Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 45 Part 2.djvu/686

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2362 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs.648-651. 1929. CHAP. 648. -An Act For the relief of the widow of Edwin D. Morgan. March 2, 1929. [H. R . 123511.) Private, No. 621.] Be it enacted by the Senate and H0'U8e of Representatives of the Ed"!in D. Morgan. United States of America in Congress Q,8se11'l1Jled, That in the admin- TarmstroBot (talk)tary record (U- istration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers, Edwin D. Morgan, deceased, who was a member of Company B, Eighty-fourth Re~ment New York Volunteer Infantry, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been discharged honorably from the military service of the United States as a private of that organization on the 15th day t:~:1r pay, etc. of December, 1863: Provided, That no bounty, back pay, pension1 or allowance shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage ot this Act. Approved, March 2, 1929. March 2, 1929. [H. R.l42~ QRAP. 649. - An Act For the relief of Everett A. Dougherty, [Privat.e, No. 522.] Be it enacted by the Senate and H0'U8e of Representatives of the ert~~erett A. Dough- United States of America in Congress Q,8sembled, That in the admin- ~tary record cor- istration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon rae . honorably discharged soldiers, Everett A. Dougherty, who was a member of the United States Army HOiij>ital Corps Fort Wayne, Michigan, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been dis- charged honorably from the military service of the United States Pr0ci8o. as a private of that organization on the 7th day of June, 1902: Pro- No back pay, etc. vided, That no bountv, back pay, pension, or allowance shall be held to have accrued prior~to the passage of this Act. Approved, March 2, 1929. March 2, 1929. [H. R. 14022.] CHAP. 660. -An Act For the relief of Felix Cole for losses incurred by him [Private, No. 523 .] arising out of the performance of his duties in the American Consular Service. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatwes of the ~lix;ole. t r r United States of America in Congress a8senwled, That the Secretary losse!n:n=~e'hy:, fn of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, the Consular Service. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise .llppropriated the sum of $4,691.10 to Felix Cole, Consul of the United State's of America, formerly stationed at Petrograd and Archangel, Russia, as reimbursement for losses by theft, pilferage, or confiscation of per- sonal effects stored at Petrograd, Russia, due to his hurried depar- ture from that city under orders in 1917; and for his personal effects stolen from a railroad car between Harbin, China, and Vladivostok, Russia, in 1920; and for the expenses of travel of his wife and child to the United States from Russia, which expenses were refused pay- ment on technieal grounds by the 00mptroller of the Treasury; all said losses and expenses having arisen duril!g and out of his per- formance of duty in the American Consular Service. March 2, 1929. [H.R.4265.] [Private, No. 524.] Approved, March 2, 1929. CHAP. 61S1. - An Act For the relief of certain officers and former officers of the Army of the United States, and for other individual claims approved by the War Department. Be it enacted by the Senate and H0'U8e of Representatives of the Armr· United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- co:i'n~~:-nd=::d troller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed orocers. to allow credit in the accounts of the following-named officers and