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686 FOBTY-NIN TH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 38, 39, 42, 43. 1886. Mar. 29, 18%. CHAP. 38.-A.n act granting a pension to Margaret'A. Blake. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Margaret A. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inm°k°· . terior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension- P°"‘°°‘ roll of the United States the name of Margaret A. Blake, widow of George A. H. Blake, late Colonel of the First Cavalry and a brevet brigadier-general in the United States Army, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws. Approved, March 29, 1886. Mu, 29, 18$. CHAP. 39.-A.u pct panting a pension to Almira Russell Hancock, widow of Win- -—————-—— held Scott Hancock, lateaMajor-General in the United States Army. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Almira Russell States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- H=¤¤¢<>•;k- terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the P°”‘“°“‘ pension·roll of the United States the name of Almira Russell Hancock, - widow of Winiield Scott Hancock, late a Major·General in the United States Army, and to pay her at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum, to take eifeet from and after the passage of thi act, and subject to all the provisions and limitations of the pension laws. _ Approved, March 29, 1886. lIar.31,1H. CHAP. 42.-An act for the relief of George S. Storrs, of Texas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United · Georges. stem. States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of each House concur- _ }’¤1i¢·i<¤•·1 di¤¤bir ring therein), That George S. Storrs, of the State of Texas, be, and he m°° '°“'°'°‘r is hereby, relieved of all political disabilities imposed upon him by the _ third section of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Approved, March 31, 1886. l Mar. 31, 1886. CHAP. act for the relief of J. M. Lobban. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _y_ M_ L0q,b,m_ States of America in Congress assembled, That that the Secretary of War Duplicate check be, and he is hereby, instructed to direct Major G. B. Dandy, quarter-

  • °· muster, United States Army, to issue duplicate check numbered twenty,

for four thousand six hundred and eight dollars and ilfty cents, dated April twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, in favor of J. M. Lobban, on the Stock-Growers’ National Bank, Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, in place of one lost on or about May third, eighteen hundred Provim. and eighty-four: Provided, That the Secretary of War be satisfied the same has not been paid he shall instruct the Omaha National Bank of Omaha, Nebraska, to pay such check: And provided further, That said J. M. Lobban shall first executea bond, with sureties tobe approved by the Secretary of War, in due form, to save the United States harmless against any loss or injury by reason of such duplicate check or the pay- ment of the original. , Approved, March 31, 1886.