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 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. RES. 46, 53, 54. 1882. 745 [46.] Joint resolution authorizing the appointment of Humphrey H. Lemon upon the July 7, 1882. Capitol police force. ?.. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the board of Capitol police be Humphrey H. authorized and directed to place upon the roll of the Capitol police, as L¢¤¤¤¤» ¤PP¤l¤*· an additional member thereof, Humphrey H. Lemon formerly belonging m°“l’ " "‘°'?‘b°' °f to said force, who was maimed for lite while in the xlischarge of his du- Effxhwhw m` ties, and that when appointed under the authority of this resolution the said Humphrey H. Lemon be assigned to the duty now performed by him as a watchman in the dome of the Capitol. Approved, July 7, 1882. 53. Joint resolution melntin to the refund of ce nin inte a - en e a e [ illegally assessed against mdguclleeted from thi:8Detr0iétH0¤.se orrgolrzlioxz  tie State of Michigan! ‘ Whereas an internal-revenue tax was assessed against and collected Tues iuegnu trom the Detroit House of Correction, an institution belonging to the ¤·¤¤<>¤¤¤d Md wi State of Michigan, during the years anno Domini eighteen hundred and §°“°°· f':f“‘€°“°‘* sixty- three to eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, inclusive, amounting be E3? °¤°°` about the sum ot sixteen thousand five hundred and sixty dollars and Preamble. twenty cents; and Whereas said institntinu was during said time, and still is, exempt imm such taxation; and Whereas the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, subject to regulations prescribed by the Seezretnry of the Treasury, is authorized, on appeal. made, to remit, refund, and pay back all taxes erroneously or illegally assessed and collected; and Whereas application has been heretofore made for the refunding of said mx, and by iuadvertence the said application was denied; and Whereas, under the rules adopted and in force in the office of the Uommissiouer of Internal Revenue, the present Commissioner of Internal Revenue has decided that he cannot reopen and review said decision, inasmuch as it was made by his predeeesscr in ciiee; Therefore Resolved by the Senatoand Home 5(Bq•reaentativea of the Unitsé States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Internal Cvmurinnioncrvf Revenue be, and be hereby is, authorized and directed to reopen and  mf reconsider any determination or decision heretofore made by his prede- the cing 6W censors in olliee rejecting the application of the Detroit House of Correction for the refunding of intemabreveuue taxes heretofore assessed against and collected from said Detroit House of Gcuection, and if, in his opinion, said taxes should be refunded, to refund the same; and the App,,,p,-;,,,m,,_ money therefor hereby is appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 28, 1882. [54,] Joint resolution allnwin the widow of General Stephen A. Hur1but,1¤te min- Jmy 28, 1392, istergc Pern, one years salary. ———~;-— Resolved by the Senate and House f>{;Re;»1wamwHvu of the United State: of America in Congress assembled, t there be appropriated, out of any Soglu-¤¤1• R. money in the Treasmy not otherwise appropriated, to be paid to Mrs. 5**1 ¤*· P•¥m°¤* Sophronia R. Hurlbut, the widow of General Stephen A. Hurlbut, late envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Peru one yeur’s salary as said minister from August first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, in addition to all legal allowances, deducting H t  f u the amount of salary received by said Hurlbut since that date; end also wgf removal to pay the necessary expenses incurred in the removal of his remams from of I-cm ,5,., of Pern to the Statecf Illinois for interment, to be paid under the dxrection gtephfn A- Il¤r1- · nf the Secretary of State. tf his? Qgm Approved, July 28, 1882. arrlumu, ••¤.