[PRIVATE-NO. 204.]

AN ACT granting a pension to Eliza Donnelly, mother of Dudley Donnelly, deceased, late colonel of the twenty-eighth regiment infantry, New York State volunteers.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Eliza Donnelly, mother of Dudley Donnelly, deceased, late colonel of the twenty-eighth regiment of infantry, New York State volunteers; and that she be paid during her widowhood a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per month, to commence on and after the fourth day of December, anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

Approved, July 27, 1868.

[PRIVATE-No. 205.]

AN ACT granting a pension to Elizabeth G. Hibben, widow of Reverend Samuel Hibben, deceased, late a chaplain in the fourth cavalry regiment, Illinois volunteers.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior 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 Elizabeth G. Hibben, widow of Reverend Samuel Hibben, late a chaplain of the fourth cavalry regiment, Illinois volunteers, who had been appointed to that position with the rank of captain, and died of disease contracted in the service, leaving surviving said widow, and issue, one child, a son, of the name of John Grier Hibben, born April nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one; and that she be paid during her widowhood a pension of twenty dollars per month, to commence on the tenth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two; and at her marriage or death the pension from that event to be paid to said child, if then under sixteen years old.

Approved, July 27, 1868.

[PRIVATE-NO. 206.]

AN ACT granting a pension to Hinman L. Hall.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior 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 Hinman L. Hall, late a private in company D, of the ninety-seventh regiment of New York volunteer infantry, commencing July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty

two.

Approved, July 27, 1868.

[PRIVATE-NO. 207.]

AN ACT for the relief of the grantees of Ann D. Durding.

Whereas Ann D. Durding, by her duly appointed attorney, attempted to locate the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section twenty-one, in,

township ninety-seven north of range six west, in the district of lands subject to sale at Dubuque, Iowa, on the seventh day of November, A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty-one, with bounty-land warrant No. 23525, for forty acres, act of September twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and fifty, but by an error the location was made in township ninety-one north, instead of ninety-seven north, and a patent was issued on said location in township ninety-one north, which patent was destroyed by fire by the burning of the land office at Dubuque; and whereas the tract in township ninety-seven north has been withdrawn from market under the act of Congress approved May twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to aid in constructing the McGregor western railroad, but has not been taken by or approved to that road at this time; and whereas the tract in township ninety-seven north has been several times changed, and the said Ann D. Durding cannot now be found, and the loss of the tract of land to her grantees would result in a great hardship to them: Therefore,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby authorized to cause the records and papers in the case to be corrected, and to issue a patent for the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section twenty-one in township ninety-seven north of range six west, Iowa, in the name of Ann D. Durding.

Approved, July 27, 1868.

[PRIVATE-NO. 208.]

AN ACT granting a pension to Polly W. Cotton.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior 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 Polly W. Cotton, widow of Wayne W. Cotton, late of company G, of the seventh regiment of Tennessee infantry, and pay her a pension as the widow of a captain, in lieu of the pension she is and has been receiving, commencing April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

Approved, July 27, 1868.

[PRIVATE-No. 209.]

AN ACT granting a pension to Daniel Sheets.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior 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 Daniel Sheets, late a captain in the seventeenth regiment of Ohio volunteers, commencing September twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

Approved, July 27, 1868.

[PRIVATE-NO. 210.]

AN ACT granting a pension to Jane Rook.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior 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 Jane Rook, mother of James C. Rook, late a private in company A, of the third regiment of Maine volunteer infantry, commencing July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty

two.

Approved, July 27, 1868.

[PRIVATE-NO. 211.]

AN ACT granting a pension to Hugo Eichholtz.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior 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 Hugo Eichholtz, Ïate a sergeant in company L of the fifteenth New York heavy artillery, and pay him a pension from August twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, to April twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-six..

Approved, July 27, 1868.

[PRIVATE-No. 212.]

AN ACT granting a pension to the children of William R. Silvey.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior 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 names of William A. Silvey and Mary Elizabeth Ann Silvey, children, under sixteen years, of William R. Silvey, late a private in company B, second regiment of Tennessee infantry, commencing November thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. Approved, July 27, 1868.

[PRIVATE-No. 213.]

AN ACT granting a pension to Sarah K. Johnson.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior 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 Sarah K. Johnson, late of Salisbury, North Carolina, and pay her a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per month, commencing March four, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and to continue during her natural life.

Approved, July 27, 1868.

[PRIVATE-No. 214.]

AN ACT graiting [granting] a pension to Roslinda McCabe, widow of Barney McCabe, late a private in company I, tenth regiment New York cavalry volunteers.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the_United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, sub

ject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Roslinda McCabe, widow of Barney McCabe, deceased, late a private in company I, tenth regiment New York cavalry volunteers, who died July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, leaving surviving said widow, who has not remarried, and issue by her three children under sixteen years of age, to wit: William, born October twentieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine; Charles Edwin, born January twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one; and Emily Jane McCabe, born May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three; and that she be paid, during her widowhood, a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the fourteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and also be paid under the provisions of an act of Congress relative to pensions, approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, the further sum of two dollars per month for each of said children, until they shall respectively arrive at the age of sixteen years.

Approved, July 27, 1868.

[PRIVATE-NO. 215.]

AN ACT granting a pension to Joseph A. Fry.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior 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 Joseph A. Fry, a private soldier enlisted in company F, seventeenth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry.

Approved, July 27, 1868.

[PRIVATE-No. 216.]

AN ACT granting a pension to William J. Cotty, late of the twenty-first Missouri infantry

volunteers.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, at the rate of eight dollars per month, the name of William J. Cotty, late a member of the twenty-first Missouri infantry volunteers, to commence from the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.

Approved, July 27, 1868.

[PRIVATE-No. 217.]

AN ACT for the relief of Nancy Cook, of Tennessee.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, directed and authorized to place the name of Nancy Cook, of Johnson county, Tennessee, widow of Alexander Cook, on the pension roll at the rate of eight dollars per month, commencing on the sixth day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and to continue during her widowhood. Approved, July 27, 1868.

[PRIVATE-NO. 218.]

AN ACT for the relief of Barbara Stout, of Tennessee.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, directed and authorized to place the name of Barbara Stout, of the county of Johnson, State of Tennessee, widow of John P. Stout, on the pension roll, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the first day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and to continue during her widowhood.

Approved, July 27, 1868.

[PRIVATE-NO. 219.]

AN ACT granting a pension to the minor children of Garrett W. Freer. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior 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 names, jointly, of William G. Freer, Broadhead E. Freer, and Clarence Freer, minor children of Garrett W. Freer, late a "special agent" in the thirteenth district of New York, as the minor children of a second lieutenant, commencing July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

Approved, July 27, 1868.

[PRIVATE-NO. 220.]

AN ACT granting a pension to Julia L. Doty.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior 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 names of the widow Julia L. Doty and minor children of John M. Doty, late a contract surgeon United States volunteers, and who died at Annapolis, Maryland. Approved, July 27, 1868.

[PRIVATE-NO. 221.]

AN ACT granting a pension to Frances M. Webster.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior 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 Frances M. Webster, widow of L. B. Webster, late a captain and brevet lieutenant colonel in the fourth regiment United States artillery.

Approved, July 27, 1868.