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FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 156, 157, 158, 159, 160. 1868. 383 Ward, on the seventh day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, A¢<=<>¤¤*¢’· <>¥` be recognized as the legal deputy-collector of said district, and the said gslgggljgglijegiigi 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 le al. Approved, July 13, 1868. CHAP. CLVII. ———An Act granting a Pension to Lucinda R. Johnson. July 13,1f@ Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the _P°¤Sl°¤ *0 L°‘ Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the pension rolls, SQTH R` `I°h°` subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Lucinda R. Johnson, widow of Doctor Bluiord 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 commence March seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-tive, and to continue during her widowhood. Approved, July 13, 1868. CHAP. CLVIII. -— An Act granting a Pension to Mart/ia Stout. July 13, 18g_ 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, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- M“"°l‘“ S*°“‘· 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 during her widowhood. APPROVED, July 13, 1868. CHAP. CLIX. -— An Act granting a Pension to Harriet lV. Pond. July 13, 1868. Be it enacted bg the Senate and House 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 on the pension rolls the H*‘“`l°l W·P°¤d· name of llarriet W. Pond, wife of ——— Pond, formerly Harriet WV. Stinson, 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 seventeen dollars per mouth, to commence on the twenty-first day of August, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and to continue during her natural life. Approved, July 13, 1868. CHAP. CLX. -An Act grantingla Pension to Elizabeth Steepleton, Widow tg' l7<1rrz`son Ju], 13, 1868, . Stcepleton, deceased. """‘ ’*‘ """·** Be it enacted bg the Senate and [lease 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 upon the pension rolls, l‘·:;;S“*h **6*** subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name p ` of Elizabeth Steepleton, widow of Harrison `W. Stccpleton, late a private 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 continue during her widowhood. Approved, July 13, 1868.