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1408 sixrmru conenmss. sm. 11. cm. -is-4.8. 1909. J¤?I*£·H CHAP. 45.-An Act For the relief of Walter W. Keefe. [Prem. Ne 89-1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatv7ve.s of the United w,],,, w_ K,,,,,, State: of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the P¤Y¤¤¤¤¤ ¤>· Treasuéy is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money · in the reasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four hundred _ and twenty-seven dollars and seventy-tive cents to Walter W. Keefe, late civil plumber in the Quartermastefs Department at Fort Egbert, ~ Alaska, for property destroyed by tire at Arlington dock, Seattle, Washin ton, on Ma sixth, nineteen hundred and six. S Y Approved, January 28, 1909. ‘ J¤¤¤¥228· WW- CHAP. Act For the relief of George J'. Miller, of Wenatchee, Wash- [H‘ '°°°·] ington. [Private, No. 90.] B by he nd U ted H H eit enacted t Senatea Houseoflfeplzeoerttatteesof the nt nymriiw.Stateoqf America in Oongresa assembled, That the Secretary of ·the ‘ Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to _ Geor e J. Miller, of Wenatchee, Washington, out of any money in the 'laeasury not otherwise apripopriated, the sum of four hun red dollars, being money which said il er, actingipiu the erroneous advice of the Registerof the United States Land ce, paid to the United States for government land which he was later he d to be entitled to `receive as a homestead without such payment. Approved, January 28, 1909. ·¥¤¤¤¤'!28· 1909- CHAP. 47.-An Act For the relief of the sureties on the official bond of the [H‘R‘1521B‘] late Cornelius Van (`ott. [Privat ,N .91.] comm; von cm Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of tlae United rzenmermrzues ori States of America in Congress assembled, That the estate of Cornelius · "°“d °’· Van Cott, late postmaster of the city of New York, and the sureties on - his bond be relieved from the payment to the United States of America of the sum of one thousand two hundred and eightyfive dollars and seventy-one cents, the amount paid H. Clayton Grail dur- · ing the fourth quarter of the year nineteen hundred and two and the tirst and second quarters of the year nineteen hundred and three, who was carried on the pay rolls at the New York City post-office for said period. Approved, January 28, 1909. January 2a. 1909. CHAP. 48.-An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain [KR-@**49-] soldierslirnxl saisorspf the civil war and certain widows and dependent relatives of

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rename. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o_fAmer·z}:a in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the lntcrior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension awsrennensancreaem. The name of Christopher C. H. Mace, late of Company F, Sixth MS£{m°Ph°' °' H' Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of twenty-four dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ‘ Jenneny. The name of John Gray, late of Company H, Thirteenth Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of twenty-four dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.