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536 FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. S4, 85, 86, S7, $8. _ 1874, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to cause patents in feesimple to be issued for the same to said persons or their heirs, conveying to them all of the right, title, interest, and estate P¤>vi¤°· of the United States therein: Provided, That the provisions of this act shall not be construed or have the eifect to interfere with or impair any rights of any person to said lands which may have been already acquired under the homestead or preemption laws of the United States. Approved, April 11, 1874. Amp 11, 1814_ CHAP. 85.-An act granting u pension to J ulia A. Smith. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pension to J ulia States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- A· Smith- rior be,andhe is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pensionroll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, - the name of Julia A. Smith, widow of Charles B. Smith, late a first lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, and to pay her a pension as such widow from and after the passage of this act. Approved,‘April 11, 1874. April 11, 1874. CHAP. 86.-An act granting a pension to Elizabeth F. Thompson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pension to Eliza- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Intebeth F- T1¤<>¤¤l>¤¤¤· rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pensionroll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name of Elizabeth F. Thompson, mother of Moses Goodwin, late a private in ·Company I, Ninth Regiment of Mame Volunteers, to take effect from the passage of this act. Approved, April 11, 1874. Apl·il1]’ 1$74_ CHAP. 87.-—An act granting a pension to Sciotha Brashears, late of the Seventeenth —*·—·;———— Regiment Kentucky Cavalry. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 1 P¢¤¤¤i·>¤¢0 Svivbim States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- ·’"‘“h°“"°· rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pensionroll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name of Sciotha Brashears, late of the Seventeenth Regiment Kentucky Cavalry, and that he be allowed a pension of eight dollars per V month from and after the passage of this act. Approved, April 11, 1874. Aprilll, 1874. CHAP. 88.-An act granting a pleneion to Captain Benjamin Farley, Company C, '_—"“""—*""‘ Fift Indiana Cavalry. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United l"onsion to Bcnja· States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Intemm FMI0V- rior be, and he is hereby,authorized and directed to place on the pensionroll the name of Captain Benjamin Farley, of Company C, Fifth Regiment Indiana Cavalry; and that he be allowed a pension at the rate of thirty-one dollars and twenty-five cents per month on account of having lost the sight of both eyes in consequence of exposures and hardships while in the military service of the UnitedStates. Approved, April 11, 1874; » -