356 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 18, 23, 28, 32. 1868. March 2, 1B68· CHAP. XVIII.-An Act for the Rd};/` 9/` UW Hein of lhs his Jlaj0r—GeneraZ I] B, "`_—""""" Richardson, deceased. Bc it enacted by the Senate cmd House of Representatives xy` the United b;_:$g;’;';*%’r_ States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby, Gcncml L appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appmppi- Ki¢=h¤rd¤<>¤· ated, the sum of four hundred dollars to Mrs. Frances S. Richardson, widow of the late Major·Genera.l I. B. Richardson, deceased, in trust for Israel P. Richardson, minor child and heir of said Richardson, deceased; the same being in full compensation for one mule and four horses stolen from deceased in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-two by the Apache Indians, while he was on duty in New Mexico as an oflieer of the United States army. APPROVED, March 2, 1868. Maw], 9 1g6g_ CHAP. XXIII.—An Act for the Relief of John H Ellis, a Paymaster in the United ···—·———*··· States Army. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Credittobo States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting
gL‘;a';_H· officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, required to
mentofhisw allow Major John H. Ellis, on settlement of his accounts, a credit of counts- thirty-six hundred and seventy-three dollars and ninety-one cents, being the amount lost in consequence of the larcency of nineteen thousand and ninety-three dollars and ninety-one cents of the public money stolen from the custody of said Ellis, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on the night of the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, if', on examining the accounts of the said Ellis, the paymaster-general shall deem said Ellis justly entitled to said credit, and shall certify his approval thereofi A1>1·R0vsD, March 9, 1868. March 12, 1868. CHAP. XXVIII. —~An Act jbr the Reliez of the kgal Representatives of the late Philz)1 "_;""' R. 'unda]!. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United P¤ym¤nt_t<> States q/' America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
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Fcndall. representatives of the late Philip R. Fendall, for labor performed in editing the writings of James Madison, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty-one hundred dollars. Approved, March 12, 1868. Hatch 19, 1868. CHAP. XXXII. ·-—An Ad to au!/wrizelgharles Grafton Page to appfy jbr and receive a """“‘*""‘_"` atent. Be it enacted by the Senate and House cy" Representatives of the United Charles Graf- States of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioner of pat-
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Psmm,plication of Charles Grafton Page for letters patent for his " induction apparatus and circuit breakers,” now on file in the United States patent office, including therewith his circuit breakers, described by him prior t0 said application, and that if the commissioner shall adjudge the said Page to have been the first inventor thereof, he shall issue to him a patent, which patent shall be valid, notwithstanding said Page’s invention may have been described or in use prior to said application, and notwithstanding the thet that said Page is now an examiner in the United States patent office: Provided, That any person in possession of said apparatus prior to the date of said patent shall possess the right to usc, and vend to others to use, the said specific apparatus in his possession without liability to the inventor, patentee, or any other person interested in said invention or patent therefor. APPROVED, March 19, 1868.
