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472 FORTYFOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 244, 245, 247. 1876. 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.] July 29, 1876- CHAP. 245.-AA aa for as miler of rnusp s. Wales, medical inspector in me Umm " W States Navy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Philip S. \Vales States oj`Arneriea in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy l". M]. P]”,."“‘l °“ be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the prizelist g;]€°é,,],?c%1ft$;l,?d of the United States Steamship Pensacola the name of Philip S. Wales, rank or Smgémi. with the rank of surgeon in the Navy, as being entitled to receive his — share of the proceeds of the prize-money awarded to the fleet under command of Admiral Farragut, to which fleet Surgeon Wales was attached during the operations resulting in the capture of New Orleans in the month of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. MILTON SAYLER, , Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tempore. T. W. FERRY President of the Senate pro ternpore Received by the President July 19, 1876. [NOTE nr THE DEPARTMENT or STATE.-Theforcgoing 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 theConstitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] July 31, 1876. _ CHAP. 247.-An act for the relief of Nelson Tiffany _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _0h¤Pg<> of descr- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is

 f‘"°“‘ hereby authorized and directed to remove the charge of desertion from

y' Nelson Tiffany, late a private in Company H, Twenty-fifth Massachusetts Volunteers, and grant said Tiffany an honorable discharge. MILTON SAYLER, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro teinpore T. W. FERRY President of the Senate pro ternpore. IN THE HoUsE or REPRESENTATIVES, U. S. July 28th, 1876 The President of the United States having returned to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, the bill entitled “An act for the relief of Nelson Tiifany/’ with his objections thereto, the House of Representatives proceeded in pursuance of the Constitution to reconsider the same; and Resolved, That the said bill do pass, two-thirds of the House of Representatives agreeing to pass the same. Attest · GEO. M. ADAMS Clerk. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATEs July 31, 1876 The Senate having proceeded in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the bill entitled “An act for the relief of Nelson thfany/’ returned to the House of Representatives by the President of the United