tain tribes, parties hereto, now residing in the Indian country, with means
of rebuilding their houses, reopening their farms, and supporting their
families, they having been driven from their reservations early in the Jate
war, and suffered greatly for several years, and being willing to sell a
portion of their lands to procure such relief; and whereas a portion of the Vol. x p. 1159
Wyandottes, parties to the treaty of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-
five, although taking lands in severalty, have sold said lands'and are still poor,
and have not been compelled to become citizens, but have remained with-
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TREATY WITH THE SENECAS, &c. FEBRUARY 23, 1867.
out clearly recognized organization, while others who did become citi-
zens are unfitted for the responsibilities of citizenship; and whereas the
Wyandottes, treated with in eighteen hundred and fifty-five, have just
claims against the government, which will enable the portion of their peo-
ple herein referred to to begin anew a tribal existence : Therefore it is
agreed:
ARTICLE I. The Senecas cede to the United States a strip of land on
to theof
Cession
land the north side of their present yeservation in the Indian country ; the
United States by land so ceded to be bounded on the east by the State of Missouri, on the
the Senecas, &c. north by the north line of the reservation, on the west by the Neosho
river, and running south for the necessary distance, to contain twenty
thousand acres; for which the government is to pay twenty thousand dol-
lars upon the ratification of this treaty ; the south line of said tract to be
ascertained by survey, at the cost of the United States.
ARTICLE II. The Senecas now confederated with the Shawnees, and
Further ces- owning an undivided half of a reservation in the Indian country immedi-
sioen. ately north of the Seneca reservation mentioned in the preceding article,
cede to the United States one half of said Seneca and Shawnee reserve,
which it is mutually agreed shall be the north half, bounded on the east
by the State of Missouri, north by the Quapaw reserve, west by the Neo-
sho river, and south by an east and west line bisecting the present Seneca
and Shawnee reserve into equal parts, the said line to be determined by
survey, at the expense of the United States ; for which tract of land, es-
timated to contain about thirty thousand acres, the United States will pay
the sum of twenty-four thousand dollars.
ARTICLE III. The Shawnees, heretofore confederated with the Sene-
Cession of cas, cede to the United States that portion of their remaining lands,
lands to the
United States by
bounded as follows, beginning at a point where Spring river crosses the
the Shawnees, south line of the tract in the second article ceded to the United States,
thence down said river to the south line of the
Shawnee reserve, thence
west to the Neosho river, thence up said river to the south line of the tract
ceded in the second article, and thence east to the place of beginning;
supposed to contain about twelve thousand acres, the area to be ascer-
tained by survey, at the expense of the United States ; the United States
to pay for the same at the rate of one dollar per acre, as soon as the area
shall be ascertained.
ARTICLE IV. The Quapaws cede to the United States that portion of
by the Qua- their land lying in the State of Kansas, being a strip of land on the north
Paws. line of their reservation, about one half-mile in width, and containing
about twelve sections in all, excepting therefrom one half section to be
patented to Samuel G. Valher, including his improvements. Also the
further tract within their present reserve, bounded as follows: Beginning
Amended at a point in the Neosho river where the south line of the Quapaw reser e
Post, p. 526. strikes that stream, thence east three miles, thence north to the Kansas
boundary line, thence west on said line to the Neosho river, thence down
said river to the place of beginning; and the United States will pay to
the Quapaws for the half-mile strip lying in Kansas at the rate of one
dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, whenever the area of the same shall
be ascertained; and for the other tract described in this article at the
rate of one dollar and fifteen cents per acre, whenever the area of the
same shall be ascertained by survey, said survey to be madje at the cost
of the tribe to which said tract is herein provided to be sold ; and the land
in Kansas herein ceded shall be open to entry and settlement, the same
as other public lands, within sixty days after the completion of the survey
thereof.
PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SENECAS.
Senecas to ARTICLE V. The Senecas now confederated with the Shawnees, the
said Shawnees thereto consenting, agree to dissolve their connection with
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the said Shawnees, and to unite with the Senecas, parties to the treaty of separate from
February twenty-eighth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, upon the Vol.Shawnees.
vii. p. 849.
their reservation described in article second of said treaty; and the sev-
eral bands of Senecas will unite their funds into one common fund for the
benefit of the whole tribe ; and an equitable division shall be made of all
funds or annuities now held in common by the Senecas and Shawnees.
ARTICLE VI. Of the sum of twenty-four thousand dollars to be paid Payments to
Senecas.
to the Senecas, as provided in the second article, the sum of four thousand the
dollars shall be paid to them immediately after the ratification of this
treaty, to enable them to re-establih their homes and provide themselves
with agiicultural implements, seed, and provisions for themselves and their
families; and the balance of the said first-mentioned sum, being twenty
thousand dollars, shall be consolidated with the twenty thousand dollars
in the first article provided to be paid, and invested for the tribe of
Senecas, as constituted by this treaty, at five per cent interest, to be paid
per capita semi-annually; and their annuity of five hundred dollars in
specie, provided by article four of the treaty of September twenty-ninth, Vol. vii. p. 161.
one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, shall lkewise become the
property of the tribe.
ARTICLE VII. The amount annually due the Senecas under the pro- Payments for
visions of aiticle four of the treaty of February twenty-eighth, one thou- improvements
m agriculture
sand eight hundred and thirty-one, for blacksmith, after their separation
from the Shawnees, shall be annually paid to them as a national fund, to
enable them to purchase such articles for their wants and improvements
in agriculture as the chiefs, with the conqent of their agent, may desig-
nate; and this piovision shall apply also to the fund for support of a
miller belonging to the Senecas heretofore occupying the southernmost
reserve referred to in this tieaty; and there shall be added to the said
fund whatever amount belonging to either band of the Senecas shall be
found due and unpaid upon an examination of their accounts with the
government, and particularly the amount of bonds and stocks invested in
their name; and the interest thereon shall be annually paid to the said
Senecas for the purposes mentioned in this article.
PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SIIAWNEES.

ARTICLE VIII. Of the amount in the third article provided to be Payments to
paid to the Shawnees by the United States for the lands therein ceded, the Shawneea.
the sum of two thousand dollars shall be advanced to them to be used in
establishing their homes, and the balance of the said amount shall be
invested fbr the said tribe, under the name of Eastern Shawnees, and five
per cent be paid semi-annually thereon ; and the amount due and unpaid
upon the bonds or stocks invested in their name shall be paid to them, as
well as the interest thereon hereafter to become due, to be used under the
direction of the chief , with the consent of the agent, for the purchase of
agricultural implements or other articles necessary for the general welfare
of the people; and the one half of the blacksmith fund remaining after
the division to be made with the Senecas provided for in article five shall
remain devoted to the same purpose, and the government will add thereto
the sum of five hundred dollars annually for five years.
1 PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE QUAPAWS

ARTTCLE IX. Of the amount to be paid to the Quapaws for the lands Payments to
ceded by them in the fourth article of this treaty, the sum of five thou- the Quapaws
sand dollars shall be paid to them upon the ratification of this treaty, to
assist them in re-establishing themselves at their homes upon their re-
maining reservation ; and the balance of said amount shall be invested
as a permanent fund at five per cent interest, payable per capita semi-
annually.
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516 TREATY WITH THE QUAPAWS AND WYAN4DOTTES. Faa. 23, 1867.
School fund. ARTICLE X. If the Osage mission school should be closed, so that the
school fund of the Quapaws cannot be used for them to advantage at that
institution, the said fund shall remain in the treasury of the United
States until such time as it can, under the direction of the Secretary of
the Interior, with the consent of the chiefs, be used to advantage in estab-
lishing a school upon their reservation.
Aid in agri- ARTICLE XI. The amount now due and unpaid for a farmer, under
culture the provisions of the third article of their treaty of May thirteen o,.e thou-
sand eight hundred and thirty-eight [three], may be used by the chiefs
and council for the purchase of provisions, farming implements, seed, and
otherwise for the purpose of assisting the people in agriculture; and their
annual income now paid for farmer shall hereafter be set apart for the
purposes of assistance and improvement in agriculture.
CLAIMS FOR LOSSES BY THE WAR.

Claims for ARTICLE XII. Whereas the aforesaid Senecas, mixed Senecas and
losses by the Shawnees, and Quapaws were driven from their homes during the late war,
war. and their property destroyed, the government being under obligations to
Commission protect them, but for the time unable to do so, it is agreed that a commission
to investigate of not to exceed two persons shall be appointed by the Secretary of the In-
claims. "terior, who shall proceed to their country and make careful investigation
of their claims for losses, and make full report of the same to the depart-
Award of ment; and the Secretary of the Interior shall, upon such report, make
damages. su'h awards as he may deem equitable and just; and upon such award
the United States will pay the claimants the amounts declared to be due:
Proviso Provided,That the sums so paid shall not exceed thirty-five thousand
dollars for the Senecas, twenty-five thousand dollars for the Shawnees,
Amended. and thirty thousand dollars for the Quapaws; and if the awards shall
Post, p. 526. exceed such amounts in either case, the claimants shall be paid pro rata
from the amount appropriated.
Wyandottes. PROVISIONS IN RELATION TO THE WYANDOTTES.

Land set apart ARTICLE XIII. The United States will set apart for the Wyandottes,
for the Wyan- for their future home, the land ceded by the Senecas in the" first artiele
dottes. hereof, and described in said article, to be owned by the said Wyandottes
in common; and in order to reorganize and provide for the said Wy
andottes, many of whom have been in a disorganized and unfortunate
Vol..z. p 1159. condition since their treaty of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, it
Payment. is provided that there shall be recognized as due and paid to the Wyandottes
of all classes the sum of eighty-three thousand eight hundred and four-
teen dollars and forty cents, as more particularly stated and described in the
Register to be schedule annexed to this treaty, marked "A." A register of the whole
taken. people, resident in Kansas and elsewhere, shall be taken by the agent of
the Delawares, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, on or
before the first of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, which
shall show the names of all who declare their desire to be and remain In-
dians, and in a tribal condition, together with incompetents and orphans, as
Who to consti- described in the treaty of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five ; and all
trte the tribe.
Proviso, such persons, and those only, shall hereafter constitute the tribe : Provided,
That no one who has heretofore consented to become a citizen, nor the
wife or children of any such person, shall be allowed to become members
of the tribe, except by the free consent of the tribe after its new organi-
Amended. zation, and unless the agent shall certify that such party is, through
Post, p. 526. poverty or incapacity, unfit to continue in the exercise of the responsi-
bilities of citizenship of the United States, and likely to become a public
charge.
Upon comple- ARTICLE XIV. Whenever the register in the next preceding article
tic" of reg ,tr, shall have been completed and returned to the Commissioner of Indian
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Affairs, the amount of money in said article acknowledged to be due to the amount to be
Wyandott[ejs shall be divided, and that portion equitably due to the divided.
citizens of said people shall be paid to them, or their heirs, under the di-
rection of the Secretary of the Interior ; and the balance, after deducting Remainder,
the cost of the land purchased from the Senecas by the first article hereof how
plied.to be ap-
and the sum of five thousand dollars to enable the Wyandott[e]s to es-
tablish themselves in their new homes, shall be paid to the Wyandotte]
tribe per capita.; and the United States further agree to pay to the said Amended.
Wyandott[e]s the sum of eleven thousand seven hundred and twenty- P"',P.527.
seven dollars and seventy-four cents, being the amount of taxes levied
under the authority of the State of Kansas, contrary to the terms of the
treaty of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, previous to the organ- Vol. x. p. 1159.
ization of the State government and for five years thereafter ; in consider-
ation of which the said Wyandott[e]s, receiving their portion of the said
sum, shall in each case relinquish in writing by themselves, or through
the Delaware agent as their guardian, all fi ther claim against the United
States as to matters relating to the said taxes.
ARTICLE XV. All restrictions upon the sale of lands assigned and Certain re-
patented to "incompetent" Wyandoti[e]s under the fourth article of the strietions upon
sales of lands
treaty of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, shall be removed after removed.
the ratification of this tseaty, but no sale of land, heretofore assigned to
orphans or incompetents shall be made, under decree of any court, or other- Vol. x. p. 1161.
wiie, for or on account of any claim, judgment, execution or order, or for
taxes, until voluntarily sold by the patentee or his or her heirs, with the ap-
proval of the Secretary of the Interior; and whereas many sales of land
belonging to this class have heretofore been made, contrary to the spirit
and intent of the treaty of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, it is
agreed that a thorough examination and report shall be made, under direc-
tion of the Secretary of the Interior, in order to ascertain the facts relating
to all such cases, and upon a full examination of such report, and hearing
of the parties interested, the eaid Secretary may confirm the said sales, or
require an additional amount to be paid, or declare such sales entirely
void, as the very right of. the several cases may require.
PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE OTTAWAS. Ottawas.

