III..AN ACT for the relief of Peter J. Knapp. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause Peter J. Knapp, late a private in company H, fifth regiment Iowa infantry volunteers, to be honorably discharged and mustered out of the service, to date with the muster-out of his regiment, and to cause to be paid to him the full sum due him for back pay and allowances as a soldier of the company and regiment above named: Provided, That the Secretary of War shall be satisfied upon investigation that the agreement of the said Peter J. Knapp to join the enemy was made while the said Knapp was incarcerated in a rebel prison, and for the purpose of escaping from imminent peril of death from exposure and hunger, and with a view of escaping to the Union lines. Approved June 22, 1874. IV..AN ACT for the relief of Matthias Whitehead. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Adjutant General of the Army be, and he is hereby, directed to remove the charge of desertion from the name of Matthias Whitehead, late a private of company G, eighth regiment Tennessee volunteer infantry; and that the said Matthias Whitehead shall be allowed and paid the back pay due him to the thirty-first day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, when he was ordered to return to duty, but he shall not be entitled to any bounty. No. 99. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, July 28, 1874. The following Acts of Congress are published for the information and government of all concerned: I..AN ACT for the relief of Susan D. Galloway. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officer of the Treasury is hereby directed to cause to be paid to Susan D. Galloway, widow of Captain James L. Galloway, late of company E, First Florida cavalry, out of any money now appropriated or that may hereafter be appropriated for the support of the Army, the full pay and emoluments of a captain of cavalry from April twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to August thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. Approved March 21, 1874. II..AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of Seth Lamb. 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, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to Theodore L. Lamb, Mary M. Muldan, and Philena Kingsley, the sum of four hundred and ninety dollars, being in full of the claim of Seth Lamb, deceased, for boarding and quartering Captain Mott's Howitzer Corps, second regiment New York State militia, from the twenty-first of May to the first of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. J. G. BLAINE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Received by the President April 13, 1874. [NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE -The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] III..AN ACT for the relief of Selden Connor. 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 Selden Connor, late lieutenant-colonel of the seventh regiment of Maine volunteer the sum of two hundred dollars, or so much thereof as he shall prove to the satisfaction of the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department that the horse was worth, for a horse shot and killed in eighteen hundred and sixty-three by order of the colonel of said regiment, while the said Selden Connor was absent from his regiment on detached duty. Approved June 19, 1874. IV..AN ACT for the relief of Oliver P. Mason. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of seven hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of Oliver P. Mason for services rendered as assistant provost-marshal in the Department of Kansas; and the proper officers of the War and Treasury Departments are hereby authorized to pay the said sum to the said Oliver P. Mason or his legal representatives. Approved June 23, 1874. V..AN ACT for the relief of John J. Hayden. 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 John J. Hayden, one hundred and fifty dollars, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for services rendered by him for the United States, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, in the office of John H. Farquher, captain in the nineteenth regiment United States infantry, and mustering and disbursing officer at Indianapolis, Indiana, in relation to the draft-accounts of said State. Approved June 23, 1874. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: OFFICIAL: THOMAS M. VINCENT, Assistant Adjutant General. Assistant Adjutant General. The following Acts of Congress are published for the information and government of all concerned: I..AN ACT for the relief of Victor Mylius, of Macoupin county, Illinois. 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 Victor Mylius, late sergeant in the sixty-eighth regiment New York volunteers, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount of pay and allowances of a second lieutenant of infantry from the seventeenth day of April to the sixteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and the pay and allowances of a first lieutenant of infantry thereafter to the sixth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, less the amount received by him as a sergeant in said regiment for the period above named. J. G. BLAINE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Received by the President April 13, 1874. [NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] II..AN ACT for the relief of C. C. Spaids, 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 to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to C. C. Spaids the full pay and emoluments of a second lieutenant of company A, fourth cavalry regiment Illinois volunteers, from the third day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to the sixth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, deducting therefrom any sum received by him for services rendered during the said period as sergeant or otherwise in said company. J. G. BLAINE, Speaker of the House of Representatires. MATT. H. CARPENTER, President of the Senate pro tempore. Received by the President June 4, 1874. [NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approva), and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval] III. AN ACT for the relief of William J. McIntyre. 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 William J. McIntyre, late a lieutenant in the eleventh Illinois infantry volunteers, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and ninety-nine dollars and twenty cents, the same being the difference between the pay of a second lieutenant of infantry and a hospital steward from the seventh day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to the thirtieth day of October, eighteen hundred and sixtyfour. Approved June 20, 1874. IV..AN ACT for the relief of Kerry Sullivan, of company G, fourteenth regiment New Hampshire volunteers. 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 |