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 692 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 108, 111, 113, 126. 1879. Feb. 26, 1879. CHAP. 108.-An act to remove the disabilities of Asa \Vall imposed by the third ———?——· sectioii of the fourteenth article of the amendments to the Constitution of the Uuitec tates. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represeritatires of the United Asa Wall. States of America i n Congress assembled, (tu·0·thirds of each House concur- Politicnl dim- ring therein), That all political disabilities imposed on Asa l\`all, of Virhmtm-‘ ’°“’°"°*l· ginia, by the provisions of the third section of the fourteenth article of the amendments to the Constitution of the United States, be, and they are hereby, removed. Approved, February 26, 1879. Feb. :27, 1879. CHAP. 111.-Au act for the relief of John A. Shaw. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United J. A. Shaw. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is P“Y*“°“* *°- authorized and directed to place the name of John A. Shaw on the rolls as iirst lieutenant of Company G, One hundred and twenty-second Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, as of the date of November eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and with the same force and effect as if said John A. Shaw had been duly mustered into service as such iirst lieutenant on said eighteenth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Sec. 2. That the proper accountingofticer of the Treasury Department is authorized and directed to pay to said John A. Shaw the pay and allowances of first lieutenant of infantry from said eighteenth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to the twenty-second day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, less any pay and allowances, or either, already received by him for such period. Approved, February 27, 1879. }·‘8],_ 28, 1879_ CHAP. 113.-An act for the relief of the Commercial Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United C om in e r e j al States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Bmlk °fK¤°¤`*U°» ury be, and hereby is, directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury 'NEQ1, Om ,. f not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred and seventy-three ll 1011 0. . ' S0m,-t]mty Hom dollars to James Comfort, assignee of the late Commercial Bank of Knoxxille, Tennessee, in payment of seven-thirty United States bond number one hundred thousand four hundred and thirty-six, third series, with coupons attached, and which was burned in mail—car at Benning’s Sltation, near Washington, District of Columbia, while in transportation t rough the mail. ‘ Approved, February 28, 1879. March 1, 1879. CHAP. 126.—An act for the relief of John \V. Douglass. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the United J .W. Douglass. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas P¤y1¤¢¤t *0- ury is hereby authorized and directed to pay to John YV. Douglass, late collector of internal revenue of the nineteenth district of Pennsylvania. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of tive thousand nine hundred and forty-eight dollars and sixty-eight cen ts, and also to credit the said late collector on his revenue account the sum of nine hundred and sixteen dollars and ninety-eight cents; the above sums amounting to six thousand eight hundred and sixty-five dollars and sixtyseven cents, being the balance of which said late Collector Douglass was robbed by a deputy collector, after deducting the amount realized from the sale of the said deputy’s property. Approved, March 1, 1879.