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994 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. IL Gus. 185-187. 1894. A¤z¤¤t 1. 1894- CHAP. 185.-An Act For the relief of William B. Chapman, George W. Street, ""_"‘_*' John W. Hoes, Emmet C. Tuthill, and Joseph H. Curtis. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United xenon-suis ass- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, '§};,',¥,§j,§° §{{{‘“f,”`$j and he is hereby, authorized and directed to revoke so much of Special S¤re¤¤.·T91¤pWFH<>¤ji Orders numbered two hundred and twenty-nine, Headquarters Depart- _}°,,'§{,‘Q,‘}:§’{_%`wj“° ment of Virginia and North Carolina, dated August twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, as dismissed First Lieutenant William B. Chapman, First Lieutenant George W. Street, First L1eutenant John W. Hoes, First Lieutenant Emmet C.fTuth1d} aind First flgeuteiiiant Joseph H. Curtis bird New York Infantry o unteers m the service of the United States, and to issue to each of these; officers a certificate of honorable discharge as of the date of the order of dis~ zgmm. _ missal: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to allow w1;° '“"“"°““‘ P'*'· to any officer named therein, or his heirs, any pay or allowances to which said officer would not have been entitled if he had been honor- Eably discharged on August twenty-iirst, eighteen hundred and sixty- our. ` Approved, August 1, 1894. August 1, 18% CHAP. 186.-An Act To pension the minor children of Alfred Phipps. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United

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.1, _ rior a e is ere y au or1z an rrec e 0 p ace e °h names of Jdhn T. Phipps. Bertha L. Phipps, M._Ph.ipps, Alfred J. Phipps, and Florence H. Phipps, orphan minor ch1ldren of Alfred Phipps, Company A, Twelfth Maryland Infantry, upon the pension roll of the United States, subject to the limitations and provisions of the V¤1-26-1>·182- Act June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, as if no widow had SHPVIVCC, until they shall respectively arrive at the age ot sixteen years. Payment to gum- Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to ““‘· pay to the lawfully appointed and qualified guardian of said children under the laws of the State of Maryland the pensions hereby authorized to be paid. Approved, August 1, 1894. August 1, um. 13C?. 1?'hH]AmAclE To authorizedn cggrected patent to be i sued for the donation ’;""*_""‘;‘-" ll C RUB 0 G8 00 lll1H10X1S Ill! Wl 8. 1’r¤=~·¤¤1¤- _Whereas in the patent issued to Wheelock Simmons and Lucinda Simmons, his wife, dated April twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty- six, for their dona.tion_land claim, in the county ot Washington, in the State of Oregon, a mistake was made in the description of the lands intended to be confirmed to them thereby, and the boundary lines thereof, as given in said patent, do not connect; and \\`hereas it has been held by the Secretary of the Interior that such mrmltakep can not now be corrected without authority from Congress: ere ore Wh I k S Stzc it;ngeted_by theCSenate and Hoggsez oélftepraseggatives of éhe United is M i¤¤¤¤•>¤¤ a es o merwa an ongress assem e at the cretary o the Inte- °°dt;£i»u num s. rior be, and he is hereby. authorized arid directed to cause to be issued g§,;{]*{*; ggggylcud to said Wheelock Simmons and wife a corrected patent, to show upon its ftxelthaf itl is isslpgepl in lieu of the paterit heretofore issued to them, or the ant s escri in a specia p at o a survey of their donation land claim approved November eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty- two, and certified by the surveyor- general of Oregon to the local land office August eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty seven, described as