774 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. OH. 877-380. 1873. neglect or fault on his part, to obtain from the use and sale of the said invention a reasonable remuneration for the time, ingenuity, labor, and expenses bestowed upon the same, and the introduction thereof into use: Proviso. Provided, That any such extension of said patent shall not affect the right to continue to use said patented improvement of any person who, since the seventh day of October, anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and prior to the approval of this act, may have procured, and at the time of such approval shall be using, said patented improvement Approved, March 3, 1873. March B, 1873. CHAP. CCCLXXVII. -An Act for the Relid of John L. Bullard. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United C,-edits., bg ai- States of America, in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting 10W6d Jqhu L- officers of the treasury, in settling and adjusting the accounts of John Ezgfzbigcggg L. Bullard, late captain and commissary of subsistence of United States volunteers, be, and are hereby, authorized and directed to credit said John L. Bullard, late captain and commissary of subsistence of United States volunteers, with the sum of nine thousand six hundred and ninety dollars and fifty cents, being the amount of government funds which was disbursed by him, without his default, on forged certificates for commutations of rations of prisoners- APPROVED, March 3, 1873. March 3, 1873. CHAP. CCCLXXVIII. -—An Act for the Relief1y' William Bayne, Trustee, ifrc. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United payment to States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas-
32** ury be, and he hereby is, directed to pay to William Bayne, trustee for
°r’ °' the children of George Bayne, deceased, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two thousand five hundred and fifty dollars; which sum when accepted shall be in full satisfaction for the rent and damage to the store-house of claimant trustee as aforesaid. .APPROVED, March 3, 1873. March 3, 1873. CHAP. CCCLXXIX.-An Act jbr the Relief of Anna E. Peale. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Payment to States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Arma E~P¢¤l¤· ury is hereby authorized to pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Anna E. Peale, only child of Franklin Peale, late of the city of Philadelphia, the sum of ten thousand dollars, in full for the services rendered by him to the government of the United States, from the discoveries, inventions, and improvements, in the machinery and process, for refining and coining the precious metals, introduced and perfected by him, and now used in the United States mint, and its several branches. Approved, March 3, 1873. March 3_ 1g7g_ CHAP. CCCLXXX.—An Act for the Relief of Aaron B. F ryrear. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Hyman, to States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Aaron B. Fry- ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Aaron B. ’°*’·’· Fryrear, of Ashland, Illinois, out of any money in the treasury now appropriated or that may hereafter be appropriated for the support of the army, the sum of five hundred dollars in full payment of all moneys due him for services rendered in the secret service of the United States, between the first day of November, anno Domini, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and the first day of April, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-three, under orders of Major-General Curtis. Approved, March 3, 1873.
