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398 THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 57, 58, 59. 1867. &e. no; to be property, by the military authorities or troops of the United States, where 3‘;°;;‘;£°gf by such claim originated during the war for the suppression of the southern c;,l;ms_ rebellion, in a State, or part of a State, declared in insurrection by the Vol- xii- P·1266· proclamation of the President of the United States, dated July first, eigh. teen hundred and sixty-two, or in a State which by an ordinance of secession attempted to withdraw from the United States government : Provided, wg;“Q2:_f$*;i’;¤d That nothing herein contained shall repeal or modify the efect: of any excepted? act or joint resolution, extending the provisions of the sand act of July Ante, p. 370. fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-fou1‘, to the loyal citizens of the State A”‘°* P' 360* of Tennessee, or of the State of \Vest Virginia, or any county therein. SCHUYLER COLFAX, Speaker of the House of Represenlalives. LA FAYETTE S. FOSTER, President ofahe Senate pro tempore. Endorsed by the President: “Received February 9th, 1867/* [Norm nv rum Dnmxrxrnxr or S·rA·r1:.—-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.] Feb. 22, 1867. CHAP. LVIII. — An Act making Appropriations for the Payment ey" Invalid and other '°"""""“" Pensions 1y' the Mzited States jbr the Year ending June thirtiet/1, eighteen hundred and sixtyeight. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Ulziied Appropriations States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, f" p€"s’°“S' and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of pensions for the year endingthe thirtiech of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight: Invalid. For invalid pensions under various acts, ten million dollars. Revolutionary For pensions of widows, children, mothers, fathers, brothers, and sisters pension agents, of soldiers, as provided for by acts of March eighteen, eighteen hundred 'QSIS Ch 19 and eighteen; May fifteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight; June 1828; ent said seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-two; July fourth, eighteen hundred }ggg»<>l¤· and chirty-six; July seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight; March 1838; 18;; third, eighteen hundred and forty-three; June seventeenth, eighteen hun- 1843, eh. 102. dred and forty-four ; February second, July twenty-tirst, and July twenty- {gg';  ;°2· ninth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight ; February third, eighteen hundred 10la,1§o_' and fifty-three; June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight; and July 18§3, ¤l¤· 4r fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, with its supplementary acts, {gg? Egg and for compensation to pension agents and expenses of agencies, twenty- ’ three million dollars. Navy pensions. For navy pensions to widows, children, mothers, fathers, brothers, and {gg sisters, as provided for by acts of August eighteenth [eleventh], eighteen "` hundred and forty-eight, and July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, with its supplementary acts, two hundred and eighty thousand dollars, to be paid from the navy pension fund. APPROVED, February 22, 1867. Feb, gz, 1861, CHAP- LIX. -—· An Act providing for the Election of a Congressional Printer. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenlaizbes of the United The Senate to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Senate shall elect Eli? ;‘hY;jf;"gft° some competent person, who shall be a practical printer, to take charge of th? g0ver§m,,t and manage the government printing office. prggngg Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That. the person so elected shall be demdpm bs deemed an officer of the Senate, and shall be designated " congressional deemed an om.- printer." He shall superintend the printing and binding of the journals °°"°f **1** S°‘m°· and such other documents as shall be ordered by each house of Congress,