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THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 70, 71, 72, 743. 1867. 621 CHAP. LXX. -—An Act for the Rd? of the Children of Solomon Long, under sixteen Feb. 22, 1867. ears of Age. —`;`j` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the P°PSi°¤_l*° Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, and directed to place upon the g?“§Q?0$;},dr°° pension roll the names of the children under sixteen years of age of Long. Solomon Long, deceased, who was a private in company E, fifth regiment Kentucky cavalry volunteers, under the provisions of the existing laws iu similar cases, to take effect from and after the passage of this act. Approved, February 22, 1867. CHAP. LXXI. —An Act for the Reliegcgépaniel Frederick Ba/ceman, a Revolutionary Fgb_ gg, 135; o ter. mi? Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Pension to Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Daniel Fred- gg;"} F" B“k°` erick Bakeman, of Sandusky, New York, upon the pension roll, and i there be paid to said Daniel Frederick Bakeman, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred dollars per annum during his natural lite, payable semi-annually, commencing on the first day of'July, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Areaowzo, February 22, 1867. CHAP. LXXH. —An Act _/or the ReZ[efofDeZia A. Jacobs, late Delia A. Fitzgerald. gv0b_ 22, Iggy_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Delia A. Jacobs (late Dem, A_ _;,,, Fitzgerald) administrator of Jesse Fitzgerald, deceased, who obtained a cobs may apply patent For an improved method of dressing treenails, dated twenty-eighth ;‘}r§;;§l€“Sl°° day of August, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, For fourteen years, which expired on the twenty-eighth August, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, be authorized to apply to the commissioner of patents for the extension of said patent For seven years under the rules and 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 manner as other applications for extension are decided; Provided, That the application for extension be made within Appiaeattoum thirty days after approval of this act, and the decision of the commis- bfhnzage "’*ll“° sinner be rendered within ninety days from the filing of said application W a [me` in the patent office; and Provided, also, That nothing herein shall be so Promos construed as to hold responsible in damages any person who may have ° manufactured treenails, or built or used machines containing the aforesaid improvement between the expiration of the patent and the approval of this act; and Provided, also, That the commissioner shall be satisfied beforc granting such enlension [extension], that it will enure entirely to the benefit of said Delia A. Jacobs. Arexoveo, February 22, 1867. CHAP. LXXIH. -— An Ae: ja the Re1iefq'Jehn C'. MeFemm, of the United States Feb. 22, 1867. Tiny. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United l SMCGS of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting $122*;%; Z; al- Gfflcers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, directed to credit John 10W8d John C_ C- McFerran, of the United States army, with the sum of twelve hun- 1\IcFemm. dred and sixty-five dollars, being the amount for which, as assistant commissary of subsistence in said army, he erroneously receipted to Francis F.