Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 24.djvu/963

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FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. GHS. 419-423. 1887. 933 CHAP. 419.-A11 act granting a pension to Missouri Anderson. Mar. 3, 1887. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That the Secretary of the Interior mmm-; Am;". bc, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place ou tho pension- son. _ roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the P°¤¤1°¤· name of Missouri Anderson, widow of Reuben W. Anderson, late of Company A, Tenth Regiment Kentucky Volunteers. Approved, March 3, 1887. CHAP. 426.-Au act granting n pension to Joseph M. Potter. Mar. 3, ISSL7. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Americain Congress assembled, That thBS8(!l'8t31'_Y0ftb8 Iuwrior ,30,,,,;, M_ pct, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension- m-. _ roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the P°¤¤*°¤· name of Joseph M. Potter, of Bahway, New Jersey, late a corporal in Captain Martin’s battery of New Jersey volunteers. Approved, March 3, 1887. hc?. 421.-An set to cuniunto Emile Guerin mdCh¢ri P. llsjortitlotoncrtain Ihr. 3, 1887. ll S. "*"*"*"”‘*'*" Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the right, title, claim, Emile_ Guerin, and interest of the United States to a certain tract ot land on False PM Ohm P- W- Biver, Pointe Coupéc Parish, Louisiana, and described on the officid ·'°}}m° of United maps of the General Land Officc of the United States as lot or section sms. to c,,;.;, number sixtyminc, in township five south, range ton cast, southeastern luqdsing Louisiana district, west of the Mississippi River, Louisiana, bc, and tho same are *°h°*1“*¤h°d· hereby, couiirmcd to an in Emile Guerin and Cheri P. Major, holding under the original grantee or his assigns, and to and in theirsuccoasors, tmusfcrccs, vcndees, and assignecs: Provided, That this act shall have Proviao. _ - the cifect only of a quit; claim of all right, title, and interest of the St0t¤1¥_ §Y¤?¤¢i United States therein, not to aifcct any valid adverse right or title m of °“ m ° “ °°“‘ said land, nor create any liability on the part of the United States. Approved, March 3, 1887. CHAP. 422.- An act for the relief of Thomas P. Westmoreland. Mar. 3, 1887. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Thomas P.Wc•t·- ury be, nud is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Thomas P. mvreland. Westmoreland, of Atlanta, Georgia, out of any moneys in thu Treasury P*¥¤°¤* *°- 110t: otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred dollars, the B81D0 to be in payment and satisfaction for his services as prosecuting attorney for the people of the United States against Robert Bolton, W. B. Freeland, Charles Miller, and James F. Self, for murder, in the courts of the United States, under and pursuant to the order of the circuit judge of the United States court in the northern district of Georgia. Approved, March 3, 1887. CHAP. 423.-Au act. granting a pension to Peter P. Hutfmau Mar. 3, 1E8T. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Peter P Hd_ States of Amer€ea in Congress assem bled, That the Secretary of the Iutenor mM_ ' be, and he is hereby, autboxized and directed to place ou the pension- Pension.