THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Rss. 67, 68, 69. 1867. 645 Resolved ky the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Claim <>¤`J<>b¤ State; of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the £i£f§§fg'dt° b° Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to have the claim of said John paid. R. Beckley audited, and to pay him the amount which shall be found due Proviso. for the loss of property in carrying the mail, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That said amount shall not exceed the sum of Eve thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars: And Furthermopmvided further, That it shall appcarjhut said property was lost without 'i¤°· any fault or negligence on the part of said John R. Beckley. Armzovmo, March 2, 1867. [No. 67.] Joint Resolution for the Relief of James L Hudnall. Much A 1867 Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Credit mba Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed, in the settlement of the accounts §H¥{‘;f£m°{fQ;f_‘ of James I. Hudnall, collector of the sixth congressional district of the iublic money State of Kentucky, to credit him with the sum of nineteen hundred EM- dollars, in full for money lost by him in the town of Petersburg, Boone county, in the State of Kentucky, on the ninth [night] of the sixteenth of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. APPROVED, March 2, 1867. [N0. 68.] A Resolution for the éf Joseph R. Mmvis. March 2, 1867. Wummcss it appears from the records of the patent-office of the United Preamble. States, at the city of Washington, that Joseph R. Morris, of the city of Joseph R. Houston, in the State of Texas, on the thirteenth day of April, anno Domini M°"i°· eighteen hundred and sixty—0ne, filed his petition, affidavit, specification, and drawing, and made application for a patent for “a new and useful improvement in furna.ccs," and paid the customary fac on such application; that on the fifteenth day of April aforesaid, he deposited his model of said improvement according to law in the patent-oficc aforesaid; that on the eighth day of June thereafter, said invention was examined by the examiner, sinda patent duly ordered to be issued; that on the eleventh day of June thereafter, a circular was issued by said patent-0H10a to the effect that said patent was ordered to be issued in accordance with said application upon the payment of the final fcc of twenty dollars: and whereas it appears that said Joseph R. Morris was prevented from obtaining his patent by the state of civil war which intcrdicted all communication between tha State of Texas and the patent-0H50c at the city of Washington: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioner of patents be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue said patent to said Joseph R. Patent to issue Morris as of the date and with like effect as though the same had been §O=;‘;§Ph R· issued on the eighth day of J unc, eighteen hundred and sixty·0ne, except ' that said patent may be issued to run the usual number of years from the actual time of the issuance thereof, any law to the contrary bcrcof notwithstanding: Provided, That if} at or prior to the day when said patent shall actually be issued, any person or persons shall be actually using said improvement in furnaces, such person or persons shall not be made liable in damages for such prior usc, or for the continuing use of such as have already been constructed.
March 2, 1867.
[N0. 69.] A Resolution for the Relief of oertain Enlisted Mm of the &ven¢}• Regiment March 2: 1867- of West Wrginia Volunteers. Resolved ky the Senate and [Lust: of Representatives of the United Payment to States of Amorfca in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War Wi11iumT. Con-
