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 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. ll. Ch. 397-401. 1885. G77 ment are hereby directed to credit John F. Severance, of Shelburne, Massachusetts, in his account as postmaster with the same, it being for loss by robbery of his post-office on the night of the nineteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, but without fault or neglect on the part of said postmaster. Approved, March 3, 1885. CHAP. 398.-An act for the relief of Martha Turner. March 3, 1885. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Staten of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- M¤¤h¤· T¤¤¤¤¢» nry be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Martha Turner, widow and '”i,i°"· t to M beneiiciary of John Turner, late of Union County in the State of Ten- ,,,.:i{:Q°x:,; gu,. nessee, the sum of two thousand dollars, in full payment for the services band as pilot. of the said decedent in piloting and conducting recruits hom the Confederate to the Union lines during the late war. Approved, March 3rd, 1885. CHAP. 399.--An act for the relief of certain settlers on the Duck Valley Indian unc], 3, 1835 Reservation in Nevada. t.;. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Americain Congress aasembkd, That the Secretary of the Treas- Lcyi Harris . my be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, out of any money in Hwm‘°‘“B§ if :3 the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to the settlers on the J_ H_yB,,_bK_ ’ Duck Valley Indian Reservation, in Nevada, the sum of five thousand Payment to, for four hundred dollars, as follows, namely: To Levi Harris, three thou- i¤¤1>r¤v¤¤¤3¤t9- sand five hundred dollars; to William Harris. two hundred dollars; to APP'°P’“*‘°“· Henry Boyle, one thousand five hundred dollars; and to J H. Babb, two hundred dollars, in full for their improvements on said reservation. Approved, March 3, 1885. CHAP. 400.-An act to increase the pension of Mrs Martha C. Breese. Heron 3, ISE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqrresentativu of the United States of America in Congress assembkd, That the pension now granted M a r t h s 0. to Mrs. Martha C. Breese, widow of Kidder Randolph Breese, late a B‘,‘§°:;·.i“ tn_ captain in the United States Navy, be, and the same is hereby increased m¤d_ to fifty dollars per month. Approved, March 3, 1885. CHAP. QOIL——An act for the relief of William H. Davis, Mgggh 3, 185, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of six thousand _William H. Dadollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out_of any money “°g°,M u ,, for in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to indemnify William H. wb", nd ’,·N_ Davis, for the destruction of his wharf and warehouse at San Diego, in house destroyed. the State of California, by the Unimd States troops during the winter Appmpnstion. of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and eighteen hundred and sixty two, That the sum hereby appropriated is made immediately available, Approved, March 3rd, 1885.