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636 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 67, 68, 77, 78. 1870. April as, mo. CHAP. LXVII. - An Aa pr che &liof ¢y"Jmeph Hamm. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative: cy" the United Pnymonttc States of America in Oongresa assembled, That Joseph Harmon, late ¤l°‘°P** H“"“°"‘ captain of the fifth regiment of Indiana volunteer cavalry, be allowed the pay of a captain of cavalry in the volunteer fervice from the twentieth day of July eighteen hundred and sixty- our to the sixth day of April, eighteen; hundred and sixty-Eve, deducting the amount paid him'as sergeant of cavalry in said regiment; and that the Secretary of the Treasury pay him the same out of any money a ppropriatcd, or ee be appropriated, for the payment of the army of the United States. Agp P` A `128 1870 PROVED, pr1 , . Apm ns, mo. CHAP. LXVII1.—An Act for the Relie qr William A. Scott, late Fira Lieuremmz ""';"""` of Company , fourteenth iment Illinois Wlunteers. Ba it cmwtéd by the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United Pl Mb States 0 America in Gon ess assembled, Thai the a master- eneral of Sw¤"E*· tl U ‘ dSt.ate be rim d dd‘ td: ptyW'1l' gA s n ie mw s aut ouze an 1rec e o pay o 1 mm . co late ilrst lieutenant of company F, fourteenth regiment Illinois volunteers; full pay as such first lieutenant during the time he shall prove, to the satisfaction of the department, that he actually served in that capacity, and for which be has never received pay. Armovmn, April 28, 1870. Ms! 4, 1870. CHAP. LXXVII. —An Act for the Reliqfqf Friend A. Brainard. Be it enacted by tha Senate and House of Representatives of the United paymeuue States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasfjfud "·· B'““" uryfe; and he hereby,;Hrecte;1 tog>ag`3oJ:`rieud ;\} Brainard, of B15;1,- por ermont ae sum 0 ree un re dollars, ou 0, any money m e treasury not otherwise appropriated; said sum of money having been improperly exacted of" him, as commutation money, in eighteen hundred and sixty-three, while he was still sufering from wounds received in battle while a soldier in the army of the United States. APPROVED. May 4, 1870. May 4, 1870- CHAP. LXXVIH.-An Act fbfthe Relief of Sophia A.. Moen, Administratrix, and Philnn L. Moen, Jldministrator, of Augustus R. Moen. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pgs9h? 1%::*1 States ¢y" America in Congress assembled That the commissioner of patmuygmjly for ents be, and he is hereby, authorized to bear and determine the appliextension of cation of Sophia A. Moen, administratrix, and Philip L. Moen, admin- 1°“°" P“*·°“°· istrator, of Augustus R. Moen, for an extension of letters patent, granted on the swenty-sixth day of February, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and reissue he the said Augustus R. Moen on the eighth day of April eighteen hundred and fifty-six, for a new and useful improvement in miie constrthetxousfi basement, cellar, vault, conduit, and other like walls, so as to ren er them impervious to water upon. evidence in the same manner and with the same effect as if the aaid application had been made within dnuwening the time prescribed by law: Provided, That in case such extension shall §°§m”3 “°““‘ be granted, no person shall be held liable for damages for infringement thereof between the date of the expiration of the original patent and the date of such extension: And provided further, That; any person or persons who shall have engaged in the manufacture of the said invention since the expiration of the letters patent aforesaid and prior to any renewal thereof, by virtue of this act, may continue the manufacture thereof and sell sand manufacture, without any liability therefor to the said Moen, his heirs or assigns. Approved, May 4, 1870.