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FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 201, 202, 203, 204, 205. 1878. 543 CHAP. 201.-An uct. for the relief of James McGregor. June 14, 1878. 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- J- McGregornry be, and he hereby is, directed to pay to James McGregor, out of any P“5’“’°“* *°· money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, six hundred and three dollars and eleven cents, in full for services rendered by him at the Malhenr Indian agency, in the State of Oregon, during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-four. Approved, June 14, 1878. CHAP. 202.—A.n act for the relief of Nancy A. Herrick, of Rochester, New York. June 14, 1878. Whereas, Nancy A. Herrick, under and in virtue of the homestead Preamble. laws, is entitled to a patent for the land hereinafter described; and Whereas, under the circumstances of the case, the decision of the Secretary of the Interior, in dgighteeu hundred and seventy-four, that she was not so entitled, was an is erroneous: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper officer of the _N¤¤<=y A- Her- Government of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and "‘QI‘6mmmd t_ directed to issue and deliver to Nancy A. Herrick, widow of J. F. Her- 6,,, to mm, ,,0_P° rick, deceased, a patent in due form for the northeast quarter of section thirteen, in township one hundred and one, range thirty, containing one hundred and tii’ty~one and sixty hundredths acres of land, at East Chain Lakes, Minnesota. Approved, June 14, 1878. CHAP. 203.-An act for the relief of John I Thomas. June 14, 1878. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemb/ed, That the Auditor of the Treas- J. I. Thomas. ury for the Post-Ottice Department is hereby directed to credit John 1. C Mdit i¤ rw- Thomas, postmaster at Hancock, in Washington County, Maryland, in °°“”‘“ °f· his account as such postmaster, with the sum of twelve dollars, being surplus money-order iunds mailed by him to the postmaster at Baltimore, Maryland, and burned together with the mail-car en route on the night of the seventh of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, at Benning’s Station, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, between Washington and Baltimore. Approved, June 14, 1878. CHAP. 204.·—An act for the relief of Mrs Emma A. Porch, of Centretowu, Missouri. June 14, 1878, 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- Emma A.P<>rch. Ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, out of any money in P“·Y'“°“* *’°· the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to Mrs Emma A. Porch, ot'Centretown, Missouri, the sum ot seven hundred dollars, for services rendered and losses sustained as a Union scout during the late war of the rebellion. Approved, June 14, 1878. CHAP. 205.-An act for the relief of Samuel R. Atwell, late postmaster at Winches- June 14, 1878. tcr Virginia ""°"“—”"""" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Samuel R. Atwell be S. R.Atwel1. allowed a credit of two hundred and forty-ilve dollars in his settlement CII; 2,}* ¤¤ M- us postmaster at Winchester, Virginia, with the money-order office of °°““ S ‘