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FIFTYZTHIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS, 116, 124,128, 130,139,145. 1894. 989 laws, the name of Lucy Brown, dependent foster mother of Aaron B. h l)1vinny, late of Company B, Ninety-first Regiment Indiana Infantry, an the war of the rebellion. Approved, June 23, 1894. CHAP. 124.-An Act For therelief of the sureties of Dennis Murphy. July 3, 1894. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sureties of Dennis gfggigfjgggsod Murphy, who was formerly paymaster and military storekeeper at the frvmliubilities. national armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, upon his official bond to the United States as such paymaster and military storekeeper executed on the twenty-eighth day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, be, and the same are hereby, relieved and released from any and all liabilities by reason of such suretyship. Approved, July 3, 1894. CHAP. 128.—An Act Granting an increase of pension to Wells Johnson. _ July 9, 1894. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Qgolls -l¢el¤¤¤<>¤,;M ruleset be, and he is hereby, authorized em aneetea to pieee on ““‘°“"‘°'° · the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Wells Johnson, of Ripley County, Indiana, at the rate of thirty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving. Approved, July 9, 1894. · CHAP. 130.-An Act For the relief of Samuel Collins. Jul? 11-189*- Be it enacted ln; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the §3'£g},f&*P°”- Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Samuel Collins, of Water Valley, Mississippi, the sum of two hundred and thirty dollars and eleven cents, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 11, 1894. CHAP. 139,-An Act To remove the political disabilities of Charles Iverson July 1B. 189* Graves, of Rome, in the State ofGeorgia. W Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all political disabilities Ggl;;;l°¤ I"¤*¤<·¤ imposed by the third section of the fourteenth amendment of the Con- remieei disabilities stitution of the United States be, and the same are hereby, removed '°“'°"°"· from Charles Iverson Graves, of Rome, State of Georgia. Approved, July 16, 1894. CHAP. 145.-An Act To authorize Professor Asaph Hall, of the United States July 18, 1894. Navy, to accept a gold medal from the Academy of Science of France. ""‘—"""? Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Professor Asaph Hall, of §,j’;}"‘,_§;g, muh, the United States Naval Observatory, be, and he is hereby, authorized from Aigndemy of Scito accept from the Academy of Sciences of the Institute of France a °°°"’ "°°°‘ gold medal, known as the Arago prize medal, awarded in recognition -0f scientific services. _ Approved, July 18, 1894.