Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 18 Part 3.djvu/562

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532 FORTYTHIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. OH. 41, 48, 49, 52. 1874. 'Feb. 27, 1874. __ CHAP. 41.-An act for the relief of Henry S. Welles. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, of America, in Congress assembly, That the Secretary of the S %}g,‘£;“**° H°'“Y Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorize and directed to pay Henry S, ° ·Welles one hundred and ninety-three thousand one hundred and thirty. two dollars and ninety-six cents, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for expenditures made by him under his 'contracts of May first and July nfth, eighteenhundred and sixty-six, for removing obstructions from the Savannah river, and improving the harbor, prior to the date of the annulment of said contracts by the Secretary of the Treasury, which said sum shall bein full satisfaction to said Welles for all claims referred to in the report and recommendation from the Secretary of War. Approved, February 27, 1874. March 5, 1874. CHAP. 48.—-Au act for tge zegcg; if Thox§as Igillgonse, assistant treasurer of the ’_"*"""' ni e a es in ew or city. ‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United rgymmu account., States of America, in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting of Thomas H111- officers be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to allow Thomas h°“°°· Hillhouse, assistant treasurer of the United States at New York city, in the settlement of his internalrevenue-stamp account, a credit for the sum of one hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars, bein gthe proceeds of sale of internal-revenue stamps embezzled by James I. Johnson, a- clerk in his office, without the default or negligence of said assistant treasurer. Approved, March 5, 1874., ~ · ’ March 5, 1874. CHAP. 49.-—An act granting ss pension to William E. Prince, of Iowa. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United , P<m¤i<»¤_ to W11- States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Intelmm E·P‘“‘°°· rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subiect to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William E. Prince, late private in company I, Twenty-third regilment Missouri Volunteers, and pay him a pension from the passage 0 this act. Approved, March 5, 1874. March 11, 1874. CHAP. 52.-An act for the relief of Matthew Woodruff, late first sergeant of Company """‘_7““'“"""'"` _ G, ’I‘wenty-first Missouri Volunteers. : Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Honorable dis · States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be,

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°° m ‘ honorably muster out and discharge Matthew Woodruif, late iirst serv geant of company G, Twenty-nrst Regiment Missouri Volunteers; and that the said Matthew Woodruff be allowed such back-pay, bounty, and allowances as he would have been entitled to receive but for the record of hés alleged desertion, deducting therefrom pay for absence of twenty- six ays. Approved, March 11, 1874.