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 THIRTY-—NINTl:l[ CONGRESS. SEss. I. Ch. 228, 229, 256. 1866. 601 dollars and forty cents on account of the loss of that amount of public funds in his hands by the capture of Plymouth, North Carolina, by the rebels, on the twentieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred aud sixty-four, the loss being without neglect or fault on the part of said Hodges, and he having lost his life at that time in attempting to carry orders from the commanding officer at Plymouth to the United States gunboats. APPROVED, July 23, 1866. CHAP. CCXXVIH. -—An Actfvr the Relief of Liston ZZ Pearce. July 23, 1866. Be it enacted (gy J/ze Senate and House of Representatives of the Litited States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Pay-ment to Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to the Rev. Liston H. R<¢V·`LiS¤<>¤ H- Pearce the sum of five hundred and forty dollars, out of any money in P`m°e‘ the treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full for his services as chaplain of the one hundred and thirty-second regiment of Illinois volunteers, during the recent rebellion. Approved, July 23, 1866. CHAP. CCXXIX. —-An Act jbr the Relief of James G. Holland, late Acting Assistant July 23, 1866. Pagmaster United States 1Vavy. " `;_` Be it enacted by the Senate and Hume of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Credit to be Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to credit James G. Holland, *¥l°§’€d J?i"9*$ late acting assistant paymaster of the navy of the United States, with the ;m€C$;St0}·°,,c sum of five hundred dollars, in the settlement of the accounts of said counts. Holland with the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury; such credit to be given to said Holland for the sum of five hundred dollars in treasury notes of the United States lost and destroyed without any fault or neglect on the part of said Holland: Provided, That the final order for the allowance of the said credit shall not be made until the whole subject connected with the said alleged loss shall be fully investigated by the Fourth Auditor, and he shall certify thereto. Apmzoviau, July 23, 1866. CHAP. CCLVI.— An Actjbr the Relfej/`]_<>W¤¢·`¤ [QM dollars, as full compensation to the owners of the British vessel Magici- ;a;ggf"S° enne, or their legal representatives, for damages occasioned by reason of the wrongful seizure and detention of this vessel by the United States ship Onward in the mouth of January, eighteen hundred sixty-three, and also as full compensation to the owners and shippers of the cargo of the Magicienne; such sum to be distributed agreeably to the award of ·Sum,h0wdin— Wdliam M. Evarts and Edward M. Archibald, esquires, to whom the *"b“*°d· claim was reterred for adjustment, by an agreement bearing date in November, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, between the Secretary of State on the part of the United States, and the British minister at Washington 0u the part of Great Britain. A1>1>1z0v1¤:1>, July 25, 1866.