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526 FORTYFIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. S5, 86,89, 90, 92. 1878.. Varney, of Portland, Maine, the sum of two hundred dollars, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, as compensation for the use and occupancy of a certain piece of 1and_situated in said city of Portland, belonging to said Varney, by the United States, during the years eighteen hundred and sixtyseven, eighteen hundred and sixty- eight, and a part of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. Approved, May 2, 1878. May 2, 1878. CHAP. 86.—·An act for the relief of Samuel H. Canfield, postmaster at Seymour Con- ——-—······ necticut. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Samuel H. Can- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Mig]- t t ury be, and hereby is, directed to pay to Samuel H. Canfield, postmaster aymw °‘ at Seymour, in the State of Connecticut, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of t-hree hundred and nity-two dollars and twelve cents, the same being for money-order funds to the amount of one hundred and fifty-eight dollars and seventy-six cents and postage stamps to the amount of one hundred and ninety-three dollars and thirty-six cents, stolen fiom the post-office in said town of Seymour on the night of the thirtieth ot March, eighteen hundred and seventy- four, without fault of said Canfield, and for which stamps and money- order funds said Cantield has since that time fully accounted and settled with the Post Office Department. Approved, May 2, 1878. May 3, 1878. CHAP. 89.-An act for the relief of Susan Robb. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United $******1 R°bb· States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting- P‘**`m"“° t°‘ officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to adjust and settle the claim of Susan Robb, mother and nearest heir of Levi R. Robb, late second lieutenant of Company H, Forty-fifth Pennsylvania. Volunteers, and allow her the sum of one hundred and thirty-tive dollars, the same being ‘*three months’ extra pay proper": Provided, That no charges stand against said officer on the books of the Treasury Department. Approved, May 3, 1878. May 3, 1878. CHAP. 90.-An act for the relief of the minor heirs of John H. Evans, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United John H. Evans. States of Ameriea in Congress assembled, That the Paymaster General of Pny @6 b<>¤P*Y the Army be, and he is, authorized and directed to pay to the minor °f¤ t° “““°' h°"“‘ heirs of J ohn H. Evans, deceased, late of McNairy County, Tennessee, the pay and bounty due the same, as if he had been enlisted and mustered into the service of the United States on the sixth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. Approved, May 3, 1878. May 4, 1878. CHAP. 92.-Au act granting a pension to Rebecca and Augusta Miller, daughters oi ·—·;‘—·—*"‘ Brigadier-General James Miller, of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Rfbgga MMI Au- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- @120*:1 8,,;,11**:,; rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension- ' roll, subject to provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the names. of Rebecca and Augusta Miller, daughters of James Miller, a. brigadiergeneral in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, and to pay them at pension of fifteen dollars each per month. Approved, May 4, 1878.