CHAP. 179.-An Act To authorize Louis Eder to enter lands under the homestead laws. July 17, 1914. [S. 4714.] [Private, No. 76.] Louis Eder. Lands relinquished Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Louis Eder, of Laramie County, Wyoming, be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter, and lowed. secure title to the same under the homestead laws of the United States, one hundred and sixty acres of surveyed unreserved and unappropriated public lands in lieu of the north half of north half of section twenty-eight, township fourteen north, range seventy west, of sixth principal meridian, relinquished by him to the Government for inclusion in the withdrawal of lands for the protection of the water supply of a military post, and no charge shall be made for making the entry of record to cover the tract selected: Provided, That the require- Proviso. ments of the laws respecting settlement, residence, improvements, and so forth, are complied with on the new claim, credit being allowed for the time spent on the relinquished claim. Approved, July 17, 1914. Conditions. CHAP. 180.-An Act For the relief of John D. Baldwin. July 17, 1914. John D. Baldwin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of $80 be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury loss of horse. not otherwise appropriated, to pay John D. Baldwin, of Junction City, Kansas, for a horse killed by a fragment of a shell fired from a gun belonging to Siege Battery O, Seventh Regiment Artillery, while at target practice on the military reservation at Fort Riley, Kansas, on December sixth, nineteen hundred. Approved, July 17; 1914. CHAP: 181.-An Act For the relief of John R. Norris. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That John R. Norris be permitted to make an additional homestead entry for the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section twenty-nine, in township one hundred and sixty-one north of range thirty-three west, in the State of Minnesota, upon the payment by him, at the time of entry, to the Government for the timber on the said northwest quarter of the northwest quarter at such price as may be fixed therefor by the Secretary of the Interior, in addition to the price of the land and the usual fees and commissions. Approved, July 17, 1914. CHAP. 182.-An Act For the relief of William P. Havenor. Jrly 17, 1914. R. 6052.] [Private, No. 79.] William P. Havenor Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the patent issued January sixth, nineteen hundred and ten, to William P. Havenor for the armed. south half of the southeast quarter of section six and lot one of section seven, township six south, range thirty-four east, Boise meridian, containing one hundred and twenty-one and twenty-seven hundredths acres, is hereby confirmed, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to issue patent to the said William P. Havenor for the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section six, township six south, range thirty-four east, Boise meridian, containing forty acres, an additional homestead entry, and also a 96497°-VOL 38-PT 26 Conditions. July 17, 1914. [H. R. 6260.] [Private, No. 80.] Hyacinthe Ville neuve. lands authorized. Selection in lieu. patent for lot seven and the east half of the southwest quarter of section six and the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section seven, township eleven south, range thirty-seven east, entered under the desert-land laws, providing it is shown that the said William P. Havenor has complied with all the requirements of the homestead and desert-land laws of the United States applicable to said entries, notwithstanding the fact that the said William P. Havenor had been commissioned as a deputy mineral surveyor of the United States. Approved, July 17, 1914. CHAP. 188.—An Act For the relief of Hyacinthe Villeneuve. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That upon the filing in the Reconveyance of Department of the Interior of a proper reconveyance to the United States, previously recorded in the county wherein the land lies, of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section fifteen, township one hundred and sixty-two north, range fifty-seven west, fifth principal meridian, in the Devils Lake (North Dakota) land district, accompanied by a duly certified abstract showing title in the United States, free of liens and encumbrances, the party or parties making such reconveyance shall be entitled to select, in lieu of said tract, forty acres of unreserved, vacant, surveyed, nonmineral, and unoc cupied public lands: Provided, That the selection made under such exchange be made within two years after the approval of this Act. SEC. 2. That upon the acceptance by the Secretary of the Interior of such reconveyance of the land above described, the patent issued therefor to the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company shall be canceled and the homestead entry made for said land on December fifth, nineteen hundred and eight, by Hyacinthe Villeneuve passed to patent. Approved, July 17, 1914. Proviso. Cancellation of old, and issue of new, patent. July 17, 1914. [H. R. 6464.] [Private, No. 81.] Charles R. Grant. Military record corrected. CHAP. 184.