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FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 48, 49, 51. 1877. 509 the fifth collection-district of North Carolina, or other proper revenue officer, is hereby authorized and directed to credit their respective taxes assessed on the brandy distilled by them as aforesaid with said sums overpaid by them in their special tax as aforesaid. SAM’ J. RANDALL Speaker of the House of lkpresentatiees T. W. FERRY President of the Senate pro tempore Received by the President January 20, 1877. [NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF 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.] HAP. 49.-An act rantin a ension to Have . ’ ‘ v, i . . C grinmén §.gr¤t i»...L.yi’.E..i§‘ii’Hiiiz.}”"` ‘““ ‘“ °°"‘*’”“" C *°"· 3· “"· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amerika in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Pension to uni. rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension- VW B- Kill>¤¤¤- roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name of Harvey B. Kilborn, a private in Company C. Thirtieth Regiment Pennsylvania Militia. SAM’ J. RANDALL Speaker of the House of Representatives. T. W. FERRY _ _ President of the Senate pro tenzpore. Received by the President January 23, 1877. {Nora nv THE DEPARTMENT on STATE -The iorcgohigact 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.] CHAP. s1.-an act for the relief of Robert Erwin. Feb. 5, 1877, Be it enacted Zn; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the court of Claims may Claims nrnntm take jurisdiction under the provisions of the act of March twelfth, eight- Erwin refwed *0 een hundred and sixty-three, entitled "An act to provide for the col- C°“‘“°f°l“""°‘ lection of abandoned property and for the prevention of frauds in insurreotionary districts within the United States/’ of the claims of Robert Erwin of Savannah, Georgia for property alleged to have been taken from him, which claims were by accident or mistake of his agent or attorney, and without fault or neglect on his part, as is claimed, not tiled within the time limited by said act. SAM' J. RANDALL Speaker of the House of Representatives T. W. FERRY President of the Senate pro tempore Received by the President January 24, 1877. . [Norm mr THE DEPARTMENT on 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.]