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666 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Ssss. II. Ch. 236——238, 246, 247. 1872. company B, twelfth regiment Kentucky volunteer cavalry, and pay hera pension from and after the passage of this act. Arpnovrzn, May 29, 1872. May 29, 1872. CHAP. CCXXXVII. ——An Act granting a Pension to Nathan Morgan. Bc 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 Iu- Nathm M°’8*¤- terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension lews, the name of Nathan Morgan, late a pnvate m company I of the fort1eth regiment Iowa volunteer mfantry, to take effect from the passage of this act. Appnovnn, May 29, 1872. Mer 29v 1872 CHAP. CCXXXVIII. -bA1zAct ;}r the5e2iné` of the Ijeirs zf the late Captain B. R. er ins, 0 t c nite tales rmy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United P“Ym°“*·· &°-» States of America in Obngress assembled, That one year’s pay and allowt° B' R' P°rkmS° ance be, and the same are hereby, authorized and directed to be paid to the heirs of Captain B. R. Perkins, late of the United States army, being the amount to which he would have been entitled had he received notice that he was honorably mustered out prior to his death. Arpxovnn, May 29, 1872. Mw 31, 1872 CHAP. CCXLVI.—An Aatjbrthe Reliqfgglohn Pom, 0h5g` Clerk ofzhe War Depart- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United J }};¤Y1g2*;;*fI3 States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of two thousand sgwrices as diS_ dollars be paid to John Potts, chief clerk of the War Department, for bursiug clerk. services as disbursing clerk, at the rate of two hundred dollars per annum, from the fifteenth of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, out of any Such services money m the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That it g‘;;;£;‘r?v€E'eth shall be lawful hereafter to pay for such services, at such rate, whether gr, 3,,,, such clerk shall have been appomted from class four, or from a. higher grade, any existing law to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, May 31, 1872. May 31, 1872. CHAP. CCXLVII. — An Actfw the Reliefqftlnd United States Express Company. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House (y` Representatives of the United Certainbonds States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the gggjslgggip Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to issue and deliver, or cause mma to the to be ISSNOd and delivered, to the United States Express Company, a ggitgésézggf joint stock association, having its principal place of business in the city of pafy in uw Og New York, or to its assigns, new bonds in lieu of the following described others destroyed bonds of the United States of America, heretofore issued in pursuance by E‘°' of the several acts authorizing the same, which original bonds were destroyed by fireon the New York and Erie railroad on the thirtieth day of January, exghteen hundred and sixty-six, while in the possession of said express company for transportation, namely: First, of United States bonds, commonly known as sixes of eighteen hundred and eighty- 1g6L0h 5 one, issued in pursuance of the act of Congress of July seventeenth, v01, Xu, 1),259, exghtcen tundregd Eng sixty-one, eleven of the denomination, respectively, of one thousand dollars and numbered eleven thousand seven hundred and sixty-six, fourteen thousand six hundred and seventy-eight, twenty- three thousand one hundred and seventy-nine, five thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, twenty thousand four hundred and sixteen, forty-two thousand two hundred and eighty-one, forty-two thousand two