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FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 307-311. 1868. 409 CHAP, CCCVII.—-An Ac: hfmxhe Relz'qfofHon. Georyc W. Badges, a jlfemberqf July 27,1scs. t e T /zirty-seventh Congress. —"`__""“ Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Sgqws of America in Congress assembled, That the treasurer of the United I’**Y¤¤¤}¤* to States pay to the Hon. George W. Bridges, late a member of the Thirty- g33x5;?' seventh Congress, Hom the State of Tennessee, the sum of one thousand six hundred and eighty-five dollars and ten cents, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, in {ull compensation and payment of his claim for pay as :1 member of the Thirty-seventh Congress, deducted for loss of time, occasioned by his arrest by rebel authority while on his way to the capital. Approved, July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCVIII. ——An Act for the Relief of Major E F. Stevens, Assistant Pay- July 27, 1868; master United States Army. _`_——_'__ Be it enacted oy the Senate and House of Represenlatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting StM”J°'£·lF· officers of the paymaste1·—gerieral’s oflioe and the Treasury Department c,;;;;?, wi,;, in the scttloment of the accounts of Major F. F. Stevens, late an zusist- &c. in settleam: paymaster of the United States army, credit to him the sum of three nw"? °f“°°°““°‘ thousand and seventy-eight dollars and sixty-three cents, as of the first April, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-seven,for the cause that that amount of public money in his hands on that day was lost by the burning of the steamer Alabama, on the Mississippi River: Provided, That in the P¤`<>Vi¤<>· opinion of said accounting officers the said allowance should be made. Ar-rizovisu, July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCIX. -—An Actfzr the ReZief¢y`Palemon Ja/m. July 27, 186$· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioner of in- Credifm be ternal revenue be, and hereby is, instructed to allow Pzilemon John a;‘1H;]`V_f$1Ef‘l°' credit for the sum of seven hundred and sixty-nine dollars and thirty- seven cents, for that amount of revenue stamps lost or stolen from the mails while the same were in transit to said commissioner Hom said Palemon John, late revenue stamp agent. APPROVED, July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCX. —-An Act for the Relief of Captain Thomas W. Miller. July Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Pay_ment to Treasury bc, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Thomas €\fPL”gHe;_h°‘““‘ W. Miller, late captain and acting aide to Brigadier-General L. Cutler, late of the army of [tho] Potomac. out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred and twenty-nine dollars and eighty-eight cents, in full for military services from the thirteenth of May, to tho seventh of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, inclusive, and for private horse killed in action at the battle of Gettysburg. Apmwvnn, July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCXI. —An Act granting a Pension to Emmelene H Rudd, i/Wdow of the late July 27, 1868. Commodore Jo/an Rudd, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United · Staxencf America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the in- FX;;¤5;<;;*§ terior be, and ho is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension gud, ' roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension Iaws,thename of Emmelene H. Rudd, widow of John Rudd, late at commodore in the