ARTICLE XVI. The west part of the Shawnee reservation, ceded to Sale of land
the United States by the third article, is hereby sold to the Ottawas at to the Ottawas.
one dollar per acre ; and for the purpose of paying for said reservation Payment.
the United States shall take the necessary amount, whenever the area of
such land shall be found by actual survey, from the funds in the hands
of the government arising from the sale of the Ottawa trust lands, as
provided in the ninth article of the treaty of one thousand eight hundred Vol. xii p 1240.
and sixty-two, and the balance of said fund, after the payment of accoants
provided for in article five of the treaty of one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-two, shall be paid to the tribe per capita.
ARTICLE XVII. The provisions of the Ottawa treaty of one thousand.. former treatyofas
Provisions
eight hundred and sixty-two, under which all the tribe were to become citi- tormerteatyoa
zeus upon the sixteenth of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, the tribe becoin-
ale hereby extended for two years, or until July sixteenth, one thousand ung citizens ex-
tended.
eight hundred and sixty-nine ; but at any time previous to that date any
member of the tribe may appear before the United States district court Vol xii. p. 1287.
for" Kansas, and declare his intention to become a citizen, when he shall
receive a certificate of citizenship, which shall include his family, and
thereafter be disconnected with the tribe, and shall be entitled to his pro-
portion of the tribal fund; and all who shall not have made such declara-
tion previous to the last-mentioned date shall be still considered members of
the tribe. In order to enable the tribe to dispose of their property in
Kansas, and remove to their new homes and establish themselves thereon,
patents in fee-simple shall be given to the heads of families, and to all who
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518 TREATY WITH THE OTTAWAS, PEORIAS, &c. FEB. 23, 1867.
have come of age among the allottees under the treaties of one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-two, so that they may sell their lands without re-
atriction, but the said lands shall remain exempt from taxation so long as
they may be retained by members of the tribe, down to the said sixteenth
July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine; and the chiefs and coun-
cil of the said tribe shall decide in the case of disputed heirship to real
estate, taking as a rule the laws of inheritance of the State of Kansas.
Payment to ARTICLE XVIIL The United States agree to pay such amount, not
individuals for exceeding ten thousand dollars, as may be found justly due to the indi-
losses, vidual Ottawas, for depredations and damages upon their property during
the late war, the proof of such losses to be furnished to the Secretary of
the Interior, and such amount shall be paid as may be adjudged by him
Amende4 to be equitably due; and the claim of J. T. Jones, for which a bill of ap-
Post, p 527. propriation has passed one of the branches of Congress, but which has
been withdrawn from before Congress, being for destruction by fire of
his dwelling and other property by whites in one thousand eight hundred
and fifty-six, shall be allowed and paid to him, amounting to six thousand
seven hundred dollars.
Eduoationand ARTICLE XIX. The sixth article of the treaty of one thousand eight
schools. hundred and sixty-two shall remain unchanged, except as provided in this
article. The children of the tribe between the ages of six and eighteen
Vol xii. p. 1238. (6 and 18) shall be entitled to be received at said institution, and to be sub
sisted, clothed, educated, and attended in sickness, where the sickness is of
such a nature that the patient promises a return to study within a reason-
able period ; the children to be taught and practised in industrial pursuits,
suitable to their age and sex, and both sexes in such branches of learning,
and to receive such advantages as the means of the institution will per-
mit; these rights and privileges to continue so long as any children of
the tribe shall present themselves for their exercise And the Secretary
of the Interior and the senior corresponding secretary of the American
Baptist Home Mission Society shall be members ex officio of the board
of trustees, with power to vote in person or by proxy, it being the
special intention of this provision to furnish additional supervision of the
institution, so that the provisions of this article may be carried into effect
in their full spirit and intent.
Sale of lands ARTICLE XX. It is further agreed that the remaining unsold portion
- to Ottawa uni- of trust lands of the Ottawas, amounting to seven thousand two hundred
versity, and twenty-one and twenty one-hundredths acres, shall be sold to the
trustees of Ottawa University, to be disposed of for the benefit of said
institution at the appraised value thereof, and that the said trustees shall
have until July sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, to
dispose of the same and pay to the government the value of said lands:
Provided, That the said trustees shall furnish, within thirty days after
the ratification of this treaty, to the Secretary of the Interior, a satisfac-
tory bond for the fulfilment of their obligations.
Peonas, &o. PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE PEORIAS, KASKASKIAS, WEAS,
AND PIANKESHAWS.
Purchases of ARTICLE XXI. Whereas certain arrangements have been made by the
land from the
Peonas, &c.to chiefs of the confederated tribes of Peorias, Kaskaskias, Weas, and Pian-
receive patents keshaws, for the sale to actual settlers of the lands held by them in cqm-
moo, being nine and one, half sections, for a reasonable consideration,
according to the terms of a certain petition of the said ti-ibe, with sched-
ule annexed, (which schedule is annexed to this treaty and marked "B,")
dated December twenty-sixth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six,
filed in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, it is agreed that
the said arrangements shall be carried into full effect, and the purchasers
thereunder shall receive patents from the United States for the lands so
purchased, upon making full payment for the same to the Secretary of
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the Interior, and the amount already paid by said purchasers, as appears
from said schedule, and in the hands of the chiefs, shall be paid to the.
Secretary of the Interior, and the whole amount of the purchase-money
shall also be paid to the said Secretary on or before the first day of June,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and shall be held by him for
the benefit of the tribe, subject to the provisions of this treaty.
ARTICLE XXII. The land in the second and fourth articles of this Lands sold to
the Peorias, &c.
treaty propoed to be purchased from the Senecas and Quapaws, and ly-
ing south of Kanzas, is hereby granted and sold to the Peorias, &c. and
shall be paid fbr at the rate paid for the same by the government, out of
the proceeds of the nine and a half sections referred to in the last preced-
ing article, adding theieto whatever may be neceosary out of other mon-
eys in the hands of the United States belonging to the said Peor-as, &c.
ARTICLE XXIII. The said Indians agree to dispose of their allot- Indians to re-
ments in Kansas and remove to their new homes in the Indian country move to new
within two years fiom the ratification of this treaty ; and to that end the &c.
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to remove altogether the restric-
tions upon the sales of their lands, provided under authority of the third
article of the treaty of May thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and Vol. x. p. 1082.
fifty-four, in such manner that adult Indians may sell their own lands,
and that the lands of minors and incompetents may be sold by the chiefs,
with the consent of the agent, certified to the Secretary of the Interior
and approved by him. And if there should be any allotments for which
no owner or heir thereof survives, the chiefs may convey the same by
deed, the purchase-money thereof to be applied, under the direction of the
Secretary, to the benefit of the tribe ; and the guardianship of orphan
children shall remain in the hands of the chiefs of the tribe, and the said
chiefs shall have the exclusive right to determine who are members of the
tribe, and entitled to be placed upon the pay-rolls.
ARTICLE XXIV. An examination shall be made of the books of the Amounts due
Indian office, and an account current prepared, stating the condition of the Indians to be
for paid them.
their funds, and the representations of the Indians for overcharges
sales of their lands in one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven and
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight shall be examined, and if any
.amount is found to be due, such balance, together with the interest of
their invested funds, shall be paid to them upon the first of July, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven; and in order further to assist Further ai-
them in preparing for removal and in paying their debts, the further lowances.
amount of twenty-five thousand dollars shall be at the same time paid to
them per capita from the sum of one hundred and sixty-nine thousand
six hundred and eighty-six dollars and seventy-five cents, invested for 18r2, oh. 156
said Indians, under act of Congress of July twelfth, one thousahd eight Vol. xii. p. 559.
hundred and sixty-two; and the balance of said sum of one hundred and Amended.
sixty-nine thousand six hundred and eighty-six dollars and seventy-five Post, p. 527.
cents, together with the sum of ninety-eight thousand dollars now invested
on behalf of the said Indians, in State stocks of southern State-, and the
sum of three thousand seven hundred dollars being the balance of inter-
est, at five per cent per annum, on thirty-nine thousand nine hundred
and fifty dollars held by the United States from July, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-seven, till vested in Kansas bonds in December, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, after crediting five thousand dol-
lars thereon heretofore receipted for by the chiefs of said Indians, shall
be and remain as the permanent fund of the said tribe, and five per cent
be paid semi-annually thereon, per capita, to the tribe; and the interest
due upon the sum of twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars in Kan-
sas bonds, and upon sixteen thousand two hundred dollars in United States
stocks, now held for their benefit, shall be paid to the tribe semi-annually in
two equal payments as a permanent school fund income: Provided,That Proviso.
there shall be taken from the said invested fund and paid to the said tribe,
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per capita, on the first of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight,
the sum of thirty thousand dollars .to assist them in establishing them
selves upon their new homes; and at any time thereafter, when the
chiefs shall represent to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior
that an additional sum is necessary, such sum may be taken from their
invested fund: Andprovided also, That the said invested fund shall be
subject to such diviqion and diminution as may be found necessary in or-
der to pay those who may become citizens their share of the funds of the
Certain taxes tribe.
to be refunded. ARTICLE XXV. Whereas taxes have been levied by the authority of
the State of Kansas upon lands allotted to members of the tribe, the
right and justice of which taxation is not acknowledged by the Indians,
and on which account they have suffered great vexation and expense, and
which is now a matter in question in the Supreme Court of the United
States, it is agreed that, in case that court shall decide such taxes unlaw-
Amended. ful, the government will take measures to secure the refunding of said
Post, p. 527. taxes to such of the Indians as have paid them ; and if such taxes are
decided to be lawful, then the government will redeem the said lands
from all taxes down to the date of any deeds approved by the Secretary
of the Interior; in consideration of which relief to the Indians they here
by relinquish all right to payment from the government of any claims
for damages to, and depredations upon, their property, made by parties
who claim under such tax titles ; and also all claim for damages on ac-
count of unfairness of the sales of their lands in one thousand eight hun-
Miamies may dred and fifty-;even.
be united with ARTICLE XXVL The Peorias, Kaskaskias, Weas, and Piankesbaws
the Peorias, &. agree that the Miamies may be confederated with them upon their new
reservation, and own an undivided right in said reservation in proportion
to the sum paid, upon the payment by the said Miamies of an amount
which, in proportion to the number of the Mamies who shall join them,
will be equal to their share of the purchase-money in this treaty pro-
vided to be paid for the land, and also upon the payment into the common
fund of such amount as shall make them equal in annuities to the said
Peorias, &c., the said privilege to remain open to the Miamies two years
Blacksmith, from the ratification of this treaty.
iron and steel. ARTICLE XXVII. The United States agree to pay the said Indians
the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars per year for six years for
their blacksmith, and for necessary iron and steel and tools; in considera-
tion of which payment the said tribe hereby relinquish all claims for
damages and losses during the late war, and, at the end of the said six
Register to be years, any tools or materials remaining shall be the property of the tribe.
taken. ARTCLE XXVIII. Inasmuch as there may be those among them who
may desire to remain in Kansas and become citizens of the United States,
it is hereby provided that, within six months after the ratification of this
treaty, a register shall be taken by the agent, which shall show the names
Those wishing separately of all who voluntarily desire to remove, and all who desire to
toremain, may remain and become citizens; and those who shall elect to remain may
become citizens. appear before the judge of the United States district court for Kansas and
make declaration of their intention to become citizens, and take the oath
to support the Constitution of the United States ; and upon filing of a
certificate of such declaration and oath in the office of the Commissioner
of Indian Affairs they shall be entitled to receive the proportionate share
of themselves and their children in the invested funds aid other common
property of the tribe; and therefrom they and their children shall become
citizens, and have no further rights in the tribe ; and all the females who
are heads of families and single women of full age shall have the right to
make such declaration and become disconnected from the tribe.
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TREATY WITH THE MIAMIES. FEBRUARY 23, 1867.
PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE MIAMIES Miamies.

