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and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving.

The name of James O. Anderson, late of Company A, One hundred and thirty-eighth Regiment, and Company H, Twenty-eighth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

The name of Edward Pilot, late of Company E, One hundredth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

The name of James K. Deyo, late of Company C, Sixty-first Regiment, and Company D, One hundred and eighty-ninth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

James O. Andersen.

Edward Pilot.

James K. Deyo.

The name of Susan E. Manning, widow of George A. Manning, late Susan E. Manning. captain Company M, Second Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving.

The name of Juriah Cline, widow of Felix Cline, late of Company B, Fifty-third Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. The name of Annette M. Lamoreaux, widow of Isaac V. Lamoreaux, late of Company A, Fiftieth Regiment New York Volunteer Engineers, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving.

The name of Esen Z. Guild, late of Company A, Ninth Regiment New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

The name of Emanuel Klepper, late of Company B, Thirty-fifth Regiment and Company E, Twelfth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

The name of Hiram W. Babcock, late of Company E, Forty-fourth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

Juriah Cline.

Annette M. Lamoreaux.

Esen Z. Guild.

Emanuel Klepper.

Hiram W. Babcock.

George W. Carpen

The name of George W. Carpenter, late of Company D, Ninety-sixth ter." Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

Pension.

Rose Anna Nagley.

Pensions increased,

The name of Rose Anna Nagley, helpless and dependent child of James W. Nagley, late of Company B, Second Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. The name of Robert Jenkins, late of Company H, Ninth Regiment Robert Jenkins. Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

The name of Charles P. Harmon, late of Company C, Thirty-second Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

Charles P. Harmon.

The name of James Inman, late second lieutenant Company H, James Inman. Seventeenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

The name of William Carter, late of Company B, Thirteenth Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

The name of Maria T. Jones, widow of Austin A. Jones, late of Company A, Fourth Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving.

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William Carter.

Maria T. Jones.

The name of Joseph S. Herndon, late of Company B, Sixth Regi- Joseph S. Herndon. ment Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia, and pay him a pension at

the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

Ellen M. Bellows.

Victoria S. Day.

Lucy W. Osborne.

Theodore M. Burge.

Edwin Rudrauf.

Eliza M. Doran.

Louisa Walters.

The name of Ellen M. Bellows, widow of Josiah W. Bellows, late of Company A, Second Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving.

The name of Victoria S. Day, widow of David F. Day, late of Company D, Fifty-seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving.

The name of Lucy W. Osborne, widow of Leslie K. Osborne, late of Company E, Sixth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving.

The name of Theodore M. Burge, late of Company E, Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

The name of Edwin Rudrauff, late of Company I, Seventh Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.

The name of Eliza M. Doran, widow of James G. Doran, late of Company A, Forty-sixth Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving.

The name of Louisa Walters, widow of John E. Walters, late of Company C, Thirty-ninth Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. Approved, March 2, 1915.

March 3, 1915. [H. R. 15557.]

[Private, No. 199.] Anna Miller. Payment to.

March 3, 1915. (H. R. 16305.] [Private, No. 200.]

Henry Wearer. mbursement to.

CHAP. 101.-An Act For the relief of Anna Miller.

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 Anna Miller, of Glencoe, Wyoming, the sum of $116, as full reimbursement for sums paid by her for carrying the United States mail between the railroad station and the post office at Glencoe, Wyoming, from December twentieth, nineteen hundred and six, to January sixth, nineteen hundred and eight.

Approved, March 3, 1915.

CHAP. 102.-An Act To reimburse Henry Weaver, postmaster at Delmar, Alabama, for money and stamps stolen from said post office at Delmar, and repaid by him to the Post Office Department.

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 Henry Weaver, of Delmar, Alabama, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $94.67, the amount of money and postage stamps stolen from the post office at Delmar, Alabama, on the night of September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and ten, while he was postmaster at Delmar, and which money and stamps belonged to the said post office, and which said sum he was required to repay, and did repay, to the Post Office Department of the United States.

Approved, March 3, 1915.

CHAP. 103.-An Act To reimburse Epps Danley for property lost by him while light keeper at East Pascagoula River (Mississippi) Light Station.

March 3, 1915. [H. R. 17110.] [Private, No. 201.]

Epps Danley.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Payment to. Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to Epps Danley, of the city of Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $331.70 for property losses sustained by him during a storm on September twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and six, while light keeper of the East Pascagoula River (Mississippi) Lighthouse Station. Approved, March 3, 1915.

CHAP. 104.-An Act For the relief of Hunton Allen.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department is hereby authorized and directed to credit the account of Hunton Allen, the postmaster at Williamson, in the State of Georgia, with the sum of $237.16, the amount and value of postage stamps stolen from said post office by a burglar on May thirteenth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, without any fault on the part of said Allen; and said amount is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1915.

March 3, 1915.

(H. R. 17424.] [Private, No. 202.] Hunton Allen. Credit in accounts.

Appropriation.

CHAP. 105.-An Act To authorize the sale of certain land in Alabama to Walter Dean.

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 to issue a patent to Walter Dean, of Calhoun County, Alabama, for the north half of section twenty-four, township fourteen south, range seven east, Huntsville meridian in the State of Alabama: Provided, That the said Dean shall within six months from approval hereof file his application for said tract and pay the register and receiver of the land office at Montgomery, Alabama, the sum of $1.25 per acre therefor. Approved, March 3, 1915.

