614 FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS, Sess. I. GH. 513, 514, 515, 516. 1874. _ June 23,187j; CHAP. 513.-Au not for tnolsgssr of Jnmes Inillie postmaster at Lisbonvi11e,Bay 0!1!l y, MISQOHH. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Creditirracpountv States of America in Congress assembled, That the Auditor of the Treas- ·>*° J¤¤¤¤ LM- ury rm- the msu omcs Department be directed to cmu, m the account of James Lillie as postmaster at Lisbonville, Ray County, Missouri, the sum of twenty-two dollars and twenty-six cents, being the value of stamps and stamped envelopes destroyed by fire in said post office on the nineteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, without negligence on the-part of said postmaster. Approved, June 23, 1874. _ _ June 23, 1874. CHAP. 51*.-ufl! awt granting a pe€;io; E, Caroline Webster, widow of Lucius H. "_—""""“ e . . Be it enacted by the Sonata ismd House of Representatives of the United Pvp ¤i¤¤ W E- Slater of America in Congress assembled, Thabthe Secretary of tho Inte- °‘“°’“‘° W°b“°'· rior be, and :11e is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of E. Caroline Webster, widow of Lucius H. Webster, late a. private in company H, of the Seventh regiment of Michigan eavalry volunteers, and pay her a pension from and after the passage of- this act. Approved, June 23, 1874. . June 23, 1B'I4· CHAP. 515.-Au net for the relief of Robert Tillson and Company, of Quincy, Illinois. · _ Be it cmwtcd by the Senate and House of ‘Representat€ves of the United TQ?;" Em States of America, in Oongreaa assembled, That the claim of Robert Tillinfny ,:m.md,M,w son and Company, of Quincy, Illinois, for loss and damage growing out com or qmms. of the failure of · the Government of the United States to keep and perforin the contract or contracts as to-time and manner of payment, under whiehieertain- horse equipments and infantry a.ecouterments»were manufactured, between the months of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and July, eighteen hundred and sixty-four,` by said Tillson and Company, for said Government, be, and the same is hereby, referred to the Court of Claims, and such court is _ authorized and directed to investigate the same, and to ascertain, determine, and adjudge the amount equitably due said iirm, if guy, for such loss and damage. Approved, June 23, 1874, ‘ - June 23,,1874. CHAP. 516.-Au act for the relief of may Ann Hall, widovr of Captain Charles F. Be it emwted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United F Saw]'! { Chap; States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy Mgd p :‘{d°t‘;° his is hereby authorized_ and directed to allow qnd settle the salary of Wm0W_ Charles F. Hall, lute in command -of the Polans expedition, to Dooembex- thirty-iirst, ei§hteeu hundred ond seventy-three, and pay the bal _ a-noe to his widow ercy Ann Hall. ‘ ’ M°¤¤¤°1;`*§* ¤, °f , Sec. 2. That the Secretary of- the Navy is hereby authorized to purggmw au °° chase from the said Mercy 'nn Hall the manuscripts of said Charles F. ` Hull relative tohis several voyages and explorations in the North seas, at a. price not exceeding iitteen thousand dollarsgand incase of purchase to deposit the same with the officers of the mithsonian Institu- _ _ · tion for safe-keeping, examination, and report to Congress. _ APP¤'°P¤¤*1°¤ f°*· SEO. 3. That the sum of sixteen thousand nine hundred and thirty- six dollars, or so much thereof as may be neoessary, is hereby appropriated to carry out the provisions of this ect.’ ‘ Approved, June. 23, 1874.
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