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868 THIRTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 193, 194, 195. 1860. dred and nineteen, issued to Amos Lightner; number thirty-seven thousand one hundred and seventy-six, issued to Henry Wells; number thirty· eight thousand seven hundred and twelve, issued to Jesse C. Moore ; number thirty-eight thousand seven hundred and thirteen, issued to Thomas T. Mahan ; number thirty-eight thousand seven hundred and twenty-six, issued to James Smith; number thirty-nine thousand seven hundred and fifty-tive, issued to James Deal ; number thirty-nine thousand seven hundred and fifty-six, issued to William E. Fennimore; number thirty-nine thousand seven hundred and fifty-nine, issued to John C. Hardy ; number forty-four thousand three hundred and seventy-nine, issued to Samuel K. Worms ; number forty-four thousand six hundred and ninety-eight, issued to Bagshaw Barsly; number forty-four thousand eight hundred and fifty- three, issued to John Kolk; number forty-four thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, issued to Charles Corragin; number forty-four thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, issued to Ludolph Wedemeyer; number fbrty-four thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, issued to Daniel Meyer; number forty-four thousand eight l1undred and seventy-seven, issued to Frederick Meyer; number forty-four thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, issued to Henry E. Layton; number forty-four thousand eight hundred and eighty, issued to Daniel Adams; number forty- five thousand seven hundred and twenty-nine, issued to Jeremiah Gensmer; number forty-five thousand seven hundred and thirty-one, issued to George M. Newell ; number forty—6ve thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, issued to John Randolph; and number fifty-five thousand two hundred and ninety-eight, issued to John Wallace, the discharges received by said soldiers after the conclusion of their respective terms of service having, as is alleged, been purchased from them for a valuable considera- Pr0viS<>· tion: Provided, That if it shall hereafter appear that the said soldiers did not, in whole or in part, receive a fair and valuable consideration for such discharge, it shall and may be lawful for them, or their heirs, to assert their claims respectively in a court of law, and the particular tracts, selected in satisfaction of the warrants aforesaid, shall severally be subject to such claims in law or equity, and the patents which may issue for such Proviso. tracts shall certify accordingly: And provided further, That any assignment made of either of the land warrants, or the locations thereof, prior to the issuing of patents, shall be absolutely null and void in law and equity. Approved, June 22, 1860. _ {um 22a 186°· CHAP. CXCIV.-—An Act to authorize the Settlement ¢y" the Accounts ff Edward Ely, cleceased, late Consul ty" the United States at Bombay, on Principles of ustice and Equity. Be it enacted by the Senate and [muse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Fd¢:;>;:é¤*éE¤ *2; ury be, and he is hereby, authorized to settle, upon principles of justice gc mmd_y’ and equity, the accounts of Edward Ely, deceased, late consul of the United States at Bombay, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to the legal representatives of the said decedent, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, whatsoever sum shall appear to be due the said decedent upon the settlement of the said account. Approved, June 22, 1860. June 22, 1860. CHAP. CXCV.—An Act jbr the Belief of Mary Preston, Widow of George Preston. Be it enacted {ry the Senate and Zmuse of Representatives of the United Pension to States of America Congress assernbled, That the Secretary of the In- Mm PWM- tenor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension rolls, at the rate of eight dollars per month, the name of Mary Preston, widow of George Preston, late an ordnance sergeant in the service