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 606 FOBTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ons. 341-343. 1884. July 7, 1884. CHAP. 341.—-An act for the relief of Margaret Cassidy. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Margaret cas. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ¤idY· _ Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Marga- R°l‘°f °f· ret Cassidy, widow of Peter A. Cassidy, deceased, two thousand five hundred dollars, in full compensation for the past, present, and futnre use of the patent of said Peter A. Cassidy for his invention of machine for cutting vellum cloth. Approved, July 7, 1884. July 7, 1884. CHAP. 342.-An act for the relief ccf Thomas B. Shannon Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United m£h°”‘“B· $1*** States of America, in Congress assembled, That the accounting officers of Bj,H,f,f_ the Treasury charged by law with the settlement of the accounts of Thomas B. Shannon, as collector of customs at the port of San Francisco, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth eighteen hundred and BBVGIIEY-Slx, be, and they are hereby authorized to credit him with the sum of fom- thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven dollars and thirtysix cents, the amount paid out of the subtreasury at San Francisco upon a draft erroneously signed by him, in favor of Messrs J. C. "'°""°· Merrill Md Company, during said fiscal year. Provided, That in smu be shown to the satisfaction of said amounting officers and of the Sectaryof the Treasury, that the said draft was signed by the said Thomas B. Shannon, in due course of business and in good faith, without actual fault or neglect on his part, that diligent effort was made to recover the amount paid on said draft, and that the amount so paid is utterly lost to the said Thomas B. Shannon and to the United States. Approved, July 7, 1884. July 7, 1881. CHAP. 343.-An act granting pensions to Wilson W. Brown and others Bcit enactad by the Se1•aua·udHo•ruofRopr¤cn¤¢iocsqfth¤ United State: of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- _ rior is authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, at. the rate BW 1 I ¤ ° ¤ W · of twenty-four dollars per month, the names of Wilson W. Brown, late "°"“‘ second lieutenant of Company F, Twenty-first Regiment Ohio Volun- -7°{¤¤ B- P<>1‘*>¢¤‘· teers: John B. Porter, late second lieutenant of Company C, Twenty- _W¤U1¤¤¤ B¤¤· first Regiment Ohio Volunteers; William Bensinger, late captain of “‘§§3f;1 A_ wilson Company C, Thirteenth Regiment United States Colored Infantry; John William Puma; A. Wilson, late of Company C, Twenty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteers; gu William Pettinger, late of Company 0, Second Regiment Ohio Volun- _M¤miu J. Haw- teers; Hartin J. Hawkins, late of Company A, Thirty-third Regiment klgzd umn Ohio Volunteers; Daniel A. Dorsey. late second lieutenant of Company Enh: L M;Z_· H, Thirty-third Regiment Ohio Volunteers; Elihu A. Mason late of 1;,,,,;,,,; S]¤v£·· Company K, Twenty-ilrst Ohio Volunteers; and Rachel Slavens, widow Pensions. of Samuel Slavens, a soldier executed at Atlanta, Georgia, by the _ Confederate authorities, June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty- all other pensions that have been granted to or claimed by any of the above named persons under the provisions and limitations of the pension laws. Sm:. 2. That this act shall not be construed to diminish the pension now being paid to any of the persons therein named nor to deprive them otianly increase to which they now are entitled or hereafter may be enti e. Approved, July 7, 1884.
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