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S) I G FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. Cris. 235-238. 1887. Feb. 23, 1887. CHAP. 235.-An act for the relief of Major G. YV. Candee. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United G- W- Cavdw, States of America in Congress assembled, ·That there be paid to Major I"‘g¥“"“°‘"tl{· S·A· G-. \V. Candee, paymaster United States Army, out of any money in "ym°" °' the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two thousand six hundred and fifty dollars, being the amount stolen trom him at Fort Arbuckle, Indian Territory, in the tall of eighteen hundred and sixty- homo. nine, and was restored by him out of private funds: Provided, That the Uvurr of C_1ai¤¤¤ Court of Claims shall find the loss of said funds to have been without

  • ‘f ‘l°*‘?‘a‘““€ lf 1*3*%* fault or negligence on the part of said officer; and jurisdiction is hereby

Exc`;` mu mg l` conferred upon the Court of Claims to hear and determine such matter, without regard to the limitation imposed by section ten hundred and sixty—uine, Revised Statutes, and render judgment accordingly. Approved, February 23, 1887. Feb. 23, 1887. CHAP. 236.-An act for the relief of J. R. Martin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United J. H. Martin. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster-General

  • 3$°‘5*¥B *° 2*; of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to credit the

gsuéfs Stgfclss 3 account of J. R. Martin, late postmaster at Perry, Kansas, with the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars and sixty-two cents, on account of moneys received from the sale of postage-stamps and the rent of boxes, and the further sum of two hundred and seventy-eight dollars and thirty-five cents, on account of moneys received from the sale of money-orders; the above a.mounts having been stolen from the safe in in the post-ofiice at Perry, Kansas, on the night of December twentysecond, eighteen hundred and eighty-threet Approved, February 23, 1887. " F,-,1,_g3, 153; CHAP. 237.—An act for the relief of the Estate of Joel C. Frazier, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Joei C. Frazier. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- I’¢}Y¤¤*=¤¤ (§¤b¤d· ury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay, out of any money in the ""“‘m‘“°’ ‘ ·”‘ Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of~·~one thousand nine hundred and eight dollars to Caleb W. \¢Vest, administrator de bonis non of the estate of Joel C. Frazier, deceased, late of Harrison County, Kentucky, the same being for quartermaster’s stores, consisting of horses, wood, and so forth, taken from the said Frazier by the military forces of the United States, which shall be received in full of all demands of the said Estate against the United States. Approved, February 23, 1887. pcb_ 23, 1357, CHAP. 238.-An act for the relief of Henry A. Pans. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Henry A. Pans. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, mG3=}¤*f*l h¤¤¤¤¤· and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the charge of de- ° ‘“ "“`g°· sertion resting upon the military record of Henry A. Pans, late a private ' in Company K, Nineteenth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, and to issue to the said Henry A. Pans an honorable discharge from said organization as of the twentieth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Approved, February 23, 1887.