1366 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 257-260. 1891. United States Army, subsequent to September sixteenth, eighteen 1*;*%*:0- I 1 in hundred and sixty-one; Provided, That the said sum be acceplted 111 mn. full ayment of a 1 claims against the United States down to the date of tile passage of this act. Approved, February 21, 1891. February 21, 1891. CHAP. 258.--An act for the relief of Henr Clay and others. owners and crew ii; of the whaling schooner Franklin, of New Bedlord, Massachusetts. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the "Fm¤k1i¤.“ whaling United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary '°{‘.‘,}‘,Z',§,°§,,,, u, Henry of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay, out of any gj¥gVPg·mm9;:; money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Henry Clay, gm, ac.. oi naming of New Bedford, Massachusetts, agent and managing owner of the §§§;‘fi£' "L°'°’¥“‘° D· whaling schooner Franklin, of New Bedford, the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars, that sum being the estimated loss to the owners, captain, and crew of the schooner Franklin in rescuing the passengers and crew, twenty-six persons, after they had abandoned at sea the burning steamer Lorenzo D. Baker, of Boston, and con- · veying them safely in New Bedford, thereby causing the schooner to ' leave er cruising grounds and break up her voyage. mmmuuon. Sec. 2. That one third of the sum gppilppriated by this act shall be paid to the captain and crew of the ra in, according to the estiimlatedtgmount of what would have been their respective shares of e ca . Approved, February 21, 1891. Fcbnury 21.1891- CHAP. 259.-A.n act for the relief of Thomas W. Houts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the f,1Pgg‘rY;b§l•;,¤*:gr_ United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President mm. be, and he is hereby, authorized to remit the unexecuted ortion of the sentence of court-martial in the case of Thomas W. Iibuts, late major Seventh Cavalry Missouri State Militia. and to cause said Thomas W. Houts to be honorabl mustered out of the volunteer service of the United States, as of the date of said sentence of said _ mgve M courtrmartialz Provided, That the said Thomas W. Houts shall not P"' in consequence of the passage of this act be entitled to have or receive back pay or allowance. Approved, February 21, 1891. February ¤1.189r CHAP. 260.-—Au act for the relief of James M. Lowry. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the · ·,L:’,¤•;B;%°I;>'¤· United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of ' two hundred and seventeen dollars and seventy-three cents be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to James M. Lowry, the same being balance due him for services rendered as assistant marshal in the e eventh enumerator’s district of East Tennessee in taking the eighth census of the United States. Approved, February 21, 1891.
