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THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 40, 49, 50, 51, 52. 1867. 619 thirty-seven, be, and they are hereby, released from their said liability arising from any defalcation, omission, or misconduct of the said James T. Pollock as such receiver, and the proper officer of the Treasury Department be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to dismiss any and all suits that may have been instituted, and are now pending in favor of the United States, against the sureties aforesaid, growing out of the default of the said receiver, James T. Pollock. Approved, February 15, 1867. CHAP. XLIX. —— An Act for the Relief q‘Aka.·ande•- E Pratt. Feb, 18, 1867, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- P¤Ym¤¤* to my be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Alexander F. Pratt three $:fQmd°r F' hundred dollars, in full for pursuing and capturing one Elijah K. Jauner, ` convicted of counterfeiting United States coin, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, February 18, 1867. CHAP. L. - An Act granting a Pension to Mrs. Jane Clements. Feb. 18, 1867. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Pension to terior be, he is hereby, directed to place the name of Mrs. Jane g;'t;· J““° Cl°m‘ Clements, of the District of Columbia, widow of Ignatius Clements, de- ` ceased, 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 first day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, the date of her husband’s death. This act shall entitle the said Jane Clements to the benefit of the second section of the act approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred 1866,ch.235,§2. and sixty-six, in regard to minor children of deceased soldiers, if it shall A'“"· P· 230- be established to the satisfaction of the commissioner of pensions that she has such minor child or children as would entitle her to the benefit of said section. Approved, February 18, 1867. CHAP. LI. — An Act granting an additional Pension to Samuel Downing, one of the last Feb. 18, 1867. surviving Soldiers of the Revolutionaty War. "’_"`“ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Additiouai terior be, and he is hereby, directed to place upon the pension roll the §;{’?,‘:N;€n;f°‘m` name of Samuel Downing, one of the last surviving soldiers of the revolutionary war, for an additional pension, at the rate of five hundred dollars per annum, from the third day of September, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and to continue during the remainder of his life. Approved, February 18, 1867. CHAP. LII. -An Act fm- the Relief of Lemuel Worster. kb, 18, 1867. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Pensiipr to terior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Lemuel Wor— L"m°·°1 °"m‘ ster, of Lebanon, York county, and State of Maine, upon the roll of invalid pensioners, and pay to him the sum of eight dollars per month. Approved, February 18, 1867.