634 FORI’Y—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CB. 50, 51; 52, 53. 1870; extension had been tiled at least ninety days prior to the expiration of said patent, and that the commissioner he authorized to consider and de. I termine said application in the same manner as if it had been filed .pmvg“_ ninety days before the expiration of said patent: Provided, That in case said extension shall be graintedgno person spell be held liable for damages for infringement of said patent or or sac or use of said improvement, between the date of the expiration of the original patent and the date of such extension. APPROVED, April 6, 1870.
CHAP. LI.-An Act to remove peliti? zisabilziies jivom Francis E. Shober, of Nm};
ar ma. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _Bgsp¤¤¤1 diS·d States of America in Congress assembled, That all legal and political dis-
- ,,,,,; abilities imposed by the United States upon Francis E. Shober, of North
Shober,ot' North Caroline, in· consequence of his having held office under a pretended °°'°1“‘“* government or authority in hostility to the United States, be, and the same are hereby, removed. And the said Shober, on entering upon the discharge of the duties of any office to which he has been or may hereafter be elected or appointed instead of the oath prescribed by the act of July two, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, shall take and subscribe F°*‘m °f °¤*h the following oath: “I, Francis E. Shober, do solemnly swear (or aiiirm) g;,,? uk"` by that I will support and defend the- Constitution of the United Stetes 1862,_eh.12S. against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and v°L‘“*P•°°°· allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, so help me od. ’ Approved, April 12, 1870.
cnr. 1.11.- An Ae pr the mug of same F. Buummm and 0mm.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House q" Representatives of the Unitea B¤m:2y&&¤d States of America in Congress assembled, That Samuel F. Butterworth, the heirgi &e. of and the heirs and representatives of Arnold Harris, sureties of William g`:’Q§}§m’Q"}f°Li G. Kendall, formerly deputy-postmaster of New Orleans, Louisiana, be, liability as sure- and they hereby are, released from all claim which the United States may
- é°“1£’§nXVa3*1l“¤ have against them as such sureties; and the Secretary of the Treasury
'is hereby directed to cause any judgment now or hereafter rendered, which affects said Butterworth, or said heirs and representatives of Arnold Harris, as sureties on the bond of said Kendall to be cancelled Judgments be . ’ apqammgsq, Endhsagd, of record; and any such judgment is hereby satisfied and mc ar _ Armovmo, April 12, 1870. AE,-;; lg, 18yo_ CHA]?. LIII. —-·An Act to compensate Mrs. Fanms Kellyybr important Services. Be it enacted by the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United M::‘{!"‘:;:°*° gtates of Ainerica in Obngress assembled, That there be paid to Mrs. muy, annie Kel y, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise approriated the sum of five thousand dollars for valuable services rendered die goviernmeut in eighteen hundred and sixty-four, by giving information to Captain James L. Fisk, in charge of a train crossing the plains, and to Major House, in command of Fort Sully, of the evil designs of hostile Sioux Indians while she was held in captivity by them; which sum shall be taken from any appropriation which may be hereafter made for the benefit of said Indians. Armovmo, April 12, 1870.
