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FOBTYJNIN TH CONGRESS. SESS; II. CHS. 295-299. 1887. h 923 CHAP. 295.-Au act for the relief of the estate of Edwin T. Pillzcnton, deceased, `Feb. 28, 1887. 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- Edwin T. Pilkuy is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the ¤¤t<>¤· ` Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated by law, to mf°"Y,’P°”" *° °°‘ the estate of Edwin T. Pilkerton, deceased, the sum of two thousand six ° ° ¤ hundred and eighty-four dollars and ninety-six cents, or so much thereof as the Secretary shall find was actually lost, in full satisfaction for his claim for that amount of internal-revenue tobacco-stamps which were destroyed by lire in the burning of his tobacco factory on the third of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, in Manchester, Virginia. Approved, February 28, 1887. CHAP. 296.-An act granting a pension to Henry Mericle. “Feb. 28, 1887. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ' Statesqfslmerica in Congress assembled, Thatthe Secretary of the Interior Henry Mericlc. be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Pensionroll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Henry Mericle, late a private in Company D. Sixth Regiment . New York Heavy Artillery. _ Approved, February 28, 1887. CHAP. 297.-An not granting a pension to Adeline Perry Feb. 29, 1887. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 8tatesofAmm·icain Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior Adelizo Perry. be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension- P¤¤¤i¤¤· roll the name of Adeliza Perry, of Worcester, Massachusetts, who served as a nurse during the war of the rebellion, and is now incapacitated from earning a livelihood by sickness induced by said service, and pay her a pension of twelve dollars per mouth. Approved, February 28, 1887. CHAP. 298.--An act for the relief of Mary J. Gilbert. Feb. 28.1887. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States 3/America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior Mary J. Gilbert. be, an he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension- P¢¤¤¤¤¤· · roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary J. Gilbert, sister of De Witt Gilbert, late of Company G, Eighty-ninth New York Volunteers. Approved, February 28, 1887. CHAP. 299.-—-An act for the relief of James W. Goodrich. Feb- 28- 1881 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of theTreasury g7=;`¤¤*¤_ W- G°°d· be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to James W. Goodrich, out of any ','ia$_m€¤t to POW — money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four hun- ,,, ,,,0,,,,,, ,,,{,;,,,,_ dred and three dollars and ninety-seven cents, to indemnify him for loss of postal funds sustained by him and caused by the robbery of the postofticc in Amesbury, Massachusetts, in February, eighteen hundred and eighty-four. Approved, February 28, 1887.