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6743 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 594-397. 1885. lhrcb 3, 18%. CHAP. 394.-An act granting an increase of pension to Ann Cornelia Lanman, Bc it enacted by tha Senate and House of Representatives of the United Nm C°¥¤°!i¤ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- L}‘;“:';·i on in tcrior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on gba c,,,,,,,;_pension-roll, subject; to the provisions and limitations of the penswu laws, the name of Am: Cornelia Lanman, and pay hor a pension of fifty dollars u month from and after the passage of this act, in lieu of the pension now received by hor. ‘ Approved, March 3, 1885. gud; 3, 13 CHAP. 395.-Au mt for the benefit of John C. Herndon. Ba it enacted by theSanatea••dHmwe ofliepraaantatives of the United John 0. mm- State: of America in Oongroae assembled, That the Sccmmry of the d°¤· Treasury ba, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to pay to J 01m ‘ h‘P‘jm°“* °°· f" C. Herndon, lmao of Mason County, now of Louisville, Kentucky, out of 1m,,.,,i,,i,ti,,,,_ any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, tho sum of one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five dollars, in full compensation for one hundred and Evo thousand pounds of hay furnished, under verbal contract, to Captain D. W. McClung, assistant quartormaster, United States volunteers, for the use the Government of the United States, in March, eighteen hundred and sixty-tivo, and which was swept away by a iiood in the Ohio Bivor and lost in consequence of the failure of the Government to remove said hay after due notice had been given to its authorized agents so to do. ' Approved, March 3d, 1885. gud. gx gg_ CHAP. 396.-AN ACT for the relief of Bos Vortnar Johvy and cthern. Be it enacted by the Sonata and H’o•¢se;fRepreaentat€¤es of the United Buss Vortnor States of America in Congress assembled but the claim of Rosa Vcrmar Jcm J ofrey and the legumes of Claude Johnson for the proceeds or Cl of fg': a':; value of eight hundred and twenty bales of cotton alleged to have been ld,,,;, ,,1,,,,,1 ,0 appropriated by and to the use of the United States bo, and the same Cnurcofchimn. is hereby, referred to the Court of Claims, with jurisdiction to hear and determine the same; and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the said court that the said cotton, or any part thereof, was actually and lawfully seized aud removed by the authorized agents of the United States, the court shall enter judgment for tho reasonable value of said cotton, not exceeding the nat proceeds of cotton taken at or about the same time in tho same locality, which judgment shall be payable from the nut proceeds actually in the Treasury of cotton received by the Treasury agents h·••s•••. at Vicksburg against which no valid claim exists: Provided, That it shall also appear to the said court that the owners of the. said cotton were in fact. loyal to the Government of the United Status during the lata war: And prmridod further, That the sum paid out of said specific fund shall be in full satisfaction of said judgment. Approved, March 3, 1885. latch 3, 185. CHAP. 39'l.—·A.n mu fm-th• relief of John F. B•v•1·•n•• Bo it enacted by the Senate and House of Representation of the United John F- Saver- States of Amer·ica in Congress assembled, That there be appropriated,

*{"°é_ out _0f any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum

byNm,,¤£_ of enghby-tivo dollars, to be placed to the credit of the Posbédce D0- Appmpl-amou. partmcut; and the proper acwuuting officers of the Postr0f1km Deparn