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FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1I. Ch. 33, 35, 38. 1877. 505 CHAP. 33.-—An act for the relief of Philip Pendleton Jan. 22, 1877. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting _ ¤\<¤¢<>¤¤fS<>fP1>ilcmcers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby authorized and directed ‘i‘ P°“‘“°’*°"· to re-open and readjust the accounts of Philip Pendleton late a paymaster in the United States Army and allow him such additional credits in the settlement of his accounts as under the circumstances in the opinion of said accounting officers may be just and true for money charged as received by him as such paymaster and not in fact received, if any, which shall be established before them by satisfactory evidence SAM’ J. RANDALL · Speaker of the House of Representatives. T. W. FERRY President of the Senate pro tcm pore Received by the President January 10, 1877. [Norm BY THE DEPARTMENT or STATE.—Th8 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.] CHAP. 35.-An act to authorize sundry allowances to James Atkins, late collector of Jan. 25, 1877. ` interpal revenue for the fourth district of Georgia, in the settlement of his ac- ··———···*·· 001111 S. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United' States of America in Congress assembled, That James Atkins, late collector A l l <> W M G <> *0 of internal revenue for the fourth district of the State of Georgia, be, J""‘°“’“k""" and he is hereby, allowed, in the settlement of his accounts, the sum of seven thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars and three cents on account of items of assessments and abatements, and the further sum of one thousand four hundred and fifteen dollars and eight cents on account of expenses incurred by him in the performance of the duties of his office. Approved, January 25, 1877. CHAP. 38.-An act for the relief of R J Henderson of Newton County Missouri. Jan. 29, 1877. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- H *0 lr ·l· ury be, and is hereby authorized and directed to pay to R. J. Henderson, ° ° ' of Newton County, Missouri, the sum of seven thousand two hundred and fifty-three dollars and ninety cents, which shall be in full compensation for all balances due said Henderson growing out of a contract made in eighteen hundred and sixty-five, with Captain William Mills , postquartermaster at Nashville, Tennessee, at the time, to cut and deliver three thousand cords of wood at the Cumberland River for the use of the Army, and so forth. SAM’ J. RANDALL Speaker of t/ie House of Representatives T. W. FERRY President of the Senate pro tempore. Received by the President January 17, 1877. [Norm BY THE DEPARTMENT or 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.]