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 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 31, 35, 37. 1883. 753 May first, eighteen hundred and seventysix, to June tenth, ei ghteen hundred and seventy-seven ; and also coupon bond number one hundred and fifteen thousand two hundred and seventy, for one thousand dollars, of the same act and date, with interest thereon from May first, eighteen hundred and seventysix, to June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, in favor of Robert Stodart Wyld, who claims to have been the owner thereof ou the twenty-ninth day of September, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, at which time it is alleged they were stolen from him, and who further claims that they were afterwards destroyed by the thieves, upon the said Robert Stodurt Wyld furnishing to the Treasury Department a sutheieut bond of indemnity to the United States with good and sutheient sureties, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to secure the United States against loss or damage in consequence of the redemption of said bonds; Provided, That if any of said bonds or coupons have been presented for payment this act shall not authorize such payment. J. WARILEN KEIFER Speaker of the House of Representatives _ · DA VID DAVIS President of the Senate pro tempore Received by the President January 5, 1883. [Nom BY mm Dnrsnrmnnr or STATE.—Th0 foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] CHAP. 35.-An act for the relief of the heirs of Peter Gallagher. Jn_ 19, 133;; Ba it enacted. by the Senate and House of Representation of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the H¤i¤1 <>f P•?1*¤¤¤ Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the m“_gg,§;} of_°’ representatives or heirs of Peter Gallagher, deceased, out of any money ’ in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six thousand onclhuudred and twentyeight dollars and eighty-two cents, in full satisfaction for corn furnished the military authorities of the United States at Forts Stockton and Davis, in Texas, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-tive. Approved, January 19, 1883. - CHAP. 37.-An act for the relief of the heirs·st·1aw of William R. Downing, Jn_ go, 1333, deceased. —j——-—-—-— Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Ocmgrcaa assembled, That the proper accounting William R. officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized to audit and TMW111 118 » 6**- adjust the accounts of William B. Downing, deceased, late a captain and °°R"‘;‘iéf°fb°m GL assistant quartermaster of United States volunteers, and are hereby authorized and directed to credit said William R. Downing, deceased, _ late a captain and assistant quartermaster of United States volunteers, such amount, not exceeding ten thousand dollars, as may be shown he is justly entitled to in the settlement of his accounts as assistant quartermaster of the United States, although the proper vouchers of the items of credit are not produced, if evidence is furnished that the said items in equity and justice ought to be credited. Approved, January 20, 1883. xxxi-48