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1534 FIFTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 383, 395, 396. 1900. MW 5- 1900-___ CHAP. 383.-An Act Granting a pension to Margaretha Lippert. ‘ Be it enacted the Senate and Ibase ofRe esentatices of the United lgg;§$§‘h‘*LiPP°’”· States of America in Congress assembled, Tihiat the Secretary of the ' Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the Eension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension ws, the name of Mar aret a Lippert, widow of Adam Ligpert, late of Company B, Eigh51 Battalion, District of Columbia olunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month. Approved, May 5, 1900. M¤Y12· 1909 CHAP. 395.-An Act To psy the General Marine Insurance Company of Dresden "j—1`_" the sum of one thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and twelve cents for certain coupons detached from United States bonds, which said coupons were lost on the Cunard steamship Oregon, sunk at sea March fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. y Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 f Re resentatires 0 f the United wG:I§g;°{,g‘{n¤;*j’;g,Ig; States of America in Ocngress assembled, Tliizt the Secretary of the Dresden. Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to ay to the ,,,,{°,‘,*,{',’,§‘§°t °°’ f°'l°St General Marine Insurance Com any of Dresden the sum of? one thousand four hundred and thirty-ibur dollars and twelve cents, in full ayment for the following-described coupons detached from United States bonds, which said coupons were lost on the Cunard steamship Oregon, sunk at sea March fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty- six, to wit: United States four and one-half per centum loan of eighteen hundred and ninety-one, coupons five doll_ars and sixty-two cents each, due March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, numbered: 343, 1049; 1219 to 1222, inclusive; 1225, 1226, 1499; 3102 to 3108, inclusive; 3706 to 3708, inclusive; 3783, 4557, 4558; 5148 to 5167, inclusive; 8616 to 8619, inclusive; 8675, 8927, 8928, 9510, 11362. United States four and one-half percentum loan of eighteen hundred and ninety-one, coupons eleven dollars and twentyfdve cents each, due March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, numbered: 1525, 7229, 7487, 8451, 8852, 12689, 14733, 21381, 29071, 31545; 32388 to 32391, inclusive; 32392 to 32400, inclusive; 33313, 33314; 33350 to 33353, inclusive; 35154, 35155, 35335; 35915 to 35924, inclusive; 38144, 38145, 39157, 43837, 44599, 44600, 44965, 44966; 44968 to 44972, inclusive; 45034, 45238, 46175, 46176, 47402, 47403, 47594, 51199, 52147, 52148, 52209, 52511, 52515, 52516, 52528, 52587; 52827 to 52831, inclusive; 54508, 54509, 54513; 54520 to 54524, inclusive; 55200, 55898, 55899, 55986, 56076, 56129, 58317, 58461, 68376, 68390, 76840, 76841, 80426, 80548; 80630 to 80632, inclusive; 105183. gggjjtm Provided, That before the redemption of saidecoupons the said Geny bond. . ~ eral Marine Insurance Company of Dresden shall execute, or cause to be executed, and deposit with the Secretary of the Treasury a bond of indemnity, in double the amount of the face value of such coupons, with good and sufficient security, subject to the approval of said Secretary, to secure the United States against loss or damage in consequence of the redemption of said coupons. . . Approved, May 12, 1900. May I2, 1900. CHAP. 396.—An Act Granting an increase of pension to Hannah G. Strong. Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 f Rfgresenttatioes 0 f the United §g§S§j,§,§,b§;;gQ§· States of America in Congress assembted, at the Secretary of the ` Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension