236 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 887. 1902. United States, war of eighteen hundred and sixty-one to eighteen V°*·*2· P-2"°· hundred and sixty-five, under the Act of Congress of July twenty- seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-one (Twelfth Statutes, page two "°*-1’·P·‘“*’· hundred and sevent -six), and joint resolution of March eighth. eighteen hundred angsixty-two (Twelfth Statutes, page six hundred and fifteen), as interpreted and applied b the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of the State of Nlew York a inst the United States, decided January sixth, eighteen hundred ancganinety-six (One hundred and sixtv United States Reports, page five hundred and ninety-eight), not heretofore allowed, or heretofore disallowed, by the accounting officers of the Treasury, shall be reopened, examined, and _ allowed, and if deemed necessai , shall be transmitted to the Court of Claims for findings of fact or dletermination of disputed questions of law to aid in the settlement of the claims by the accounting officers. Wm Virginia To pay the State of West Virginia the sum of two thousand and - R°°°ym°m' nineteen dollars and fifty-seven cents, the same being the amount paid by the said State to certain officers of the One hundred and thirty- third Regiment West Virginia Militia for services rendered by them in the war of the rebellion, being the difference between thirteen dollars peg month, received by them, and the amount they should have receive as such officers. },*;Y¤¤¤i¤gét on M_ To pay the State of Wyoming the sum of seven thousand seven huneouuiadimreiiowswne dred an eighty dollars and forty-four cents, this sum being the actual P"“‘· amount id out by the Territory of Wyoming durin the years eighteen hundiied and eighty-four, eighteen hundred auf eighty-five, and eighteen hundred and eighty-six for expenses incurred in preserving the formation, natural curiosities, and objects of interest in the Yellowstone National Park, throu h patrolling, policing, and governing, after it was declared- a national reservation and before United States troops were placed therein for its protection. c,3{ ;¢¤U¤¤‘¢°¤= Mrsonrmnnous CLAIMS. TWr¤¤¤¤ 0· A¥>b<>¤· To Twyman O. Abbott, of Tacoma, State of Washington, his heirs or legal representatives, the sum of five thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven dollars and seventy-tive cents, in full and linal settlement of his claim for damages sustained by reason of the breach of a certain contract for lease of a building` and ground for post-office purposes. °· F·»’·<*¤¤=¤· To O. F. Adams, of North Carolina, the sum of one thousand four hundred and fifty dollars, for services rendered the United States Government during the war of the rebellion. Qgjglzg tglueéow To Fannie 'I`. Allin, of Springfield, Massachusetts, and Augusta M. and Eiaugmer. Ladd, of Holyoke, Massachusetts, respectively widow and daughter of the late Erskine S. Allin, twenty-five thousand dollars, to be paid in equal parts, said Allin being the inventor of valuable improvements used in the manufacture of the Springfield breech-loading rifle musket, for which improvements letters patent numbered forty-nine thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine were granted to him by the United States on the nineteenth day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-five; ,aggg'°,j}h§·}:;fS§,'jgj and twenty-five thousand dollars to be paid to the United States Regupauy. lation Firearms Com any, a cor ration incorporated under the laws of the State of New Work, for th; injury caused to. and damage sustained by, said corporation from and by the infringement by the {United States of the letters patent aforesaid, which said letters patent were assigned by the said Erskine S. Allin to the said United States Regulation Firearms Company on the eighteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. This appropriation to be in full payment and satisfaction to both of the aforesaid parties for and on account of any and all sales or other disposition heretofore made or that may hereafter be made by the United States of any arms in which the invention secured by said letters patent is used or embraced.
