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808 FOBTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 154-158. 1883. the name of John Glenn, late a member of the Indiana State Militia, who was wounded and disabled in the Morgan raid in July, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to take effect from and after the passage of this act. Approved, March 3, 1883. Mar. 3, 1883. CHAP. 155.-An act granting a pension to Clara Wible Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Ohta wma_ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Pension. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Clara Wible, widow of John M. Wible, deceased on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws. Approved, March 3, 1883. Mn_ 3, 1g8g_ CHAP. 156.-An act for the relief of William D. Martin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqresentatioes of the United www D, Mu- States of Americain Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treastim _ ur·y be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, out of any money in R°h°f °f· the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to William D. Martin, of Bedford eounty, Virginia, the sum of forty-seven dollars and twenty- five cents, being the amount of tax assessed, and penalty imposed for non—payment thereof, which was collected from and paid by said Martin to the collector for the fifth district of Virginia, the said tax being imposed upon forty-seven gallons of brandy which were swept away and destroyed by a ilood in the James River in November, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and without fault or improper negligence of said Martin. Approved, March 3, 1883. CHAP. .—An t Chal W.B th ts fad r·tis' rt

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` the State of Virginia Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqresentatives of the United Charles W. But- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the l¤>¤· Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to Charles W. Button, P"Y‘“°“* *°· editor and proprietor of the Lynchburg Virginian, the sum of eighty dollars and ninety-three cents, the balance due him on account for advertising the sale of property levied on by E. Boyd Pendleton, late collector of the United States internal revenue for the fifth district of Virgrnra. Approved, March 3, 1883. Mar, 3, 1883. CHAP. 158.-An act for the relief of Joseph Wescott and Son. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Joseph Wescott States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of three thousand and S9¤- four hundred and sixty-eight dollars be, and the same hereby is, appro- R°1‘°f ***1 priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying Joseph Wescott and Son, of Portland, in the State of Maine, the said sum, as a balance due to them for cut granite furnished by them, under contract and otherwise, for the construction of two stairways in the east wing of the State, War, and Navy Depart-