March 3, 1915. (H. R. 20427.] [Private, No. 203.]

Walter Dean.
Land patent to.

Proviso.
Conditions.

CHAP. 106.-An Act For the relief of William H. Shannon.

March 3, 1915. [H. R. 962.]

[Private, No. 204.] William H. Shan

Military record cor

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the administration non of the pension laws William H. Shannon, late of the Seventeenth rected. Battery Indiana Light Artillery, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been honorably discharged as of the date of May eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five: Provided, That no back No back pay, etc. pay, bounty, or allowance shall be allowed by reason of this Act. Approved, March 3, 1915.

Proviso.

CHAP. 107.-An Act For the relief of Alonzo D. Cadwallader.

March 3, 1915. (H. R. 1090.]

[Private, No. 205.]

Alonzo D. CadwalMilitary record corrected.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the administration lader. of the pension laws Alonzo D. Cadwallader shall hereafter be held and considered to have performed ninety days actual military service

Proviso.

No prior pension.

March 3, 1915. [H. R. 2667.] [Private, No. 206.] Parker S. Rouse. Payment to legal representatives of.

March 3, 1915. [H. R. 2703.]

[Private, No. 207.] Drenzy A. Jones and John G. Hopper. Payment to.

as a private of Company K, Seventeenth Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry: Provided, That no pension shall accrue prior to the approval of this Act.

Approved, March 3, 1915.

CHAP. 108.-An Act For the relief of the legal representatives of Parker S. Rouse, deceased.

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 the legal representatives of Parker S. Rouse, deceased, the sum of $600, being the amount of salary for one year.

Approved, March 3, 1915.

CHAP. 109.-An Act For the relief of Drenzy A. Jones and John G. Hopper, joint contractors, for surveying Yosemite Park boundary.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid to Drenzy A. Jones and John G. Hopper, joint contractors, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,649.48, for the survey and resurveys of the Yosemite Park boundary under contract one hundred and eighty-four, California, the boundaries of the park having been changed, rendering the survey unnecessary, which sum shall be accepted by said persons as full settlement of all claims against the United States growing out of said contract or surveys or on account of the arrest of said persons or either of them by any officials of the United States.

Approved, March 3, 1915.

March 3, 1915. (H. R. 3305.]

[Private, No. 208.]

Major George H. Penrose.

Credit in accounts.

CHAP. 110.-An Act Directing the accounting officers of the Treasury to credit and settle an account of Major George H. Penrose.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the accounting officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, directed to credit and settle the suspended account of Major George H. Penrose, Quartermaster Corps, United States Army, in the sum of $267.87, being the amount disbursed by him in August, September, October, and November, nineteen hundred and eight, at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, to Albert W. Carlson and Bruno Buschek, employees of the United States, which account was disallowed by the Auditor for the War Department August twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and ten, and by the Comptroller of the Treasury on the twentyseventh day of January, nineteen hundred and twelve.

Approved, March 3, 1915.

March 3, 1915.

(H. R. 3435.]

[Private, No. 209.]

Mrs. Max 8. Retter.

CHAP. 111.-An Act For the relief of Mrs. Max S. Retter.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Payment to, death 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, the sum

of husband.

of $1,000 to Mrs. Max S. Retter, widow of Max S. Retter, late a commissary sergeant in the United States Army and superintendent of the national cemetery at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on account of the death of said Max S. Retter, due to infection of the blood brought about while as said superintendent he received and reinterred, in line of duty, in July, nineteen hundred and seven, several human bodies in a state of putrefaction contained in unsealed wooden boxes. Approved, March 3, 1915.

CHAP. 112.-An Act For the relief of Francis Tomlinson.

March 3, 1915. [H. R. 3586.] [Private, No. 210.]

Francis Tomlinson.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the administration of Military record corthe pension laws Francis Tomlinson, late of Troop L, First Regiment rected. United States Cavalry, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been in the military service of the United States from the twelfth day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, until the twentyninth day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and honorably discharged from such service on December twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five: Provided, That he shall not receive any back pay, pension, or allowances by reason of the passage of this Act.

Approved, March 3, 1915.

Proviso.
No back pay, etc.

CHAP. 113.-An Act To reimburse Le Grand C. Cramer for amount of damages to his motor launch Winninish by the United States launch Gunedmertrix at Morris Heights, New York, on March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and eleven.

March 3, 1915. (H. R. 3613.] [Private, No. 211.]

Le Grand C. Cramer.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of $4,911.64 Payment to. be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid to Le Grand C. Cramer as damages for the loss sustained by his motor boat Winninish on March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and eleven, by reason of the collision of the Gunedmertrix, a United States Government launch operated by the War Department, with the Winninish while the latter was lying at a dock at Morris Heights, New York. Approved, March 3, 1915.

CHAP. 114.-An Act For the relief of Peter Scott.

March 3, 1915. [H. R. 3885.] [Private, No. 212.)

Peter Scott.

rected.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the administration of Military record corlaws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers, Peter Scott, who was a private of Company K, Fifty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been discharged honorably from the military service of the United States as a private of said company and regiment on the tenth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-four: Provided, That no pension, emoluments, or allowances of any description shall accrue by reason of this Act prior to the date of approval etc. thereof.

Approved, March 3, 1915,

Proviso.

No prior pension,

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