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as such postmaster, and that his account in connection with the aforesaid traffic station branch post office be credited with the said amount of $13,861.24 by reason of the aforesaid loss caused by the said burglars.

Approved, June 4, 1920.

CHAP. 233.-An Act For the relief of Harvey R. Butcher.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Harvey R. Butcher, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,770.33 to reimburse him for moneys paid out of his personal funds in settlement of a shortage in his accounts while acting as disbursing officer, Quartermaster Corps, United States Army, at Camp Funston, the said shortage not being due to any negligence or default on his part.

Approved, June 4, 1920.

June 4, 1920.

[H. R. 10115.] [Private, No. 61.]

Harvey R. Butcher.
Reimbursement to.

CHAP. 274.-An Act For the relief of Perry L. Haynes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to reimburse Second Lieutenant Perry L. Haynes, Coast Artillery Corps, National Guard, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in the sum of $855.75, which amount represents funds belonging to the Government of the United States for which he was held accountable and which were lost through no fault of his. Approved, June 5, 1920.

June 5, 1920.
[H. R. 1309.]
[Private, No. 62.]

Perry L. Haynes.
Reimbursement to.

CHAP. 275.-An Act For the relief of Carolyn Wheeler Kobbe.

June 5, 1920. [H. R. 1827.] [Private, No. 63.]

Carolyn Wheeler

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Kobbe. Payment to, Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of death of husband. any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Carolyn Wheeler Kobbe, widow of Gustav Kobbe, who was killed as the result of an accident caused by a United States Navy seaplane, the sum of $2,500.

Approved, June 5, 1920.

CHAP. 276.-An Act Authorizing payment of compensation for Swanhild Sims for personal injuries.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Swanhild Sims the sum of $722.25 as compensation for injuries received on or about February 21, 1919, at Seattle, Washington, when she was struck by a truck operated by the United States Army.

Approved, June 5, 1920.

June 5, 1920.

[H. R. 6198.] [Private, No. 64.]

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June 5, 1920. [H. R. 9048.] [Private, No. 65.]

John Rea.

istratrix of.

CHAP. 277.-An Act For the relief of Catherina Rea, administratrix of the estate of John Rea.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Refund of internal States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the revenue tax to admin- Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Catherina Rea, administratrix of the estate of John Rea, deceased, owner of the Gilroy Winery Distillery Company, the sum of $173.50, which sum is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, being stamp tax on three barrels of fruit spirits, packages six hundred and twenty-four to six hundred and twenty-six, inclusive, which while in transit under bond from said distillery to one of the special bonded warehouses of the first internal revenue district of California, was seized by United States authorities at the Southern Pacific depot on or about April twentieth, nineteen hundred and six, for the relief committee for use in hospital work at the time of the San Francisco_earthquake, and, for the value of which spirits the owner has never been paid.

Approved, June 5, 1920.

June 5, 1920. [H. R. 11030.] [Private, No. 66.]

Woodford Bank and Trust Company. Redemption of lost

edness.

CHAP. 278.-An Act For the relief of the Woodford Bank and Trust Company, of Versailles, Kentucky.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the certificates of indebt- Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to redeem certificates of indebtedness of the United States of America, numbered fourteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-eight and fourteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine, each of the denomination of $5,000, and each of the issue dated April 10, 1919, and maturing September 9, 1919, with interest from April 10, 1919, to September 9, 1919, in favor of the Woodford Bank and Trust Company, of Versailles, Kentucky, without presentation of the certificates, the said certificates of indebtedness having been lost, stolen, or destroyed: Provided, That the said Woodford Bank and Trust Company, of Versailles, Kentucky, shall first file in the Treasury Department of the United States a bond in the penal sum of double the amount of the principal of said certificates of indebtedness of the United States of America in such form and with such sureties as may be acceptable to the Secretary of the Treasury to indemnify and save harmless the United States from any loss on account of the said certificates of indebtedness hereinbefore described which were lost, stolen, or destroyed.

Proviso.

Indemnity bond.

June 5, 1920.

[S. 1726.]

Private, No. 67.]

Pensions.

Pensions.

Charles F. Cavenaugh.

Milton M. Lile.

Approved, June 5, 1920.

CHAP. 279.-An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy and of wars other than the Civil War, and to certain widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 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 laws

The name of Charles F. Cavenaugh, late of Company F, Twentyseventh Regiment United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $17 per month.

The name of Milton M. Lile, late of Company F, Second Battalion of Engineers, United States Army, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month.

Amme A. Wilson.

The name of Amme A. Wilson, late of Company H, Twentyseventh Regiment United States Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. The name of Charles B. Smith, late of Troop G, Eighth Regiment Charles B. Smith. United States Cavalry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

The name of Palmyra Johnson, dependent mother of Edward W. Johnson, late of Company K, Twenty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, War with Spain, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month.

The name of James A. Criswell, late of Company D, Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

Pension increased.

Pension.
Palmyra Johnson.

Pension increased.
James A. Criswell.

Pensions.
Andrew E. Water-

The name of Andrew E. Waterman, late of Company H, First Regiment South Dakota Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and man. pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month.

The name of Eugene M. Symonds, fate of Company C, Sixty-fifth Eugene M. Symonds. Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay

him a pension at the rate of $30 per month.

The name of Mary E. Allen, former widow of William T. Boles, Mary E. Allen. late of Captain Preston's company, First Regiment Virginia Volunteers, War with Mexico, and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month.

The name of Frank H. Seay, late of Company L, Forty-fourth Regiment United States Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month.

The name of William H. Hart, late fireman; second class, United States Navy, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

Frank H. Seay.

Pension increased.
William H. Hart.

Pension.

