Vol. 21, p. 238. Provisos. No adverse claim. August 22, 1914. [H. R. 11765.] [Private, No. 131.] tate Company. Mo., quitclaimed to. section two of the Act of June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty (twenty-first volume Statutes at Large, page two hundred and thirtyseven): Provided, That he shall first have shown compliance with the provisions of the homestead law and shall have made the required payments: Provided further, That there exists no valid adverse claim for said tract. Approved, August 22, 1914. CHAP. 277.-An Act To perfect the title to land belonging to the M. Forster Real Estate Company, of Saint Louis, Missouri. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United M. Forster Real Es-States of America in Congress assembled, That all the right, title, and Land in Saint Louis, interest of the United States in and to a certain parcel of land situated in the city of Saint Louis and State of Missouri, said land being more fully described as follows, to wit: Beginning at a point on the west line of Second Street north seventeen degrees ten minutes east sixty-four feet two inches from the northeast corner of Second and Myrtle Streets; running thence north seventy-two degrees twelve minutes west one hundred and sixty feet ten inches; thence north seventeen degrees eleven minutes east six feet two inches; thence south seventy-two degrees three minutes east one hundred and sixty feet ten inches; thence south seventeen degrees ten minutes west six feet two and one-half inches to the place of beginning; bounded on the north by the claim of Fanny Deaver, on the south by the claim of Alexis Lalande's legal representatives, on the east by Second Street, and on the west by the claim of Marie Rose Lajoye and Helen Leroux's representatives, as shown on the plat of the town of Saint Louis, approved by the United States Surveyor General on April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, and on file in the General Land Office, for which no confirmation has heretofore been granted be, and the same is hereby, granted, released, relinquished, and confirmed by the United States to the M. Forster Real Estate Company, a corporation existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Missouri, owners of the equitable title thereto, and to its successors and assigns, forever, as fully and completely in every respect whatever as could be done by patent issued therefor according to law: Provided, That the confirmation granted shall amount only to a relinquishment of any title that the United States has or is supposed to have in and to said land and shall not be construed to abridge, impair, injure, prejudice, or divest in any manner any valid right, title, or interest of any person or body corporate whatsoever, the true meaning and intent of this Act being to concede and abandon all right, title, and interest of the United States to said corporation, the M. Forster Real Estate Company, its successors and assigns, who would be the true and lawful owners of said land under the laws of the State of Missouri, including the laws of prescription, in the absence of said interest, title, and estate of the United States. Approved, August 22, 1914. Proviso. Only United States title relinquished. CHAP. 278.-An Act For the relief of Spencer Roberts, a member of the Metropolitan police force of the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized and empowered to appoint and promote Spencer Roberts, now a member of the Metropolitan police force of said District, in class two, to any vacancy that may exist in class three of said Metropolitan police force. Approved August 22, 1914. CHAP. 279.-An Act To refund to the Sparrow Gravely Tobacco Company the sum of $176.99, the same having been erroneously paid by them to the Government of the United States. August 22, 1914. [H. R. 13965.] [Private, No. 133.] bacco Company. Refund to. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Sparrow Gravely ToTreasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Sparrow Gravely Tobacco Company the sum of $176.99, which said amount was paid by said company to the Government in excess of what was actually due. Approved, August 22, 1914. CHAP. 280.-An Act For the relief of E. F. Anderson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the title of E. F. Anderson in and to the west half of the northwest quarter of section thirty, township fifteen, range seventeen, Noxubee County, Mississippi, as assignee of the conveyance of She-uk-oh be, and the same is hereby, quieted and confirmed, and patent therefor shall issue to the said E. F. Anderson. Approved, August 22, 1914. August 22, 1914. E. F. Anderson. CHAP. 281.-An Act For the relief of C. F. Jackson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the title of C. F. Jackson in and to the northwest quarter of section twenty-seven, township fifteen, range sixteen, Noxubee County, Mississippi, as assignee of the conveyance by McKee Folsom, be, and the same is hereby, quieted and confirmed, and patent therefor shall issue to the said C. F. Jackson. Approved, August 22, 1914. CHAP. 282.-An Act For the relief of Davis Smith. August 22, 1914. C. F. Jackson. August 22, 1914. [H. R. 16205.] [Private, No. 136.] Davis Smith. Homestead patent 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 is hereby authorized to issue a patent to Davis Smith, of to Wewela, Tripp County, South Dakota, for the northeast quarter of section numbered ten in township ninety-five north of range seventysix west of the fifth principal meridian, South Dakota, regardless of the fact that said Davis Smith had commuted a former entry under the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act relating to the public lands of the United States," approved June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty (Twenty-first Statutes, page two hundred and thirty-seven): Provided, That said Davis Smith make satisfactory proof of his compliance with the homestead law and pay the price per acre provided Proof, etc., required. in the law under which he made homestead entry for the land described herein. Approved, August 22, 1914. Vol. 21, p. 238. Proviso. August 22, 1914. [H. R. 16431.] [Private, No. 137.] William H. Miller. validated. CHAP. 283.-An Act To validate the homestead entry of William H. Miller. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the homestead entry of Homestead entry William H. Miller, numbered naught ten thousand two hundred and twenty-four, made October twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and nine, for the northwest quarter of section twenty-nine, township twenty north, range forty-nine west of the sixth principal meridian, in the State of Nebraska, be, and the same is hereby, validated. Approved, August 22, 1914. to. August 22, 1914. [H. R. 17045.] [Private, No. 138.] William L. Wallis. Homestead patent CHAP. 284.-An Act For the relief of William L. Wallis. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte rior is hereby authorized to issue a patent to William L. Wallis, of Ardmore, Fall River County, South Dakota, for the west one-half of the southeast quarter and the east one-half of the southwest quarter of section numbered thirty-five, in township eleven south, of range two east, of the Black Hills meridian, South Dakota, regardless of the fact that said William L. Wallis had commuted a former entry under the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act relating to the public lands of the United States," approved June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty (Twenty-first Statutes, page two hundred and thirty-seven): Proof, etc., required. Provided, That said William L. Wallis make satisfactory proof of his compliance with the homestead law and pay the price per acre provided in the law under which he made homestead entry for the land described herein. Vol. 21, p. 238. Proviso. Approved, August 22, 1914. September 15, 1914. (S. 1171.) [Private, No. 139.] Samuel Henson. Juries. CHAP. 298.