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 686 FOR/1`Y—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 400—·404. 1872. June 8, 1872. CHAR CD, .- An Act granlzng a Penszon to Gecrqe W. Parris. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represanmtives of the United G;;”¤*Q,*,}*° States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Imc. puns?rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place 011 the pensigp roll the name of George W. Parris, of Dayton, Ohio, at the rate of fifteen dollars per month, to take effect from and after the passage of this act. Arpeovnn, June 8, 1872. Jum 8, 1879- CHAP CDI. — An Actjbr i/ze Relief xy` Edward G. Allen, of Lzmdmz, England Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Edlxigxgtkglen States of America. in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- `ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Edward G;. Allen, of London, England, out of any money in the treasury not other— wise appropriated, the sum of fourteen hundred and eighty dollars, the purchase·mor1ey for books for the library of Congress, of which sum he was unjustly defrauded by the conduct of the librarian, in the year eighteen hunand sixty-three. Arenovnn, June 8, 1872. June 8, 1872. CHAP. CDII. -—-An Act for the Reli¤y"¢y‘ Robert B. Willzamson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United R£3’;‘§”F“§§_ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- ];,,ms0n_` ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Robert B. Williamson, the sum of two thousand five hundred and sixty-seven dollars, which shall be iu full discharge of all claims against the United States on account of property belonging to the said WVilliamson taken from his farm in Fauquier county, Virginia, in the years eighteen hundred and sixty-two and eighteen hundred and sixty-three, for the use of the army. A1>r1zovm>, June 8, 1872. J““° Sv 1872- CHAP. CDIII. — An Actfzr the Settlement zjthe Accounts of Major Abram Beeler, late Paymaster of United States Wlunteers. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United $$::3;*5; ,S2ates of America in Congress asscmbleat That the accounting officers of Abram Reefer in the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized to settle the the settlement of account of Major {Abram Beeler, late paymaster of United States volunh’° “°°°““*“· teers, and credit him with such amount and IE61I1S as stand charged against him, and which they may reasonably believe he could have accounted for and had credited to his account had he not been suddenly killed by guerillas, while in the discharge of his duty, on the twenty-seventh of October, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Approved, June 8, 1872. June 8, 1872. CHAP. CDIV. -——An Act for the Relief of the Estate q/' Ely Moore. Be it enacted by the Senate cmd House of Representatives of the United thAU<;w:¤¤t9  Smzes of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of eleven thousand MSO1a ° ° Y two hundred and ninety-nine dollars be, and the same is hereby, allowed to the estate of Ely Moore, late register of the land-office at Lecompton, Kansas, for the money necessarily paid out and expended by said Ely Moore, in the payment of clerks necessarily employed in said land-oflice, between the nineteenth day of January, anno Domini eighteen hundred and fifty- seven, agd the twenty-seventh day of January, anno Domini eighteen hundred an sixty. BS£*g’;A°‘§I;° Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, au- M0,,,·e_ thorized and directed to pay said estate eleven thousand two hundred and