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 FORTY—EIGI:1TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 143, 151, 152. 1885. 637 CHAP. l43. An act granting :1 pension to Isubellu Higgins. February 20, 1885. B0 it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Sturm rg/'A meriva in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- _IS¤b°U¤ H ig · ri<>rl>c·, uml he herel>y is, authorized and directed to place OH the pension- g“i,“·. roll. ut the mtu of twenty dollars por month, the name of Isabella. Hig- cnswm gxius. lute hospital mutrou of the Eighth Regiment of Iowa Inthlutry Volunteers. Approved, February 20th, 1885. CHAP. 151. An act for the relief of Thomas T. Stratton, assignee of W. B. Februa.ry25, 1885. TVn1dr:1u. ———— Be if enacted by the Smale and House of Representatives of the United States of A merica in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby, ap- Thoma.sT. Strabpropriut0¢l, out of any moneys in tha Treasury of the United States not *°¤» ¤~¤¤i2¤°° °f offic-rwise zxpprupriatcd, the sum of three thousand two hundred and Wi,aB£¤8IE‘;%;ir°“‘ fifty-six dollars and eighty-ciglnt cents, to be paid by the Secretary of y ' the '1`reus11ry to Thomas T. Stratton, as assignee of \V. B. Waldrau in full payment and satisfaction of said Wa1drau’s claim and demand against the United States tbr and on account of work and labor done on the United States court-mom officcs and judges’ chambers at Momphis, ’[`e1mcssee, under contract with and direction of J. M. Timouy, United States marshal for the western judicial district of Tennessee, which claim and demand was by the said W. B. \Valdra11 assigned and trzunstbrred to the said Thomas T. Stratton. Approved, February 25, 1885. CHAP. 152. An act for the relief of the suifcmrs by loss of the Government steamer F¤`bl‘11¤1‘y 25. 1885. J. Don Cameron. "Ti Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqnrescntatives of the United Stems of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, Govern mem and he is hereby, authorized and directed to examine into, ascertain, *g°”·m°’ J- D°¤ and determine the losses of private property of the officers, enlisted ”;§°;;r:5i6fofsuf men, uml lzu111<1resses of the Fifth Regiment United States Infantry by {mm by 1g8B_ reason (ll' the sinking of the Government steamer J. Don Cameron, in tho i\ilNS`lU`i River, 011 or about the eighteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventyseven; and the sum of twenty-five thousand dol-   lars, or so much themof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, APP’°P"***¤°¤- out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Secretary of War to adjust and the accounting officcrs of the Treasury to pay the claimants the amount of their said losses, as allowed and approved under uuthority of this act, not to exceed the Limitunmunt tbr baggage allowed to s:1id0tIiccrs, soldiers, and lamndresses by lz1w and the Army wgulationsz Provided, That each person claiming Promo- T€Il\llI1(*I`2ifiOll under this nut shall furnish to the Secretary of YV11f, or
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vnluv of the property by him lost, zuul also of the amount of insurance, f“m'°l“`d‘ iii2r1H); rec0iwalu<·l¢e•1 fiom the vulul- of said property ou scttlenwnt hy the accounting UiH(5(*1‘S of the TI('1lSIIl')`I 1’roz·i¤Ied also, That the aiwaml of the S('(‘l`(‘f2lI'y of W;u· for Avmrd by Sm muah lussvs shall iw iinnl. uml thu panymvnt tI1w0n!` to the- snvcrul claim- E° *{"Y nf WM aunts slmll be- ll<·l·l uml tukeu us u umnplezm rulinqulslnuncut and satis- M' tlu·ri4»u of ull olmms for dauxmgcs sustninoel by them by rcnsou of the wiulaing m' will (}<>ve·rnu1cut Si€Zl.Ill(‘1` J. Don Umncrou as aforesaid. .~\ppi·0v¢·d, I·`¢·bruury 25, 1885.