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728 EORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 128-130. 1873. exceeding the sum stated in section one of this act, on the warrant of the Secretai y of the Department of State drawn therefor. Approved, February 11, 1873. Feb. 11, 1873. CHAP. CXXV1II.— An Actjbr the Relief {Mrs. M. S. Morse, Widow of Isaac E. """"_°""' Morse, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United P*)·ment to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasgfgjg S‘ ury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay, out of any moneys in the treas. I ury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. M. S. Morse, widow of Isaac E. Morse, in addition to the amount heretofore paid, the sum of fifteen dollars per diem from the seventh day of November, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, to the twenty-eighth day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty- seven, both inclusive. Approved, February 11, 1873. Feb. 11, 1873. CHAP. CXXIX. —-An Act for the Relief of William Vails, latea Private in Company A, U third Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Cavalry. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Cmmcm Og States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, h¤¤<>r¤bl¢ dig and he is hereby, directed to grant a certificate of honorable discharge

from the army of the United States to William Vails, late a private in

company A, third regiment of Indiana volunteer cavalry, to date the fifteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixtyéfive, without loss of pay or emoluments. J. G. BLAINE, Speaker of the Muse of Representatives. SCHUYLER COLFAX, Wce—President of the Miited States and President of the Senate. Received by the President January 30, 1873. [Nora nr rim Darnnrmznr or Sure.-'1`he foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] Feb. 11, 1873. CHAP. CXXX. —-— An Act directing the Payment to Robert rllcliree if Pay, Allowances, ”"-”"""` and Bounty now withheld fom him. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United p,,).,,,,,,,,,, States of America in Congress assembled, That s. sum of money be, and Robert McKee- is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Robert McKee, late a. private in company F, forty-third Wisconsin volunteer infantry, equal in amount to the pay, allowances, and bounty to which said McKee would have been entitled had he been on ’ active duty the whole time he was borne on the rolls of said company, said pay, allowances, and bounty being now withheld from him upon an erroneous allegation of fraud in procuring his enlistment into, and reten- · tion in, the military service of the United States; said sum to be ascer- 3 tained and adjusted by the Second Auditor of the Treasury. _ ` J. G. BLAIN E, Speaker of the House of Representatives. - SCHUYLER COLFAX, i Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate. Received by the President January 30, 1873. [Nora BY THE DEPARTLIENT OF S*rA:r1·:.—-The foregoing act having ’ been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, i