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674 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 297-300. 1872. June 4, 1g7g_ CHAP. CCXOVII. -An Act granting a Pension to Priscilla Harrison. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United P?€FTi<>?I*°_ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Insggm ° ""' terior be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to pllace upon the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Priscilla Harrison, widow of Samuel Harrison, deceased, late a private in company C, sixty-third regiment of Pepnsylvania volunteers, and afterwards a private in the one hundred and fi th regiment of Pennsylvania infantry volunteers, and that she be paid the same from the passage of this act. Approved, June 4, 1872. June 4, 1872. CHAP. CCXCVIII.—An Act granting a Pension to William Fresfzcur. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pfmsion to States of America. in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In-

X;lh°mF"Sh` terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the

pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William Freshour, late a captain in company B of the eighth regignent of Ohifo cavalry, from tllze twelfth day of Oéstcébeiii eighteen hundre and sixty· our e uctinv e amount receive y im on pension certificate now held hy him, arid this act to be in lieu of said certificate of pension. APPROVED, June 4, 1872. June 4, 1872. CHAP. CCXCIX. — An Act granting a Pension to A. Schuyler Sutton. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House ¢y" Representatives of the United Pension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Integf°h“Y1°" S“°‘ 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 A. Schuyler Sutton late a private in company "A," and acting lieutenant colonel, of the ninety-fifth regiment of Ohio volunteers, at the rate of thirty dollars per month from the passage of this act in lieu of his present pension. Approved, June 4, 1872. ·Tu¤<=4·18'72· CHAP. CCC.—An Act or the Relie 0 the Sureties o the late Jesse J`. Sim kins, C€(1S€ · de d p Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United The attorney- States 0 America in Con ress assembled, That the Attorne -Genera1 of enerul to re- · ~ · g · · y · gum from me the United btates is hereby authorized and required to demand and receive Stage of vn~ from the State of Virginia all moneys deposited with the State treasurer §;¤z*;i€§§¤*§>’S of said State by Jesse J. Simpkins, late of Norfolk, Virginia, deceased, Jegsg _1_ Sing? and, when received, to pay over the same into the treasury of the United kins, with, rc. States. Sureties on the Sec. 2. That the sureties of the said Jesse J. Simpkins, upon his bond g?;';;;n‘;°f§°b;' as collector and public depositary in said Norfolk, shall, upon the payment released upon, of said moneys by the State of Virginia, and the receipt thereof by the &¢· Unit?} States, be released and discharged from liability on said bonds to the nited States, to the extent of the moneys so received by the United bBI;‘{;°;%dl?K§z;° States, and no further: Provided, however, That the Attorney-General is y ’hereby authorized to cause stay of proceedings against said sureties upon the filing of a responsive bond, with sufficient sureties, to the appraised value of any property which may be held under seizure or attachment in any suit or proceeding in the court where the same is pending, then to answer m the amount of such bond until the Attorney- General shall ascertain whether Virginia will make payment for said depositor, and in the I¤¥€¥€¤¤ mt 00 settlement of the indebtedness of the sureties of said Simpkins no interest