[PRIVATE-No. 79.] AN ACT for the relief of John Gestiger. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of John Gestiger, late a private in company F, nineteenth regiment Wisconsin 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 eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Approved, March 1, 1869. [PRIVATE-NO. 80., AN ACT granting a pension to John A. Parker, a soldier in the war of eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John A. Parker, late a private in company K, fifth regiment of Kansas 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. Approved, March 1, 1869. [PRIVATE-NO. 81.] AN ACT granting a pension to Clarissa K. Grant. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Clarissa K. Grant, widow of William H. Grant, late a private in company K, of the fifth regiment of Maine volunteer infantry, commencing October twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Approved, March 1, 1869. [PRIVATE-No. 82.] AN ACT granting a pension to Sarah A. Wilcox. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte 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 hospitals, now a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, and pay her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month during her disability, commencing July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. Approved, March 1, 1869. [PRIVATE-No. 83.] AN ACT granting a pension to Jacob S. Baker. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Jacob S. Baker, of Marion county, Illinois, formerly a private in company I, fourth regiment Indiana volunteers, in the war with Mexico, to receive a pension from the approval of this act. Approved, March 1, 1869. [PRIVATE-NO. 84.] AN ACT granting a pension to Emily H. Gardner. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Emily H. Gardner, widow of William H. Gardner, late a contract surgeon, and pay her a pension, at the rate of seventeen dollars per month, commencing July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Approved, March 1, 1869. [PRIVATE-No. 85.] AN ACT for the relief of Edwin B. Hoag. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Posmaster General be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to said Edwin B. Hoag, in addition 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. Approved, March 1, 1869. [PRIVATE-No. 86.1 AN ACT for the relief of George Kaiser. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay George Kaiser out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sur. of one hundred and eighty-one dollars and fifty cents for labor and material furnished in building a hospital at Parkersburg, West Virginia, in eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Approved, March 1, 1869. [PRIVATE-NO. 87.] AN ACT for the relief of Captain Charles Hunter, United States navy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to pay to Captain Charles Hunter, United States navy, out of any monies [moneys] in the treasury, not otherwise approriated, pay as commander in the navy, on leave, from the twenty-second day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, to the twentyfirst day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six. Approved, March 3, 1869. [PRIVATE-No. 88.] AN ACT for the relief of Wright Duryea. Whereas on the tenth day of April, anno Domini eighteen hundred 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 furthermore, 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, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Patents is hereby authorized and empowered to receive the application for the renewal of said patent, in the same manner and with the same effect as though the time had not passed which is specified by law within which applications for the extensions of patents are required to be made: Provided, That no person who may make or use said "card exhibitor," 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. Approved, March 3, 1869. [PRIVATE-NO. 89.] AN ACT for the relief of Mary A. Filler. Whereas Sergeant Henry Drenning, late of company K, fifty-fifth regi ment of Pennsylvania volunteers, was killed at Cold Harbor, in Virginia, on the third day of June, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-four, leaving no widow, no heirs lineal or collateral; and whereas the said Henry Drenning was the adopted and foster-son from childhood of Mrs. Mary A. Filler: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Mary A. Filler, fostermother of said Henry Drenning, shall be entitled to receive the back 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. Approved, March 3, 1869. [PRIVATE-NO. 90.] AN ACT for the relief of the Illinois Iron and Bolt Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to examine a judgment by confession, rendered on the second day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, in the circuit court of the northern district of Illinois, against the Illinois Iron and Bolt Company for five thousand and five hundred dollars, penalties 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. [PRIVATE-NO. 91.] AN ACT for the relief of Henry Barricklow. Whereas, on the twenty-eight 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 following described twenty-three land warrants, to wit: Numbers fifty-three thousand nine hundred and eleven, eighty thousand two hundred and eighty-five, eighty thousand three hundred and nine, and eighty thousand three hundred and forty-one, issued under the act of February eleventh, eighteen hundred and forty-seven; number seven hundred and ninety, issued under act of March twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fiftytwo; and numbers thirty-one thousand and seventy-eight, thirty-four thousand two hundred and sixty-six, forty-four thousand and thirtyseven, forty-nine thousand nine hundred and eighty-six, fifty-five thousand one hundred and thirty-two, fifty-seven thousand three hundred and thirteen, sixty thousand one hundred and one, sixty thousand four hundred and eleven, sixty-two thousand four hundred and eighty-eight, sixty-six thousand four hundred and eighty-one, seventy-one thousand three hundred and fifty-seven, eighty thousand and forty-three, eighty-one thousand six hundred and eighty-three, eighty-one thousand eight hundred and thirty, eighty-two thousand four hundred and twenty-one, eighty-two thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, eighty-two thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and eighty-four thousand four hundred and eighty-nine, act of March third, eighteen hundred and 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, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That said Henry Barricklow is hereby authorized to locate, or sell and assign, said duplicate land warrants 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 warrants. Approved, March 3, 1869. PRIVATE-No. 92.] AN ACT for the relief of certain companies of scouts and guides organized in Alabama. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Captain H. J. Springfield's company of scouts and guides, numbering forty-two officers and men, and Captain John B. Kennamer's company of scouts and guides, numbering thirty three officers and men, organized in northern Alabama, under orders of Brigadier General R. S. Granger, commanding the district of northern Alabama, approved by Major General George H. Thomas, commanding the department of the Cumberland, shall be enti tled to receive pay for their services from the date when they respectively joined such companies to the date when they were relieved from duty, respectively, at the price fixed by order of General Thomas, to wit: Captains, three dollars; lieutenants, two dollars; sergeants, one dollar and fifty cents; and privates, one dollar per day; the value of the clothing received by each of said scouts and guides to be deducted from the amount due them respectively. And if either of said scouts or guides is dead, or shall die before receiving the amount due him, his heirs or other legal representatives shall be entitled to receive the same. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in auditing and paying the foregoing accounts, the rolls of said companies now on file in the office of the Adjutant General of the army shall be the data to guide the accounting officers; and said claims shall, when audited, be paid by the Paymaster General out of any money heretofore appropriated, or that may hereafter be appropriated, for the pay of the army. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all other companies or parts of companies of scouts and guides organized or employed by General R. S. Granger under authority of or by the approval of Major General George H. Thomas, commanding department of the Cumberland, be entitled to 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. Approved, March 3, 1869. [PRIVATE-No. 93.] AN ACT to confirm certain private land claims in the Territory of New Mexico. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That private land claims numbered forty-one, forty-two, forty-four, forty-six, and forty-seven, Territory of New Mexico, as known and designated by the numbers aforesaid in the reports of the surveyor general of the said Territory and on the books of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed: Provided, That such confirmation shall only be construed as a quit-claim on relinquishment of all title or claim on the part of 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 embraced 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. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall, without unreasonable delay, cause the lands em |