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FIFTYFIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Cns. 408-411. 1899. 1549 CHAP. 408.—An Act For relief of and to correct record of Jacob Covert. March 2, 1899. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 4 States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War ‘§j,‘f,L‘j,‘{_$’“,‘;f§;0,,b, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the charge aaseimgs. ) ° of absent without leave against Jacob Covert, late first lieutenant of Company D, Twenty-fourth Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and grant him an honorable discharge, to date from the first day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-two: Provided, That no pay, mmm. bounty, or other emoluments shall become due or payable by virtue of N° P**¥·°*°- the passage of this Act. Approved, March 2, 1899. CHA?. 409.--An Act To authorize Joseph J. Kinyoun, passed assistant surgeon of Much 2, 1899. the Marine-Hospital Serv1ce, to accept a medal from the President of the Republic ———————— of Venezuela. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Joseph J . Kinyoun, ·T¤¤¤pb J- Kinyounpassed assistant surgeon of the Marine—Hospital Service, be, and he is f,$f,°’};,§°§°,§,YidZ{,°§i§} hereby, authorized to accept from the President of the Republic of V°¤°¤¤°l¤· Venezuela a gold medal of the fourth class of the Order of the Liberator, awarded in recognition of scientific services. Approved, March 2, 1899. CHAP. 410.—An Act For the relief of the Berdan Firearms Manufacturing Com- March 2, 1899. pall)'. Hf;" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Berdan Firearms MB¤rd¤¤tF,ir¤=6·¤· Manufacturing Company be, and the said company is hereby, authorized ,..$}Yf°° mug °m` to institute a suit in the Court of Claims against the United States and ,a§‘fl"gQlg'Q,j°';l,*j)Q,’r,°°,f, for the benefit of Mrs. Mary Kimball Berdan, the widow of Hiram Ber- Claims. dan, the inventor of certain devices described and claimed in a patent issued to the said company, dated March thirtietb, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and numbered eighty-eight thousand four hundred and thirty-six; said suit to be instituted for the use by the United States of the said devices from March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty- nine, to July twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eightyone; and the bar of the statute of limitations is hereby waived and the suit may be prosecuted to final judgment, as the suit might have been prosecuted if it had been instituted within six years from the time when, as is alleged, the said devieés were used by the United States. Approved, March 2, 1899. CHAP. 411.——An Act To authorize Admiral T. O. Selfridge, United States Navy, March 2-1899- Cuptuin (G. H. \Va¢lleigb, United States Navy, Lientenant—Commandcr E.' H. Gheen, W roar M__ United States Navy, Aeutenant-Commander Raymond P. Rodgers, United States Navy, Paymaster J. B. Redfield, United States Navy, Lieutenant J. J. Hunker, United States Navy, Surgeon D. N. Bertolette, United States Navy, and Ensign R. L. l»:u~n-tell, United States Navy, to accept medals presented to them by the Russian Government. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Admiral T. O. Selfridge, m£,*;{;¤;t;;E,j;*,;;°f,$1l;§ United States Navy, Captain G. H. YVadleigl1, United States Navy, sian e.,Y,;.,msm_ e, Lieutenant-Commander E. H. Gheen, United States Navy, Lieutenant- ;}§;";}c_*- °· *3** Commander Raymond P. Rodgers, United States Navy, Paymaster J. B. ` Redfield, United States Navy, Lieutenant J. J. Hunker, United States Navy, Surgeon D. N. Bertolette, United States Navy, and Ensign R. L.