ARTICLE XXIX. It is agreed that such of the Miamies now occupying Provision as
lands in Kansas, under their treaty of Auguslfour [June five], one thousand tobo those wishing
remain in
eight hundred and fifty-four, as desire to remain in that State and become Kansas and be-
citizens, may have the privilege of doing so; and that those who shall ,bsdcome citizens;
as to those
elect to remove to the new reservation herein provided to be purchased shig to re-
from the Senecas and Shawnees and sold to the Peorias, &c. may do so, move.
and upon such removal shall become confederated with the said Peorias,
and own an undivided right in said reservation in proportion to their Vol. x. p. 1o9a.
numbers on paying to the United States, for the benefit of said Peorias,
a proportionate share of the purchase-money and of the capital of their
annuities as provided in article twenty-six ; and upon such payment for Stricken out.
their share of the land, the amount so paid shall be held by the United Post, p 627.
States for such disposition as the chiefs of the Peorias, &c. shall desig-
nate; and a sufficient amount of the funds of the Miamies who remove
shall be set apart, so that the interest thereon, at five per cent, shall be
equal in proportion to the numbers of the Miamies removing, to the
school-fund income of the said Peorias, and upon such confederation the
united tribe shall take the name of" Peorias and Miamies."
ARTICLE XXX. The provisions of article twenty-three of this treaty, Alienation,&o.
relating to the removal of restrictions from the alienation of land, and as
to the conveyance of land in certain cases, made as to the Peorias, &c.
shall apply also [to] the Miamies; and it is agreed that those who decide Stricken out.
to remove shall do so within two years from the ratification of this treaty. Post, p. 527.
ARTICLE XXXI. The reserved or common lands of the Miamies in Reserved
the eastern part of Kansas, amounting, to about twenty-three thousand lands to be
sold.
acres, shall be sold, for the benefit of the tribe, in the following manner:
Whereas the said lands have heretofore been appraised under diredtion of
the Secretary of the Interior, which appraisal is on file in that depart-
ment, such appraisal shall be taken as the basis of the sale; and whereas Mode of sale
the said tract of land is now occupied for the most part by white settlers,
it is agreed that the said settlers shall have a pre-emption right to the
lands which they occupy, in legal subdivisions, at the appraised value
thereof; and immediately after the ratification of this treaty it shall be Stricken out.
the duty of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to give notice, by pubhca- Post, p 627.
tion for thirty days in some newspaper in the county in which the said
lands are situated, that payment for the same must be made at said
appraised value, by the person who occupies the land at the date of the
ratification of this treaty, within six months after the date of such ratifica-
tion ; and, if such payment shall be made, patents in fee-simple shall be
issued to the purchasers; and after the said six months scaled bids, at not
less than the appraised value, shall be received by the Commissioner of
Indian Affairs for any of said lands remaining unpaid for, and awards
made to the highest bidder for cash until all of said lands are sold: Pro-
vided, That the Miamies shall not be held by this article as conceding
any point in dispute relative to the validity of certain head-rights, sixty-
eight in number, heretofore granted upon their reserve, and certain
moneys taken from the Western Miamies and paid to said sixty-eight
persons.
ARTICLE XXXII. The United States agree to the same provision in Taxes.
regard to taxes levied upon their lands under authority of the State of Stricken out.
Kansas as is set forth in the twenty-fifth article, in regard to the Peorias, Post, p 527.
&c. so far as relates to redeeming their lands from taxes, in case such
taxes are decided to have been lawfully levied.
ARTICLE XXXIII. A register shall be made by the agent of the Register.
tribe, within six months after the ratification of *this treaty, of all who Stricken out.
shall desire to remove, and all who desire to remain, and the provisions Post, p. 527.
of article twenty-eight, in relation to the Peorias, &c. shall also apply to
the Miamies.
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522 TREATY WITH THE MIAMIES. FEBRUARY 23, 1867.
" Payments and ARTICLE XXXIV. In order that those who desire to remove may
attoivauces
o Mtamtes
to
ethe make prepaation for the purpose, the sum of thirteen thousand dollars
of the amount due the Miamies under article third of the treaty of one
Vol. x. p 1094. thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, shall be paid to them, per capita,
within thirty days, and the additional sum of ten thousand dollars in
ninety days after the ratification of this treaty; and upon the return of
Stricken out. the register showing the names and number of those respectively who
Post, p 527. intend to retain their tribal condition and of those who will become citi-
zeus, an account shall be made of the amount due by the government to
the tribe, and the share belonging to that portion who desire to become
citizens shall be reserved to be paid to the parties entitled thereto; and,
in making such account, their mill and blacksmith and other annuities
-shall be reduced to their actual cash pi esent value; and after the reserva-
tion of the amount for those who become citizens, there shall be taken
from the remaining moneys the amount necessary to pay for the share in
the land purchased of the Peorias, &c., and the amount necessary to be
capitalized as a permanent fund to make them equal in annuities to the
Peorias, &c., and the balance, together with the share of the removing
party derived from the sale of their lands, as fast as the same is received,
shall be invested in seven-thirty United States bonds, maturing or con-
vertible at the earliest date, and the interest upon the same shall be col-
lected and paid to the Miamies, per capita, semi-annually at their new
homes; and the share of the citizen Miamies in the proceeds of the lands
shall be paid to the beads of families for their families, or to single persons,
as the case may be, annually, until all the lands are sold
School section ARTICLE XXXV. The school section upon the Miami reserve, now
to be patented unimproved, shall be patented in fee-simple to the chiefs, Thomas Meto-
to, &c senyah and Big Leg, upon such division thereof as they may agree upon
between themselves, upon notification of the said division to the Secretary
Proviso of the Interior through the agent: Provided, That the portion of said
Stricken out school section, not exceeding four acres, heretofore used as a burial-
Post, p 527. ground, shall be perpetually reserved for such purpose.
Claims for ARTICLE XXXVI. An investigation shall be made by the Secretary
Stricken out. of the Interior into all claims pre-ented on account of damages committed
damages
Post, 527. by whites upon the lands of the Indians and for losses of stock and other
property, and a report shall be made
thereon to Congress, recommending
such action as shall appear just and equitable.
'his treaty is ARTICLE XXXVII. The provisions of this treaty shall apply exclu-
for Western Mm-sively for the use and benefit of the Western Miamies; and an examina-
am es
Claims of tion shall be made as to the claims of certain Eel River Miamies now
others, resident among the Western Miamies, and such amounts as may have
Stricken out. been withheld from them shall be refunded, and hereafter their an-
Post, p 527. nuities shall be paid to them among the Western Miamies, where
they live.
Agency build- ARTICLE XXXVIII. The United States agree that agency build-
ont.
ti'tricen o ings shall be erected, in
sshlbeeetdinacetaapoiinaposlfrte as central a position as possible, for thu
Post, p 527. tribes interested in this treaty, at a cost not to exceed eight thou-
sand dollars, in place of those of the Neosho agency, destroyed during
the late war.
Transfer of AiTIPLE XXXIX. All necessary arrangements contemplated in this
funds, &c treaty, in regard to the transfer of invested funds from one tribe to
Stricken out.
Post, p 027. another, or the disposal of securities belonging to one tribe in favor of
another, or capitahization of annuities and other funds, where the same are
or may be in the hands of the government, shall be made by the Secre-
tary of the Interior in such manner as shall fully carry into effect the
spirit and meaning of this treaty: and whete appropriations are needed
-from Congress in oider to carry into effect these stipulations, it shall be
hi' duty to make report in relation to tho same to Congress at the earliest
day piacticable aftet the rat,fication of this treaty.
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ARTICLE XL. If any amendments shall be made to this treaty by the Amendment.
Senate, it zhall only be necessary to submit the same for the assent of the
particular tribe or tribes interested; and should any such amendments be
made, and the as-ent of the tribe or tribes interested not be obtained, the
remainder of the treaty not adected by such amendment shall neveithe-
less take effect and be in force.
ARTICLE XLI. The expenses of negotiating this treaty, not exceed- Expense of
ing twelve thousand dollars, shall be paid by the United States. negotiating
treaty
In testimony whereof; the before-named commissioners on behalf of Stricken out,
the United States, and the before-named delegates on behalf of the Pest, p. 527.
Senecas, mixed Senecas and Shawneeb, Quapaw6, cunfedeiated Peoi as,
Kaskaskias, Weas, and Piankeshaws, Miamies, Ottawas, and Wyan-
dottes have hereunto set our hands and seals the day and year first Signature.
above written.
LEWIS V. BOGY, [SEAL.]
Commissioner of Indian Afftars.
W. H. WATSON, [SEAL.]
Special Commissioner.
Sup't of Indian Affr s.
G. C. SNOW, [SEAL.1
U. S. Id. Ag't, Neosho -Agency.
G. A. COLTON, [SEAL.]
U. S. Ind. Ag'tfbr Miamis, Peorias,Sc.
GEORGE SPICER, his x mark, [SEAL.]

JOHN MUSH, his x mark, [SEAL.]
Senecas.
JOHN WHITETREE, his x mark, [SEAL.]
JOHN YOUNG, his x mark, [SEAL.]
LEWIS DAVIS, his x mark, [SEAL.]
Senecas and Shawnees.
S. G. VALIER, [sEAL.]
KA-SHE-CAH, his x mark, [SEAL.]
Quapaws.
BAPTISTE PEORIA, his x mark, [SEAL.]
JOHN MITCHELL, his x mark, [SEAL.]
EDWARD BLACK, [SEAL.]
Peorias,.c.
THOM3AS METOSENYAH, his x mark, [SEAL.]
THOS. F. RICHARDVILLE, LSEAL.]
Miamies.
JOHN WILSON, hs x mark, [SEAL.]
J. T. JONES, [SEAL.]
Ottawas.
TAUROMEE, his x mark, [SEAL.]

JOHN KARAHO, his x mark, [SEAL.]
Wyandoftes.
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524 TREATY WITH THE MIIAMIES. FEBRUARY 23, 1867,
In presence of-
FRANK VALLE, his x mark,
U S. Interpreterfor Osage River Agency.
JoaN B. ROUBIDEAU, his x mark.
U. S. Interpreterfor Miamis.
Wm. HURR,
interpreterfor Ottawas.
GEO. WRIGHT,
Interpreterfor Wyandottes.
ABELARD GUTHRIE.
GEORGE B. JONAS.
Tihos. E. MCGRAW.
LEWIS S. HAYDEN.
CHARLES SIMS.
R. McBRATNEY.
Witnesses to signature of Lewis Davis:
G. L. YOUNG.
G. C. SNOW,
U. S. Ind. Agent.
Schedule A. A. - Schedule showing the several stems embraced in the sum agreed to be paid to the
Wyandottes by the thirteenth article of the foregoing treaty.
1. Annuity due under the 6th article of the treaty of January 31, 1855.. $ 8,750 00
Stncken out. 2. Amount discounted on $ 53,594.53 in State bonds on the 13th of May,
Post, p. 527. 1859 .. ..... ... . .. .... . ............... .. .. .... 15,18703
3. Interest on the above $ 15,787 03 [$15,187 03] from May 13th, 1859,
to February, 1867, at 5 per cent .............................. 6,15087
4. Amount discounted on $ 53,000 in State bonds, March 24, 1860 ...... 11,13000
5 Inteiest on the above $11,130 from March 24, 1860, to February 24, 1867 4,61895
6 Moneys heretofore appropriated in falfitment of-treaty stipulations, but
transferred to the surplus fund ......................... 3,63505
7 Amount for depredations on Wyandotte propei ty, claim approved by
Secretary of the Interior, March 21st, 1862 .................... 34,342 50
Total amount .................... .................. ...... $83,814 40

The above-named total sum is designed to represent the full claim of the Wyan-
dottes against the United States under former treaties
The lst, 2d, and 4th items, together with another named in the 14th article of the
foregoing treaty, were examined and approved by the House Committee on Indian
Affairs, and their payment recommended - (See Congressional Globe, page 1037,
part 2d, 2d session of 38th Congress )
The 3d and 5th items constitute the interest on the moneys discounted on the bonds
mentioned in items 2 and 4. Although the committee did not recommend the pay-
ment of this interest, they acknowledged its justice, but said that its allowance would
possibly endanger the passage of the appropnation, as the genesal feeling was averse
to paying interest on claims.
The 7th item embraces several small amounts for schools, blacksmith, &c., which
were due and appropriated at the date of the treaty, but not paid, and were afterwaids
transferred to the surplus fund
The 8th item is for depredations on Wyandotte property during the Kansas troubles
and the entire emigration to California. It was examined and approved by the Sec-
retary of the Interior, March 21, 1862
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B. -Names of settlers, Nos. of land and price thereof, together with the amount deposited
by each settler on the ten-section reserve, in Miami County, Kansas,
* '0
Names. Quarter.
Andrew J. Sinclair.. E J ............. 231624 320 $4.00 3426 66 $1,280.00

Zacheus Hays ....... NW and E. S 2616 . 160 4.75
SW. and SE.) 22. 120 450 43300 1,300.00
of NW .......
Randolph Boyd ..... NE .............. 26 ... 160 4.75 253.33 760.00
John Niqhols and Wil-
1am Gray ......... W . A sE ............. 80 3.75 10000 300.00
John Martin ........ SE .............. 19 ..25 160 5.25
Same ........... 19. . 80 5.00 50000 1,240.00
David H Banta ..... SE .......... 19
S.SW.............. 169 5.00 267 00 800.00
Reuben Fellows ..... SW .......... 27 24 160 4.00 214.00 640 00
J T. Pifer ......... NW ................ 160 3.50 18600 56000
Leroy W Martin .... NE .............. 19 ..25 160 5 25 200.00 840 00
Charles Converse ... E 4NW andW J
andNE JofNE 30.... 200 425 85000
.Benjamin Wingrove.. SE ........... 31... 1640 4005 22666 840.00
Same ........ .. SW.of SE ....... 30
Samuel McKinney... SW ............. 31... 160 400 21333 640.00
Squire James Waller. NE ............ 617. 160 3.30 16500 528.00
George A. Whittaker. E J......... ...271624 320 4.50 48000 1,44000
Wilhiam Smith ...... E. A SE. and SE.of
NE ....... 28. 120 400 ....... 480.00
Edward Morgan .... N 4and SW * of
NW.,and NW 4
of SW ......... 61725 4.00 215.00 64000
Albert Benndorf.... S 4 NE .......... 221624 3.50 9500 28000
Charles Martin ...... NW,S ,and NW.
J of SW ........ t 16 25 350 ....... 98000
Francis Hastings and
William Morgan, jr Half ........... 23 .. 24 400 42666 1,280.00
Joel 0. Lovendge,
Geo W Loveridge,
Alfred Lovendge,
jointly ........... E J and SW 4 of
SW ........... . 760 400 1,01333 3,04000
Isaac Shaw ......... NB.......... 1 1724 160 500 25000 80000
Jacob Sims ......... SE .......... 131624 160 3.50 ....... 56000
Zacheus Hays ....... SW ......... 26 1624 160 350 ....... 56000
Town tract* ....... N J ........... 31 25 320 400 ....... 1,28000
Ambrose Shields .... NE ............. 341624 160 3.50 ....... 560.00
Anthony Cott ....... SE ........... 221624 160 300 ....... 48000
Edward Dagenett ... . .......... 1725 80 400 .. 32000
Total ......... ... .. ....
5,680............ 5,66497 22,27800
The three last named are half-breed Indians who will become citizens. Said Shields
has 5 children; said Cott 3, and Dagenette 2 William Smith, the settler aforesaid,
has a half-breed wife and 2 children. He takes said 120 acres m full of the interest
of his family in net proceeds of the reserve, and is to pay one hundrdd and sixty
dollars ($160) besides.
Said Shields, Cott, and Dagenett take their respective tracts at the price stated, in
lieu of a like sum of the shares of themselves and families in the net proceeds of the
reserve, provided, that should the share of either family in the net proceeds of the
reserve be less than the price agreed for the land taken by the head of such family,
then the defict to be paid in money as by other settlers. The title in each of the four
cases last mentioned to be made jointly to the various members of the family by
name, whose shares in said proceeds pay for same
Joshua Clayton takes SE. 4 section 36, township 16, range 24, 160 acres, at $4 per
acre, and deposits $ 213, total payment, $ 640.00.
Knoles Shaw, W. J of SE. 4 section 6, town[ship] 17, range 25, 80 acres; has
deposited $ 94; total payment, $ 280.00.
* This tract to be conveyed to David Perry and Chas. Sims, on payment of said one
thousand two hundred and eighty dollars by June first.
t19 and 18. t 24 And 13.
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Thos. Morgan and John W. Majors take E J of said quarter at $ 3 per acre
deposited $ 9 ; total, $ 240 00.
There is [are] 80 acres untaken, for which a purchaser will be named by the chiefs
before 1st June next.
Total land disposed of ........................................ 6,00t acres
Total money deposited ....................................... $5,970 00
Total amount at pnces agreed .......................... 23,438 00
The above lands to be patented to the persons aforesaid, or their representatives,
on prompt payment of the pace agieed, by lst June, 1867; provided, that if any
settler refuse or neglect to pay as aforesaid, then the tract of land by him claimed to
be sold under sealed bids.
with amend- the United States for its constitutional action thereon, the Senate did, on
the eighteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight,
advise and consent to the ratification of the same, with amendments, by
a resolution in the words and figures following, to wit:
IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, [

