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 512 FORTYFIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 41, 45, 52, 53, 54. 1878. March 22, 1878. CHAP. 41.-An act granting a Pension to Kate Louise Roy, widow of J. P. Roy, late ——— ~—— lieuter ant-colonel United States Army. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the United Mrs. K. L. Roy. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- P¢¤Si0¤ t<>- rior be, and lie is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pensionroll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Kate L Roy, widowof Lieutenant-Colonel J. P. Roy, deceased, late of the United States Army, at the rate of thirty dollars per month, the same as is allowed by law for the rank of her husband at the time of his death. Approved, March 22, 1878. March 26, 1878. CHAP. 45.-An act to remove the political disabilities of Robert H. Chilton. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United R- H; Chil§<>¤-_ States of Ameriea in Congress assembled, That all the political disabilities .t.P°¥;;]’gi_g5S‘*b‘1` of Robert H. Chilton imposed upon him by the third section of the tour- 1 wsteentli article of amendments to the Constitution of the United States for participation in the rebellion be, and the same are hereby removed. Approved, March 26, 1878. April 8, 1878. CHAP. 52.-——An act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to —-——-———~; refund a. certain tax erroneously collected. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Thomas Baync States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of the EEC; J°"Ph W· District of Columbia be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed R€,~,md0ftaK,0_ to refund to Thomas Bayne, and the heirs or legal representatives of Joseph YV. Beck, deceased, ifin theirjudgnient they are entitled to the same, the amount ofa certain tax erroneously collected oftliem, said tax having been assessed, as is alleged, as the cost of a brick foot-pavement laid down in front of square seven hundred and twenty-six, in the city of Washington, on the east side of First street east, between A and B streets north, and chargeable to said square seven hundred and twenty- six, but by mistake assessed against the lots in square six hundred and eighty-seven, on the west side of said First street cast, then owned or epresented by said Bayne or said Beck. Approved, April 8, 1878. April 8, 1878. CHAP. 53.-An act granting a pension to George McCoy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United G¤¤¤‘g<¤ MCCOY- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- P"“S‘°“ m rior bc, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pensionroll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name ot'George McCoy, sometime acting assistant surgeon United States Army, at Emory Hospital, \Vashington, I)istrict ot Columbia. Approved, April 8, 1878. April 8, 1873- CHAP. 54.—An act granting a pension to Adam Stinson. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United édnu} S¤¤S<>¤- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte· °“S‘°“ t°· rior be, and he is hereby, aut horizrd and directed to place upon the pensionroll the name of Adam Stinson, a private in Company I, Sixteenth Regiment of Infantry, who was enlisted to serve during the war with Mexico; and that lic be allowed a pension on the papers now on tile in the Pension Otliee; Approved, April 8, 1878.