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710 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. OHS. 61, 68-70. 1896. who do not present claims for payment on said vouchers within thirty days from the date of approval of this Act shall be forever barred from presenting such claim, and said John Finn shall after said thirty days be entitled to receive the amounts found to be due thereon upon the conditions aforesaid. Approved, March 19, 1896. Hawk 23. 106- CHAP. 68.—·An Act For the relief of Halvor K. Omlie, of Homen, North Dakota. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United K}¤*•¤ K·0¤¤¤- States of America in Congress assembled, That Halvor K. Omlie, who, _§§j,f‘,;’,,*j,’,,{‘°Y‘°"°“" on May twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, made final proof on his preemption claim for the northwest quarter of section eight, township one hundred and sixty~three north, of range fifty-eight wes? of the fifth principal meridian in the State of North Dakota, be, an he is hereby, granted a period of one year from the passage of this Act within which to make the necessary payment for said lands. Approved, March 23, 1896. 1[arch23,180¤. CHAP. 69.-An Act For the relief of W. H. Ferguson, administrator of the "`Y""""; estate of Thomas H. Millsaps. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United giqkulm- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ,.;,,Y,’{,,.§.$,°,,,,_ ° Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and instructed to issue duplicates in the name of W, H. Ferguson, administrator of the estate of ` Thomas H. Millsaps, in lieu of United States four per oeutum registered bonds, issued under Acts of Congress approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, and January twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, numbered one hundred and twenty- two thousand two hundred and ninety, one hundred and twenty-two thousand two hundred and ninety-one, one hundred and twenty-two thousand two hundred and ninety-two, one hundred and twenty-two thousand two hundred and ninety-three, one hundred and thirty thousand six hundred and seven, one hundred and thirty-six thousand eight hundred and forty-two, for one hundred dollars each, inscribed in the name of H. Webb, trustee, said bonds having been lost or stolen from the said W. H. Ferguson after assignment in blank and delivery by moms. said H. Webb trustee, to said Ferguson: Provided, That the said W. H. },‘fgfj';’,;‘;‘g#,,,‘g'f‘;,‘l>,,,,_ Ferguson shall iirst file in the Treasury a bond in a penal sum equal to the amount of said missing bonds and the interest which would accrue thereon until_ the principal becomes due and payable, with two good andsufficicnt sureties, residents of the United States, to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, with condition to indemnify and save garmless the United States irom any claim because of the lost or stolen on s. Approved, March 23, 1896. Mu-cn 23, 1896. CHAP. 70.-An Act For the relief of Frances R. Jack, Elizabeth J. Jack, and ———%—— Matilda W. Jack. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ,mf,f§$°°m§·M§;;,'; States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the J. Jan? Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of P“"“°"* *°· any money not otherwise appropriated, to Frances R. Jack, Elizabeth J. Jack, and Matilda W. Jack the sum of two hundred and fifty-nine dollars and twenty-two cents, on account of rent of building in the city of Roanoke, Virginia, for use as post-office. Approved, March 23, 1896.