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650 FOB.TY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 89, 92-95. 1872. March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, within six months after the Desi-ee, &¤. rendition of such final decision; and a decree under the provisions of this act, in favor of said claim, shall not affect any adverse right or title to the lands described in said decree; but in lieu thereof, the claimant, or his legal representatives, may select, and shall be allowed, patents for an equal qual;. tity of the unoccupied and unappropriated public lands of the United States, not mineral, and in tracts not less than the subdivisions provided for in the United States land laws, and, if unsurveyed when taken, to conform, when surveyed, to the general system of United States land surveys; and the Commissioner of the General Land Office, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall be authorized to issue sorip, in legal subdivisions, to the said Valentine, or his legal representatives, in accordance with the pro- Proviw- visions of this act: Provided, That no decree in favor of said Valentine shall be executed nor be of any force or effect against any person or persons; nor shall land sorip or patents issue as hereinbefore provided, unless the said Valentine shall first execute and deliver to the Commissioner of the General Land Office a deed conveying to the United States all his right, title, and interest to the lands covered by said Miranda grant. Approved, April 5, 1872. April 9, 1872- CHAP. XCII. — An Act grantinga Pension to Frederick A. Garlick, of Cortland County UU New York. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United F P§¤§i<>l;1 X0 States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior Gzlggbe, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Frederick A. Garlick, of Cortland county, New York, upon the pension roll, at the rate of fifteen dollars per month, to commence from the passage of this act. Approved, April 9, 1872. April 9, 1872. CHAP. XCIII. —-An Act granting u Pension to William H. Bridges. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ey" the United lfension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Integlglilgl H· rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension groll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William H. Bridges, late a private in company A, fourteenth Indiana volunteers, and to pay him a pension from the passage of this act. Approved, April 9, 1872. April 9, 1872. CHAP. XCIV. -— An Act granting a Pension to Sarah Whiting. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- S'“'“h Whiting- rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sarah WVhiting, widow of Joseph B. Whitirig, late a second lieutenant in the twenty-sixth regiment Massachusetts volunteers. Approved, April 9, 1872. April 9, 1872. CHAP. XCV. ——- An Act granting a Pension to Captain Henry M Scott. Be it enacted by tbe Senate and fbuse of Representatives of the United Pension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior £[°;pSt;13g'I°°ry be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, See 1873, cn. 470. subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Pm. P- 79*- Henry M. Scott, late a captain in company “A," seventeenth regiment of Indiana volunteers, to take effect from the passage of this act. Approved, April 9, 1872.