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 526 FOBTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 29, 30, 31, 36. 1879. June 18, 1879. CHAP. 29.-An act to remove the political disabilities of Arthur- P. Bagby, of Texas. . . . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives.of·the United A. P. Bagby. States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of each House con- _1j<>)itic¤1 disc- eurring therein), That Arthur P. Bagby, of the State of Texas, be, and b“"“°”· he is hereby, relieved of all political disabilities imposed upon him by the third section of the fgmrteenth article of the amendments to the Constitution of the United tates. Approved, June 18, 1879. June 18, 1g7g_ CHAP. 30.-An act to remove the pplitioal disabilities of William N. R. Beal], of AH 1SSOl1I’l.. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ~ W.N.R.Bea11. States of America in Congress assembled, (tworthirds of each House con- ,P*!U*i°¤] Mw- eurring therein), That all political disabilities unposed by the fourteenth b*h*“’“· amendment to the Constitution of the United States on Wil1iam N. B., Beall, of Saint Louis, Missouri, be, and the same are hereby, removed. Approved, June 18, 1879. Jung 18, t37g_ CHAP. 31.-An act providing compensation to E. E. Rice for property transferred by —-—-j-..-. him to the Government of the United States for the use of the diplomatic and consular representatives at Hakodadi in Japan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United E- E. Rice. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Payment. ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Elisha E. Rice, late United States consul at Hakodadi, Japan, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars coin; the same being in full payment for certain lots, and improvements thereon, in Hakodadi Japan, conveyed by said Rice to the United States and used for oonsuiar purposes. Approved, June 18, 1879. ` June 24, 1879, CHAP. 36.—An act for the relief of the Farmers and Merchants' Bank, Paris, Texas- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Farmers and States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- $°{,°h2;¤*,:_' Bwk terror be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the pension- “’“ * °x”'“‘ agent at Knoxville, Tennessee, to issue and deliver to the Farmers Duplicate draft. and Merchants Bank of Paris, Texas, a duplicate draft of number one hundred _ and ten thousand three hundred and nine, dated March thirteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, drawn by ])aniel T. Boynton, as United States pension-agent at Knoxville, Tennessee, on the United States assistant treasurer at New York, for the sum of one thousand one hundred and fiftynine dollars and sixty cents, in favor of Minerva A. Davis, and by her indorsed to said bank; which duplicate draft is directed to be issued in lieu of the original draft as herein described, and which was mailed by said bank on the twenty-filth day of March, eighteen hundred and seventymine, from Paris, Texas, to Dormell, Lawson Promos. and Company, of New York, and which was lost intransmissionz Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior is satisfied that the same has not been paid: And provided further, That said Farmers and Merchants Bank give bond, with security approved by the Secretary of the Treas 1(:1‘y,_i>01l£d/tasthe United States harmless against the payment of Said rigina a . Approved, June 24, 1879.