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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 182-184. 1894. 993 heroic edort to save the master and crew of the shipwrecked American schooner Maggie E. Wells, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, and the sole survivor of the rescuing party: To the widow of first officer J. Meyer, five hundred dollars; to each of her two children, two hundred and fifty dollars; to the widow of boatswain E. ltegnard, Eve hundred dollars; to the mother of A. J. Oudyn, five hundred dollars; to each of the two children of F. Eichorn, two hundred and fifty dollars; to the widow of A. Bos, five hundred dollars; to each of her two children, two hundred and fifty dollars; to the widow of A. Van Vliet, five hundred dollars; to each of her five children, two hundred and nfty dollars; to A. .P¤m¤¤¤t ¤> wr- Van der Wilt, surv1vor, Eve hundred dollars. V""' Approved, August 1, 1894. CHAP. l83.—An Act For the relief of General Napoleon J. T. Dana. August 1- 1894- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United · States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the N==p<>1e<>¤J-I-Dam. United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to nominate and, by l}§§}’,*§°]§fd°“ and with theadvice and consent of the Senate, to appoint General Napoleon J. T. Dana, late assistant quartermaster of the United States Army, to the position of assistant quartermaster, with the rank of captain of cavalry, and to place him on the retired list of the Army with that rank and pay, the retired list being thereby increased in number to that extent; and all laws and parts of laws in conilict herewith are suspended for this purpose only: Provided, That from and after the {redwlpcassage of this Act no pension shall be paid to the said Napoleon J. T. °”“'°"t° °°°°°‘ ana. Received by the President, July 20, 1894. [NoTE nr tran DEPARTMENT on STATE.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] CHAP. 184.-An Act For the relief of Major-General George S. Greene. August 1. 1894- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President be, and 0e07E3S-Gpex he is hereby, authorized to nominate and, by and with the advice and A,-°,€§?,.,§',’.L*Z;°;ILX, °° consent of the Senate, to appoint George S. Greene, late brigadier and brevet majorgeneral United States Volunteers, to the rank of tirst lieutenant of artillery in the Army of the United States, and to place him on the retired list of the Army as of that grade, the retired list being thereby increased in number to that extent; and all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are suspended for this purpose only: Provided, That from and after the passage of this Act no pension shall rmi". be paid to the said George S. Greene, but this proviso shall be no bar P‘““""““’ °°”°' to any claims for pension that the widow or children or other heirs of said George S. Greene may have after his deccase. Received by the President, July 20, 1894. [N OTE BY trim DEPARTMENT or S·rATE.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] STAT—YOL XXVIII--63