June 18, 1868.

concluded at Washington, D. C., the twenty-third day of February, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, between the United Stateb,
represented by Lewis V. Bogy, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, W. H.
Watson, Special Commissioner, Thomas Murphy, Superintendent of
Indian Affairs, George C. Snow and G. A. Colton, U. S. Indian Agento,
duly authorized, and the Senecas, represented by George Spicer and
John Mush, the mixed Senecas and Shawnees, by John Whitetree, John
Young, and Lewis Davis, the Quapaws, by S. G. Vallier and Ka-zhe-cah,
the confederated Peorias, Kaskaskias, Weas, and Piankeshaws, by Bap-
tiste Peoria, John Mitchell, and Edward Black, and the Ottawas of
Blanchard's Fork and Roche de Bcmuf, by John White and J. T. Jones,
and including certain Wyandott[e]s, represented by Tauromee, or John
Hat, and John Karaho, with the following
Amendments. AMENDMENTS.
Art IV. ARTICLE IV. Strike out the following words: "and the land iii Kansas
Ante, p. 514. herein ceded shall be open to entry and settlement the same as other
public lands within sixty days after the completion of the surveys thereof";
and insert in lieu thereof: " under the pre-emption laws of the United
States; but all such pre-emption shall be paid in the money of the
United States, at the proper land office, within one year from the date
of entry and settlement."
Art. XI. ARTICLE XII. Strike out the following words: "the government being
Ante, p 516. under obligations to protect them, but for the time unable to do so."
Same article. Strike out the following words: "upon such report,
make such awards as he may deem equitable and just; and upon such
award the United States will pay the claimants the amounts declared to
be due: Provided, That the sums so paid shall not exceed thirty-five
thousand dollars for the Senecas, twenty-five thousand dollars for the
Shawnees, and thirty thousand dollars for the Quapaws; and if the
awards shall exceed such amounts in either case, the claimants shall be
paid pro rata from the amount appropriated"; and insert in lieu thereof:
" report the same to Congress."
Art. xI ARTICLE XIII. Strike out the following words: "and in order to reor-
Ante, p 516. ganize and provide for the Wyandott[e]s, many of whom have been in a
disorganized and unfortunate condition since their treaty of one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-five, it is provided that there shall be recognizel
due and paid to the Wyandott[e]s of all classes the sum of eight) -tr, e
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thousand eight hundred and fourteen dollars and forty cents, as more
particularly stated and described in the schedule annexed to this treaty
marked 'A A'" ; and insert in lieu thereof: "and the Secretary of the Inte-
rior is hereby authorized and required to appoint three persons whose
duty it shall be to ascertain and repoit to the department the amount of
money, if any, due by the United States to the Wyandottfe] Indians
inder existing treaty stipulations, and the items mentioned in schedule
A, appended to this treaty, and the report of the persons so appointed,
with the evidence taken, shall be submitted to Congress for action at its
next session.
ARTICLE XIV. Strike out the following words; "and the United States Art. XIV.
further agree to pay to the said Wyandott[e]s the sum of eleven thou- Ante, p.517.
sand seven hundred and twenty-seven dollars and seventy-four cents,
being the amount of taxes levied under the authority of the State of
Kansas, contrary to the terms of the treaty of one thousand eight hundred
and fifty-five, previous to the organization of the State government and
for five years thereafter, in consideration of which the said Wyandott[e]s,
receiving their portion of the said sum, shall in each case relinquish in
writing by themselves, or through the Delaware agent as their guardian,
all further claims against the United States as to matters relating to the
said taxes."
ARTICLE XVIII. Strike out the following words: "such amount, not Art. XVItI
exceeding ten thousand -dollars, as may be found justly due to individual Ante, p. 518.
Ottawas, for depredations and damages upon their property during the
late war, the proof of such losses to be furnished to the Secretary of the
Interior, and such amount shall be paid as may be adjudged by him to be
equitably due ; and."
ARTICLE XXIV. Strike out the following words: "and if any amount Art XXIV.
is found to be due, such balance, together with the interest of their in- Ante, p. 519.
vested funds, shall be paid to them upon the first of July, one thousand
eight hundredand sixty-seven "; and insert in lieu thereof: "and reported
to Congress."
ARTICLE XXV. Strike out the following words: "and if such taxes are Art XXV
decided to be lawful, then the government will redeem the said lands Ante, p. 520
from all taxes, down to the date of any deeds approved by the Secretary
of the Interior; in consideration of which relief to the Indians, they
hereby relinquish all i ight to payment from the government of any claims
for damages to and depredations upon their property, made by parties
who claim under such tax titles, and also all claims for damages on ac-
count of unfairness of the sales of their lands in one thousand eight hun-
dred and fifty-seven.
Strike out the whole of articles twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one, thirty- Art. XXIX.
two, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty- and others.
Ante, pp 521-521
eight, thirty-nine, and fbrty-one.
Strike out schedule A. Schedule A
Attest: GEO. C. GORHAM, Ante, p. 524
Secretary.
And whereas the foregoing amendments having been fully explained Amendments
and interpreted to the duly authorized chiefs, delegates, and headmen assented to.
of the Senecas, mixed Senecas and Shawnees, Quapaws, confederated
Peorias, Kaskaskias, Weas, and Piankeshaws, Ottowas of Blanchard's
Fork and Roche de Boeuf, and certain Wyandottes, they did respectively,
on the first, seventh, eighth, and fifteenth days of September, one thou-
sand eight hundred and sixty-eight, give their fiee and voluntary assent
to the said amendments in a writing, which, after relating the aforesaid
action of the Senate, reciting its said proposed amendments, and repeating
the provisions of the fortieth article of the said treaty, concludes in the
words and figures following, to wit: -
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Whereas the foregoing amendments to said treaty, made by the Sen-

ate of the United States in executive session on the eighteenth of June,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, have been fully interpreted
and explained to the undersigned severally representing the Senecas,
mixed Senecas and Shawnees, Quapaws, confederated Peorias, Kaskas-
kias, Weas, and Piankeshaws, Ottowas of Blanchard's Fork apd Roche
de Bceuf, and the Wyandott[e]s, parties to said treaty, being duly
authorized by their respective tribes thereto, [they] do hereby agree to
and ratify said amendments in which their tribes are respectively in-
terested.
Done at Neosho Agency, Shawnee Nation, this seventh day of Sep-

tember, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
GEORGE SPICER, Chief and Delegate, his x mark. [SEAL.]
JOHN MUSH, Delegate, his x mark. [SEAL.]
JOSEPH SPICER, Councillor, his x mark. [SEAL.]
For the Senecas.
GEo. MITCHELL, S. I Agt.
JAS. WHITECROW, U. S. Interpreter.
JAmES H. EMBRY.
JOHN WHITETREE, his x mark. [SEAL.]

JOHN YOUNG, his x mark. [SEAL.]
ALFRED McDANIEL, his x mark. [SEAL.]
WILLIAM JACKSON, his x mark. [SEAL.]
For the nixed Senecas and Shawnee-
GEO. MITCHELL, S. I Agt.
JAS. WHITECROW, U. S. Interpreter.
GEo. WRIGHT, Interpreter.
LAZARUS FLINT, Interpreter.
JAMES H. EMBRY.
S. G. VALIER, Interpreter and Drghtn. [SEAL.]

KA-SHE-CAH, his x mark. [SEAL.]
CAH-HIC-CAH-TEDAY, his x mark. [SEAL.]
GEORGE LANE, his x mark. [SEAL.]
For the Quapams,
GEo. MITCHELL, S. I .Agt.
LAZARUS FLINT.
JA.mEs H. EMBRY.
Done at Neosho Agency, Shawnee Nation, this 8th September, 1868.

BAPTISTE PEORIA, Head Chief of Peorias,*c.,
his x mark. [SEAL.]
EDWARD BLACK, [SEAL.
YELLOW BEAVER, his x mark. [SEAL.]
For the confederated Peorias, 4'c.
FRANK VALLE, his x mark, U. S. Int.
G. A. COLTON, Agent.
.TAKES H EmBRY.
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TREATY WITH THE MIAMIES. FEBRUARY 23, 1867
Done at Ottawa, Kansas, this first day of September, one thousana

eight hundred and sixty-eight.
JOHN WILSON, his x mark. [SEAL.]
J. T. JONES, [sEAL.]
For the Ottawas of Blanchard's Fork and Roche do Bttuf.
WILLIAM HuR, U. S. Interpreterfor Ottawas.
ALBERT WILEY, Agent for Ottawas.
JAmEs H. EMsBRY, Special Agent.
Done near Wyandotte, Kansas, this fifteenth day of September, one

thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
TAUROMEE, his x mark. [sEAL.]
JOHN KARAHO, his x mark. [sEAL.]
JACOB WHITECROW, his x mark. [sEAL.]
SILAS M. GREYEYES, his x mark. [-EAL.]
JOHN W. GREYEYES, [SEAL.]
For the Wandott[ js.
G~o. WRIGHT, Interpreterfor Wyandottes.
JAxEs H. EMBRY, Special Agent.
J. P. RooT.
J. S. STOCKTON.
Now, therefore, be it known that I, ANDREW JoHNsoN, President of Proclaimed

the United States of America, do, in pursuance of the advice and consent
of the Senate, as expressed in its resolution of the eighteenth of June,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, accept, ratify, and confirm
the said treaty, with the amendments, as aforesaid.
In testimony whereof, I have hereto signed my name, and caused the
seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this fourteenth day of October, in the
[sAL.] year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight,
and of the Independence of the United States of America the
ninety-third.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
WILLIAM H. SEWARD,
Sereta$ of State.
VOL. xv. TREAT. - 34
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TREATY WITH THE POTTAWATOMIE INDIANS. FEB. 27, 1867. 531
Treaty between the United States of America and the Pottawatomie Tribe
of Indians. Concluded February 27, 1867; Ratification advised, with
Amendments, July 25, 1868; Amendments accepted August 4, 1868;
ProclaimedAugust 7, 1868.
ANDREW JOHNSON,
PRESIDENT OF TAE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
TO ALL AND SINGULAR TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING: Feb. 27, 1867.
WHEREAS a treaty was made and concluded at the city of Washington, Proclamation.
in the District of Columbia, on the twenty-seventh day of February, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, by and
between Lewis V. Bogy, W. H. Watson, Thomas Murphy,- and L. R.
Palmer, commissioners on the part of the United States, and Mazhee,
Mianco, Shawgwe, B. H. Bertrand, J. N. Bourassa, M. B. Beaubien,
L. H. Ogee, and George L. Young, of the Pottawatomie tribe of In-
dians, and duly authorized thereto by them, which treaty is in the words
and figures following, to wit:
ArLictes of agreement concluded at Washington, D. C., on the twenty- Contracting

seventh day of February 1867, between the United States, repre- parties.
sented by Lewis V. Bogy, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, W. H.
Watson, Special Commissioner, Thos. Murphy, Sup't of Indian Affairs
for Kansas, and Luther R. Palmer, U. S. Indian Agent, duly author-
ized, and the Pottawatomie tribe of Indians, represented by their
chiefs, braves, and headmen, to wit: Mazhee, :Mianco, Shawgwe, B.
H. Bertrand, J. N. Bourassa, M. B. Beaubien, L. H. Ogee, and G. L.
Young.
Whereas the Pottawatomies believe that it is for the interest of their Seepost,p.535.
tribe that a home should be secured for them in the "Indian country"
south of Kansas, while there is yet an opportunity for the selection of a
suitable reservation; and whereas the tribe has the means of purchasing
such reservation from funds due and to become due under the provisions
of previous treaties, withoutinterfering with the exclusive rights of those
of their people who hold their lands in common: Now, therefore, it is
agreed -
ARTICLE L It being the intention of the government that a commis- Commission
sion shall visit the Indian country as soon as practicable after the ratifi- to select a reset
certain tribes from atitn.
cation of the treaties contemplating the removal of
Kansas, accompanied by delegates from the several tribes proposing to
remove, it is agreed that a delegation of the Pottawatomies may accom-
pany said commission in order to select, if possible, a suitable location for
their people without interfering with the locations made for other Indians ;
and if such location shall be found satisfactory to the Pottawatomies, Extent of roes-
and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, such tract of land, not ervation.
exceeding thirty miles square, shall be set apart as a reservation for the
exclusive use and occupancy of that tribe; and upon the survey of its
lines and boundaries, and ascertaining of its area, and payment to the
United States for the same, as hereinafter mentioned and set forth, the
said tract shall be patented to the Pottawatomie nation: Provided,That Proviso.
if the said Pottawatomies shall prefer to select a new home among the
Cherokees, by agreement with the said Cherokees for a price within the
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means of the Pottawatomies, the government will confirm such agree-