—An Act For the relief of Charles R. Grant. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the administration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers, Charles R. Grant shall hereafter be held and considered to have been in the military service of the United States as a member of Company F, Twelfth Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Pry, etc., restric- Infantry, and to have been honorably discharged therefrom: Provided, however, That this Act shall not confer upon him any right to pay, annuities, pensions, or other emoluments which might otherwise accrue to him from such service. Proviso. tions. July 17, 1914. [H. R. 6831.] [Private, No. 82.] Miss. leased to owner. Approved, July 17, 1914. CHAP. 185.-An Act To quiet title to lot five, section thirty-three, township fourteen, range eighteen east, Noxubee County, Mississippi. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Noxubee County, States of America in Congress assembled, That all the right, title, and Title to lot in, re- interest of the United States in and to lot five, section thirty-three, township fourteen, range eighteen east, in the State of Mississippi, for which no confirmation has heretofore been granted and no patent has been issued, be, and the same are hereby, granted, released, and relinquished by the United States to the owners of the equitable title thereto and to their heirs and assigns forever, as fully and completely in every respect whatever as could be done by patents issued therefor Only United States quished. according to law: Provided, That the confirmation granted hereby Proviso shall amount only to a relinquishment of any title that the United right, etc., relinStates has or is supposed to have in and to said land, and shall not be construed to abridge, impair, injure, prejudice, or divest in any manner any valid right, title, or interest of any person or body corporate whatever, the true intent of this Act being to concede and abandon all right, title, and interest of the United States to those persons, estates, firms, or corporations who would be the true and lawful owners of said land under the laws of Mississippi, including the laws of prescription, in the absence of the said interest, title, and estate of the United States. Approved, July 17, 1914. CHAP. 188.-An Act For the relief of George W. Cary. July 18, 1914. [H. R. 1517.] [Private, No. 83.] George W. Cary. by, to be made. Status of land entry Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to investigate the status of the southeast quarter of southwest quarter and west half of southeast quarter section eleven and the northwest quarter of northeast quarter of section fourteen, township thirty-eight north, range eight east, Mount Diablo meridian, within the State of California, to determine whether said lands were settled upon by George W. Cary prior to the issuance of an allotment to Annie Roseberry, Indian; and if the said Secretary of the Interior does so determine that the said lands were settled upon, he is hereby authorized and empowered to cancel the trust patent issued to the said Annie Roseberry and to award said Annie Roseberry another allotment not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres upon any vacant public lands he may determine, and to allow George lowed. W. Cary the right to make a homestead entry upon said lands upon which he has settled within three months of the date of the passage and approval of this Act. Approved, July 18, 1914. CHAP. 189-An Act For the relief of Serapio Romero, late postmaster at Las Vegas, New Mexico. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Serapio Romero, ex-postmaster at Las Vegas, New Mexico, the sum of $1,106.98, on account of money paid by him August first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, to the Post Office Department, this being the amount embezzled by the assistant postmaster, W. E. Miller. Approved, July 18, 1914. Cancellation, etc., of Indian trust patent. Homestead entry al July 18, 1914. [H. R. 6014.] [Private, No. 84. ] Serapio Romero. July 18, 1914. [H. R. 11381.] [Private, No. 85.] T. J. Semmes. CHAP. 190.-An Act For the relief of the estate of T.J. Semmes, deceased. Approved, July 18, 1914. July 21, 1914. (H. R. 12914.] [Private, No. 86.] Pensions. Pensions increased. Benjamin F. Fronfield. David Hannan. Pensions. Millie B. Spooner. Olive H. Glines. CHAP. 193.-An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent children of soldiers and sailors of said war. