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418 FORTYFOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 33, 34, 35, 36. 1876. James Sinclair, deceased; and the east half to said Mary Sinclair and the heirs of the said James Sinclair, deceased. And it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the General Land-Ofnce, by and through the proper United States land-office in Washington Territory, to cause the said tract of land to be surveyed, and to issue a patent therefor to the said widow and heirs of James Sinclair, deceased, in accordance with the provisions of this act, and of the act of Congress approved the twenty-seventh day of September, eighteen hundred and fifty, entitled ,850 ch ,6 “An act to create the office of survcyorgeneral of the public lands in ‘ 9 8,,,% ,g96_` Oregon, and to provide for the survey, and make donations to settlers of the public lands. MICHAEL C. KERR- Speaker of the House of Representatives T. W. FERRY President of the Senate pro tempore Received by the President March 16, 1876. [Notrn BY crm:. DEPARTMENT or Srarn.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] March 23, 1876. CHAP. 34.-An act granting a. pension to John G. Parr, of Kittanning, Pennsyl- —-————— vania. I Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pension to John States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the lnte- G·P¤·¤'· rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the ` pen sion-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John G. Parr, late a lieutenant-colonel of the One hundred and thirty-ninth Regiment Pennsylvania volunteers, and pay him a pension as of the rank of lieutenant colonel. Approved, March 23, 1876. _ March 23, 1876. CHAP. 35.-An act granting a pension to Frances C. Elliott. ` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pension to Fran- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- °0¤C·Ell*°**· rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pen sion laws, the name of Frances C. Elliott, widow of Commodore Jesse D. Elliott, late of the United States Navy, and pay her a pension of fifty dollars per month from and after the passage of this act; and this pension to be in lieu of that which she is now receiving. Approved, March 23, 1876. March 23, 1g7S_ CHAP. 36.-An act for the igelhpfggigggsgtgjgpifpgpt Henry Jackson, Seventh Ca.v· Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Credit in ac- States of Amerma in Congress assembled, That the proper accountingc<>¤¤¤¤ of Hevfy officers of the Treasury Department be, and hereby are, authorized and J“"k“°“· directed to credit First Lieutenant Henry Jackson, Seventh Cavalry, . United States Army, property and disbursin g onicer in the signal-service, in his account with the United States, with the sum of one thousand two hundred and seventy-one dollars and thirty four cents; being the