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900 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 141-144. 1887. the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four hundred and ninety-eight dollars and fifty-four cents, which shall be in full compensation for damage sustained by reason of an erroneous assessment, and seizure therefor, on or about the nrst day of March, ei gh teen hundred and seventy-one, of a certain distillery bonded warehouse numbered sixteen, with cattle-pens, machinery, and fixtures, then owned by the iirm of W. H. Powell and Company, of the third collection district of Ohio, and in full satisfaction of all claims of the said W. H. Powell and Company, and of said W. H. Powell, against the Government of the . United States, in any manner arising out of the said assessment, and J u d g m e n t the seizure and sale or loss of said property; and to release the judg-

  • !¤"{¤* mm ¤¤d ment now standing against said W. H. Powell and Company, and John

°'""’°° ’°1°““°d‘ Mills and others, of Dayton, Ohio, as their sureties. ` Received by the President, February 7, 1887. [N own nr rum Dn1¤.mrm1¤1v·r on S·rArn.—The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] Feb. 18, 1887. CHAP. 142.-An act for the relief of Richard H. Porter, surviving partner and ——-————- assignee of the late firm of R. H. and James Porter. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United R. H. and James States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury P';""- t t u pay to Richard H. Porter surviving partner and assignee of the late firm Y,,;Lm;°:,,¤:,°°;` of R. H. and James Porter the sum of ten thousand one hundred dollars, less the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars heretofore paid them, in full for all claims for damages or compensation for property impressed by order of Colonel Johnston, in command of the United States troops en route for Utah in eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. Received by the President, February 7, 1887. [N urn. BY run Dmrsmnmivr or STATE.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] pei, gg, 788[ CHAP. 143.-An act granting a pension to George Ham. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United George Ham. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior P¤¤¤i¤¤· be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pensionroll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Geofge Ham, late first sergeant of Company D, Second United States Artil ery. _ ‘ Approved, February 18, 1887. Feb. 18, 1887. CHAP. 144.-An act granting a pension to Mathias Wondrak. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Mathias W c n · States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior "'*- . be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension- P°‘"‘°“‘ roll the name of Mathias Wondrak, late a private in Company K,