'1‘HIRTY—~NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 152, 153, 154, 157. 1866. 593 CHAP. CLH. —-—An Act granting a Pension to Jane D. Brent. June 27, 1866. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Pension to yior is hereby authorized and directed to place the name of Jane D. Brent, J““ D- B*°°°·· of Detroit, Michigan, widow of Thomas Lee Brent, late a captain in the army of the United States, on the pension roll, and to allow and pay to her 2. pension at the rate of twenty dollars per month, from and after the passage of this act, until her marriage or death, and after either event to continue the said pension to Mary Brent, daughter of the said Thomas Lee Brent, if then under the age of sixteen years, until she attains that age. Approved, June 27, 1866. CHAP. CLIH. ——An Actfzr the Relief of Cornelius Crowley. June 27, 1866. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Pension to rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of F°"”°u“·‘* C""` Cornelius Crowley, late a private in company F, third regiment United ey` States infantry, on the pension roll, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence from and after the passage of this act, and pay him at that rate in lieu of any other pension to which he may have been entitled. Approved, June 27, 1866. CHAP. CLIV. -An Actfar the Relief ofA. J. Gray. Juno 27, 1866- Be it enacted by the Senate and 1%use of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Pen- Pension to sions be, and he hereby is, required to place the name of Andrew J. A¤d'°"J·G’”Y· Gray, late a pilot on board the United States gunboat Judge Terrence, upon the list of invalid pensioners, at the rate prescribed for officers of his rank by act of Congress approved July fourteen, eighteen hundred and $862,9h- 162 sixty-two, to be paid out of the naval fund. °l' X"' P'5 Approved, June 27, 1866. CHAP. CLVII. ——An Act granting Land to A. M Jess, of Josephine County, Oregon. JHHB 29, H66- Wliereas the land claimed and settled upon by A. M. Jess, on Apple- Preamble. gate river, in Josephine county, State of Oregon, under the provisions of the homestead law of May twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, has 1862, Cb_ ·;5_ since, without. his fault, become of no value to him and been in great part VOL Xii· P- 392- destroyed by a change in the channel of said river; and whereas his title to said land is still inchoate and justice requires that he should be permitted to locate and settle upon an equal quantity of other public land in lieu thereof: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the said A. M. Jess be, A. M. Jessmay and he is hereby, authorized to locate and settle upon one hundred and kcggelzgdagfggle sixty acres of the public lands of the United States, in accordance with 0%,,;,;;, ;,,,,,d,_ the provisions and requirements of the homestead law aforesaid, and, at the expiration of the period therein prescribed, to receive a patent therefor on the terms and conditions therein prescribed: Provided, That the Tmewformer title so acquired by him to the land heretofore located and settled upon };°3**°%°°?;‘*€;'°’° by him as aforesaid shall revert to the United States: And provided fur- SM2_ m 8 ther, That said new location and settlement shall not be made upon min- New location eral lands of the United States. Approved, June 29, 1866. vox,. xiv. 38
