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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 241, 242, 247-249. 1894. 100]. Stivers up to the first day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety, the same shall only be due and payable to him hereafter from the date of the passage of this Act. Approved, August 8, 1894. CHAP. 242.-An Act For the relief of Robert Travila for loss of carbine in late war. August 8, 1894. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Robert Tram. Treasury is hereby directed to settle with and, out of any moneys in P“"“°"°°°‘ the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, pay to Robert Travila, late of Company K, Fir t United -States~Cavalry, the sum of seventy-five dollars and sixty cents, the amount overcharged him for loss oi a car- 1ne. - Received by the President, July 27, 1894. [Non: nr rim Dzursnrmtnur or Srsrn.-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.] CHAP. 247.-An Act For the relief of Mrs. E. S. Luke, widow of J ohu L. Luke, A¤8¤¤* 9. 1894- late a soldier in the Black Hawk war. "H Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oonyress assembled, That the Secretary of the $-15- L¤k•>- Interior be and is hereby authorized and directed to place on the p;en 'on roll the name of Mirs. E. S. Luke, of Clarksville, Pike County, issouri, widow of John L. Luke, who served as a soldier in the Black Hawk war, and to pay her a pension of twenty dollars per month. Approved, August 9, 1894.

 248.-——An Act To remove the charge of desertion from the record of John August 9.1994-

8.0 . `_—__`;_-_—— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, John A··{•3k- u and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove from the record of ,,,2’,‘${,$Y ° °'°' °° John A. Jack, late of Company I, One hundred and twenty-eighth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, any charge of desertion that may exist against him as a private in said company, and issue to him an honorable discharge, subject to the laws and regulations of the War Depart- _ ment: Provided, That nopay, bounty, or emoluments shall become due §Q,°;;’)'rm_ by virtue of the passage of this Act. ’ Approved, August 9, 1894. CHAP. 249.-An Act To pension Mrs. Eliza B. Peirce, widow of Charles Peirce, August 9, 1894. of New Bedford, Massachusetts. H Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the laura 12. rem. Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the °"“°"‘ pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension · laws, the name of Eliza B. Peirce, widow of Charles Peirce,late of the ship Edward, Mexican war, and allow her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month. Approved, August 9, 1894.