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 668 FORTYFIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 303-306. 1879. March 3, 1879. CHAP. 303.-An act granting a pension to Calvin E. Pratt, late brigadier-general -i——————- of volunteers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United C. E. Pratt. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- P°¤Si0¤· rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pensionroll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pensioulaws, the name of Calvin E. Pratt, late brigadier-general of volunteers, and pay him a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per month from and after the passage of this act. Approved, March 3, 187 9. March 3, 1879. CHAP. 304.-An act for the removal of the political disabilities of John McIntosh 1 ——~—···—·· Kell, of Georgia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ameriea in Congress assembled, (tivo thirds of each Hoezse concur- _;_ MCL Karr ring therein), That the following named person .is hereby relieved from all _ ·Politieal disabil- political disabilities imposed by the tourteenth amendment of the Con- '*"*S· stitution of the United States, to wit: John McIntosh Kell, of Georgia. Approved, March 3, 1879. March 3, 1879. CHAP. 305.—An act for the relief of Williaiii Johnson and John R. Francis of ——~;—— Edgar County, Illinois. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the United W. J olmson. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- '  R- F’;““t°‘i ury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay the sum of two NPH y a m' thousand four hundred and forty dollars and ninety cents to Willizim Johnson and John R. Francis of Edgar County, Illinois, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same to be in full compensation for all property taken from or furnished by them or either of them to or by the United States military authorities during the war. Approved, March 3, 187 9. March 3, 1879. CHAP. 306.-An act for the relief of Henry T. Fuller and others sureties upon the ·———————— official bond of \Villiam H. \Vaterman. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United W. II. Water- States of America in Congress assembled, That Henry T. Fuller, Thomas man- Dickenson, Albert G. Knight, H. T. Taylor, John Elkins, and the estates of John Heath and Thomas Falvey, deceased, be, and they and each of them are hereby, released £LI1(l discharged from any and all liability as Sui-meson bond. the sureties upon the official bond of \Villiam H. WHlC81`IH£lll, formerly superintendent of Indian affairs for \Vashington Territory, and upon the judgment rendered and docketed on the fourth day of January, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, in the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of \Visconsin, in favor of the United States of'America, plaintiff, and against the said Henry T. Fuller, Thomas Dickenson, Albert G. Knight, H. T. Taylor, and John Elkins, defendants, for the sum of five thousand six hundred and sixty-two dollars and ninety two cents, damages, and thirtytwo dollars and live cents, costs, as taxed; the said release and discharge to take effect upon the payment of the Pi-emo. legal costs as taxed i11 said judgment: Provided, That all the rights and remedies of the government on said bond as against the estate and representatives of said \Villiam H. Waterman, deceased, shall in no manner be affected hereby, but remain in full force and enact in law. Approved, March 3, 1879.