FOBTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. GH. 502, 503, 504, 505. 1874. ‘ 61 1 nearly seven months, escaping twice and being once run down and recaptured by hounds, but at the third attempt eludirig his pursuers and reaching the Union lines at Atlanta, Georgia, after traveling for one whole month entirely by night; and whereas his failure to be mustered was through no fault or neglect of his own but solely by reason of his unavoidable detention as a prisoner of war, Therefore, Bc if enacted by the Senate and House of ‘Repres¢mtativea of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting offcers of the,Treasury, be, and they are hereby, directed to pay the said James B. Ihompson the pay and emoluments of a first lieutenant of infantryin active service from June sixth eighteen hundred and sixty-four to September nineteenth eighteen hundred and sixty-four; and they ` are also authorized and directed to pay him the pay and emoluments of a captain of infantry in active service from September nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four to March first eighteen hundred and sixty- five, from which date his muster as an officer commences. Approved, June 23, 1874. CHAP. 503.-An act to refuudto E. und J. Koch certain customswluties. Juno 23, 1874, B0 it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqzresentatives of the United States of America. in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Duties to be re ury be, and he is hereby, authorized to refund to Messrs E. and J. §g“*}1°d *° L- Md ·’· Koch two thousand nine hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-Eve °° ‘ cents, gold, being the amount paid by them in the New Orleans cust0ms·district on an importation of machinery for the manufacture of beet-root sugar, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-three. Approved, June 23, 1874. CHAP. 504.-An act to provide for the payment of legal services rendered by Edmund J uno 23, 1874. Randolph. to the United States. ""_—*""7 Be it enacted by the Senate and 11 ouse of Representatives of the United 'Statcs of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be paid, out of Puyment m Edany money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of? *1;*; gmgvh ¤ twelve thousand dollars to the legal representatives of the late Edmund °P “ Randolph, of California, in full satisfaction and discharge of balance of protessional services rendered by him in the cases of the United States versus John Parrott and others, and Andres Castillero versus the United States: Provided, That on receipt of said sum the said legal representa- Pmvim. tives shall execute a full discharge of all claims in favor of the estate of said Randolph against the United States. Approved, June 23, 1874. CHAP. 505.-An not for the relief of 'Lieutenant John Shelton. June 23, 1874. Be it enacted by the Senate and House { Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Paymaster-General is P=··ym¤¤¤ *0 ·T¤b¤ hereby directed to pay to John Shelton, late first lieutenant Company Sh°1"°“· E, Second North Carolina Mounted Infantry, out of any money appropriated for the pay of the Army, the full pay and allowance of a first lieutenant of infantry, from the ilrst day of Sentgember, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to the sixteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, less the pay he received as a private of said` company. Approved, June 23, 1874. -