from December fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four: Provided, That no pay, bounty, or other emoluments shall become due or payable by virtue of the passage of this Act. Approved, March 3, 1905. Proviso. CHAP. 1799.- An Act For the relief of James S. Harber. March 3, 1905. [H. R. 3916.] James S. Harber. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United [Private, No. 1561.] States of America in Congress assembled, That James S. Harber, late a member of Company D, Sixteenth Iowa Infantry Volunteers, be held and considered to have been honorably discharged, and that the Secre- discharge. tary of War is hereby authorized to carry this Act into effect by issuing to said James S. Harber an honorable discharge from Company D, Sixteenth lowa Infantry Volunteers, as of date of March fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three: Provided, That no pay, bounty, or other emoluments shall become due or payable by virtue of the passage of this Act. Approved. March 3, 1905. CHAP. 1800.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edwin A. Haradon. 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 Edwin A. Haradon, late of Company C, Eightysixth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of fourteen dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Approved, March 3, 1905. CHAP. 1801.-An Act To reimburse the Illinois Central Railroad Company for damage to Union Depot at Louisville, Kentucky, by blasting in the Ohio River. Proviso. March 3, 1905. [H. R. 9980.] [Private, No. 1562.] Pension increased. Edwin A. Haradon. March 3, 1905. [H. R. 11664.] [Private, No. 1563.] road Company. Payment 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 Illinois Central RailTreasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the Illinois Central Railroad Company, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of sixty dollars and eighty-two cents for reimbursement of damages to the roof of the Union Depot and train shed at Seventh and River streets, Louisville, Kentucky, by blasting operations conducted by the Government in connection with the improvement of the Ohio River. Approved, March 3, 1905. CHAP. 1802.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to Deborah W. Annable. March 3, 1905. [H. R. 14393.] Deborah W. Anna- ble Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United [Private, No. 1564.] 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 Deborah W. Annable, widow of Thomas H. Annable, late captain Company F, Twenty-sixth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of twenty dollars per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. to. March 3, 1905. [H. R. 15021.] [Private, No. 1565.] Gilbert Shaw. CHAP. 1803. - An Act For the relief of Gilbert Shaw. Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Gilbert Shaw be, and he Issue of land patent is hereby, authorized to select a tract of not more than one hundred and sixty acres of the public lands of the United States subject to homestead entry, for which a patent shall issue forthwith, without any requirement as to occupancy or improvement and without the payment of any fees or charges (homestead fees and charges having heretofore been paid by him), this grant being made by way of compensation on account of the loss of the northwest quarter of section thirty-one, in township eight north, range seven east, in Lancaster County, Nebraska, in good faith taken, occupied, and improved by him, but found to be embraced within a railroad-land grant previously made. Approved, March 3, 1905. March 3, 1905. [H. R. 17514.1 [Private, No. 1566.] John H. Williams. CHAP. 1804.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to John H. Williams. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the IntePension increased. rior 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 John H. Williams, late assistant surgeon, Fifth Regiment Missouri State Militia Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of twenty dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Approved, March 3, 1905. March 3, 1905. Paul G. Morgan. CHAP. 1805. - An Act Granting a pension to Paul G. Morgan. 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 Paul G. Morgan, late private United States Marine Corps, and pay him a pension at the rate of six dollars per month. Approved, March 3, 1905. March 3, 1905. [H. R. 18939.] [Private, No. 1568.] Anna Whaley. CHAP. 1806.-An Act For the relief of the heirs and assignees of Thomas Whaley and wife. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Thomas Whaley and States of America in Congress assembled, That the title of the heirs of Title to certain prop- Thomas Whaley and Anna Whaley, his wife, deceased, late of VicksMiss, ironickeburg, burg, Mississippi, or such person or persons as by assignment, trans heirs of. Description. to fer, or conveyance from, through, or under the said Thomas Whaley and Anna Whaley, his wife, may have claims thereto, to that certain property in the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, particularly described as follows, to wit: Beginning at a post at low-water mark on the east bank of the Mississippi River at the letter "A," as shown on a plat prepared by Samuel M. Woods, civil engineer and surveyor; thence south seventy-seven and three-fourths degrees east nine chains to a cedar post; thence north twenty-eight degrees east five and fifty-six one-hundredths chains to a post; thence south seventy-seven and threefourths degrees east two and forty-five one-hundredths chains to a north seventy-seven and three-fourths degrees west sixteen chains to the bank of said river; thence north thirty-four degrees east six and eighty one-hundredths chains up said river to the place of beginning, Warren County, State of Mississippi, containing ten acres, more or less, the same being the north half of the twenty-acre tract conveyed by H. R. W. Hill and wife to Thomas Whaley, in record book "W," pages five hundred and ninety-one and five hundred and ninety-two, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed, respectively, to the heirs of the said Thomas Whaley and Anna Whaley, his wife, or to their assignees or grantees, to whom they may have conveyed the same or any part thereof during their lives, according to the rights which the said heirs, assignees, transferees, or grantees may have thereto from, through, or under the said Thomas Whaley and Anna Whaley, his wife: Provided, That this confirmation shall only extend to the relinquishment title confirmed. of any title which the United States may have to said land. Approved, March 3, 1905. Proviso. CHAP. 1807.-An Act To remove the record of dishonorable dismissal from the military record of John Finn, alias Flynn. March 3, 1905. John Finn, alias Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That John Finn, alias John ymm Flynn, late first lieutenant of Company C, One hundred and fifty-fifth New York Volunteer Infantry, shall hereafter be held and considered discharge. to have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States on September sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and the certificate of such discharge shall be issued to him accordingly: Provided, That no pay, bounty, or other emoluments shall accrue by virtue of the passage of this Act. Approved, March 3, 1905. Proviso. RESOLUTION. [No. 2.] Joint Resolution For the relief of Julius A. Kaiser. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to Julius A. Kaiser the sum of three thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight dollars and forty-five cents, being the amount disallowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury for difference between active-duty pay of a second assistant engineer and retired pay of a first assistant engineer from October thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, to July eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, while on the active list of officers of the Navy. Approved, January 5, 1905. VOL XXXIII, рт 2-50 January 5, 1905. [H. J. R. 158.] [Priv. Res. No. 1.] Julius A. Kaiser. Payment to. Ante, p. 1585. |