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 552 THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 171, 172. 1858. v- p¢¤¤i<>¤ M the upon the roll of pensioners, and pay her 2. pension at the rate of one half :;:3]% the pay, monthly, to which her late husband was entitled at the time of pay of 1in1am his death; such pension to commence on the fifteenth day of July, in the Jxgjqgd gg? year eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and continue during her natural life ’or widowhood. Approved, June 14, 1858. ·l¤¤¤ 14, 1858- Cxur. CLXXlI.—An Act for the Relief of Sherlock and Shirley. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembkd, That the Postmaster-General be, The P- M- G9¤· and [he] is hereby, authorized to examine the cases of fines charged against fglcgcggggzg Sherlock and Shirley under their contract for carrying the mails on route charged against number five thousand one hundred and three, from Louisville, Kentucky, gg?§;’$k;’édm to St. Louis, Missouri, and to remit so much of such fines as, in his judg- ,3,,,;,, {,};,,,,0,,,.;;,; ment, ought not to be enforced against the said contractors: Provided, not wbe e¤f<>r<>- That no case of any fine or deduction heretofore considered and decided °d‘ proviso_ by any former P0stmaster—GeneraI, upon the application of the contractors, shall be reviewed under the provisions of this act, and the Postmaster—General shall be authorized to cause any persons to be cross-examined whose testimony may be offered for the purposes of such examination by him as aforesaid. Approved, June 14, 1858.