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 684 FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 394-397. 1872. June 3, 1g7g_ CHAP. CCCXCIV. -E-An Act for the Relieg/`¤y' the Omaha National Bank. Bc it enacted {gy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pavment to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- §§Q,*j,g"g,*j1*;g{N°· ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay out of any money I in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, tc the Omaha National Bank, the sum of one thousand five hundred and three dollars and ninety-six cents, in lieu of draft numbered one hundred and eighty, on the United States depository at Chicago, Illinois, dated September fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, payable to the order of J. V. Bogart, and signed by H. C. Ransom, colonel and quartermaster United States army: Provided, That before the payment hereinbefbrc authorized, the said Omaha 30116 of in- National Bank shall execute a bond of indemnity to the United States d°mmty' with sufficient sureties against the claim of the payee in said draft. Approved, June 8, 1872. J¤¤° 8, 1872- CHAP. CCCXCV. ·-—An Act j7>r the Reliqfqf D. C'. Farrell, of Peoria, Illinois. P¤‘¤¤¤¤bl¢- WIIEREAS it is alleged that the distillery, together with distillery bonded warehouse, numbered six, of D. C. Farrell, in the fifth collection district of Illinois, were destroyed by fire on the twenty-seventh day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy, without any neglect, fault, fraud, or evil practice on the part of said Farrell, ·his agents, or employees, and that, in said warehouse and by said fire, were destroyed, before the same had been manufactured, two thousand barrels of high wines, or distilled spirits, and upon which the tani per gallon had not been paid : Now, therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Anzcrica in Congress assembled, That the commissioner of internal revenue be, and he is hereby, authorized to inquire into and determine the amount of high wines or distilled spirits contained in the said warehouse of D. C. Farrell on the said twenty-seventh day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy, and which were destroyed on said day by said fire, Direct tag: on and that the said commissioner be, and he is hereby, authorized to abate g°;`;?é“ g;:"";? and remit the direct tax of fifty cents per gallon due and unpaid upon all ,5,m.i to f3_ g_ such distilled spirits or high wines as he shall find were destroyed by said £¤¤"¤¢U. except, fire on said day, except so far as the owner may be indemnified against °' said tax by a valid claim for insurance. Approved, June 8, 1872. June 8, 1872. CHAP. CCCXCVI.—-An Actjbr the Reliqfqf F. and E. Reed, of Bath, Maine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatvfus of the Dizitcd iéaygncnt W F- States of America in Congress assembled, That. the Secretary of the & '1"°°d' Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to pay to F. and E. Reed, of Bath, Maine, owners and agents of the ship Vi/'illiam M. Reed, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twelve hundred dollars in full satisfaction of all claims in behalf of the owners of said ship William M. Reed, for her arrest and detention in the port of Valencia, Spain, by the American consul, in October, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, for the protection of American citizens. Aiwnovim, June 8, 1872. June 8, 1872- CHAP. CCCXCVII.-An Act for the Relief of C'}zm·les Hipp, of St. M`my’s, Auglaize Counly, OILIIO. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Ute United Payment to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the 01**** °* H'PP· '1`reasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Charles Hipp, postmaster at Saint Mary’s, Auglaize county, Ohio, the sum of two hundred and twenty-three dollars; one hundred and twenty-four dollars and fifty-eight cents of said sum being postage stamps on hand deposited with him as