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 540 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CII. 174, 175, 176, 177, 178. 1878. hundred and seventy-one, and Phillip Collins and Harrison Enix, sureties upon a certain other bond of said John Mc`Ncll1s, to the United States, dated April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, be, and said sureties are hereby, released and discharged from any and all liability, or payment of money, under or by virtue of said, bonds, or either of them, and from the payment of anyjudgment or judgments entered upon said bonds or either of them; and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue is hereby authorized and directed to cancel and release the two certain judgments heretofore entered upon said bonds, respectively, in the United States circuit court for the northern district of Illinois (against said McNellis and said sureties or any of them), as against the said sureties, or either or any of them. Approved, June 8, 1878. J uno 10, 1:*78. CHAP. 175.-An act for the relief of Gustav A. Hesselberger. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United G. A. IIesse1ber— States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting- @3 d.,. officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed, cougfs :,2 m °°` in the settlement of the accounts of Gustav A. Hesselberger, late iirst lieutenant in the United States Army, to allow such credits for overpayments, losses of funds and property, by forgery or otherwise, as they may deem just and equitable, not to exceed the sum of three thousand two hundred dollars Approved, June 10, 1878. Juno IO, 1878- CHAP. 176.-An act for the relief of Phuabe Henrietta Groesbeclg. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United I ];’]h**>b° H- G*°°¤· States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- ’°},a&m°nt t0_ ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Phoebe Henrietta Groesbeck, of San Antonio, Texas, the sum of three hundred dollars, the same being the amount due her for rent of property occupied under contract by the United States, and for which a. proper voucher, now on tile in the Treasury Department, was given; and an amount sufficient to pay the same is hereby appropriated. Approved, June 10, 1878. June 10, 1878. CHAP. 177.-An act for the relief of Dwight W. Hakes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United I}-W·H=¤k¤¤- States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting c0E$¤‘;‘}‘°“*°f”°' officers of the Treasury of the United States be, and hereby are, author- ' ized to settle with Dwight W. Hakes, lirst lieutenant and regimental quartermaster of the Eighteenth Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, who was taken prisoner of war at- the battle of Winchester, Virginia, June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and lost all his books, papers, funds, and vouchers, which fell into the hands of the enemy, upon such evidence or information as shall satisfy them that his claim is just. Approved, June 10, 1878. Jun;) 14), pz7g_ CHAP. 178.-An act for the relief of George R. Dennis, of Maryland. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United G. R. Dennis. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- I’t•·N*¤**¤* *0- ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to George R. Dennis, of Maryland, the sum of two thousand three hundred and ninety- tour dollars and sixty-six cents, in full payment for damages sustained