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FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. SE:eS. II. Ch. 381-385. 1872. 68] CHAP. CCCLXXXI.-An Act or the Relic 0 th ` George T. Wiggiiis, of Keolczllc, tlige lSldlelb_;p';dziidiltlveS of the late —————Juu9 8’ 187* 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- Payment to ury, out of any money in the treasury of the United States not otherwise G."°"g° T· Wl? appropriated, do pay to the legal representatives of the late George T. gms` \Viggins, of Keokuk, in the State of Iowa, the sum of one thousand dollars, in full for all damages sustained by him in consequence of the seizure ol` the Leighton house, in Keokuk, Iowa, by the military authorities of the United States, for hospital purposes, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Approved, June 8, 1872. CHAP. CCCLXXXII.—-An Act jbr the Reliey" of Thomas B. Stewart and Aloxan- June 8 18-r2_ der Mc Conn, of West Wrgznza. -——-L--- Be it enacted by the Senate and [Ruse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- p,,,.mm, to ury is hereby directed and required to pay Thomas B. Stewart and Alex- Thvruas B- Stewander McConn, of West Virginia, the sum of one thousand four hundred 3;&*§}gC%li:‘“;' and forty-three dollars and thirty-six cents, which sum is hereby appro- reimburse tliem priated for the purpose, to reimburse them for moneys actually expended {°¥ °XP€“S°S Of and paid out by them in defence of a suit brought against them by Carl- smh ton Creighton for acts done by them in May, eighteen hundred and sixty- three, as members of the loyal militia of Virginia, in obedience to orders from their commanding officers, while the said militia were in the actual service of the United States, and aiding in the suppression of the late rebellion; which suit was lately depending in and determined in their Favor by the circuit court of the United States for the district of West Virginia. Approved, June 8, 1872. CHAP. CCCLXXXIII. —An Actjbr the Relief of Sarah S. Stajord. June 8, 1872. Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Paymwf *0 Treasury be, and he is hereby, required to pay to Sarah S. Stafford, only Egxll S' Stag daughter and surviving heir of James Bayard Stafford, an officer in the navy during the revolutionary war, the aggregate amount of the half pay of a lieutenant in the navy while at sea, under the present laws of Congress, for seven years, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the amount hereby appropriated shall not exceed the sum of eight thousand dollars. .APPROVED,'J\1I10 8, 1872. CHAP. CCCLXXXIV. —— An Act granting a Pension to Julia Belle Dunlap. yum g_ 18-i2_ Be it enacted by the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United States cg` America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the pension to Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- ilulla Belle D¤¤- sion roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, ap' the name of Julia Belle Dunlap, only minor child of James E. Dunlap, late lieutenanvcolonel of the twenty-ninth regiment of Illinois volunteers, and pay her at the rate of thirty dollars per month from and after the passage of this act. Approved, June 8. 1872. CHAP. CCCLXXXV. -— An Act for the Relief of the Owners of the Bark A one. Be it enacted bg the Senate and fbuse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the P“Y‘“°m t° °l‘°