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 FORTYTIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 127, 128, 129, 139. 1879. 603 CHAP. 127.-—An act for the relief of William A. Mann. l\i;u·qh 1, 1879, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives if the United States of Arneriea in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- \\’.A.1[=mn. ury be, and he is hereby, authorized to credit to \Viliiam A. Mann, late C YF 9 I * fo ' an acting assistant paymaster in the United States Navy, in his accounts m01w5S °t°1°u‘ with the Treasury Department, as of the date of the rendition of his linal account, the sum of one thousand nine hundred and fifty-four dollars, moneys of the government, stolen from him without his fault, while he was in service as such officer. Approved, March 1, 1879. CHAP. 128.—An act for the relief of Catharine and Sophia Germain March 1, 1879. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Catharine and rior is hereby directed to reserve from that portion of annuities due, s‘1I1h‘“ G*`}"“*}“‘,. or to become due, to Cheyenne Indians, the sum of two thousand five b,_,,,;}§$b0f1'““ °t hundred dollars for Catharine Germain, aged eighteen years, and two Disposition iu thousand five hundred dollars for Sophia Germain, aged thirteen years, ease of death, em. two white children, who were captured in Kansas by said Cheyenne Indians while en route from Georgia to Colorado, and cause the same to be placed to the credit of the said Catharine and Sophia Germain on the books of the Treasury of the United States, to bear interest at the rate of Eve per centum per annum, and use from time to time the income from the same in such manner as he may deem expedient for their maintenance, education, and support until they attain the age of twenty-one years, when the principal and all unexpended interest shall be paid to them: Provided, That if, before attaining the a ge of twenty-one years, either said Catharine Germain or Sophia Germain should die without issue, the whole sum due the decedent shall revert to the survivor; and should both die without issue, the whole sum shall revert to the United States; but if either said Catharine Germain or Sophia Germain, or both, have lawful issue, then, at the death of either parent, the amount due to her in 11er own right, or which she may have inherited, shall become the inheritance of her own issue. Approved, March 1, 1879. ` CHAP. 129.·—An act for the relief of Aéhert U. Wyman, late Treasurer of the United March 1, 1879. States ‘"‘_">—*‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqrresentathes of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- A. U. Wyman. ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Albert U. _R<>i¤¤b¤YS0¥¤<=¤*¤ Wyman, late Treasurer of the United States, out of any money in the "t· Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two thousand three hundred and fifty-one dollars and seventy cents, to reimburse said \Vy- man for two bonds of the United States known as “Sixes of eighteen hundred and eighty-one", of the denomination of one thousand dollars each, and coupons thereon, purchased by him to replace two bonds of like issue and amount, the property of the First National Bank of Newport, Rhode Island, lost or abstracted from the vault of the nationalbank division while Treasurer of the United States. Approved, March 1, 1879. CHAP. 130.—·An act for the relief of William II. Carmen. MMC], 1, 1g7g_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representntires of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of \Var be, W. H. Carmen. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to he paid, out of any P¢w¤¤¢¤'¤ *0-