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FORTY-FIFTII CONGRESS. SEss.II. Ch.105,108,110,111,112. 1878. 529 CHAP. 105.—An act granting a pension to William S. Davis, late private in May 14, 1878. Conipaiiy E, Thirty-first Illinois Iniaiitry Volunteers. —————- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- \Vi11iam S. Da- 1ior be, and Le is hereby, anthoiized and directed to place 011 the Vis- _ pension-rolls, snbiect to the provisions and limitations of the pension- P°““‘°“ t°· laws, the name of William S. Davis, late a private in Company E, Thirty- tirst Regiment tf Illinois Infantry Volunteers, to take effect from and after the passage of this act. Approved, May 14, 1878. CHAP. 1C8.—An act for the relief of Numis II. Covordale. May 22, 1878. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid to Numis H. N- H- C<>V¢1‘d¤l¤· Coverdale, out of a11y money not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six P“Y“‘°“° °°· thousand seven hundred and eighteen dollars, being the balance of the amount of money reserved on payments made to him on behalf of his contracts of July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and March twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Approved, May 22, 1878. CHAP. 110.-An act for the relief of Otimiel P. Hollis, of the S01diers’ Home, Augusta, May 25, 1878. HIDE. H Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- O. P._ Hollis. rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of P°““*°“ *°· Othniel P. Hollis, late a private in Company C, of the First Regiment of Massachusetts Infantry Volunteers, on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pensionlaws. Approved, May 25, 1878. CHAP. 111.-An act granting a pension to William A. Miller. May 25, 1g7g_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- W. a. Miller. rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of P°¤*“°¤ *°· William A. Miller, late a private in Company K of the Twenty-fourth Regiment of New York Cavalry Volunteers, on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws. Approved, May 25, 1878. CHAP. 112.-An act for the relief of James J. Waring, of Savannah, Georgia. May 25, 1878. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- J. J. ivaring. _ nry be, and he is hexeby, authorized and directed to refund to James J. t R°f““d°f‘l“*'°” \Varing, of Savannah, Georgia, the sum of eight hundred and ninety °' dollars, i11 gold, and one cent, out of a11y money in the Treasury of the United States. not otherwise appropriated, on account of said amount having been paid by the said James J. `Waring on a. portion of the steamplow machineryimported by him, which was ordered when the same was duty-free, but a portion of which did not arrive in the United States until after duty was established 011 the same. Approved, May 25, 1878. xxfH