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F11·*TY-sixtm CONGRESS. sm. 1. cus. sts, s02-864. 1900. 1617 CHAP. 858.-An Act For the relief of Fred \Veddle. ·T¤¤0 0· 1900 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of ltegresentatices of the United · States of America in Congress assembled, That Fred Weddle, having {ff;} Kgggjk cw served in the Quartermaster’s Department of the United States Army wg é1¤i¤¤¤¤ Court of during the war of the rebellion, and with the Regular Army before the Cl ms` late wa1·, be, and he is hereby, relieved from any disability under the laws of the United States from an defect of naturalization, and is hereby authorized to prosecute Indian depredation claim numbered six hundred and eighty-six, now pending in the United States Court of Claims, and to receive judgment therein the same as if he had been naturalized under the laws of the United States at the date of the loss. Approved, June 6, 1900. CHAP. 862.—An Act For the relief of William Wolfe. J¤¤¢ 7. 1900- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R esentatmues of the United States of America in Congress assembled, mt the Secretary of the },‘fg,§.$;{*,,"{’g{"°· Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay William Wolfe, of Shelby County, Missouri, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise apgiropriated, the sum of eight thousand dollars, being for the value o the schooner Anna Sophia, lost or destroyed while in the service of the %uartermaster’s Dgpartment of the Army in the year eighteen hundre and sixty-tive: rovided, That the said {@-,,11,1, mm William Wolgs shall accept the amount in full and final settlement of mem. his claim. Approved, June 7, 1900. CHAP. 863.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sarah A. Robinson. June 7, 1900. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R esentatices of tbe United States of America in Congress assembled, mt the Secretary of the smh A.R0bi¤¤0¤. Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the P°"i°"i”°”°°‘°°d' nsion roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laews, the name of Sarah A. Robinson, widow of John K. Robinson, late cor ral in Kenley’s battalion District of Columbia and Maryland V0lE)1(;lt€B1'S, Mexican war, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. Approved, June 7, 1900. CHAP. 864.-An Act For the relief of John C. Smith. June 7_ lgm Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rgesentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, at the Secretary of the J01mc.smap. Interior be, and is hereby, directed to sell the following-described m?’§l§’,§$,,§*§§t§}“ ]““° tract of land, to wit: Lots ten, eleven, and twelve, and the southwest quarter .of the northeast quarter of section twenty-six, all in township eight north, of range thirty-five east, of the Willamette meridian, in the State of Washington, aggregatin one hundred and thirty-five and ninety-five one—hundredths acres, to §ohn C. Smith for the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. Approved, June 7, 1900. von xxm;102