(596 FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 445, 446, 447, 448, 449. 1874. June 22, 1874. CHAP. d45.—An act for the relief of J. and W. R. Wing, of New Bedford, Massaw"‘_"""" _ chusetts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United P¤r¤¤<>!¤¤ *0 J·M¤i States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the W·R‘W"’g* Treasury is hereby authorized to pay to Messrs. J. and W. R. Wing, agents and managing owners of the late American whaling-bark
- ‘Xantho," of New Bedford, Massachusetts, the sum of six hundred
and forty-two dollars and twentylwo cents in gold, in full payment for expenses incurred by them for the support and transportation of the ` crew of that vessel after its wreck in the Indian Ocean June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one. Approved, June 22, 1874. J unc 22, 1874.` CHAP. 446.—An,act for the relief of Peter J. Knapp. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _D=*¤¤ Of h<>¤<>¤‘¤l~*l¢> States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, f}"°§*;Q?° f’fb};°;°,; and he. is hereby, authorized and directed to cause Peter J. Knapp, ,Q,._ pp' late a private in company H Hlth regiment Iowa Infantry Volunteers 1 s . > . ¢ to be honorably discharged and mustered out of the service, to date with the muster-out of his regiment, and to cause to be paid to him the full sum due him for back pay and allowances as a soldier of the rmvisc. company and regiment above named: Provided, That the Secretary of War shall be satisfied upon investigation that the agreement of the said Peter J. Knapp to join the enemy was made while the said Knapp was incarcerated in a rebel prison, and for the purpose of escaping from imminent peril of death from exposure and hunger, and with a view of escaping to the Union. lines. Approved, June 22, 1874. June 22, 1874. CHAP. 447.-An act referring the petition and papers in the case of Robert M. """""";"" and Stephen A. Douglas, in so far as the same relates t0_ cotton seized, to the Court of Claims. _ ‘ A Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Claim of Robert States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim of Robert M. g sed $**21):****:, €· and Stephen A. Douglas, for payment for their cotton seized in March,
°eighteen hundred and sixty-three, be, and it is hereby, referred to the
Court of Claims for its decision, according to law and the practice of that court in such cases and proceedings. · . . Approved, June 22, 1874. _ , [June 22, 1874. CHAP. ,448.-eAn'aot>l`or2the relief of Alexander Henderson. · .. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Payment to Alex- States of Amerika in Congress assembled, That the Treasurer of the United
- ¤d°* H°¤d°F¤°¤· States pay to Alexander Henderson two hundred and thirty-four dollars
and seventy-one cents, for·ba1ance'due him as late consul at Londonderry, in Ireland. V ~ , _ . - Approved, June 22, 1874. June 22, 1874. , CHAP. 4Qié-Au act for the relief of Peter S. Patton. Whereas, in. the monthof March, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, the post office at Burlington, in the State of Kansas, was burglariously