ment.
Price to be ARTICLE 1. In case the new re~ei vation shall be selected upon the
paid for the res- lands prhsdb
ervation. pdrchased by the government
oenetCekSmnlsfrom the Creeks, Seminoles,or Choc-
Seepost,p 535. taws, the price to be paid for the said reseivation shall not exceed the
cost of the same to the goernment of the United States; and the sum
to be paid by the tribe for said reservation shall be taken from the amount
provided to be paid by the Leavenworth, Pawnee, and Western Railroad
Company for the lands sold to them under the treaty of eighteen hundred
Proviso. and sixty-one, which amount is the common property of the tribe: Pro-
vzded, That if the United States *shall advaned the amount necessary to
purchase the new reservation, the interest due upon the deferred pay-
ments for the land sold to the Leavenworth, Pawnee, and Western Rail-
road Company shall, when received, be retained by the United States,
and credited to the tribe in payment for said reservation.
Reservation ARTICLE III. After such reservation shall have been selected and set
note inn State,
ed in any Stlud- apart for the Pottawatomies, it shall never be included within the juris-
&G. diction of any State or Territory, unless an Indian tersitory shall be
Vol Xiv. pp. organized, as provided for in certain treatis made in eighteen hundred
758, 772, 802. and sixty-six with the Choctaws and other tribes occupying the "Indian
country"; in which case, or in case of the organization of a legislative
council or other body, for the regulation of matters affecting the relations
of the tribes to each other, the Pottawatomies resident thereon shall have
the right to representation, according to their numbers, on equal terms
with the other tribes.
Register to be ARTICLE IV. A register shall be made, under the direction of the
made of mere- agent and the business committee of the tribe, within two years after the
who desire to iatification of this treaty, which shall show the names of all members of
remove or re- the tribe who declare their desire to remove to the new reservation, and
main. of all who desire to remain and to become citizens of the Urttvd States ;
and after the filing of such register in the office of the Commissioner of
Indian Affairs, all existing restrictions shall be removed fiom the sale and
alienation of lands by adults who shall have declared their intention to
Sale, &c. of remove to the new reservation: But, provided, That no person shall be
lands. allowed to receive to his own use the avails of the sale of his land,
unless he shall have received the certificate of the agent and business
committee that he is fully competent to manage his own affairs; nor shall
any person also be allowed to sell and rdceive the proceeds of the sale of
the lands belonging to his family, unless the certificate of the agent and
business committee shall declare him competent to take the charge of
their property ; but such persons msy negotiate for the sales of their
property and that of their families, and any contracts for sales so made,
if certihed by the agent and business commitee to be at reasonable rates,
shall be confirmed by the Secretary of the Interior, and patents shall
issue to the purchaser upon full payment; and all payments for such land
shall be made to the agent, and the funds by him deposited on the first of
each month in some government depository to be designated by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, and triplicate certificates of deposit taken there-
for, one to be fore arded to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, one to be
retained at the agency, and the third to be sent to the Superintendent of
Indian affairs for Kansas; after which deposit the United States will be
responsible for said funds until drawn out for use as hereinafter provided,
and the bonds of the agent shall be increased to a sufficient amount to
cover his increased liabilities under this section.
Moneys to be ARTICLE V. The moneys received and deposited as provided in the
retained until, preceding article shall be retained until the party on whose behalf it is
held shall be ready to remove to the new reservation, and shall then, or
such part thereof as may from time to time be necessary, be drawn out,
under the direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, by the agent,
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and expended for the benefit of the owner in providing for his removal
and that of his family to the new reservation, and in such articles and for
such uses as may, with the advice of the business committee, be deemed
for his best interet at his new home.
ARTICLE VI. The provisions of article third of the treaty of April Provisions of
Article III. of
nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, relative to Pottawatomies forner treaty to
who de-ire to become citizenq, shall continue in force, with the additional be in force.
provision that, before patent, shall issue and tll payments be made to
such persons, a cei tificate shall be necessary from the agent and business
committee that the applicant is competent to manage his own affairs ; and
when computation is made to aseceriain the amount of the funds to the Patents not to
tribe to which such applicants are entitled, the amounts invested in the issue until, &O.
new reservation pro-ided for in the treaty shall not be taken into ac-
count ; and where any member of the tribe shall become a citizen under
the provisions of the said treaty of eighteen hundred and sixty-two, the
families of said parties shall also be conidered as citizens, and the head
of the family shall be entitled to patents and the proportional share
of funds belonging to hi, family ; and women who are also heads of fam-
ilies, and single women of adult age, may become citizens in the same
manner as males.
ARTICLE VII. If at the end of five years from the ratification of this Lands of cer-
treaty there shall remain any of the Potiawatomies in Kansas who, hay- tam Indins to
ing been registered as deiring to become citizens and remain in Kansas, years they have
shall not have obtained the certificate herein provided for and pertected citizenship,
not obtained&C.
their citizenship, the land still held by them shall be sold, under the di- Seenost,p 536
rection ot the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the'improvements, if
any, thereon ; and such per-ons shall be required to remove to the new
reservation of their tribe, and the proceeds of the sale of their land and
improvements shall be used for the expense of removing such Indians to
their new home, and for their benefit after their arrival thereat.
ARTICLE VIII. Where allottees under the treaty of eighteen hundred Rights of in-
and sixty-two shall have died, or shall hereafter decease, if any disput heritance, and
shall arise in regard to heirship to their property, it shall be competent derning, how to
for the business committee to decide such question, taking for their rule be setited.
of action the laws of inheritance of the State of Kansas ; and in cases Seepost,p 536.
where there are children of allottees left orphans, guardians for such
orphans may be appointed by the business committee of the tribe, who
shall give bonds, to be approved by the agent or superintendent, for the
faithful management of the property of such orphans until their arrival
at their majority.
ARTICLE IX. It is agreedn n that an examination shall be made of the Amounts due
the Pottowatto-
books of the Indian Office in order to ascertain what amount is justly due mes to be as-
to the Pottawatomies under the provisions of their treaties of eighteen certained.
hundred and eighteen and eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, providing
for the payment of their annuites in coin, whereas they have been paid
for several years in currency; and the result of such examination shall
be reported to Congress, and the difference in amount due to said Indians
shall be paid to them.
ARTICLE X. It is further agreed that upon the preselntation to- the Claims for
Depaitment of the Interior of the claims of said tribe for depredations depredations on
committed by others upon their stock, timber, or other property, aecom- the Indians.
panied by evidence thereof, examination and report shall be made to See ost,1 53
Congress of the amount found to be equitably due, in order that such
action may be taken as shall be just in the premises ; and it is further
agreed that the sum of one hundred and sixty-four thousand five hundred
and eighty-four dollars, reported by the Secretary of the Interior on the
nineteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, in pur-
suance ot an act of Congress approved March second, eighteen hundred
and sixty-one, and recommended to be paid, shall be paid to said tribe,
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534 TREATY WITH THE POTTAWATOMIE INDIANS. FEB. 27, 1867.
to be expended or invested as may be directed by the business commit-

Proviso. tee of the tribe, for the benefit of said tribe : Provided,,That this last
provision shall be of none effect if said amount shall, withini one year, be
appropriated under direct action by Congress without reference to this treaty.
Lands for ARTICLE XI. The half-sections of land heretofore set apart for the
mission schools mission schools, to wit, those of the St. Mary's Mission, and the American
See post, p.536 Baptist Mission, shall be granted in fee simple, the former to John F.
Diels, John Schoenmaker and M. Gillaud, and the latter to such party
as the American Baptist Board of Missions shall designate.
Rights of ARTICLE XII. No provisious of this treaty shall be held to apply in
those members such manner as to authorize any interference with the exclusive rights in
of the tribe who
hold their lands their own lands of those members of the tribe who hold their lands in
in common. common ; but such Indians shall be entitled to their share in the owner-
shipof the new reservation ; and it shall not be necessary at any future
time to treat with the representatives of the whole people for a cession
of the lands of those who hold in common, but special treaty arrangements
may be made at iny time with the class of persons last named for the sale
of their lands, and the disposition to be made of the proceeds thereof.
Inconsistent ARTICLE XIII. All provisions of former treaties inconsistent with the
provisions void. provisions of this treaty shall be hereafter null and void.
Expenses of ARTICLE XIV. The expenses of negotiating this treaty 6hall be paid
this treaty. by the United States, not to exceed six thousand dollars.
Execution. In testimony whereof, the aforenamed commissioners on behalf of the
United States, and on behalf of the Pottawatomies the aforenamed chiefs,
braves, and headmen, have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and
year first above mentioned.
LEWIS V. BOGY,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
W. H. WATSON, [sEA.]
Special. Commissioner.
Supt. of Indian Affairs.
L. R. PALMER, [SEAL.]
U. S. Indian Agent.
MAZHEE, his + mark. -SEAL.
NIANCO, his + mark. SEAL.
SHAWGWE, his ± mark. SEAL
B. H. BERTRAND, SEAL.
J. N. BOURASSA, -SEAL.
M. B. BEAUBIEN, s.EAL.o
L. H. OGEE, SEAL.
GEORGE L. YOUNG. SEAL.
In presence of-
J. N. BOURASSA, U. S. Int.
LEwrs S. HAYDEN.
H. W. FARNSWORTH.
VITAL JARROT.
W. R. IRwIN.
with aaend- the United States for its constitutional action thereon, the Senate did, on
ments. the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight,
advise and consent to the ratification of the same, with amendments, by
a resolution in the words and figures following, to wit:
IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, _
July 25, 1868. 5

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TREATY WITH THE POTTAWATOMIE INDIANS. FEB. 27, 1867. 535
concluded at Washington, D. C., on the twenty-seventh day of Febrn-ry,

1867, between the United States, represented by Lewis V. Bogy, Com-
missioner of Indian Affairs, W. H. Watson, Special Commissioner, Thomas
Murphy, Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Kansas, and Luther R.
Palmer, United States Indian Agent, duly authorized, and the Pottawat-
omie tribe of Indians, represented by their chiefs, braves, and headmen,
to wit: Mazhee, Mianco, Shawgwe, B. H. Bertrand, J. N. Bourassa,
M. B. Beaubien, L. H. Ogee, and G. L. Young, with the following
AMENDMENTS:
Strike out the preamble, and insert in lieu thereof, as follows: Ante, p. 581.
Whereas the Pottawatomies believe that it is for the interest of their
tribe that a home should be secured for them in the Indian country south
of Kansas, while there is yet an opportunity for the selection of a suita-
ble reservation; and whereas the tribe has the means of purchasing such
reservation from funds to arise from the sale of lands under the provisions
of this treaty, without interfering with the exclusive rights of those of
their people who hold their lands in common to the ownership of their
diminished reserve, held by them in common, or with their right to
receive their just proportion of the moneys arising from the sale of unal-
lotted lands, known as surplus lands: Now, therefore, it is agreed - Ante, p. 532.
Strike out article II., and insert in lieu thereof as follows:
In case the new reservation shall be selected upon the lands purchased Price of reser-
by the government from the Creeks, Seminoles, or Choctaws, the price to vation, &c.
be paid for said reservation shall not exceed the cost of the same to the
government of the United States; and the sum to be paid by the tribe
for said reservation shall be taken from the amount which may be received
for the lands which were offered for sale to the Leavenworth, Pawnee,
and Western Railroad Company, under the treaty dated November fifteen,
eighteen hundred and sixty-one, which amount shall be the common prop-
erty of the tribe, except the Prairie band, who shall have no interest in said Prairie band.
reservation, to be purchased as aforesaid, but in lieu thereof shall receive
their pro rata share of the proceeds of the sale of said land in money, as
the same may be received: Provided, That if the United States shall ad- Proviso.
vance the amount 'necessary to purchase the said reservation, the interest
due upon the deferred payments for said lands, sold as hereinafter provided,
shall, when received by the United States, be retained and credited to said
tribe interested in said reservation, or so much of said interest as may be
due said tribe under this treaty: And providedfurther, That the Leaven- Atchison,
worth, Pawnee and Western Railroad Company, their successors and &c R. R.Co.
and may purchase
assigns, having failed to purchase said lands, the Atchison, Topeka the lands if, &c.
Santa F6 Railroad Company may, within thirty days after the promulga-
tion of this treaty, purchase of the said Pottawatomies their said unal-
lotted lands, except as hereinafter provided, to St. Mary's mission, at the
price of one dollar per acre, lawful money of the United States, and upon
fihug their bond for the purchase and payment of said lands in due form,
to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior within the time above
named, the said Secretary of the Interior shall issue to the last-named
railroad company certificates of purchase, and such certificates of purchase Conditions
shall be deemed and holden, in all courts, as evidence of title and pos- and terms of
purchase an'
session in the said railroad company to all or any part of said lauds, payment.
unless the same shall be forfeited as herein provided. The said purchase-
money shall be paid to the Secretary of the Interior in trust for said
Indians within five years from the date of such purchase, with interest at
the rate of six per cent per annum on all deferred payments, until the
whole purchase-money shall have been paid; and before any patents shall
issue for any part of said lands, one hundred thousand dollars shall be
deposited with the Secretary of the Interior, to be forfeited in case the
whole of the lands are not naid for as herein provided; (said money may
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536 TREATY WITH THE POTTAWATOMIE INDIANS. FEB: 97, 1867.
be applied as the payment for the last one hundred thousand acres of said
land;) pityments shall also be made for at least one fourth of said unal-
lotted lands at the rate of one dollar per acre, and when so paid the
President is authorized hereby to issue patents for the land so paid for;
and then for every additional part of said land upon the payment of one
dollar per acre. The interest on said purchase-money shall be paid annu-
ally to the Secretary of the Interior for the use of said Indians. If the
said company shall fail to pay the principal when the same shall become
due, or to pay all or any part of the interest upon such purchase-money
within thirty (30) days after the time when such payment of interest shall
fall due, then this contract shall be deemed and held absolutely null and
void, and cease to be binding upon either of the parties thereto, and said
company and its assigns shall forfeit all payments of principal and inter-
est made on such purchase, and all right and title, legal and equitable, of
any kind whatsoever, in and to all and every part of said lands which
shall not have been, before the date of such forfeiture, paid for as herein
provided: Provided,however, That in case any of said lands have been
conveyed to bona fide purchasers by said Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fd Railroad Company, such purchasers shall be entitled to patents for
said land so purchased by them upon the payment of one dollar and
twenty-five cents per acre therefor, under such rules and regulations
as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
Ante, p. 533. Strike out all of Article VII.
Strike out all of Article VIII., and insert in lieu thereof as follows:
Settlement of Where allottees under the treaty of eighteen hundred and sixty-one
the estates of sha
those deceased. s1 have died, or shall hereafter decease, such allottees shall be re-
Ante, p. 5as. garded, for the purpose of a careful and just settlement of their estates,
as citizens of the United States, and of the State of Kansas, and it shall
be competent for the proper courts to take charge of the settlement of their
estates under all the forms and in accordance with tLe laws of the State, as
in the case of other citizens deceased; and in cases where there are children
of allottees left orphans, guardians for such orphans may be appointed by
the probate court of the county in which such orphans may reside, and
such guardians shall give bonds, to be approved by the said court, for the
proper care of the person and estate of such orphans, as provided by law.
Ante, p. 523. ARTICLE X. Strike out the following words: "And it is further agreed
that the sum of one hundred and sixty-four thousand five hundred and
eighty-four dollars, reported by the Secretary of the Interior on the nine-
teenth day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, in pursuance of
at act of Congress approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-
one, and recommended to be paid, shall be paid to said tribe, to be ex-
pended or invested as may be directed by the business committee of the
tribe for the benefit of said tribe: Provided, That this last provision
shall be of none effect if said amount shall within one year be appro-
priated under direction by Congress without reference to this treaty";
and insert in lieu thereof the following words:
Claims of Pot- And it is further agreed that the claims of the Pottawatomies hereto-
tawatomies to fore examined and reported on by the Secretary of the Interior under
be submitted to
commissioners, the act of Congress of March two, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, shall
be submitted to two commissioners, to be named by the President of the
United States, for examination, and said commissioners, after being sworn
impartially to decide on said claims, shall make report of their judgment
in the premises, together with the evidence taken, to the Secretary of the
Interior, and the same shall be communicated to Congress at its next ses-
sion: Provided, That on part of the money reported due by the said
commissioners shall be paid until the same shall be appropriated by Con-
gress.
Ante, p 634. At the end of Article XI. insert the following words:
Certain per- And the said John F. Deils, John Shoemaker, and M. Gillaud shall
sons may pur-
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have the right to purchase in a compact body ten hundred and thirteen chase lands of
54-100 acres of the unallotted lands at the price of one dollar pe" acre, to the Indins.
be paid to the Secretary of the Interior, for the use of said tribe, and
when the consideration shall be paid as aforesaid the President shall
issue patents to said purchasers therefor; and in selecting said ten hun-
dred and thirteen 54-100 acres, said purchasers shall have the preference
over all other parties.
Attest: GEe. C. GORHAM1,
&cretary,
By W. J. McDONALD.
And whereas the foregoing amendments having been fully explained

