FOBTYQFOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11.119, 120, 121, 122. 1877. 403 Tennessee and Georgia Railroad Company, and the Nashville and Decatur Railroad Company, under the authority of the act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy one. . Sno 2. That when said claims have been adjusted in pursuance of the Payment oi bulprovisions of this act, the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, au- °·“°° ““lh°”lZ°d· thorized to issue his warrant on the Treasury of the United States to the governor of Georgia or his order for the amount of money it is found ought to be refunded to said railroad on account of said settlement. Approved, March 3, 1877. CHAP. 120.-An act amending the pension-law so as to remove the disability of those MMG! T5, I677- who, having participated in the rebellion, have, since its termination, enlisted in the *"‘—""‘—"" Army of the United States, and become disabled. · Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the law prohibiting the Lew P¤‘°mW*l¤s payment of any money on account of pensions to any person, or to the §‘}‘§Q°Q“ widow, children, or heirs of any deceased person, who, in any manner, m,,,m;,,,{ engaged in or aided or abetted the late rebellion against the authority of the United States, shall not be construed to apply to such persons as afterward voluntarily enlisted in the Army of the United States, and who, while in such service, incurred disability from a wound or injury received or disease contracted in the line of duty. · Approved, March 3, 1877. CHAP. 121.--An act cqualizing pensions of certain officers in the Navy March 3, 1877. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage p,,,,Si0,,,, to 0,,- of this act, the pension for total disability of passed assistant engineers, gineers in Navy neassistant engineers, and cadet engineers in the naval service, respect- °°’d*¤2 *0 *°*¤¤V° ively, shall be the same as the pensions allowed to officers of the line "*“k‘ in the naval service with whom they have relative rank; and that all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith be, and are hereby, repealed. Approved, March 3, 1877. CHAP. 122.-An act to amend section twenty-two hundred aud_ninety-one of the Ligyycb 3, 1871_ Revised Statutes of the United States, in relation to proof required in homestead -——-·——-~—-—- entries. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proof of residence, Homcstoacews occupation, or- cultivation, the affidavit of non-alienation, and the oath ¤fH<1=W1¤<>f ¤¤<=¤1>¤}· of allegiance, required to be made by section twenty-two hundred and fQ,‘f;Q;uff,fE;;,0b°f°‘“ ninetyone of the Revised Statutes, may be made before the judge, or, in g_ S_,2Q91;p_422_ his absence, beibre the clerk, of any court of record of the county and State, or district and Territory, in which the lands are situated, and if said lands are situated in any unorganized county, such proof may be made in a similar manner in any adjacent county in said State or Territory; and the proof, affidavit, and oath, when so made and duly subscribed, shall have the same force and eifeet as if made before the _ register or receiver of the proper land-district; and the same shall be Affidavit §¤¤¤¤j transmitted by such judge, or the clerk of his court, to the register and ¥;;°°d *0 ’°g‘“*“` ¤ the receiver, with the fee and charges allowed by law to him ; and the ` register and receiver shall be entitled to the same fees for examining _ and approving said testimony as are now allowed by law for taking the same.
