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600 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 85, 86,88, 89, 92. 1879. ' priated, out of any moneys in the Treasurynot otherwise appropriated, the necessary sum, not exceeding thirty-six thousand dollars, to pay said claim when adjusted as aforesaid. Approved, February 15, 1879. 1·`eb. 15, 1870. CHAP. 86.—An act for the relief of J amos Clift, late captain Fifth Tennessee Cavalry. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the lhiited J amcs 01if'¤· States of America in Congress assembled, That the Paymaster-General of _, Ii “Y "‘ ° " t ° f the United States Army be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed ° mm' to pay to James Clift, late a captain in the Fifth Tennessee Cavalry, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, the full amount of pay and emoluments as a iirst lieutenant of cavalry commanding company, from the nineteenth day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, the date of his commission as captain of a company of Mounted Guards from Andrew Johnson, military-governor of Tennessee, to the twenty- sixth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, the date of his muster into the Fifth Teimessee Cavalry, the same being for actual services rendered in the field. Approved, February 15, 1879. ‘ Feb. 17, 1879. CHAP. 88.-An act for the relief of John Henderson Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United J. Henderson. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- P°Y'“°""- ury is hereby directed to refund and pay to John Henderson, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five thousand dollars, in full satisfaction of the amount paid by said Henderson upon a bond for the release of one hundred barrels of spirits given by him as claimant, under the order of the United States district court for the eastern district of Missouri, and upon which spirits the said Henderson in good faith had paid the taxes assessed by the United States officers. Approved, February 17, 1879. Feb. 18, 1879. CHAP. 89.-An act granting a pension to Julia \Vatkins, widow of Thomas H. Wat- ———————— kins, late captain Company B, Purnell Legion, Maryland. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United J ulia Watkins. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- P"“S'°“- rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pensionroll, sulgject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name 0 Julia Watlrin , widow of Thomas H. \Vatkins, late captain Company B, Purnell Legion, Maryland, to take effect from and after the passage of this act. Approved, February 18, 1879. Feb. 19, 1879. CHAP. 92.—An act for the relief of the estate of Amos Ireland, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the United Amos Irelangl. States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting PW f°1' °°’“°°’· officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby authorized and directed to adjust and settle the account of Amos Irelanil, as captain of the lightvessel at Brandt Island Shoals, North Carolina, and allow to the administrator of the estate of Amos Ireland, deceased, the sum of two l1nndred and eight dollars and thirty-three cents, for his services irom January first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, until May thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, upon producing proper evidence of qualiiication as administrator of his estate; and a sufficient sum is hereby appropri-