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 FOBTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. GH. 175,1%,178,188. 1876. 447 and not having been returned by him to the house of Gongress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] CHAP. 176.-A11 act for the relief of the mail—contmctors ou route No 19319, in Ten- July 8» 1876- ~ DOBBOB. t"""`-"";" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster General is M“Fl·S°¥"i°° 0 " hereby authorized to put mail-service on the McMinnville and Mauehes- §;1:£§§S`Q£° ter Rail Road from Tullahoma to McMinnville in the State ol' Tennessee, was ( in the same manner as now provided by law for railroadmail transportation, and that the earnings for said service shall not be withheld on account of any claim due or alleged to be due, from the old corporation of the McMinnville and Manchester Rail Road Company to the United States; but the provisions of this act shall in no wise interfere with, impair, or destroy or adeet any claim, lien, or right, legal or equitable, the United States may have against said McMinnville and Manchester ` Railroad or its property, or the property purchased by the Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company ; nor shall it in any wise aileet, embarrass, or interfere with any suit the United States may have commenced, or may hereafter commence, to enforce any contract, right, or lieu they have against said railrozid-eoixipanies, or either of them, or ' their property, or that of either. This act to take effect from and after its passage. · Approved, July 8, 1876. CHAP. 178.-—An Huet to fix the retired paylof Surgeou·Geneml Clement A. Finley, July IO, U376. retiree. ‘—""°‘*""""‘ "‘* Be it enacted by Ute Senate and House (J Iiepresentatiwes of the United States of America in Oongress asscmlilcd, That the rotiredpay of Surgeon- R,.H,·,i,i-p,,y ,,,· General Clement A. Finley, on the retired-list of the Army, shall, from Siivge»»ii—Gem» 1*:1 i and after the passage of this net, be the retired pay now allowed by law Ul°"*°“° A·Fl“1"5’· for the grade ol' the Surgeon-General of the Army as fixed by the acl; of 18,4 cb ,,59 June twentythird, eighteen hundred and seventy-tour, reorganizing W S{,,;_;,;44_’ the several staff corps of the Army. Approved, July 10, \1876. CHAP. 188.-·An act: for the relief of the suretsies of J. W. P, Huntington, deceased, July 12, 1876. late superintendent of Indian :1ffui1‘s in Oregon. ····—·—··—··""‘ Bc it enacted by the Senate and House ¢y" Representatives of the United States of America lin Congress ussenzblcd, That in the settlement of the Al1<>w=y¤¤¤<> i¤=»e;- accounts of J. W. P. Hunting:;ton, deceased, late superintendent of li; W L Indian aifairs in Oregon, the proper ueeountingofficers of the Treasury ‘ '° ' be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to allow a credit of ten thousand dollars, Indian funds, elmrgod to him and lost by the wreck of the Steamer Brother J ouatlnui, off the coast of California, on the thirtaieth day of July, eighteen hun<li·ed and sixtyilve; also a credit of five hundred dollars, lor that sum trzxnsmitted by said Huntington, on or about the fifteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, to William Logan, deceased, late Indian agent, in charge of the Warm Spring Indian Agency in Oregon, lor which no vouchers were returned before the death of the said Logan: Provided, That no credit shall be allowed for the said sums until satisfactory proof shall be made of the · loss of said ten thousand dollars by the wreck of the said steamer Brother Jonathan and of the transmission of said five hundred dollars to the said William Logan. ‘ Approved, July 12, 1876.