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FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 621, 624, 625. 1886. 827 CHAP. 621.-Au act for the relief of Captain Hollister E. Goodwin and his sureties. July 2, 1886. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America. in Congress assembled, That David S. Biggs and the H¤Ui¤•·¤vE-G0<>d- heirs, next: of kin, and personal representatives of Joseph Biggs be, and Wgé, f the same hereby are, released and discharged from any and all lia- ms 0°:,°?,,;°d bility or payment of money upon an bond executed in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-three by Hollister E. Good win as principal and · David S. Biggs and Joseph Biggs as sureties, conditioned as required ` by law for the performance by the said Hollister E. Goodwin of the duties of assistant quzrtermaster of the United States Army. Approved, July 2, 1886. cmm 624.-An m my me relief or J. A. wa1¤¤¤, uamauiamm no umn mm of July 3, 1886. the estate of Gregory J arratt, deceased. """""*’ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of th8Tl‘68S· J- A.Wi1s¤¤. ury be, und he is hereby, directed to pay to J. A. Wilson, administrator 8dP¥Y9‘$m*°» N} do bonis non of the estate of Gregory Jarratt, deceased, late of Harde- 6,.*:,;*;;, m.,;_“_° man County, Tennessee, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three thousand four hundred and seventy- , eight dollars, in full compensation for supplies furnished to the Union ‘ Army by the said Gregory J arratt, deceased, in the said county, in eighteen hundred and sixty-two and eighteen hundred and sixtythree. Approved, July 3, 1886. cnn. szs.-qu m rm- the relief or George T. Dumey. . July 3. 1886 _ Whereas on or about the eighteenth day of May, anno Domiui eighteen ‘ hundred and sixty-five, George T. Dudley, first lieutenant of Company Pr¤¤·mbl¤- M, Fiftieth Regiment New York Volunteer Engineers, for visiting the city of Richmond, Virginia, on the occasion of its evacuation by the Confederate army, on the third day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, was dismissed from the United States service by sentence of court-martial, with loss of pay and allowances, having been absent from his command without permission for twenty-four hours; and \Vhereas the facts in the case being put before him, the honorable Secretary of War did order “that the sentence of said court-martial be revoked? intending to restore to the said officer his pay and allowzmces, as well as his rank and commission; and Whereas the order issued by the V\’:u· Department did not carry out the wishes of the honorable Secretary, but merely restored to the said ohicer his rank and commission, without giving him his pay and allow~ ances, which can only be restored to him by an act of Congress: There- ‘ fore, Be it enacted by the Senate and 11mue of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the said George T. Dudley George T. Dudsball be entitled to and receive the pay and allowances of his rank M5'- which were due him at the date of his dismissal from the service; and P“Y‘“°““ *°· that the Treasurer of the United States be, and is hereby, authorized to pay the said George T. Dudley, from any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the amount found to be due him at that time. Approved, July 3, 1886.