and interpreted to B. H. Bertrand, a delegate of said Pottawatomie tribe
of Indians, duly authorized to act as such, and also to represent the Indians
parties to said treaty, he did, on the fourth day of August, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eight, in behalf of said Indians, give his free and
voluntary assent to the said amendments, in the words and figures follow-
ing, to wit:
Whereas the Senate of the United States did, on the twenty-fifth day Amendments
of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, advise and consent to the rati- as'ented to.
fication of the articles of agreement concluded at Washington, D. C, on
the twenty-seventh day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven,
between the United States, represented by Lewis V. Bogy, Commissioner
of Indian Affairs, W. H. Watson, Special Commissioner, Thomas Mur-
phy, Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Kansas, and Luther R. Palmer,
United States Indian Agent, duly authoiized, and the Pottawatomie
tribe of Indians, represented by their chiefs, braves, and headmen, to
wit: Nazhee, Mianco, Shawgwe, B. H. Bertrand, J. N. Bourassa, M. B.
Beaubien, L. H. Ogee, and G. L. Young, with certain amendments, as'set
forth in the resolution of the Senate, dated July twenty-fifth, eighteen
hundred and sixty-eight, and hereto annexed ; and whereas said amend-
ments have been explained to me, and are fully understood by me: Now,
therefore, I, Benjamin 11. Bertrand, delegate of said Pottawatomie tribe
of Indians, duly authorized to act as such, and also to represent the
Indians parties to said treaty, do, for myself, as delegate as aforesaid, and
as the authorized representative of the other delegates, who are at present
authorized to represent the Pottawatomie tribe of Indians, hereby assent
and agree to the said amendments as given in said Senate resolution.
Witness my hand 'and seal this fourth day of August, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, at Washington,
D.C.
B. H. BERTRAND, [sEAL.]
For himself as delegate, and representing -

MAZHEE,
HALF DAY,
A. F. NAVARRE,
G. L. YOUNG,
J. N. BOURASSA.
Signed in presence of-
L. R. PALmER, U. S. Ind. Agent.
W. W. Ross.
W. R. IRwIn.
Treaty pro-
Now, therefore, be it known that I, ANDREW JOHNSON, 'President claimed.
of the United States of America, do, in pursuance of the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, as expressed in its resolution of the twenty-fifth of
July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, accept, ratify, and con-
firm the said treaty, with the amendments, as aforesaid.
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In testimony whereof, I have hereto signed my name, and caused

the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this seventh day of August, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight,
[SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States of America the
ninety-third.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
W. HuwEra, Actinq Secretaryof &ate.
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TREATY WITH RUSSIA. MARCH 30, 1867.
Treaty concerningthe Cession of the Russian Possessionsin North America

by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russtas to the United States of
Ameria; Concluded March 30, 1867 ; Ratified by the United States
May 28, 1867; Exchanged June 20, 1867; Proclaimed by the United
States June 20, 1867.
BY THE PRES]DENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AAMERICA, March 30, 1867
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS a treaty between the United States of America and his Preamble
Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias was concluded and signed by
their respective plenipotentiaries at the city of Washington, on the thir-
tieth day of March, last, which treaty, being in the English and French
languages, is, word for word, as follows:
The United States of America Sa Majestd 'Empereur de toutes Contracting

and His Majesty the Emperor of les Russies et les Etats-Unis d' powers.
all the Russias, being desirous of Amrique, ddsirant raffermir, s'il est
strengthening, if possible, the good possible, la bonne intelligence qui
understanding which exists between existe entre eux, ont nommd A cet
them, have, for that purpose, appoint- effet, pour leurs pldnipotentiaires,
ed as their Pienipotentiaries: the savoir: Sa Majestd l'Empereur de
President of the United States, toutes les Russies, le Conseiller
William H. Seward, Secretary of Privd Edouard de Stoeckl, son en-
State; and His Majesty the Empe- voyd extraordinaire et ministre p16 -
ror of all the Russias, the Privy nipotentiaire aux Etats-Unis ; et
Councillor Edward de Stoeckl, his le Pr6sident des Etats-Unis, le Sieur
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister William H. Seward, Secrdtaire d'
Plenipotentiary to the United States. Etat, lesquels, aprbs avoir tchangd
And the said Plenipotentiaries, leurs pleins-pouvoirs, trouvds en
having exchanged their full powers, bonne et due forme, ont arrdtd et
which were found to be in due form, signd les articles suivants:
have agreed upon and signed the
following articles:
ARTICLE .
ARTICLE I.
Sa Majestd r'Empereur de toutes
His Majesty the Emperor of all les Russies s'engage, par cette con- Cession of ter
the Russias agrees to cede to the vention, h cdder aux Etats-Unis, ritory by Russia
United States, by this convention, immddsatement apr~s l'dehange des to the United
immediately upon the exchange of ratifications, tout le Territoire avec States.
the ratifications thereof, all the terri- droit de souverainetd actuellement
tory and dominion now possessed by possddd par Sa Majestd sur le conti-
his said Majesty on the continent of nent d'Amdrique ainsi que les ies
America and in the adjacent islands, .contigues, le dit Territoire dtant com-
the same being contained within the pris dans les limites gdographiques
geographical limits herein set forth, ci-dessous indiqudes, savoir: ]a li-
to wit: The eastern limit is the hne mite orientale est la ligne de ddmar- Boundaries.
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Boundaries of of demarcation between the Russian cation entre les possessions Russes
ceded territory, and the British possessions in North et Britanniques dans l'Amdrique du
America, as established by the con- Nord, ainsi qu'elle est dtablie par la
vention between Russia and Great convention conclue entre la Russie
Britain, of February 28- 16, 1825, et la Grande-Bretagne, le 4 fivrier
and described in Articles III and 1825, et ddfinie dans les termes sui
IV of said convention, in the follow- vants des articles III et IV de ]a
ing terms: dite convention:
"Commencing from the southern- "A partir du point le plus mdrid-
most point of the island called ional de l'Ile dite Prince of Wales,
Prince of Wales Island, which point lequel point se trouve sous la paral-
lies in the parallel of 54 degrees lle du 54-e degrd 40 minutes de lati-
40 minutes north latitude, and be- tude nord, et entre le 13111 et le
tween the 181st and the 133d de- 133"e degrd de longitude ouest (md
gree of west longitude, (meridian of ridien de Greenwich), la dite lignti
Greenwich,) the said line shall as- remontera, au Nord le long de h
cend to the north along the channel passe dite Portland Channel, jusqu'
called Portland channel, as far as au point-de la terre ferme, oh elle at
the point of the continent where it teunt le 56 m" degrd de latitude nord
strikes the 56th degree of north lat- de ce dernier point ]a ligne de dd.
itude ; from this last-mentioned marcation suivra ]a crete des mon
point, the line of demarcation shall tagnes situdes parall~lement h la
follow the summit of the mountains c~te jusqu'au point d'intersection da
situated parallel to the coast as far 141"0 degrd de longitude. ouest
as the point of intersection of the (mgme mdridien) ; et finalement, du
141st degree of west longitude, (of dit point d'intersection ]a mme
the same meridian;), and finally, ligne mdrididnne dii 141 m" degrd
from the said point of intersection, formera, dans son prolongement
the said meridian line of the 141st jusqu'A la mer Glaciale, ]a limite
degree, in its prolongation as far aA entre les possessions Russes et Bri-
the Frozen ocean. tanniques sur le continent de l'Amd-
"IV. With referente to the line rique nord-ouest.
of demarcation laid down in the pre- "IV. 11 est entendu, par rapport
ceding article, it is understood - A ]a ligne de ddmarcation ddter-
" 1st. That the island called minde dans l'article prdcddent:
Prince of Wales Island shall belong " 1'. Que l'lle dite Prince of
wholly to Russia," (now, by this ces- Wales, appartiendra toute entibre h
sion, to the United States.) la Russie:" (mais dbs ce jour en
"2d. That whenever the summit vertu de cette cession aux Etats--
6f the mountains which extend in a Unis.)
direction parallel to the coast from 2'. Que partout ob ]a cr~te des
the 56th degree of norgh latitude to mdntagnes qui s'6tendent dans une
the point of intersection of the 141st direction paralle h ]a cite, depuis
degree of west longitude shall prove le 56"' degr6 de latitude nord au
to be at the distance of more than point d'intersection du 141m e degrd
ten marine leagues from the ocean, de longitude ouest se trouverait h la
the limit between the British pos- distance de plus de dix lieues ma-
sessions and the line of coast which rines de l'oc6an, la limite entre les
is to belong to Russia as above men- possessions Britanniques et ]a lisigre
tioned (that is to say, the limit to de crte mentionnde ci-dessus comme
the possessions ceded by this con- devant appartenir h la Russia"
vention) shall be formed by a line (c'est-h-dire la limite des possessions
parallel to the winding of the coast, cdddes par cette convention) : " sera
and which shall never exceed the formde par une ligne parallble
distance of ten marine leagues there- aux sinuositds de la c6te et qui ne
from." pourra jamais en 6tre dloign6e que
The western limit within which de dix lieues marines."
the territories and dominion con- La limite occidentale des Terri-
veyed, are contained, passes through toires cddds passe par un point au
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a point in Behring's straits on the d4troit de Behring sous la parallhie Boundaries.

