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586 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SEss.I. Ch. 254, 255, 256. 1864. Pa enttoDr. u be, and he is hereb , authorized and directed to a to Dr. C. M. °· M¥uVl'°"h°'m· VW-itherill, the sum of segen hundred and fifty dollars, bull for his services as chemist of the agricultural department, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 2, 1864. July 4, 1864. CHAP. CCLIV. — An Act for the Beliefs/`John C'. Mc Cannell. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treaspayment fg ury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to John C. McCon- J°h¤ C- M¤C¤¤- nell, the sum of two thousand dollars, out of any money in the treasury mu' not otherwise appropriated, in full payment for money advanced and service rendered in raising troops in the State of Maryland. Approved, July 4, 1864. Juyy 4, 1g6s_ Curr. CCLV. -941: Aetfzr the Beliefo/'Horace Gam. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Cbngress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Pension ,0 rior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Horace Gates, of Home Gates. Franklin, in the State of Vermont, upon the roll of invalid pensions, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and continue during his natural life. Approved, July 4, 1864. July 4, ISM_ Gnu. CCLVI. —An Act for the Relief of Richard G. Murphy. _"""' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ry` the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Payment to ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay to Major Rich- M5;;;;"d G' ard G. Murphy, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro- ` priated, the sum of eighteen hundred dollars, in full, for that amount charged to and paid by him as agent for the Sioux Indians, upon false vouchers transmitted to the Indian bureau by Willis A. Gorman, late superintendent of Indian affairs for the northwestern superintendency. Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted, That the solicitor of the treasury be, and he is hereby, required and directed forthwith to cause to be com- Willis A. Gor- menced against the said Willis A. Gorman, such suits as he may deem mn *4* l>° SW1- proper for the recovery of any money which the said Gorman may have wrongfully obtained from the treasury. Approved, July 4, 1864.