FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 404-408. 1872. 687 ninety-nine dollars, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise approriated. P Ammovnn, June 8, 1872. CHAP. CDV. — An Act for the Reliqfqf W. A. Howard. June 8, 1872. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Szates of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officer P¤Ym¢>¤t *0 W6 of the treasury is hereby directed to cause to be paid to the legal repre- {fg; ;;p{$S°K“` sentative of W. A. Howard, deceased, late of the New York marine artil- Howard.` lery and of the thirteenth New York heavy artillery, the full pay and emoluments of a colonel of artillery, from September twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, to May twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty- two : Provided, That all pay and emoluments received by said W. A. How- Pm5W_ ard as an officer of the United States during the aforesaid period shall be deducted from the amount authorized by this act. APPROVED, June 8, 1872. CHAP. CDVI. —An Act referring the Claim of the Heirs and legal Representatives of June 8. 1872. Colonel Francis Vigo, deceased, to the Court of Claims for Adjustment. """`_”_‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of lhe United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim of the heirs and Claim or Col. legal representatives of Colonel Francis Vigo, deceased, late of Terre Haute, F*¤¤°i§ Vi€° W Indiana, for money and supplies furnished the troops under command of g%§$€8;}€g;i%,t;° General George Rogers Clark, in the year seventeen hundred and seventy- eight, during the revolutionary war, be, and the same is hereby, referred, along with all the papers and official documents belonging thereto, to the Court of Claims, with full jurisdiction to adjust and settle the same ; and, in making such adjustment and settlement, the said oourt shall be governed by the rules and regulations heretofore adopted by the United States in the settlement of like cases, giving proper consideration to official acts, if any have heretofore been had in connection with this claim, and without regard bo the statutes of limitations. APPROVED, June 8, 1872. CHAP. CD VII. -- An Ac: for the Remy of Mwizz Augensmn. June s, 1::72. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States 0 f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- A C1¤*mtgfL£°*'ig¤ ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to examine the claim of e,;§;?:cJ,nm(:1 ° Moritz Augenstein for damages under an alleged agreement made with Com- the amount found missioner of Internal Revenue Plcasonbon to furnish saccharomcters vo dis- gL;’;;‘}l“g“£;y tillers, and to ascertain and determine what amount, if any, is equitably due paid_ to the said Augenstein on account of the failure of the present Commissioner of Internal Revenue to carry out such alleged agreement; and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the said Moritz Augenstein such sum as he shall find to be equitably due him, not to exceed the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars, which shall be in full discharge of all claims against the government by the said Augensteiu under said alleged agreement. APPROVED, Jnme 8, 1872. CHAP. CDVIII.—An Act for the Relief of Charles E Thompson, of New Orleans, June 8, 1872. Louisiana. "“`”""" Be it enacted by the Senate and fhuse of Representatives of the (Dzitcd States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Cl}’*:{’{;"g'* *° Ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money Th?,,,,°;s°,{_ in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Charles H. Thompson, of New Orleans, Louisiana, the sum of three thousand one hundred dollars,
