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 50S FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 46, 47, 48, 1877. Feb. 1, 1877. CHAP. 46.-An act granting a. pension to George McColly. — Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United P°¤S*<>¤*<>G¤°F$.’° States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- M°C°“$‘ terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pensionlaws, the name of George l\IoColly, private in Company E, First Minnesota Volunteers. SAM’ J. RANDALL Speaker of the House of Representatives. T. W. FERRY President of the Senate pro tempore. Received by the President January 20, 1877. [NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT or STATE.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] Feb. 1, 1877. CHAP. 47.-An act amending the act of July twenty eight, eighteen hundred and —————··—······ seventy-six, entitled “An act for the relief ol`. Kendrick and Avis, Kuner, Zisemann, and Zott, Kuner and Zott, all of Saint Louis, Missouri, and Nachtrieb and Company, of Gallon, Ohio." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Amendment of States of America in Congress assembled, That the act of July twenty WU {{2* 1`°h<’€\ 9f eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, entitled "An act for the relief' WS of Kendrick and Avis, Kuner, Zisemann, and Zott, Kuner and Zott, all °of Saint Louis, Missouri, and Nachtrieb and Company, of Galion Ohio," be, and the same is hereby, amended by inserting in the third line thereof, after the words " to remit," and before the words "so much," the words "refund and pay hack." SAM’ J. RANDALL Speaker of the House of Representatives T. W. FERRY President of the Senate pro tempore Received by the President January 20, 1877. [NoTE BY THE DEPARTMENT or S'PATE.—Th9 foregoing acthaving been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] Feb. 1, 1877. CHAP. 48.-An act for the relief of Samuel B. Stauber and others. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United R¤l¤=¤¤¤ of mms States of America in Congress assembled, That the following persons be, ` taxes assessed on the brandy distilled by them in the fall of eighteen ‘ hundred and sixty-eight, to wit: Samuel B. Stauber, from the payment of two hundred and sixty-two dollars and nity cents; J J Petree, from the payment of two hundred and sixty two dollars and fifty cents; William Shouse, from the payment of two hundred and sixty-two dollars and fifty cents; John G. Jones, from the payment of two hundred and sixty two dollars and fifty cents; and John H. Stipe, from the payment of two hundred and forty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents; these sums having been paid respectively, by them as a special tax in the months of August and September, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, over and above the amount of the special tax required of distillers of brandy under ord ers of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, dated on or about October twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; and the collector of
 * ‘JdS,;,,];SS°”“b°*` and each of them are hereby, released and discharged from the following