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THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 178, 179, 180, 181. 1855. 863 January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, and to continue during his natural life. Approved, Mzfrch 3, 1855. CHAP. CLXXVIII.-An Act jbr the Relze/'qf Stephen Lutz, of.N'ew York. March 3, 1855. 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 do refund and pay to Stephen Lutz, of New York, out of any stB°l£’°YY£°*€; *·° moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five °p in u ` hundred dollars, with interest, at the rate of six per centum per annum, from the tenth day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, being the amount paid by him for thirty-one cases, containing machinery and apparatus for the light, or lantern of a light-house, imported inth the port of New York, in the Urilted States, and which were, through mistake or inadvertence, sold by public sale, made by the direction of the then collector of the port of New York, as being property liable to the payment of duties, and which had remained in public store for more than nine months without being claimed by any person, and on which no duties or expenses of storage had been paid. The said Lutz having been the highest bidder at the said sale of the said machinery and apparatus, and the amount of his bid having been paid into the public treasury, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to refund to the said Stephen Lutz His costs wd the costs and expenses to which he was put, and did pay, in and about ;§f;““°s t° -b° the defence of his right and title to the said machinery and apparatus so oifered for sale by the collector of the port of New York, and purchased by the said Lutz, as aforesaid. Approved, March 3, 1855. H . X.-An Act or t/ie Relie o bcmas G mse , a an` s . C AP CLXXI Ric/ndfdson, and Jdirreé 1l1dcLaughlin.Ra y nd An W O ._.._...M8'rch 8’1855` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That the pensions now received I, mms of T by Thomas C. Ramsey and Ananias O. Richardson, of the State of (;_ i;,,,,,,,, ., A: Tennessee, and James McLaughlin, of Virginia, be each increased eight 0- Rl¤h¤¤i)¤¤¤ dollars per month, so that their pensions shall each be sixteen dollars per 'i';°;E€‘§:°?¤_M°` month, instead of eight dollars each, and that the said increase shall creased. commence on and be allowed from the nineteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and fifty-four. Am-ieovnn, March 3, 1855. CHAP. CLXXX. -—An Act to continue the Pension of Frances E. Baden. Much 811;,;;; Be it enacted by the Senate and [muse of Representatives of the United States of Ameriea in Congress assembled, That the pension granted to Pension of Frances E. Baden, by the act of Congress entitled “An act for the relief §;gz‘f;tl§é°(¥”" of Frances E. Baden," approved March second, eighteen hundred and 1863 ch B6` fifty-three, be, and the same is hereby, continued for five years from the ’` first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. Approved, March 3, 1855. CHA?. CLXXXI. -An Act jbr the Relief of the Heirs of Lieutenant Andrew Finn;. Match 3.1855- 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 required to pay to Nancy