The name of Thomas J. Scanlain, late of Company C, Eighth Thomas J. Scanlain. Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month.

Pension increased.

Pensions.

The name of Arthur G. Bosson, late of Company C, Fifth Regiment Arthur G. Bosson. Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Albert Grimes, late of Company D, Fifteenth Regi- Albert Grimes. ment United States Cavalry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month.

The name of James L. Graham, late of Thirty-second Company, United States Coast Artillery Corps, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month.

James L. Graham.

Pensions increased.

The name of George W. Tarter, late of Company A, Tenth Regi- George W. Tarter. ment United States Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

The name of John Clark, late of Company K, Fourteenth Regiment United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

The name of George E. Lawrence, late captain, United States Volunteer Signal Corps, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $20 per month.

John Clark.

Pension.
George E. Lawrence.

Pension increased.

The name of Mary Melissa Anderson, widow of John F. Anderson, Mary Melissa Anderlate of Company F, Calhoun's Mounted Battalion, Georgia Volun- son. teers, War with Mexico, and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving.

The name of Wilfred W. Phaneuf, late of Company M, Seventh Regiment United States Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $17 per month.

The name of Rufus H. Hopkins, late of Company F, Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month.

Pensions.

Wilfred W. Phaneuf.

Rufus H. Hopkins.

Ulyssis S. G. Canfield.

Joseph J. Horan.

The name of Ulyssis S. G. Canfield, late of Troops C and E, Eleventh Regiment United States Cavalry, and Company A, Eighth Regiment United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $17 per month.

The name of Joseph J. Horan, late of Company E, Fifth Regiment United States Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay Pensions increased. him a pension at the rate of $12 per month.

Dennis Driscoll,

James D. Wilder.

Lemuel Lunger.

George Moir.

Charles H. Skillings.

The name of Dennis Driscoll, late of Troop I, Second Regiment United States Cavalry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

The name of James D. Wilder, late of Troop M, First Regiment United States Cavalry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

The name of Lemuel Lunger, late of Company M, First Regiment United States Cavalry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

The name of George Moir, late of Battery B, Battalion Utah Volunteer Light Artillery, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $17 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

The name of Charles H. Skillings, late of Company M, First Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now Elizabeth E. Baker, receiving.

John F. Manuel.

The name of Elizabeth E. Baker, widow of Laurence S. Baker, late second lieutenant Companies A and F, United States Mounted Rifles, Texas and New Mexico Indian war, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving.

The name of John F. Manuel, late of Captain Alexander McRay's company, Nauvoo Legion, Utah Volunteers, Utah Indian War, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is Joseph W. Culbert- now receiving.

son.

Elvina Adams.

Pensions.
Ellen Jones.

James J.

The name of Joseph W. Culbertson, late Indian Scout, United States Army, Indian wars, and pay him a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

The name of Elvina Adams, widow of William R. Adams, late of Captain Newbern's and Captain Johnson's companies, Florida Mounted Volunteers, Seminole Indian War, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving.

The name of Ellen Jones, widow of Harry Jones, late of Company F, Sixth Regiment United States Infantry, Regular Establishher Butler. ment, and pay a pension at the rate of $12 per month.

Pension increased.
Susan Owens.

Pension.

John Haynes.

Frankiin

The name of James J. Butler, late of Company L, First Regiment Washington Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month.

The name of Susan Owens, widow of Thomas J. Owens, late of Company B, Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, War with Mexico, and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving.

The name of John Franklin Haynes, late of Company E, Sixth Regiment United States Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and Marion T. Mitchell, pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month.

Pension increased.

Pension.

Francis E. Searway.

The name of Marion T. Mitchell, late of Company E, Signal Corps, United States Army, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

The name of Francis E. Searway, late of Company H, Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month.

Pensions.

The name of John J. Duke, late of Company H, Thirteenth Regi- Pension increased. ment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Emeline A. Spaulding, widow of Herbert O. Spaulding, Emeline A. Spauldlate of Company G, Second Battalion, Eleventh Regiment United ing. States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month.

The name of Jacob D. Emery, late of Company M, Fourteenth Regiment United States Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month.

Jacob D. Emery.

The name of Lily D. Murphy, widow of Frank T. Murphy, late of Lily D. Murphy. Battery K, Third Regiment United States Artillery, Regular Establishment, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month.

The name of Albert L. Newland, late of Company L, Second Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

Pensions increased.
Albert L. Newland.

The name of George W. McMahan, late of Company E, Sixteenth George W. McMahon. Regiment, and Company I, Nineteenth Regiment, United States Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

The name of Oscar S. Pomeroy, late of Company F, Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

Oscar S. Pomeroy.

David W. Herriman.

Edwin W. Gordon.

The name of David W. Herriman, late of Company B, Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Pensions. The name of Edwin W. Gordon, late of Company G, Thirteenth Regiment United States Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month.

The name of Sarah Hale, widow of George W. Hale, late of Company B, First Regiment United States Infantry, War with Mexico, and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month.

The name of Amanda F. Mahin, widow of Elijah L. Mahin, late of Company B, Third Regiment Kentucky Volunteers, War with Mexico, and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving.

Sarah Hale.

Pensions increased.
Amanda F. Mahin.

William W. Tread

The name of William W. Treadway, late of Company G, Fourth way. Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, War with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $17 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

The name of Benjamin H. Kimbler, late of Hospital Corps, United benjamin H. KimStates Army, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

The name of Lee Begley, late of Company M, Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Henry Fields, late of Company A, Twenty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

The name of Charley Shelton, late of the Eighty-second Company, United States Coast Artillery, Regular Establishment, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month.

Approved, June 5, 1920.

Lee Begley.

Henry Fields.

Pension.
Charley Shelton.

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