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920 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IH. Ch. 122-125. 1863. ance of said sum out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriatedi Approved, March 3, 1863. M¤¤¤¤ 3·186¤·_ crm. oxxu. - An Ae for the Relief of Benjamin YZ Warm. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United B;j?g';‘i‘:‘$,.*° States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid, out of any Watson. l money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four hundred and seventy-five dollars, for filling and grading Virginia avenue, between N lnth and Tenth streets, in square three hundred and eighty-five, under the approval of the Commissioner of Public Buildings and Grounds, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-four. Approved, March 3, 1863. March 3, 1863. ····i·~··· Cuar. CXXIII.—An Act for the Reliefqf Susan Dzbkson, Widow of John Dickson, deceased. 1g5g_ Cb_ 5g_ Whereas by act of Congress passed February twenty-third, eighteen hun- V0r xi- p- 564- dred and fifty-nine, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars was approprimed for the benefit of the captors, in the war of eighteen hundred and twe1ve,0f the British brig °‘ Caledonia"; and whereas it appears that John Dickson, late of Erie, in the State of Pennsylvania, deceased, was one of said captors, and that his name was, by mistake, entered on the list of said captors, now in the Naval Department, as William Dickson, and that said John Dickson left a widow, Susan Dickson, who still survives: T herefore — Be it enacted by the Senate and Hume of Representatives cy" the United p,)-mam fg States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper disbursing Susan Di<=k¤<>¤· ofiieer of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to said Susan Dickson, widow of John Dickson, deceased, the portion or share of said twenty-five thousand dollars which was due to the said John Dickson, deceased, and now stands credited to the name of Vfilliam Dickson on the records of the Naval Department. Armtovnn, March 3, 1863. lllarch 3, 1868. CHAP. CXXlV.—-An Act for the Relief of the Administrator of Captain Richard """"""' Stevenson, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives qt the U`m'ted p,,ym€,,m m, States of America in Congress assembled, That there be allowed a pgipstrgtcgtcf credit to the administrator of the estate of Captain Richard Stevenson, Wg_"' °"°“' deceased, late an assistant quartermaster of volunteers in the army of the United States, the sum of three thousand dollars, being the amount of money belonging to the government of the United States in his custody as such officer, seized and appropriated in Kentucky by guerillas while in the course of transmission by express on railroad trains from Indianapolis, Indiana, to Nashville, Tennessee, where said Stevenson was on duty. Ar1>It0vm>, March 3, 1863. M¢\!'¤l1 3, 1863- CHAP. CXXV. — An Act ntin a Pension tu Fr , ` _Q___; Brigadier-Ge1ze»·f:’Z·l1Tose}i(lz B. Plummer, Jn5f: giigdugzg of the hue Pemkm to Be it enacted Ute Senate and House of Representatives of the United FmncésH.Plum_ States of nmerzca m Gbngress assembled, That the Secretary of the In— mm., tenor be directed to place the name of Frances H. Plummer, widow of the late Brigadier-General Joseph B. Plummer, of the United States army, on the pension roll, at the rate of fifty dollars a month, from the