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 538 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 158,159, 163, 164,165, 166. 1878. hundred and sixty-ve dollars and thirty-seven cents; and_ that the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post—Oftice Department is hereby directed to credit John Clinton. of Brownsville, Tennessee, in his account as postmaster, with the said sum of two hundred and sixty-tive dollars and thirty-seven cents, being for money-order funds stolen from the post-office at Brownsville, Tennessee, while said John Clinton was postmaster, but without fault or negligence on his part. Approved, June 6, 1878. J uno 6, 1878. CHAP. 159.-An act granting an increase of pension to Mattie MeTaggart, widow of ——-——-———— tho late First Lieutenant McTagga.rt, Seventeenth United States Infantry. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Mattie Meng- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- S**1Q*·, , rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension 6d_ °“m°“ m°r°“S` of Mrs. Mattie MeTaggart, widow of First Lieutenant Calvin P. McTaggart, late of the Seventeenth United States Infantry, sulject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, to seventeen dollars per month; said increase to commence from and after the passage of this act. Approved, June 6, 1878. June 7, 1878. CHAP. 163.-An act granting a pension to James Newcomb. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United JamesNcwc0mb. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- P°”S'°“ *°· terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subjectto the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name of James Newcomb, formerly a private in Company H, First Battalion, Seventeenth United States Infantry. Approved, June 7, 1878. June 7, 1878. CHAP. 164.-——An act granting a pension to Alfred Richardson, late of Company A, —-——— Twelfth Indiana Volunteers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Alfred Richard- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- ¤<>¤- _ terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the P°“°‘°“ *°· pension-roll, subiect to the provisions and limitations of the pensionlaws, the name of Allred Richardson, late of Company A, Twelfth Indiana Volunteers. Approved, June 7, 1878. June 7, 1878. CHAP. 165.-—An act for the relief of Acting Master Robert Platt, United States Navy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United R<>b¤¤"¤ Platt- _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United Ng? b° m"”*°" '“ States is hereby authorized to appoint Acting Master Robert Platt, y' United States Navy, for long and meritorious services, a master in the regular Navy of the United States, not in the line of promotion. Approved, June 7, 1878. June 7, 1878. CHAP. 166.—An act for the relief of Nanuie Hall Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United bfannie Hall. States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim of Nannie Hall, mtg ,*3};;** formerly widow of Lieutenant Frederick J. Denman, of the United °" ‘ "" States Army, for the proceeds of cotton alleged to have been seized and sold by agents of the United States, be referred to the Court of