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436 FORTYYOUBTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 116, 117, 121. 1876. ·· June 1, 1876. CHAP. l16.—An act; for the relief of Mrs. Eliza. Potter, widow of Lorenzo T. Potter —···+·—·· · · · deceased late of Charleston, South Carolina. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Payment ro Mrs. States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and hereby is, Elm P<>¤¤¤¤‘· appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropri- _ ated, the sum of twenty thousand dollars to Mrs Eliza Potter, widow of Lorenzo T. Potter, deceased, late of Charleston, South Carolina. SAMUEL S. COX, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro temporc T. W. FERRY President of the Senate pro tempore Received by the President May 20, 1876. [N om BY THE DEPARTMENT on STATE.-Tho foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] ` June 1, 1876. CHAP. 117.——An act for the relief of the legal representatives of George Schwartz, —·—————·~—~·—·~~-— docoased,1ate 2. private in Company F, Fifth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer In- , fantry. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re_p¢·esentati¢1cs of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, _ Ch·°·*S°_°f 6*0* and he is hereby, authorized and directed to amend the record of George gffW;§;'fGS;0€;3‘ Schwartz, late a private in Company F, Fifth Regiment Wisconsin V0l· " unteer Infantry, by causing the charge of desertion to be removed. Seo. 2. That the legal representatives of said George Schwartz shall be _ treated in respect to claims for pay, allowances, bounty, and pension the Btflgps f°" PW same as if the death of said Schwartz had been proved to have taken "place in the line of his duty and in the military service of the United · States. SAMUEL S. COX, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro temporc T. W. FERRY _ President of the Senate pro tcmpcre Received by the President May 20, 1876. [Norm BY crm: DEPARTMENT OF S1·Am.—The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the tune prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] June 7, 1876. CHAP. 121.—A11 act for the relief of John M. English of North Carolina. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqpresc·rztatives of the United Duplicate Check States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Intetobeissned toJ0hn rior` be, and he is hereby, instructed to direct the pension-agent at M·E¤§h¤h· Raleigh, North Carolina, to issue duplicate check numbered eight thou- V sand four hundred and twenty-four, for one thousand three hundred and thirty-four dollars, in favor of John M. English, for one lost in the mail PF<>ViS<>· on May eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventyfive: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior be satisfied that the same has not been Proviso. paid : And provided further, That said English shall first execute a bond with good and sufdoient sureties to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior to hold the United States harmless against the double payment of said check. Approved, J uno 7, 1876.