parallel of sixty-five degrees thirty da soixante cinquieme degr4 trente
minutes north latitude, at its inter- minutes de latitude Nord h son in-
section by the meridian which pass- tersection par le m6ridien qu sdpare
es midway between the islands of it distance 6gale les iles Krusenstein
Krusenstern, or Ignalook, and the on Ignalook et l'ile Ratmanoff on
1,1and of Ratmanoff, or Noonar- Noonarbook et remonte en hgne dt-
book, and proceeds due north, with- recte, sans limitation, vers le Nord,
out limitation, into the same Frozen jusqu'h ce qu'elle se perde daus la
ocean. The same western limit, mer Glaciale. Commen'ant au
beginning at the same initial point, mnme point de d6part, cette limite oc-
proceeds thence in a course nearly cidentale suit de le un cours presque
southwest through Behring's straits Sud-ouest, itravers le ditroit de Beh-
and Behring's sea, so as to pass ring et la mer de Behring, de manihre
midway between the northwest t passer h distance dgale entre le
point of the island of St. Lawrence point Nord-ouest de ile Saint Lau-
and the southeast point of Cape rent et le point Sud-est du cap Chou-
Choukot-,ki, to the meridian of one kotski jusqu'au m6ridien cent soix-
hundred and seventy-two west lon- ante douzieme de longitude Ouest;
gitude; thence, from the intersec- de ce point h partir de l'Mtersection
tion of that meridian, in a'south- de ce Inlridien, cette limite suit une
westerly duection, so as to pass direction Sud-ouest de mani're h pass-
midway between the island of Attou er h. di,-tance dgale entre 'file d'At-
and the Copper island of the Kor- tou et l'ile Copper du groupe d'ilots
mandorski couplet or group in the Koirmandorski dans l'oc6an Paci-
North Pacific ocean, to the meridi- fique Septentrional jusqu'wi m6ri-
an of one hundred and ninety-three dien de cent quatre-vingt-treize do-
degrees west longitude, so as to in- grds de longitude Quest, de maniere
clude in the territory conveyed the k enclaver, dans le Territoire c6dd,
whole of the Aleutian islands east toutes les lles Al~outes situdes i,
of that meridian. l'est de ce mdridien.
ARTICLE II. ARTICLE II.
In the cession of territory and Dans le Territoire cddd, par rar- Cession of ter
dominipn made by the preceding article prdcddent, h la Souverainetd ritory and
.Iminio do-
includes
ticle are included the right of prop- des Etats-Unis, sont compris le what.
erty in all public lots and squares, droit de propridti sur tons les
vacant lands, mid all public build- terrains et places publics, terres
ings, fortifications, barraaks, and inoccupdes, toutes les ponstructions
other edifices which are not private publiques, fortifications, casernes et
individual property. It is, however, autres 6difices qui ne sont pas pro- Privateprop-
understood and agreed, that the pridt4 privde individuelle. 11 est, erty.
churches which have been built in toutefois entendu et convenue quo les Churches
the ceded territory by the Russian dghises, construites par le Gouverne-
government, shall remain the prop- ment Russe sur le Territoire c6dd,
ei ty of such members of the Greek resteront la propridt6 des membres
Oriental Church resident in the ter- de l'Eghse Grecque Orientale rdsi-
ritory, as may choose to worship dant dans ce Territoire et apparte-
therein. Any government archives, nant 6,ce culte. Tons les archives, Government
papers, and documents relative to papiers, et documents du Gouverne- archnves.
the territory and dominion aforesaid, ment, ayant trait an susdit Terri-
which may be now existing there, will toire, et qui y sont inantenant dd-
be left in the possession of the agent posds, seront placds entre les mains
of the United States; but an authenti- de l'agent des Etats-Unis; mais
cated copy of such of them as may be les Etats-Unis fourniront, toujours
required, will be, at all times, given quand il y aura lieu, des copies 14- Copies will be
by the United States to the Russian galisdes de ces documents au Gonu- furnished.
government, or to such Russian offi- vernemeat Russe, aux officiers on
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cers or subjects as they may apply sujets Russes qui ponrront en faire
for. la demande.
ARTICLE III.
ARTICLE III.
Rights of in- The inhabitants of the ceded ter-
habitants of the ritory, according to their choice, re- II est rdservg aux babitans du
ceded territory. serving their natural allegiance, may Territoire cddd le choix do garder
return to Russia within three years; leur nationahtd et de rentrer en
Those civil- but if they should prefer to remain Russie dans l'espace de trois ans;
ized shall be- in the ceded territory, they, with the mais s'ils prdfbrent rester dans le
come citizens of
the United exception of uncivilized native tribes, Territoire cddd, ils seront admis, A
States. shall be admitted to the enjoyment of l'exception toutefois des tribus sau-
all the rights, advantages, and immu- vages, h jouir de tons les .droits,
nities of citizens of the United States, avantages, et immunitds des ci-
and shall be maintained and pro- toyens des Etats-Unis, et ils seront
tected in the free enjoyment of their maintenus et protdg6s dans le plein
liberty, property, and religion. The exercise de leur hbert6, droit de
Uncivilized uncivilized tribes will be subject to propridtd, et religion. Les tribus
tribes. such laws and regulations as the sauvages seront assuj6ties aux lots
United States may, from time to et rdglements que les Etats-Unis
time, adopt in regard to aboriginal pourront adopter, de temps en
tribes of that coqptry. temps, h l'6gard des tribus abori-
ghnes de ce pays.
ARTICLE IV.
ARTICLE IV.
Agents for His Majesty the Emperor of all
formally deliver- the Russias shall appoint, with con- Sa Majest6 l'Empereur d tottes
ing and receiv-
ing the ceded vement despatch, an agent or agents les Russies nommera, aussitdt que
territory, &a. for the purpose of formally deliver- possible, un agent on des agents
ing to a similar agent or agents ap- chargds de remmettre, formellement
pointed on behalf of the United h l'agent on aux agents nommds par
States, the territory, dominion, prop- les Etats-Unis, le Territoire, la son-
erty, dependencies and appurte- verainet6, les propri6t6s, ddpend-
nances which are ceded as above, ances et appartenances ainsi cdddes
and for doing any other act which et de dresser tout autre acte qui
may be necessary in regard thereto. sera n6cessaire h r'accomplissement
Cession to be But the cession, with the right of de cette transaction. Mais la ces-
absolute upon, immediate possession, is neverthe- sion, avec le droit de possession im-
less to he deemed complete and ab-
m6diate, doit toutefois 6tre consi-
golute on the exchange of ratifica- d6rde complete et absolue & i'd-
tions, without waiting for such for- change des ratifications, sans at-
mal delivery. tendre la remise formelle.
ARTICLE V, ARTICLE V.
Fortifications Immediately after the exchange Immddiatement aprs l'dchange

or military posts. of the ratifications of this conven- des ratifications de cette convention,
tion, any fortifications or military les fortifications et les postes mili-
posts which may be in the ceded taires qui se trouveront sur le Terri-
territory shall be delivered to the toire c6dd seront remis h l'agent des
agent of the United States, and any Etats-Unis, et les troupes Russes
Russian troops which may be in the qui sont stationndes dans le dit
territory shall be withdrawn as soon Territoire seront retirdes dans un
as may be reasonably and conven- terme practicable et qui puisse con-
iently practicable. venir aux deux parties.
ARTICLE VI. ARTICLE VI.
Payment by In consideration of the cession En considdration de la susdite
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aforesaid, the United States agree cession, les Etats-Unis s'engagent h theUnited States
for the ceded
to pay at the treasury in Washing- payer h la Trdsorerie 4 Washington territory
ton, within ten months after the ex- dans le terme de dix mois, apres
change of the ratifications of this l'dchange des ratifications de cette
convention, to the diplomatic rep- convention, sept millions deux cent
resentative or other agent of his mule dollars en or, au R6prdsen-
Majesty the Emperor of all the tant diplomatique ou tout autre
Russias, duly authorized to receive agent de Sa Majestd l'Empereur de
the same, seven million two hundred toutes les Russies dfiment autoris6
thousand dollars in gold. The ces- A recevoir cette somme. La ces- Territory
sion du Territoire avee droit de ceded declared
sion of territory and dominion herein to be unencum-
made is hereby declared to be free souverainetg faite par cette conven- bered by reser-
and unencumbered by any reservation, est d6clar6e libre et ddgagde
.1 vations, privi-
leges, franchises,
tioas privileges, franchises, grants, de toutes reservations, privildges, e a e
or pissessions, by any associated franchises, on possessions par des
companies, whether corporate or in- compagnies Russes ou tout autre,
corporate, Russian or any other, or lIgalement constitu6es ou autre-
by any parties, except merely pri- ment, ou par des associations, sauf
vate individual property holders; simplement les propriltaires poss6-
and the cession hereby made, con- dat des biens priv6s individuels et Cession cou
veys all the rights, franchises, and la cession ainsi faite transf&re tons veys what.
privileges now belonging to Russia les droits, franchises et privil6ges
in the said territory or dominion, appartenant actuellement h la Rus-
and appurtenances thereto. sie dans le dit Territoire et ses d&
pendances.
ARTICLE VII.
ARTICLE VII.
When this convention shall have
been duly ratified by the President Lorsque cette convention aura Ratifications,
of the United States, by and with 6tdament ratifide par Sa Majest6 when to be ex-
the advice and consent of the Sen- l'Empereur de toutes les Russies changed.
ate, on the one part, and on the oth- d'une part, et par le President des
er by his Majesty the Emperor ot Etats-Unis avee l'avis et le consente-
all the Russias, the ratifications shall ment du Sdnat, de 'autre, les ra-
be exchanged at Washington within tifications en seront 6changdes A
three months from the date hereof, Washington dans le terme de trois
or sooner, if possible. mois, A compter du jour de la signa-
In faith whereof, the respective ture, ou plus tOt si faire se peut.
plenipotentiaries have signed this En fot de quoi les pldnipoten-
convention, and thereto affixed the tiaires respectifs ont sign6 cette con-
seals of their arms. vention et y ont appos6 le sceau do
Done at Washington, the thirtieth leur armes.
day of March, in the year of our Fait h Washington le 18--0 jour
Lord one thousand eight hundred de Mars de ran de Notre Seign-
and sixty-seven. eur mil huit cent soixante sept.
[L. S.] WILLIAM H. SEWARD. [L. S] EDOUARD DE STOECKL.
[. s.] EDOUAIRD DE STOECKL. [. s.] WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
And whereas the said Treaty has been duly ratified on both parts, and Exchange of
the respective ratifications of the same were exchanged at Washington ratficataons.
on this twentieth day of June, by William H. Seward, Secretary of State
of the United States, and the Privy Counsellor Edward de Stoeckl, the
Envoy Extraordinary of His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias,
on the part of their respective governments,
Now, therefore, be it known that I, ANDREW JOHNsON, President of Proclamation.
the United States of America, have caused the said Treaty to be made
public, to the end that the same and every clause and article thereof may
be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the
citizens thereof.
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In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal
of the Unied States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this twentieth day of June in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
[L. s.] seven, and of the Independence of the United States the
ninety-first.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
WILLIAK H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
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POSTAL CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. JuNE 18, 1867. 545
Conventson between the General Post-Qfflce of the United States of

America and the General Post-Office of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland.
THE General Post-Office of the United States of America and the June 18, 1867.
General Post-Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Contracting
being desirous of regulating, by means of a new conventibn, the commu- parties.
nication by post between the two countries, the undersigned, duly author-
ized for that purpose by their respective governments, have agreed upon
the following articles :
ARTICLE I. Theie shall be an exchange of correspondence between Exchane of
the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain correspondence,
and Ireland, as well for letters, newspapers, book-packets, and patterns or to include
samples of merchandise, originating in the United States or in the United what.
Kingdom, as for articles of the same nature originating in or destined for
the countries or colonies, the correspondence of which i- furwaided through
the United States or through the United Kingdom.
ARTICLE I. Each office shall make its own arrangements for the de- Each office to
spatch ofmails to the other office by well-appointed ship,, sailing on stated despatch mails.
days, and shall at its own cost remunerate the owners of such ships for
the conveyance ot the mails.
ARTICLE III. The postage on a single international letter shall not Rates of poet-
exceed twelve cents in the United States,, or sixpence in the United King- age.
dom, and the authorized weight of a single letter shall be fifteen grammes Weight of sin-
(by the metrical scale) in the United States and half an ounce in the gle letter.
United Kingdom.
For other than single letters the same charge shall be made for every
additional fifteen grammes, or half an ounce, or fraction thereof.
ARTICLE IV. Every international letter insufficiently paid, or wholly Letters insuf-
unpaid, received in the United States from the United Kingdom shall, in ficientlypaidor
unpaid
addition to the deficient postage, be subject to a fine of five cents, such wholly
subject to fine.
fine to be retained by the United States Post-Office; and every interna-
tional letter insufficiently paid, or wholly unpaid, received in the United Fines, how
Kingdom from the United States shall, in addition to the deficient postage, disposed of.
be subject to a fine, the amount of which shall be fixed and retained by
the British Post-Office.
ARTICLE V. International newspapers, book-packets (including printed Postage on
papers of all kinds, maps, plans, prints, engravings, drawings, photographs, newspapers, &c.,
lithographs, sheets of music, and so forth), and patterns and samples of
merchandise (including seeds and grain), shall be transmissible by either
office at such charges (not less than three pence in the United Kingdom
or six cents in the United States per four ounces on book packets and
patterns or samples of merchandise), and under such regulations as thb
despatching office may from time tq time lay down.
These regulations, however, shall include the following:
1st. The postage shall be fully prepaid. to be prepaid;
2d. No book packet may contain anything which is sealed or otherwise book packets;
closed against inspection, nor must there be any letter, nor any communi-
cation of the nature of a letter, whether separate or otherwise, unless the
whole of such letter or communication be printed. But entries merely
stating from whom, or to whom, the packet is sent, shall not be regarded
as a letter.
3d. No book packet must exceed two feet in length, or one foot in
width or depth.
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546 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. Jmuw 18, 1867.
Piolubited pa- 4th. Neither office shall be bound to deliver printed papers the impor-
pers. tation of which may be prohibited by the laws or regulations of the country
to which they are transmitted.
Customs duty 5th. So long as any customs duty is chargeable in the United States on
in the Uited the importation from the United Kingdom of any of the articles enumer-
ated above, such customs duty shall be leviable in the United States, and
the proceeds shall accrue to the United States Trea.ury.
No other 6th. Except as above, no ch ge whatever shall be levied in the country
charges in which international newspapers, book-packets, and patterns or samples
of merchandise are delivered.
Certain post- ARTICLE VI. The postage collected in the two countries on interna-
agestwo
the collected in tional letters, newspapers, book packets, and patterns or samples of mer-
countries
to be equally di- chandise, together with the fees for registration (but exclusive of fines for
vided. unpaid or insufficiently paid letters), shall be equally divided between the
two offices.
Postage on That portion of the postage of transit letters, transit newspapers, book-
transit letters,
&c. packets, and patterns or samples of merchandise which represents the
charge for the sea conveyance between the United Kingdom and the
United States shall belong wholly to the despatching office.
Charge for sea For the purposes of this aiticle the charge for the sea conveyance of
conveyance of letters across the' Atlantic shall be computed on the basis of four pence,
letters and news-
papers or eight cents, per single letter rate, and the charge for the sea convey-
ance across the Atlantic of newspapers, book packets, and patterns or
samples of merchandise shall be computed at three pence per pound or
twelve cents per kilogramme.
Registered let- ARTICLE VII. The United States Post-Office may deliver to the
ters or packets. British Post-Office letters or other postal packets which have been regis-
tered, addressed to the United Kingdom. Reciprocally, the British Post-
Office may deliver to the United States Post-Office registered letters or
other postal packets which have been registered, addressed to the United
States.
Postage of reg- The postage of registered letters and so forth shall always be paid in
istered letters. advance.
Registration In addition to this postage, there shall also be charged a registration
fee. fee, the amount of which shall be fixed by the despatching office.
Same subject. ARTICLE VIII. The United States Post-Office may further deliver
to the British Post-Office registered letters and so forth, addressed to
those countries or colonies to which registered letters can be sent from the
United Kingdom.
Postages to The United States Post-Office shall account to the British Post-Office
beaccontedfor. (in addition to the postage due to the British Post-Office) for such sum
as shall be chargeabl6 to the inhabitants of the United Kingdom for the
registration fro~r the United Kingdom of every registered letter and so
forth addressed to the countries or colonies above mentioned. On its side
the British Posr--Office may deliver to the United States Post-Office
registered letters and so forth addressed to those countries to which regis-
tered letters can be sent from the United States.
The British Post-Office shall account to the United States Post-Office
(in addition to the postage due to the United States Post-Office) for such
sum ao .hall be chargeable to the inhabitants of the United States for the
reg-tration from the United States of every registered letter and so forth
addregsed to the countries above mentioned.
rransit of ARTICLE IX. The British Post-Office engages to grant the transit
6dosed mails th
through each rough the United Kingdom, as well as the conveyance by British mail
couniry. packets, of the closed mails which the United States Post-Office may
exchange, in either direction, with the post-offices of the United States
Possessions, or of foreign countries, and the United States Post-Office
engages to grant the trau-it through the United States, as well as the con-
veyance by United States mail packets, of the closed mails which the
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British Post-Office may exchange, in either direction with the post-offices

