FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 466-468. 1899. 155] CHAP. 466.-An Act For the relief of Thomas Hickey. March 3, 1899. Be it enactedlby the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, '¤w¤¤¤¤ Hivkesand he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the charge of descr- d§€$?,§1 ”""°""’l° tion now standing against the military record of Thomas Hickey, late ° ` ot Company I, Twelfth Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and to issue an honorable discharge as of date November nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one: Provided, That no pay. bounty, or other emoluments shall ,§’°*=”°· become due or pay able by virtue of the passage of this Act. ° pay' °t° Approved, March 3, 1899. CHAP. 46'l.—An Act For the relief of the International Cotton Press Company, of March 3, 1899. New Orleans, Louisiana. ——;—-— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- ,AI¤{,jg:*g*¤¤1 09* ury be, and is hereby, authorized to release the International Cotton iieimea °e?»i:Dili·- Press Company, of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, from the claim *g°,f_'l°';*’j{'; °’ Umm of the United States growing out of the indebtedness of Charles A.` Snyder to the Government for internal-revenue taxes. Approved, March 3, 1899. CRAP. 468.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act for the relief of Brigadier- mms s, im, General John R. Brooke, United States Army," approved March thirtieth, eighteen —————————~ hundred and ninety-four. · Whereas the legal representatives of John Smith failed to accept the rmmiin. provisions of an Act entitled "An Act for the relief of Brigadier-Gem "'°*-”·P-**8*- eral John R. Brooke, United States Army," approved March thirtietb, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, within three months from the passage thereof, for the reason that neither the legal representatives nor the heirs of said John Smith had notice or knowledge of the passage of said Act, and were first informed thereof during the month of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven: Therefore, Be i thenacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amer·iea in Congress assembled, That an Act entitled “An Act g<>1u¤§=¤;i¤;~) , _ 1 tor the relief of Brigadier-General John R. Brooke, United States ..,,,f;Y,T’.Z{'..ii.».T.. "*" Army," approved March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows:
- ·That the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States be authorized and directed to pay to the legal representatives of John Smith, late
of N ew Mexico, the sum of one thousand dollars, being in full satisfaction of the judgment obtained by said John Smith in the district court of the iirst judicial district of the Territory of New Mexico, at the August term, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, against Lieutenant- Colonel John R. Brooke, Third Infantry, United States Army, now niaior-general, United States Army, for alleged trespass and mise imprisonment: Provided, That the provisions of this Act shall be ggvvgvhcfcpm in accepted by the legal representatives of said John Smith as a settle- mn ti claims against ment in lull of all claims against John R. Brooke, of the United States §;]g,mG§fg_{{**° “· Army, within three mouths from the passage hereof. And the said ` sum of one thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for said purpose, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid and received in full discharge and satisfaction of all claims arising out of said iudgment." Approved, March 3, 1899.