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior 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 Benjamin F. Fronfield, late of Company D, One hundred and ninety-third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of David Hannan, late of Company I, First Regiment United States Colored Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Millie B. Spooner, widow of George Spooner, late of Company F, Ninety-eighth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. The name of Olive H. Glines, widow of James A. Glines, late of Company G, Thirty-fifth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Pensions increased. and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. Hannah Millett. Ella Whiteside. George W. Rogers. Eliza M. Black. Albert Smith. Charles N. Burns. Zachariah T. Alexander. Harriet E. Perkins. Pension. Samantha L. Draper. Pension increased. Pensions. Sarah C. Kennedy. Mary Grace Doyle. The name of Hannah Millett, widow of Frank Millett, late of Company C, Eighth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. The name of Ella Whiteside, widow of John A. Whiteside, late acting master's mate, United States Navy, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving, The name of George W. Rogers, late of Company A, Tenth Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Eliza M. Black, widow of Samuel Black, late of Company A, Second Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. The name of Albert Smith, late of Company G, First Regiment Maine Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Charles N. Burns, late of Company H, Eleventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving, The name of Zachariah T. Alexander, late of Company I, Fiftysixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Harriet E. Perkins, widow of Edwin C. Perkins, late of Company E, Twenty-second Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. The name of Samantha L. Draper, helpless and dependent child of Abraham Draper, late of Companies G and M, Thirteenth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. The name of Curtis A. Nichols, late of Company I, One hundred and thirty-ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. her a The name of Sarah C. Kennedy, former widow of Lewis C. Hunt, late of Company K, Seventeenth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay pension at the rate of $12 per month. The name of Mary Grace Doyle, former widow of Richard Erb, late of Company A, Tenth Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. increased. The name of John J. Wolfe, late of Company A, First Regiment Pensionsinfe Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Edward S. Lane, late of Company C, Twenty-second Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Carlota Huckirs, widow of George W. Huckins, late of Company K, Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. The name of Francis M. Mullins, late of Company A, One hundred and eighty-seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Edward S. Lane. Carlota Huckins. Francis M. Mullins. Pensions. The name of Mary E. Brown, widow of Charles C. Brown, late of Mary E. Brown. Company E, Twenty-eighth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and former widow of James Garlock, late of Company E, Fourth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. The name of Sydney Kempton, helpless and dependent child of Sydney Kempton. Sydney Kempton, late of Company A, Seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. Pensions increased. Provisos. The name of Permelia J. Lewis, widow of William T. Lewis, late of Company A, Seventy-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving: Provided, That in the event of the death of Joseph S. Lewis, helpless and dependent son of said William T. death of child. Lewis, the additional pension herein granted shall cease and determine: And provided further, That in the event of the death of Permelia J. Lewis the name of said Joseph S. Lewis shall be placed on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, at the rate of $12 per month from and after the date of the death of the said Permelia J. Lewis. Pension to child on death of mother. The name of Mary A. Farmer, widow of Graham Farmer, late of Mary A. Farmer. Company E, Fourteenth Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. Benjamin F. Holland, The name of Benjamin F. Holland, alias John Holland, late of alias John Holland. Company K, Forty-fifth Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Eliza Taggart, widow of George W. Taggart, late lieutenant colonel, Fourteenth Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. Eliza Taggart. Henry C. Barthel The name of Henry C. Barthelman, late of Company H, Twelfth man. Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Benjamin F. Whis Pension. The name of Benjamin F. Whistler, late of Company G, Eighty- tler. sixth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Henry C. P. Roebling, late of Company C, Sixth Regi-Henry C. P. Roebment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. ling. Pensions increased. The name of Edward D. Hamilton, late of Company G, Third Regi- Edward D. Hamment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay hím a pension at the ilton. rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Thomas Bliss, late of Company G, One hundred and forty-fourth Regiment Ohio National Guard Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Thomas Bliss. |