of British Possessions, or of foreign countries.
The country which sends or receives closed mails through the other Account to i
shall render an account of the letters, newspapers, book-nackets, and rendered of con-
patterns contained in such closed mails. tents.
ARTICLE X. The rates of postage to be mutually paid for the terri- Rates of post-
torial transit (including the passage of the Engli~h Channel) of all letters age forterrtorial
sent from one country to the other for tranzmission to places beyond, in transitofietters;
closed mails, shall be one-half the ordinary inland rates now charged in
the two countries respectively, viz. for transit through the United
States, one half of three centb per single letter, and for transit through
the United Kingdom one half of a penny per single letter.
The transit rates of postage to be mftually paid for newspapers, book ofnew'spalrs,
packets, and patterns or samples of merchandise sent in closed mails, shall &C.
be fourpence per kdogramme for trannit through the United Kingdom,
and six cents per pound for transit through the United States.
ARTICLE XL. When, in any British or United States port, a closed Certain trans-
mail is transferred from one ship to another, without any expense de- fers mailsofnot
closed
to be
volving on the office of the country owning such port, such tran-fer shall deemed territo-
not be deemed a territorial transit, and shall not give rise to any charue nal transit.
for territorial transit.
ARTICLE XII. The rates of postage to be paid by the British Post- Rates of post-
Office to the United States Post-Office for the sea conveyance, other than age for sea con-
across the Atlantic, of correspondence sent from the United Kingdom to closed ma.il.
the United States, in closed mails, for transmission to places beyond, or
brought to the United States from places beyond, in closed mails, for
transmis~ion to the United Kingdom, -hall be the saree that are paid by
the inhabitants of the United States ; reciprocally, the lates of postage to
be paid by the United States Post-Office to the British Post-Office for the
sea conveyance, other than across the Atlantic, of correspondence sent
from the United States to the United Kingdom, in closed mails, for trans-
mission to places beyond, or brought to the United Kingdom from places
beyond, in closed mails, for transmis-ion to the United States, shall be
the same that are paid by the inhabitants of the United Kingdom.
ARTICLE XIII. The combined terrtoilal and sea rates upon trinsit Combined ter-
correspondence sent in ordinary mails, to be accounted for by one office to ritorial and sea
the other, shall be the same that are paid by the inhabitants of the coun-rates
try through which the correspondence is forwarded.
ARTICLE XIV. The amount of postage chargeable 0 by the United postage
UnitedonStates
single
States Post-Office, on its own account, upon every single letter sent ltter;
through the United Kingdom, in ordinary mails, addressed to the United
States, shall be three cents; and the amount of postage chargeable by the British post-
British Post-Office, on its own account, upon every single letter sent age
through the United States, in ordinary mails, atdrezsed to the United
Kingdom, shall be one penny.
ARTICLE XV. There shall be an exchange of correspondence between Exchange of
the United States of America and Bermuda, and between those States correspondence
between the
and the Bitish Post-Office Agencies, established in the Danish Colony of United States
St. Thomas, in Panama, in Colon, and in San Juan (Poi to Rico). The and Bermuda,
postage to be accounted for on such correspondence shall be fixed from St Thomas and
time to time by the mutual consent of the two offices. San Juan
ARTICLE XVI. The Bitish Post-Office shall prepare, at the expira- Office British Post-
to prepare
tion of every quarter, separate accounts, exhibiting the results of the ex- quarterly sepa-
change of correspondence, whether in ordinary mails, or in cl'osed mails, rate aecounts
between the respective offices.
Such accounts shall be founded upon the acknowledgments of receipt
of the respective offices during the quarter.
The separate accounts shall be incorporated in general accounts, which Accounts
shall be compared and settled by the two offices, and the balance shall to be incorpo-
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548 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. JuNE 18, 1867.
rated in general forthwith be paid, in the money of the country to which the payment is to
accounts, be made, by that office which is found to be indebted to the other.
Equivalent of In converting United States currency into sterling, or sterling into
the United
States dollar.
United States currency, four shillings and two pence shall be considered
as the equivalent of a dollar.
Official corn- ARTICLE XVIL Official communications addressed by the United
munication be- States Post-Office to the British Post-Office, or by the British Post-Of-
tween the Post-.
Offices not to be fice to the United States Post-Office, shall not give rise to any account
accounted. between the two Post-Offices.
Regulations to ARTICLE XVIII. The two offices shall, by mutual consent, make
he made, and detailed regulations in accordance with the foregoing articles, such regu-
how terminable. lations to be terminable on a reasonable notice by either office.
Existing con- ARTICLE XIX. All the conventions which now regulate the ex-
ventions Tocease change of correspondence between the United Kingdom of Great Brit-
when this takes
effect. ain and Ireland and the United States of America, shall cease to have
effect from the date of the day when the present convention shall be put
into execution.
When articles ARTICLE XX. Articles one, five, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven,
of this conven- wle ite
o tn effec- twelve, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen, shall come into operation
on the 1st October next. and the remaining articles on the 1st day of
January, 1868.
Convention ARTICLE XXI. This ponvention shall be terminable at any time on
terminable upon a notice by either office of one year; and Article V. (except so far as
what notice. relates to newspapers) shall be terminable on a notice of three months.
Execution. Done in duplicate and signed in London, the 18th day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
MONTROSE,
[L. s.]
Jomr A. KAssox, Special Com., , c., 4c.
[L. s.]
P'OST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT, t
Washington, July 8, 1867.
Convention Having examined and considered the foregoing articles of a new
ratified and ap- Postal Convention between the United States of America and the United
proved by the
oqtmaster-Gen- Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, which were agreed upon and
eral; signed in duplicate at London on the eighteenth day of June, one thou-
sand eight hundred and sixty-seven, by the Hon. John A. Kasson, Spe-
cial Commissioner, &c., &c. on behalf of this Department, and by His
Grace the Duke of Montrose, Postmaster-General of the United King
dor of Great Britain and Ireland, on behalf of his Department, the
same are by me hereby ratified and approved, by and with the advice and
consent of the President of the United States.
In witneqs whereof, I have caused the seal of the Post-Office Depart-
ment to be hereto affixed, with my signature, the day and year
first above written.
ALEX. W. RA-wDALL,
Postmaster-Genera, U. S
approved bay I hereby approve the foregoing Convention, and in testimony thereof
the ?resident of I have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
the United
States. [L. s.] ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
WASHINGTON, July 8, 1867.
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TREATY WITH NICARAGUA. JUNE 21, 1867.
Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Nicara-
gua; Concluded .Tune 21, 1867; Ratified June 20, 1868; Proclaimed
August 13, 1868.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: June 21, 1867.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS a treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation, between the Preamble.
United States of America and the republic of Nicaragua, was concluded
and signed by their respective plenipotentiaries, at the city of Managua,
on the twenty-first day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven, which treaty, being in the English and
Spanish languages, is word for word as follows :
TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP, COM- TRATADO DE AMISTAD, COMERCIO

MERCE, AND NAVIGATION, BE- Y NAVEGACION ENTRE LA RE-
r
TWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF PUBLICA DE NICARAGUA LOS
AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC OF ESTADOS UNIDOS DE NORTE
NICARAGUA. AMAifRICA.
The United States of America La republica de Nicaragua y los Contracting

and the republic of Nicaragua de- Estados Unidos de America, desean- part,,i.
siring to maintain and to improve do conservar y mejorar la buena in-
the good understanding and the teligencia y amigables relaciones que
friendly relations which now hap- ahora fehsmente existen entre ellos,
pily exist between them, to pro- promover el comercio de sus ciuda-
mote the commerce of their citizens, danos y hacer algunos arreglos re-
and to make some mutual arrange- ciprocos respecto de la comunicacion
ment with respect to a communica- entre los oceanos Atlantico y Pacifi-
tion between the Atlantic and Pa- co por el Rio San Juan, y cada uno
cific oceans, by the river San Juan, 6 ambos, los Lagos de Nicaragua 6
and either or both the lakes of Nic- de Managua, 6 por cualquiera otra
aragua and Managua, or by any ruta al traves del territorio de Nic-
other route through the territories aragua ; con tal objecto ban conve-
of Nicaragua, have agreed for this nido en concluir un tratado de amis-
purpose to conclude a treaty of tad, comercio y navegacion, y en
friendship, commerce and naviga- consecuencia han nombrado como
tion, and have accordingly named as sus respectivos plenipotenciarios, A
their respective plenipotentiaries, saber: Su Exelencia el Presidente
that is to say : the President of the de la republica de Nicaragua al
United States, Andrew B. Dickin- Sefior Licenciado Don Tomas Ayon,
son, minister resident and extraor- ministro de relaciones esteriores, y
dinary to Nicaragua, and his excel- el Presidente de los Estados Unidos,
lency the President of the republic at Sefior Andrew B. Dickinson,
of Nicaragua, Sefior Licenciado Don ministro residente y estraordinario
Tomas Ayon, minister of foreign en Nicaragua, quienes, despues de
relations, who, after communicating haberse comunicado reciprocamente
to each other their full powers, sus plenos poderes, encontrados en
found in due and proper form, have propia y debida forma, han conve-
agreed upon the following articles: ido en los articulos siguientes:
ARTICLE I. ARTICULo 1.
There shall be perpetual amity HabrA amistad perpetua entre ]a Peace and
between the United States and their republica de Nicaragua y sus ciuda- friendshbp.
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ANDREW JOHNSON, President BEN.TAM-iN F. WADE, President of the

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Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United

VOL XV. PRIv.-23

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.ANDREW JoHNsoN, President. BENJAMIN F. WADE, President of the

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United

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University, institutiong incorporated by the State of Indiana for philoaphi-

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United

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Iredell County: Thomas Holcomb, E. B. Stimpson, and Henry C. Legaldisabili-

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Chowan County: William R. Skinner, John H. Hall, Robert 0. Legal diqabilC-

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County; R. L. McWhorter, James R. Bynum, D.A. Newsom, C. J. li Legal and po,

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CHAP. XC. - An Act grantinq a Pension to George Bennett. June 25,1868.

CHAP.XCIII. - An Act grantinga Pension to Robert McCrory. June 25, 1868.

CHAP.XCV. - An Act granting a Pension to Hampton Thompson. June 25, 1868.

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the name of Hampton Thompson, late a private in company G, sixty-

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United

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CHAP. CL - An Act grantinga Pension to Susan . Berg. June 25,1868.

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regiment of Indiana volunteertinfantry, on the.pension roll, at the rate of

June 25,1868. CHAP. CX. - An Act granting a Pension to Austin M. Partridge.

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sixth regiment of Iowa infantry, commencing March twenty-sixth, eigh-

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CHAP. CXXI. - late Quarter- "uly8(186M.

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July 7,1868. CHAP. CXXXVIII. - An Actfor the Relief of WiVliam B. Todd.

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Marlin, eighty-six dollars and ninety-eight cents; E. Matlack, twenty- Payment

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second day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and continue

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