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 206 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1I. Ch. 329, 330, 331, 359. 1878. five hundred dollars; and messenger thereof; in all, twenty-nine thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. g,,,,t;,,g,,,,,,;,,,,_ For stationery, books, fuel, labor, postage, and other contingent and ' miscellaneous expenses, two thousand dollars; for reporting the decisions of the court, clerical hire, labor in preparing and superintending the printing of the thirteenth volume of the Reports of the Court of Claims, to be paid on the order of the court, one thousand dollars; in all, three thousand dollars. D C ,, ,, ,. t ,,, ,, ,, t Sec. 2. That the Secretaries respectively of the Departments of State, stamps. . of the Treasury, War, Navy, and of the Interior, and the Attorney- R¢4¤i¤Wi°••¤f¢>*‘· General, are authorized to make requisitions upon the Postmaster-Gem eral for the necessary amount of postage-stamps for the use of their departments, not exceeding the amount stated in the estimates submitted to Congress; and upon presentation of proper vouchers thereibr at the Trea ury, the amount thereof shall be credited to the appropriation for the service of the Post-Oiiice Department for the same fiscal year. Rspaai, Sec. 3. That all acts or parts of act inconsistent or in contlict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved, June 19, 1878. gum, Ig, 1g7g_ CHAP. 330.-Au act for the relief of Robert 0. Walker. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United R. C. Walker. States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United R c n t cred t 0 States is hereby authorized to restore Robert C. Walker, late paymaster A"?? R°P¥‘°*"’ wd United States Army, to the Army Register for the purpose of being retired. . ’ ° placed on the retired list. Approved, June 19, 1878. June 19, 1878. CHAP. 331.-An act'for the relief of Horace E. Mullan Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United HomeeE.Mu1lau. States of America in Congress assembled, That the action of the board, by Fimling. ew-. of which Lieutenant Commander Horace E. Mullan was examined for
 * ,;“:;’3;“g l’°“'d promotion, be set aside and declaredinull and void; and that he be

New bo',,,,] 0,,,,,,, restored to his original position on the active list as lieutenant comed, em. mander, and that he be considered as having been continuously in the service; and that the President of the United States be and he is hereby authorized to organize a naval examining board for the examination of Horace E. Mullan a leeutenant commander in the United States Navy; and if said Mnllan shall establish to the satisfaction of aid board, his mental, moral and professional fitness to perform all his duties at sea, then the President is hereby authorized to nominate and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate to appoint the said Horace E. Mullan a commander, on the active list of the United States Navy, next on the list hereafter Frederic Rodgers and to take rank from the date on which he was entitled to such promotion. Approved, June 19, 1878. A. .—An not makin appropriations fors ins - Cgeni fgrsghe fiscal year endinlglzluge thirtieth, digglzehhiuidseed aiddogegggtgghig, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appropriations. States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and Sundry civil H- the same are hereby, appropriated for the objects hereinaiter expressed P°““°“· for the Hscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy- nine, namely: