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546 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 217, 218, 219, 220, 221. 1878. James s. Gnu- Sec. 2. And the patent for the southwest quarter of section twenty-

  • °¤· f nine, in township twenty-tive north, of range five west, issued to James

mE;'0r;';"°1;"::0:;' S. Chilton, on his location of military bounty-land warrant number six ,,,,1 mm, of mr} hundred and sixty-tour, under the act of February eleventh, eighteen rect one. hundred and forty-seven, may be surrendered and duly relinquished to the United States; whereupon a patent shall be issued in the name of said James S. Chilton for the southwest quarter of section twenty-nine, in township twenty-five north, of range tour west, being the tract intended to be located by him, and the entry of said tract in said range live by said Chilton to be canceled. But nothing contained in this section shall be construed to limit or qualify the rights of said Wilson under this act, except that, before the warrants herein authorized and provided for in his favor shall issue, he shall relinquish and reconvey to the United States the lands of which he was so divested or dispossessed. Approved, June 15, 1878. June 15, 1878. CHAP. 218.-·An not for the relief of Daniel Compton, of Troy, Bradford County, ··—·T··i·* Pennsylvania. ‘ Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Danielcompton. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- P°¤¤i°¤_*°· rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Daniel Compton late o sergeant in Company B of the One hundred and seventy-ninth Regiment of New York Infantry Volunteers, on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pensionlaws. Approved, June 15, 1878. · ` June 15. 1878. CHAP. 219.-An not for the relief of Jacob G. Croman, of Dickinson, Cumberland ———-j- County, Pennsylvania. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United J. G. Croman. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Pensiou to- rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Jacob G. Croman, late a private in Company F, of the Seventeenth Regiment of Pennsylvania Mounted Infantry Volunteers, on the pensionpoll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws. Approved, June 15, 1878. June 15, 1878. CHAP. 220.—An act granting a pension to Mrs. Ellen B. Foster, widow of Edwin ——-————— R. Foster, deceased, late tirst lieutenant of Company G, in the Eightieth Illinois Infantry Volunteers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Ellen B. Foster. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- P¤¤¤i¤¤ W- terior 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 Mrs. Ellen B. Foster, widow of Edwin R. Foster, deceased, late a iirst lieutenant in Company G, in the Eightieth Regiment of Illinois Infantry Volunteers. Approved, June 15, 1878. ‘ June 15, 1878. CHAP. 221.-An act granting a pension to Jam B. Gillespie, late captain Company ··i—·— I, One hundred and twentieth Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United J. B.'Gillespie. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- P°¤¤'°¤*°· terior 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 James B. Gillespie, late captain of Company I in the One hundred and twentieth Regiment of Illinois Infantry Volunteers, to take edect from and after the passage of this act. Approved, June 15, 1878.