Maryland-Con- To Charles Stevens, of Frederick County, one hundred and sixty-two tinued. Indiana. Pennsylvania. dollars. To Rebecca Smith, widow of Robert Smith, deceased, of Washington County, twenty-four dollars. To Otho J. Shifler, of Washington County, two hundred and sixty-six dollars. To Henry Tolson, of Prince George's County, six hundred dollars. To Margaret C. Myer and Laura W. Warfield, executrixes of David O. Thomas, deceased, of Frederick County, two hundred and ninetyfour dollars. To Charles H. Wills, of Charles County, ninety-five dollars. cents. To Ulysses Waters, of Frederick County, twenty-one dollars. To Sophia Whitter, of Washington County, fifty-two dollars and eighty cents. To Ann M. C. Waltz, Martin Waltz, and Daniel Waltz, administrators of John Waltz, deceased, of Washington County, forty-five dollars. INDIANA. To Jeremiah G. Bennett, of Jefferson County, one hundred and twentyfive dollars. To Edward M. Chambers, administrator of Charles F. Buxton, deceased, of Jefferson County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars. To James Brewer, of Washington County, one hundred and twentyfive dollars. To William Duckworth, administrator of Wilson W. Chance, deceased, of Jackson County, seventy-five dollars. To George W. Cline, of Scott County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars. To William H. English, sole heir-at-law of Elisha G. English, deceased, of Scott County, two hundred dollars. To George Gugel, of Dearborn County, one hundred and thirty dollars. To John B. Green, of Washington County, one hundred dollars. To Greenberry Martin, of Washington County, fifty dollars. To Ann Nicholas, administratrix of Philip H. Nicholas, deceased, of To Francis M. Ratts, of Washington County, seventy-five dollars. To James H. Pryor, administrator of William Thompson, senior, deceased, of Ripley County, ninety dollars. To James Weir, of Washington County, one hundred dollars. PENNSYLVANIA. To Robert Brown, of Lycoming County, one hundred and thirty dollars. To Rowland Austin, administrator of James M. Clark, deceased, of Fulton County, sixty-five dollars. To John Irvine, surviving executor of Robert Irvine senior, deceased, of Cumberland County, fifteen dollars and eighty cents. To George M. Patterson, of Adams County, fifty-two dollars. To John E. Tawney, executor of Abraham Tawney, deceased, of Adams County, eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents. To L. H. Twaddell, of Philadelphia County, one hundred and five dollars, and fifty cents. To the estate of G. Young, deceased, of York County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars. ILLINOIS. To William W. Collins, of Warren County, one hundred and thirtyfive dollars. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. To Elizabeth Peter, widow of Thomas Peter, deceased, of Washington County, fifty-two dollars and twenty cents. To Thomas J. Quinter, of Washington County, twenty-four dollars and ninety-four cents. To David Shoemaker, of Washington County, forty-five dollars and thirty-seven cents. Pennsylvania — Continued. Illinois. District of Co lumbia. SEC. 2. That the provisions in the act of Congress approved May George K. Shearseventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty six, appropriating the sum man; Private laws, 1st of three hundred and fifty-three and five cents to George K. Shearman sess., 49th Cong., (or Sherman), of Harrison County, Indiana, be, and is hereby, p. 127. amended to appropriate the sum of three hundred and fifty-three dollars and five cents. Approved, March 3, 1887. CHAP. 436.-An act for the relief of Samuel P. Evans. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to audit and pay to Samuel P. Evans the sum of one thousand one hundred and fifty-four dollars and four cents, this sum being due to him as fees for services rendered by him as marshal after the expiration of his term of office and before his successor was appointed and qualified. Approved, March 3, 1887. Mar. 3, 1887. Samuel P. Evans. CHAP. 437.—An act for the relief of William Schuchardt, United States commercial agent at Piedras Negras, Mexico. Mar. 3, 1887. Schu William 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 to William Schu- chardt. chardt, United States commercial agent at Piedras Negras, Mexico, the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for his services in obtaining testimony for the use of the United States and Mexican Claims Commission appointed under the convention of July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, with Mexico. Approved, March 3, 1887. CHAP. 438.-An act for the relief of B. B. Connor, of Louisville, Kentucky. Mar. 3, 1887. 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 B. B. Connor, is hereby directed to refund and pay to B. B. Connor and Brother, now Brother, of Louisville, Kentucky, surviving partners of the late firm of B. B. Swan. and Payment to sur viving partners. Connor, Brother and Swan of Nashville, Tennessee, the sum of four thousand four hundred and twenty dollars and thirty-two cents, net proceeds paid into the Treasury from sale of one hundred and seventy tierces and one hundred and twenty barrels of lard, shipped by them March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, from Nashville. to Louisville, without a permit, in ignorant violation of law and traderegulations, and seized, libeled, and sold by the United States, the same having been so shipped after due inquiry, without willful negligence or intent to violate any law or trade-regulations; and for that purpose the sum of four thousand four hundred and twenty dollars and thirty-two cents is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1887. Mar. 3, 1887. Alice Kelley. CHAP. 439.-An act granting a pension to Alice Kelley. 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 pensionroll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Alice Kelley, a volunteer nurse during the late war, and pay her a pension at the rate of twenty dollars per month. Approved, March 3, 1887. Mar. 3, 1887. CHAP. 440.-An act for the relief of Miss Eula E. Henry. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Eula E. Henry. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to credit the account of Miss Eula E. Henry, late postmaster at Centre Point, Arkansas, with Credit to, postal the sum of two hundred and two dollars, lost by a robbery of the mails at or near Hope, Arkansas, on or about November thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four. funds stolen. Approved, March 3, 1887. Mar. 3, 1887. CHAP. 441.—An act granting a pension to James Smithpeter. