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FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 166, 172,173,177. 1893. 827 CQAP. 166.-—An act to remove the charge of desertion from the record of James Febmary 25.1893. Morrison, alias James C. McIntosh. —·——;··; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the charge of desertion James Morriwnalins in the case of James Morrison, alias James C. McIntosh, an enlisted J‘“‘°“ C·M°I“°°“"· man in the Navy, who deserted from the United States ship Lexington Ch-? of ¤¤=¤r¤·>¤ at Monterey, California, October twenty-second, eighteen hundred and r°m°v ' forty-eight, be, and the same is hereby, removed from the record of his service. Sec. 2. That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Depart- P¤v·¤¤=-·*·¤- ment are hereby authorized to settle the accounts for back pay, bounty, and allowances that may be due to said James Morrison, alias James C. McIntosh, at the date of his desertion from the Unimd States ship Lexington, and to pay the same fron1 any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, upon satisfactory proof being furnished to them by the said McIntosh of his identity with the said James Morrison. Approved, February 25, 1893. CHAP. 172.-—An act granting a pension to Mrs. Mary E. Donaldson. February 27, ism. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Mary E.D<m¤ld¤¤¤. Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll P°""°“‘ the name of Mrs. Mary E. Donaldson, of Santa Ana, California, widow of the said Lieutenant Charles V. Donaldson, and to pay her a pension at the rate of fifteen dollars per month. Approved, February 27, 1893. CHAP. 173.-An act for the relief of George W Jones February 27, 1893. ‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the George W. Jones. Treasury of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and j,,§X§§‘T“"*“ ‘° "° ‘“l‘ directed to open and readjust, upon principles of equity, the accounts of George W Jones, late minister to Bogota, New Granada, now United States of Colombia, and pay to said George W. Jones, or his heirs, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, any sum that may be found due him upon such adjustment. Approved, February 27, 1893. CHAP. 1’I'7.—An not for the relief of the heirs of James S. Ham. Fohrusry 28. IBM. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o_/'Amerlica i n Congress assembled, That the Secretaryof the Treasury mos S, Hugh d be, and he is hereby, directed to redeem in ihvor of Abby A. Ham, t,, h,,,‘§‘{‘,}{"°“° “ ' soleheir of James S. Ham , late of Providence, Rhode Island, the followingdescribed bonds of the United States, of the second series, issued under an act of Congress approved February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-t wo, namely, bonds numbered thirteen thousand eight hundred and ten to thirteen thousand eight hundred and thirteen, inclusive, for one thousand dollars each, amounting to four thousand dollars, with interest from November first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to March twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, the said heir claiming that the said James S. Ham, then living, owned said bonds on February eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-tive, when it is alleged they were