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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I . CBB. 974-977. 1928. 2025 ProNo. corporal in Company C, Thirteenth Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry) shall hereafter be held and considered to have been dis- charged honorably from the military service of the United States as a corporal in said company and regiment in May, 1865: Provided) That no bounty, back pay, or allowances shall be held as accrueC1 No back pay, etc. prior to the passage of this Act. ' Approved, May 29, 1928. CHAP. 97t5.- An Act For the relief of Ross F. Collins. rIf~:"3k~' Private, No, 281.] Be it e1lmJted by the Senate and H O'U8e of Representative8 of the United States of America in Oongress a8semhled, That the President Ross F, ColJlns, of the United States is hereby authorized to appoint, by and with te~On~ ~gTarmstroBot (talk)egJi:~: the advice and consent of the Senate, Ross F. Collins, now a lieu- Naval Reserve, tenant, United States Naval Reserve, a lieutenant commander, United States Naval Reser:ve, to rank next after Julian L. Wwd- T be ruff, United States Naval Reserve, and to make an ex.tra number her. o anextranum· in that grade. Approved, May 29, 1928. CHAP. 976.- An Act To correct the military record of Curtis P. WJ.Se. !fJ:r.'sk~· [PrIvate, NO:-282.) Be it e1lmJted by the Senate and H O'U8e of Representatwes of the United Statea of America in Oongreaa a8aem:bled, That ,in the admin- ~'h~~. Wised istration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon rectel recor cor· honorably discharged soldiers, Curtis P. Wise, who was a member of Company I, One hundred and twenty-eighth TIlinois Volunteer Infantry, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been honor- ably discharged from the military service of the United States as a private of that organization on the 30th day of March, 1863: Provided, That no bounty, back pay, pensionhor allowances shall be TarmstroBot (talk)k pay, etc. held to have accrued prior to the passage of t is Act. Approved, May 29, 1928. May20,l~. CHAP. 977.- An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to lease land [B. 4022.) in Stanley County, South Dakota, to Henry A. O'Neil for a buffalo paeture. [PrIvate, No. 282,] Be it e7IJlCted by the Senate and H0'U8e of Re-p'!esentatwea of tilt United States of America in Oongress a88emhled That the Secretary f:MYA o~fe~t of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to withdraw from ley ~u~t~ B,n D :.; entry and to lease to Henry A. O'Nell, of Fort Pierre, South Dakota, =~~. to, for bu1falo for a period of ten years, at an annual rental of not less than $75, under rules and regulations to be by him prescribed, the following described public lands in the county of Stanley and State of South Dakota: Sections 26 and 27, the north half southeast quarter-, and Description. the north half section 34, the north half northeast quarter, the north half northwest quarter, and the north half southwest quarter of sec- tion 35, and lot 4, and the south half northwest quarter and the west half southwest quarter of section 25, all in township 6 north, range 30 east, Black Hills meridian; said lands to be used exclusively for the pasturing of native buffalo, and for no other purpose: ProVided, ProroUol. That the Secretary of the Interior may at any time cancel any lease Optional canoolfni, which may hereafter be made under the provisions hereof and restore said land to the public domain: PrO'Vided further, That the lease AIIlgnment. authorized hereunder may be assigned with the approval of the Sec- retary of the Interior. Approved, May 29, 1928.