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452 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. IH. Ch. 106, 1:07, 108, 109, 110. 1869. March 1, 1869. CHAP. CVI. ——An Actjbr the ReliefqfFoster and Tower. Be it enacted ky the Senate and House of Representatives of the United A“°'”“'°°*’° States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy F°sm &·T°w°r' be, and he is hereby, authorized to allow to Messrs. Foster and Tower, of New York, out of the appropriation for yards and docks, the sum of twenty-two hundred and fifty-one dollars, for diftereuce in cost of crucibles ihrnished by them to the navy yard at New York under contract, in which the price of said crucibles was erroneously stated at five cents each. Approved, March 1, 1869. March 1, 1869. CHAP. CVII·—A¤ Act for the Relief of N A. Shuttlewarth, of Harrison County, ii West Virginia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Payment tc States of etmerica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- £i;)£hSh“°°l°' ury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed, out of any money in the ` treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to N. A. Shuttleworth, of Harrison county, West Virginia, late captain in third regiment Virginia volunteers, the sum of five hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-five cents, to reimburse him for the same amount paid by him for the transportation of recruits in eighteen hundred and sixty-one. APPROVED, March 1, 1869. March 1, 1869. CHAP. CVIII. — An Act for the Relief of Isaac Watts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Isgzywgmm States of America in Uongress assembled, That the proper accounting ' officers of the treasury and pay department he, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Isaac Watts all arrears of pay, bounty, or other allowances due from the United States, to his adopted son, Samuel Watts, late a. private of company II, eighty-first. regiment infantry, Ohio volunteers, the same in all respects as if the said Samuel Watts had been the son of the said Isaac Watts. Approved, March 1, 1869. March 1, 1869- CHAP. CIX. ——An Act for the Rclafpf Lieutenant Lezmidas Smith, late of the Twenty- """"'"""“"' second Regiment ndiana Volunteer Infantzy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United All9W¤¤¢=¤ }<> States qf.America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- L°°°‘d°° Smmh ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to audit and allow to Lieutenant Leonidas Smith, late of company K, twenty-second regiment Indiana volunteer infantry, the full pay and allowances of a first lieutenant in the active service in the army in the late war, from the twenty- eighth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to the twenty- third day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, in full payment for unpaid salary and allowances for said period of time. Approved, March 1, 1869. Aint_12t_1; CHAP. CX.-An Act granting a Pension to Betsey S1 Jackman. _ Be it enacted ky the Senate and House of Representatives of t/ae United B§::’*g“j;ck_ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Intemmhyrior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Betsey S. Jackman, foster-mother of Benjamin H. Jackman, latc cf company I, twenty-third regiment of Massachusetts volunteers, commencing May sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Armovnn, March 1, 1869.