-An Act For the relief of Samuel Henson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Payment to, for in- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Samuel Henson, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000, as compensation for injuries received while employed under the Superintendent of the United States Capitol on the nineteenth day of September, nineteen hundred and eleven. Approved, September 15, 1914. September 15, 1914. [S. 1270.] [Private, No. 140.] Balley. injuries. CHAP. 299.-An Act For the relief of Edward William Bailey. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Edward William States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Payment to, for Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, out of any money in the United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to Edward William Bailey, of Portsmouth, Virginia, the sum of $1,500 for injuries resulting from the total loss of one eye and the serious impairment of the other eye, caused by a wound received by him at the hands of a target party of United States sailors and marines, while engaged at target practice at Saint Helena, near Norfolk, Virginia, on or about November seventh, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety. Approved, September 15, 1914. CHAP. 300.-An Act For the relief of the Snare and Triest Company. September 15, 1914. [S. 1369.) Snare and Triest Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United [Private, No. 141.] States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim of the Snare and Triest Company for reimbursement for all losses to them, includ- Company ing damage to pier growing out of a collision by the United States ship Court of Claims. Colorado on the night of February ninth, nineteen hundred and five, at League Island Navy Yard, be, and the same is hereby, referred to the Court of Claims, with jurisdiction to hear and determine the same to judgment: Provided, That the petition is filed within six months from the date of this Act. Approved, September 15, 1914. Proviso. CHAP. 303.—An Act To correct the military record of Aaron S. Winner. September 19, 1914. Aaron S. Winner. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the administration of the pension laws Aaron S. Winner, who was a private in Company H, rected. One hundred and forty-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been discharged honorably from the military service of the United States as a member of that company and regiment on the twenty-fifth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-five: Provided, That no back pay, bounty, pension, No back pay, etc. or other emolument shall accrue by reason of the passage of this Act. Approved, September 19, 1914. Proviso. CHAP. 304.-An Act For the relief of Jacob M. Cooper. September 19, 1914. [S. 754.] [Private, No. 143.] Jacob M. Cooper. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the administration of the pension laws and the laws governing the National Home rected. for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, or any branch thereof, Jacob M. Cooper, now a resident of Iowa, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States as a private in Company C, Twenty-second Regiment United States Infantry, July eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixtyeight: Provided, That no pension, pay, bounty, or other emoluments shall accrue prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, September 19, 1914. etc. Proviso. No prior pension, CHAP. 305.-An Acs For the relief of Philip Cook. September 19, 1914. Military record cor rected. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the adminis- Philip Cook. tration of the pension laws Philip Cook, who was a private of Troop H, Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been discharged honorably from the military service of the United States as a member of said troop and regiment on the third day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-five: Provided, No back pay, etc. That no back pay, bounty, pension, or other emolument shall accrue by reason of the passage of this Act. Approved, September 19, 1914. Proviso. September 19, 1914. [S. 2472.j [Private, No. 145.] CHAP. 306.-An Act For the relief of Herman von Werthern. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Herman von Werth- States of America in Congress assembled, That in the administration of Military record cor- any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably ern. rected. No back pay. September 19, 1914. [8. 5065.] [Private, No. 146.] Mirick Burgess. rected. discharged soldiers, Herman von Werthern, late captain of Company K, Second Regiment Louisiana Volunteer Cavalry, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States as of the date of September seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, upon condition that no back pay, bounty, pension, or other emoluments shall accrue by reason of the passage of this Act. Approved, September 19, 1914. CHAP. 307.-An Act For the relief of Mirick Burgess. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Military record cor- States of America in Congress assembled, That in the administration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers, Mirick Burgess, who was a private of Company I, Third Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and of Company H, Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been discharged honorably from the military service of the United States as a member of the last-named company and regiment on March twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixtythree: Provided, That no pay nor bounty shall accrue or become payable by reason of the passage of this Act. Proviso. No pay, etc. Approved, September 19, 1914. October 7, 1914. [S. 5798.] [Private, No. 147.] Earl A. Bancroft. CHAP. 319. An Act Authorizing the health officer of the District of Columbia to issue a permit for the removal of the remains of the late Earl A. Bancroft from Glenwood Cemetery, District of Columbia, to Mantorville, Minnesota. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the health officer removed from District of the District of Columbia be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue a permit for the removal of the remains of the late Earl A. Bancroft from Glenwood Cemetery, District of Columbia, to Mantorville, Minnesota. of Columbia. Approved, October 7, 1914. October 14, 1914. [H. R. 11166.] [Private, No. 148.] Wilhelmina Rohe. Death of husband assumed. CHAP. 321.-An Act For the relief of Wilhelmina Rohe. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the administration of the pension laws John Rohe shall be hereafter held and considered to have been drowned in Nagasaki Harbor, Japan, on the twentieth day of March, nineteen hundred and one, in line of duty and while in the service of the United States as a private in Company M, Twenty-sixth Regiment United States Volunteer Infantry. Approved, October 14, 1914. |