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 82 FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. OIL 309, 310, 311. 1874. ment of the Gulf, September eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, pursuant to the sentence of of a general eourtmartmlg and _ Whereas the said First Lieutenant Henry R. Gardner, said Second _ Lieutenant William D. McGuire, and said Second Lieutenant William G. Reddy, of the same regiment, were, ou the thirteenth day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, severally dismissed the service of the United States by virtue of general order numbered Eve, headquarters Department of the Gulf, September thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, pur uzmt to the sentence of a general court-martial, which said several general orders and sentences were approved by general courtmartial order numbered two hundred and ten, War Department, Adjutant Geigzrals Office, November sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six · an. Whereas the said several sentences, although within the letter of the law and articles of war, and founded upon proceedings regularly conducted, were, nevertheless, manifestly disproportionate to the offense charged, and therefore unjust, and have worked great and unnecessary injury to the reputations of the said J. Horace McGuire, Henry R. Gardner, William D. McGuire, and William C. Reddy; Therefore, Honorable dis- Be it emwted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United charges to certain States of America in Oougress assembled, That the Secretary of War be Q€;QI}f*{‘;g,t';§g’t‘:f,g£ directed to cause the said Captain J. Horace McGuire, First Lieutenant ,,0,,,,,,, ,,,,,1,,,, Henry R. Gardner, Second Lieutenant William D. Mci} uire, and Second (heavy.) Lieutenant William O. Reddy to be honorably discharged from the several positions from which they were dismissed as aforesaid. Approved, June 18, 1874. . 0.-·-An act to admit free of dnt articles intended for th ‘ - ‘cHAP 31 hibition of eighteen hgndred and seventy-six. 0 International Ex Be it emmted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Articles imported States of America in Congress assembled, That all articles which shall be for ¥¤1t9r¤¤~1>¤¤¤¤·1 imported for the sole purpose of exhibition at the International Exhibi- 1*jgg;gg*;g;j,{;·,bgu·;¤· t10¤,mbt me m me city or runaaeipm in the year eighteen hundred y'a11d seventy-six, shall be admitted without the payment of duty or ot' customs fees or charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That allsuch articles as shall be If som or with- sold in the United States or withdrawn for consumption therein at any drawn. &c·, to be time after such importation, shall be subject to the duties, if any, im- ““bJ°°“ *’° ‘1“tY· posed on like articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of importation: And provided further,`That in case any articles imported under the provisions of this act, shall be withdrawn for consumption or shall be sold, without payment of duty as required bylaw, all the penalties Enforccmcn thefprescribed by the revenue laws shall be applied and enforced against i¤<>¤¤»1¤<>¤- such articleslaud against the persons who may be guilty of such withrawa. or sa. e. Approved, June 18, 1874.. June 18, 1874. CHAP. 311.-An act to authorize the widening of Wight street through the grounds of the United States marine hospital at Detroit, Michigan. ‘ ' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Wight street, De- States of America- in Oongvess assembled, That the Secretary of the ¤<>¤M<> be W1¢1<>¤¤d· Treasury be authorized and directed to cause Wight street, in the city of Detroit, Michigan, to be increased in width fifty feet in that portion of said street adjacent to the marine-hospital grounds of said city: Pro- _ vided, That George Jerome, John Owen, and O. H. Buhl, of said city, C, Avpwmmwt of shall be appointed appraisers to ascertain and report to the Secretary “‘"g°’· of the Treasury the damages resulting to the United States by using a