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United James Smith States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior peter. be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pensionPension. roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of James Smithpeter, late of the East Tennessee Union service. Approved, March 3, 1887. Mar. 3, 1887. Samuel Ga nes. CHAP. 442.-An act for the relief of Samuel M. Gaines. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United M. States of America in Congress assembled, That the letters patent numbered eighty-five thousand two hundred and ninety-nine dated December twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, which were granted by the Patent Office of the United States to Samuel M. Gaines, of Glasgow, Kentucky, for the period of seventeen years from the date of the original grant, "method of teaching the rudiments of chemistry," be, and are hereby, referred to the Commissioner of Patents, to hear and determine the facts as to whether they shall be continued in force for the period of seven years from the twenty-ninth day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-five; and the Commissioner of Patents is hereby authorized and empowered to grant an extension of the patent herein described for the period herein named. Approved, March 3, 1887. Extension of patent authorized. CHAP. 443.-An act for the relief of John A. London. 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, such sum of money to John A. London, of Butler County, Kentucky, late a private in Company A, Twelfth Kentucky Regiment of Cavalry, on account of bounty, as he would have been entitled to under the laws of the United States had be been mustered into the United States service with Company A, Twelfth Kentucky Cavalry, on the twelfth day of November, eighteen hundred and and sixty-two, and be entered in the record as mustered of that date and immediately thereafter discharged for wounds received in the service in the line of duty. Approved, March 3, 1887. Mar. 3, 1887. John A. London. Bounty to. CHAP. 444.-An act for relief of A. S. Bloom. 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 is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to A. S. Bloom, late a major of the Seventh Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the pay and allowances of a major of cavalry from September second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, until November first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, deducting therefrom any moneys paid him for any other position held during that period. Approved, March 3, 1887. Mar. 3, 1887. A. S. Bloom. CHAP. 445. An act granting a pension to Mary Renfro. Mar. 3, 1887. Pension. 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 Mary Renfro. be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Mary Renfro, mother of Mark C, Renfro, deceased, late a private in Company D, Second Regiment Tennessee Volunteers, on the pension-roll of the United States, according to the rules and regulations governing such cases, said pension to continue during the lifetime of said Mary Renfro. Approved, March 3, 1887. CHAP. 446.-An act for the relief of William M. Morrison. Mar. 3, 1887. William M. Mor Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and instructed to pay to William rison. M. Morrison, of Jefferson County, West Virginia, out of any moneys in Payment to. the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, upon receiving report from Commissioner of Indian Affairs recommending same, the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars, the same being in full satisfaction for supplies furnished to Otoe and Missouria tribes of Indians under contract, and for goods stolen by said Indians from his storehouse. Approved, March 3, 1887. Mar. 3, 1887. CHAP. 447.—An act for the relief of the heirs or legal representatives of Samuel H. Moer. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Samuel H. Moer. States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting Accounts to be officers of the Treasury be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed, credited for funds in the settlement and adjustments of the accounts of Samuel H. Moer, disbursed, Payment to legal deceased, to allow credit for the disbursement of the public funds disbursed by him under the authority of William Gilpin, late governor of Colorado Territory, of the amount with which he now stands charged upon the books of the Treasury, upon satisfactory evidence being furnished of the actual disbursement of said funds for the benefit of the public service. SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, aurepresentatives of. thorized and directed, upon such settlement and adjustment being made as aforesaid, to pay, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the heirs or legal representatives of the said Samuel H. Moer the pay and allowances due him by reason of his services as captain and assistant quartermaster of volunteers during the late war, and withheld on account of non-settlement of his accounts. Approved, March 3, 1887. Mar. 3, 1887. rall. Payment to. CHAP. 448.-An act for the relief of Alexander Worrall. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Alexander Wor- 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 Alexander Worrall the sum of six hundred and seventy-six dollars and thirty-three cents, for the purpose of refunding and repaying to him the amount of judgment recovered from him for damages for the occupation of a property in the State of Virginia, the said damages having been recovered for occupation by the owner of said property during a period when said Worrall rented said property from the Government of the United States and paid rent therefor. Approved, March 3, 1887. Mar. 3, 1887. Philip Taylor. Charge of desertion removed. CHAP. 449.—An act to remove the charge of desertion from the military record of Philip Taylor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the records to be so amended as to remove the charge "deserted September twenty-first (and October tenth), eighteen hundred and sixty three" from the military record of Philip Taylor, late a member of Company B, of the One hundred and fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers and "discharged July twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to enlist in Company D, Second Maryland Cavalry" and to issue to him an honorable discharge from said Company B. One hundred and fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, as of date July twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty three. Approved, March 3, 1887. Mar. 3, 1887. CHAP. 450.-An act to remove the charge of desertion against William Figley. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United William Figley. Charge of de- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove from the records sertion removed. |