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1522 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Cris. 158, 159, 165, 166. 1899. Navy Department so as to show that Dennis Fitzpatrick was honorably discharged as a seaman in the United States Navy from the United States steamer Wainderer, and to issue to him an honorable discharge, to date from the seventeenth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty- three. . _ Approved, February 15, 1899. Februar-y15, 1899. CHAP. 159.—An Act For the relief of Charles T. Plunkett, of Lynchburg, Vir-

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United c1m·is.·r.r1¤¤km., States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the a,fQ’f,{,{"‘§,}"°,§§;,,{’,f Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Charles drafts. T. Plunkett, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and four dollars and fifty cents, being amount of sundry drafts, all dated January twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety- three, to the following-named parties: R. B. Coffman, one dollar and seventy cents; E. H. Price, one dollar and ninety cents; R. E. Carroll, twenty-eight dollars; J. H. Mowatt, eighteen dollars; J. H. Mowatt, twenty-one dollars and ninety cents; J. H. Mowatt, eleven dollars and pmmr. ten cents; J. H. Mowatt, twenty-one dollars and ninety cents: Provided, 2,,“§§‘§,‘},§{,‘{f,§`,',§#'°" That said drafts are surrendered to the Secretary of the Treasury: And - provided further, That the said Charles T. Plunkett will give bond in the penalty of double the amount, with security approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, conditioned to indemnify the United States against any loss arising out of the payment of said drafts to said Charles T. Plunkett. Approved, February 15, 1899. February 18, 1899. CHAP. 165.-An Act For the relief of Samuel Racey. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United g:_=>;·gdB·;:x{6nb,_ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is amtsrgs. hereby authorized and directed to remove the charge of desertion appearing on the records of the War Department against Samuel Racey, late private, Company K, Thirtietb Ohio Infantry, and substitute therefor **absented himself without leave in January, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and so remained absent to September twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, when he enlisted in the name of Samuel Rowling and was mustered into the service in such name on September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, as a private in the Twenty-fifth Battery Indiana Light Artillery, and served faithfully to July twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-ilve, when he was honorably discharged under the name of Samuel Rowling," and correct the records of the Twenty-fifth Battery Indiana Light Artillery by adding after the name Rowling the words “ alias Samuel Racey,” and to issue to said Samuel Racey an honorable discharge as of date July twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, reciting his record in both said organgw?-ow izationsz Provided, That no pay, bounty, or other emoluments shall P y'become due or payable by virtue of the passage of this Act. Approved, February 18, 1899. February 1s, 1899. CHAP. 166.-Au Act To correct the military record of William D. Kurtiss. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United gmx Dhglzfggié States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War sim...,,,,,, IS hereby authorized to correct the record of William D. Kuriiss, private, Company F, First Ohio Cavalry, so as to show his honorable discharge