376 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 124, 125, 126, 127, 128. 1868. patent to Murtha. af ter the expiration of fourteen years from the date of said foreign lctters— §,:L°“°’ ’°'*d° patent be, and the same is hereby, declared to be valid and binding, and Y Ithe power of the said commissioner to make the same is IH all respects confirmed, and the said letters-patent of the United States are hereby declared to be, and to have been, by force of the certiiiezxte of extension thereon indorsed, duly extended for the period of seven yers from the twenty-third day of July A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-four: Pro- P"`°'i“°‘ vided, That this act shall inot operate during the period between the date of the English patent. and the date of the original American patent. Am·n0vm>, July 3, 1868. July 8, 18S5i CHAP. CXXV, — An Accfm- the Reliqfqf Captain Dan Ellis. Be it enacted by the Smale and lkuse of Representatives of the United Payhientto States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby, E:l”“‘“ D" El' appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three thousand and sixty dollars to Captain Dan Ellis, of Carter County in the State of Tennessee in compensation for his services as scout, pilot, and recruiting agent, volhuteercd in the cause of the government, from eighteen hundred and sixty-one to eighteen hundred and sixty-five, during the late war. Approved, July 3, 1868. July 8, 1868. CHAP. CXXVI. —An Act graming a Pension to James S. Todd. Be it enacted In; the Senate and House of Representatives <y" the United J P°¤¤g>¤,1$€dd States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- °m°°' terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the ponsion rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of James S. Todd, of North Carolina, father of two sons who died in the first regiment North Carolina volunteers, and to allow and pay him a. pension nt the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence from the assave of this act, and to continue durinv his natural life. Ap ° J 1 s was ° ‘ PPROVED, u y , . Juv 3, 1868. CHAP. CXXVII. — An Act granting a Pension to the Widow of Hemy Kaneday. Bc it enacted by {hc Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secrut.ary of the Inte- §;£‘f‘b°°h K““°' rioxnbe, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Elizabeth Kzmeduy, the widow of Henry Kuneday, late a private in company I, fifteenth regiment Iowa infantry, and to pay her a. pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, commencing May fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Avrnovim, July 3, 1868. ___;@jg_§L}§68- CHAP. CXXVIII. -—An Actjbr me Reliq'¢y"Almim Wyeth. Ba it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pqnsicn to States of America in Uongress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte A1"'"`“ wY°m‘ rior is hereby authorized and directed to place the name of Almira Wyetln, widow of James M. Wyeth, late 2. private in company I, seventy- fifth regiment Illinois volunteers, on the pension roll, and allow and pay her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, from the fifth day of glarelx, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to continue during her widow- 00d. Armeovmn, July 3, 1868.
