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FIFTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 38, 48, 49. 1890—’91. 1331 CHAP. 3'l.—An act for the relief of James B. Guthrie. December 5, 1890, Re it enacted by the_Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary James B. emu-se. of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed tchplace P°““‘°"‘ ‘ on the pension-roll the name of James B. Guthrie, of Paris, enry County, Tennessee, late a private of Captain James T. Dunlap’s company of Tennessee troops in the Indian war of eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and pay to him a pension of twenty do lars per month from and after the passage of this act. Approved, December 26, 1890.

CHAP. 38.-An act releasin S. H. Brooks, assistant treasurer of the United D°°°mb°' *1890- States, and his sureties on his oécial bond. . · 'HH"'; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rizfresentatives of the United States ¢g°America in Congress assemble , That the said S. i§e%*¤°*}& cmu, H. Brooks, an the sureties on his official bond be, and they are uma. 0 ‘ hereby, released from any and all liability that may have accrued, or arising out of the loss of ten thousand do lars from the United States subtreasury at San Francisco, California, which loss was discovered and reported by said Assistant Treasurer S. H. Brooks to the Treasury Department at Washington on the twenty-seventh day of February, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eig ty-six. The said loss . of the said ten thousand dollars has heretofore been made the subject of full investigation by said Treasury Department, and as to how or when said money, or any part thereof, was lost was never ascertained. The proper officer of the United States Treasury Department is hereby authorized and directed to cancel and disc arge any liability upon said bond arising out of the loss of said money. Approved, December 27. 1890. CHAP. 48.—An act increasing the pension of Eliza B. Dorrance, widow of the January 2, 189:. late George W. Dorrance, chaplain United States Navy. "‘—r——— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and ;1Ju=:iB- gorrwcv. after the passage of this act there be allowed and paid to Mrs. °° °'°°°“°‘ Eliza B. Dorrance, widow of the late George W. Dorrance, chaplain United States Navy, a pension at the rate of forty dollars per month during her widowhood, in lieu of the pension she is now receiving Approved, January 2, 1891. CHAP. 49.-An act for the relief of Henry W. Burlingame. Jmmry 2_ 18912 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary new-y w. Bumsof the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to lace gagneggou on the pension-roll, subject to the `pgovisions and limitations oi) the ' pension laws, the name of Henry . Burlingame. Approved, January 2, 1891.