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968 FORTY-NIN TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 438-442. 1887. _P§¤y¤¤¢¤¢ to ¤¤r— Connor, Brother and Swan of Nashville, Tennessee, the sum of four “"“‘9 P“’*”°”· thousand four hundred and twenty dollars and thirty-two cents, net proceeds paid into the Treasury from sale of one hundred and seventy tierces and one hundred and twenty barrels of lard, shipped by them March twenty-fonrth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, from Nashville to Louisville, without a permit, in ignorant violation of law and traderegulations, and seized, libeled, and sold by the United States, the same having been so shipped after due inquiry, without willful negligence or intent to violate any law or trade-regulations; and for that purpose the sum of four thousand four hundred and twenty dollars and thirty-two cents is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1887. Mar. 3, 1887. CHAP. 439.-An act granting a pension to Alice Kelley. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Alice Kelley. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior Pension. be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pensionroll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Alice Kelley, a volunteer nurse during the late war, and pay her a pension at the rate of twenty dollars per month. Approved, March 3, 1887. Mar. 3, 1887. _ CHAP. 440.-An act for the relief of Miss Eula. E. Henry. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Eula E. Henry. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster-General bc, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to credit the account _ of Miss Eula E. Henry, late postmaster at Centre Point, Arkansas, with Credit te, postal the sum of two hundred and two dollars, lost by a robbery of the mails Y¤¤*l¤ **016**- at or near Hope, Arkansas, on or about November thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four. Approved, March 3, 1887. Mar. 3, 1887. CHAP. 441.-An act granting a pension to James Smithpeter. — Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United J ¤ m •= 8 Smith- States of Americain Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior Y"’°""‘ . be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension- Pension. . ’ . . . . . . roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the penszon laws, the name of James Smithpeter, late of the East Tennessee Union service. Approved, March 3, 1887. Mar. 3, 1887. CHAP. 442.-An act for the relief of Samuel M. Gaines. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United S =» m u c 1 M . States of America in Congress assembled, That the letters patent numbered G”"’°· eighty-tive thousand two hundred and ninety-nine dated December twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, which were granted by the Patent Office of the United States to Samuel M. Gaines, of Glasgow, Kentucky, for the period of seventeen years from the date of the original grant, “method of teaching the rudiments of chemistry/’ be, and are hereby, referred to the Commissioner of Patents, to hear and determine the facts as to whether they shall be continued in force for the

 of seven years trom the twenty-ninth day of December, eighteen