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FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 400-404. 1888. l08L CHAP. 400.-All act for the relief of Mrs P. L. Ward, widow and executrix of J1111018» 1888- William Ward, deceased. lj' Re it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Qfmagllgvtzrtxmu of the Treasury be, and hereby is, directed to lpay to P. L. Ward, mg? ` executrix of William Ward, deceased, of N orfol , Virginia, the sum of two thousand and seventy-five dollars and thirteen cents, in full satisfaction of all claim for beef and vegetables furnished by the said William Ward to the United States Navy, and in full Satisfaction for hay sold to the quartermaster of the United States Army. Approved, June 18, 1888. CHAP. 40]..-An act for the relief of Joseph B. Burton. -}*1116 18.1888. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary -gcS°l§gaB·1;t1gWt% of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to y’ " ` Joseph B. Burton, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the pay and a lowances of a private soldier from July twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to June twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, he having served as a private in Company A, Seventy-second Indiana Regiment, and serve as aforesaid, de ucting therefrom any sum of money heretofore paid him on account of said service. Approved, June 18, 1888. CHAP. 402.-An act for the relief of George E. Oliphant. J11110 18. 1888. Be it enacted by the Senate and H0u.se'of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary §g_$$E-011P¤¤¤· of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension- ' roll, the name of George E. Oliphant, late a private in Company I, Seventeenth Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws. Approved, June 18, 1888. CHAP. 403.-An act for the relief of Charles V. Mesler. June 18, 1888;*p Be it enacted by the Senate and Hoztise Z Réplresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assemb d, at the Postmaster- gggxggb 1, General be, and he is herellgf, authorized and directed, in adjusting ' the accounts of Charles V. esler, postmaster at Gasport, in the State of New York, as such postmaster, to allow him a credit of thirty- nine dollars and eighty-eight cents for postal cards, stamps, and envelopes stolen from said Charles V. Messler, at said post-office, on the night of the twenty-fifth or twenty-sixth of April, eighteen hundred and eighty, without any negligence or default on the part of the said postmaster. Approved, June 18, 1888. CHAP. 404.--An act to place the name of Casper Seibel on the pension—ro11. June is, ms. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary <¤¤·w¤_S¤i¤¤1 of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place