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1808 F HTTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I1. CHS. 951-953. 1901. Merch 8.1901- CHAP. 951.-An Act For the relief of Aquilla J. Daugherty. l A Be-it enacted b tb,e.Senate and House of Resentattves of the United e,§1“*“°· J- D°“€’“‘ States of Ameriyba in Congress asseinbé, Tliat the Secretary of the mlrgiiuiiyasmcemin Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized anddirected to cause to be ,,t%1,p§;rg§e0§$Z2§ irgveistigéited apdhexamfned the c§·c1&n1sltances of the alleged burglagy °“ ° ° - 0 the 0 ce o` the col ector 0 the t internal—revenue istrict of the State of Illinois, at Peoria, Illinois, or_on about the twenty-fifth day · of January, anno Domini nineteen hundred and one, ·when it is alleged that Uigited States internal-iéevenuel documentary stamps of the face value 0 twenty-four thousan nine undred and seventy-four dollars apd gftgen cents and United! States interna;-revenue pgoprietary stamps o the ace value of six thousand nine undred an two dollars and thirty-one and five-eighths cents were stolen from the vault in said office of said collector, said stamps having been received by A%uilla J. lgailiglierty, ceillectler of the fifth intern?-reylenue distract of thefState 0 `nois an in is possession as suc co ector at the time 0 said

gy‘f"°‘“‘° mm “°1’“‘ alleged bdrglary and the alleged stealing of said stamps; and if upon

such investigation and examination the Secretary of the Treasury is

 satisfied that none of said stamps were ever issued or used by said

” col]lect%· cg hg eniployeps, argd thatdallwpg sgi;}. ygereustotlpn an said 0 ce urg arize as a oresai wi ou au o ·sa1 co ec r then the Secretary of the Treasury shall credit said Aquilla J. Daughi erty with the number-and value of said stamps and release him from further responsibility therefor. r Approved, March 3, 1901. . Merch 3. 1901- CHAP. 952.-—An Act To waive and release all claims of the United States by wa _°"""""_‘ of escheat to the real estate in the District of Columbia of which Patrick Kavanagh or his sons, Charles W. Kavanagh and William Kavanagh, died seized. mmm of Comm- S Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United bm tates of America in Congress assembled, at the United States do Ugivtvggeétggmglatiasagi heretlgy relleaseéh relinquiwpg, aréd quitclaim 1;n:t:oh A.1:l£dullin, me g P m k is - rus e un er e astan testament o ‘ 'za nn ooper g§g_§e*gi) °°a ’§·· *1; formerly Elizabeth Ann Kavanagh, and to all personslawfulliy claim; ing or to claim under the said‘ last will and testament, all rigi it, title, and claim, if any, which the United States may have acqluire by way of escheat to any real estate situated in the District of Co umbia by the death of Patrick Kavanagh, the husband, and Charles W. Kavanagh and William Kavanagh, the sons, of the said Elibabeth Ann Hooper, or any of them. Approved, March 3, 1901. March 3» 1991- CHAP. 953.-;-An Act Granting an increase of pension to Francis M. Thompson. 1 Be it by the Senate and House of R esentatives of the United mf1`*¤¤<=1¤ M- Thome States of America in Congress assembled, Tllat the Secretary of the réuson increased. Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and_ directed to place on the pension roll, sub%ect to the provisions and l1m1tations of the rfnension aws, the name 0 Francis M. Thompson, late of Complany D,. wenty- V first Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantrg, and and p:y_, im a pension at the rate of sixty dollars per month in eu of that e is now receiving. Approved, March 3, 1901. r ‘