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 514 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 03, 65, 70, 71. 1878. L¤¤d¤ may be the Brothertown Indians: Provided, hozcever, That said lands, or any md- part thereof, shall be sold by said trustees whenever a majority of said At public nue- Brothertown tribe shall petition for the same; such sale to be made at - first giving sixty days’ notice of such sale by advertisement in some newspaper published in Calumet County, State of Wisconsin; such ad- Advertisement. vertisenient to state the time and place of sale, the terms of sale, and a Distribution of description of the land to be sold. And the said trustees shall distril*Y<>0€¢<lS· bute and pay over the proceeds arising from such sale or sales to the Brothertown Indians, according to the former usages, customs, and regulations of said tribe. Approved, April 20, 1878. April 23, 1878. CHAP. 65.-—An act for the relief of the executors of the estate of John S. Miller, -——-—~·—-—i deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Estate of John States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Inter- S·M"1?'»g“°°““d· nal Revenue be, and he is hereby, directed to credit Barbara Miller, ,0€,?g}{0`Q,’;dt?§€S John S. Miller, and William H. Miller, executors of the estate of John ` S. Miller, deceased, with the amount assessed against them for deficiency in the production of spirits at their distillery at Sterling, Illinois, during the months of April, May, and June, eighteen hundred and seventy-six; the said assessments being based upon an excessive estimate of the producing capacity of their distillery, forced upon the said executors over their protest, and in opposition to the written opinion of the collector P»·oi·sso. making the survey: Provided, That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall be satisfied that the said executors have paid the legal tax upon all spirits produced at their distillery during the said months. Approved, April 23, 1878. April 29, 1878, CHAP. 70.-·An act for the relief of Thomas \V. Collier. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _Thomas W. Col- States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of nine hundred keg, , and thirty-eight dollars and seventy-two cents, to reimburse Thomas pPr°Pmt‘°"' W. Collier, postmaster at Coshocton, Ohio, for postage stamps and money-order funds, stolen from his office at that place on the night of May twenty-second eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, be appropriated out of any fund not otherwise appropriated. Approved, April 29, 1878. API-1] gg, 1g7g_ CHAP. 71.-—An act for the relief of W. C. Snyder, of Illinois. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United W. C. Snyder. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Auditor of the Post Credits i¤ ac- Office Department be directed to credit the account of W. C. Snyder, as °°'““t“ °f· postmaster at Fulton, Whitesitles County, Illinois, with the sum of ono hundred and seventy-tive dollars on his money-order account, for that sum paid by said Snyder upon money-orders burned on the twenty-sixth day of March, eighteen hundred and seventytive; and the further sum of three hundred and eighty-one dollars on his general account, being the amount of postage stamps and stamped envelopes burned by the destruction of his office by fire on the said twenty-sixth day of March, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-five, without his fault or negligence. Approved, April 29, 1878.
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