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502 FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 15, 16,17. 1876. Deo. 28, 1876. CHAP. 15.-An act for the relief of Dickson Shinault late assistant keeper of the light- ···-—··*····— vessel at Wolf Trap light-station in the State of Virginia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Paymentto Dick- States of America in Congress assembled,. That the proper accounting- $0** S*¤l¤¤¤l*>· officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to adjust and settle the account of Dickson Shinault, late assistant keeper of the lightvessel at Wolf Trap light-station in the State of Virginia, and allow him the sum of one hundred and twenty dollars, being the amount due him as salary in full for all wages in eighteen hundred and sixty-one. SAM’ J. RANDALL Speaker of the House of Representatives T. W. FERRY President of the Senate pro tempore. Received by the President December 16, 1876. [NOTE nv THE DEPARTMENT on STATE.-The 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.] Dec. 30, 1876. CI-IAP. 16.-—An act granting an additional pension to JeEcrson Bowers, of Mason -—-——?—-——— · Q County, Illinois. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ Pension to Jef- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte-

      • 0* B°“'°*`¤· rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, at the rate of tour dollars per month, subject to the provisions

and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Jefferson Bowers, of Mason County, Illinois, which shall be in lieu of the pension now received by him. SAM’ J. RANDALL Speaker of the House of Representatives T W FERRY President of the Senate pro tempofe. Received by the President December 19, 1876. ‘ [NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT or S'].`ATE.——TlLl0 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.] Dec. 30, 1876. CHAP. 17.-—An act for the relief of J. T. McGinnis4s, captain of Thirteenth Infantry, ·———-——-—-—— ‘ United States Army. . ` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Relief of J. T. States of America in Congress assembled, That J. T. McGinniss, captain McGi¤¤i¤¤- of the Thirteenth Infantry, United States Army, is hereby relieved from the responsibility of commissary-funds amounting to three hundred and eighty dollars and seventy-nine cents, the property of the_United States, which were stolen in an officesate from a tent at Fort Shaw, Montana Territory, October, eighteen hundred and sixtyseven. SAM’ J. RANDALL Speaker of the House of Representatives. T. W. FERRY President of the Senate pro tevzpore. Received by the President- December 19, 1876. [NOTE BY THE .l)I<1I"ARTMEN'1‘ or STATE.~The foregoing act having