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FOBTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 211, 212, 214-216. 1872. 663 Beard, C. A. Uber, and Edward Stiles shall, from and after the passage her, G, W. of this act, be entitled to and receive, while on the retired list, the pay of g¢¤Pdr C- A- retired second assistant engineers in the navy. ?,;):,§’S”£‘?f?%SfEd` Sec. 2. That the President of the United States is hereby authorized N. H. Landin. to appoint N. H. Landin, at the foot of the active list, a second assistant engineer in the United States navy. Approved, May 23, 1872. CHAP. CCXII. ——An AW>r the Relief ¢y" S. B. Ilhtehell, George W. Mitchell, John May 23, 1872. . Mitchell, and William Webster. W Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United “ States of America in Uongress assembled, That there be paid, out of any p,,.,,,,,,,, to money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to S. B. Mitchell, owpers of schoon- George W. Mitchell, and John W. Mitchell, the owners of the schooner §?,8;g?}“,:iJ‘ “ Thomas J. Frazier," sunk while in the service of the United States by ’ " a shot from the United States frigate “Congress," during the engagement between the said “Congress " and the rebel vessel "Merrimac," the sum of two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars and eighty-seven cents, that being the amount paid by the owners for repairing the said schooner “Thomas J. Frazier," and the sum of four hundred and sixty-six dollars and fifty cents to William Webster for raising the same. Approved, May 23, 1872. CHAP. CCXIV. —-An Actjbr the Relid of James F. Joy. May 25, 1372 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- Certain premury be directed to deliver to James F. Joy possession of the premises pur- {$8 mdbe *3** chased by him September fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, known as Efndzigfs the Marine Hospital and grounds, at Chicago, Illinois, and to pay said Joy, west paid. out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, interest from September fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, at the rate of six per centum per annum, upon one hundred and thirty-two thousand dollars, being the amount paid by said Joy to the United States for said premises two years previous, and that such interest shall be so paid until delivery of said premises shall be made. Approved, May 25, 1872. CHAP. CCXV. —An Act granting a Pension to Elizabeth O’Neill. May 25, 1g7g_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Pension to rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension gigslrgth roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the 81 ’ name of Elizabeth O’Nei1l, dependent mother of John O’Neill, late a private in company 1, United States mounted rifles, and pay her a pension from and after the passage of this act. Approved, May 25, 1872. CHAP. CCXV1. -—-An Act far the Relief ty' J. Ross Browne, late Meister to China. May 25, 18-y2_ Be it enacted my the Senate and [Ruse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- payment to ury bc, and he is hereby, directed, out of any money in the treasury not J· RGSS B¤”¤W¤¢· Otherwise appropriated, to pay to J. Ross Browne, late minister of the . United States to China, the sum of three thousand seven hundred and seventy-four dollars and eleven cents, in full compensation for the period A from the eleventh day of April to the fourth day of August, both inclusive, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, at the rate of his salary while waiting for orders and in transit to China ; and the further sum of two