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 862 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 846, 847,850, 851. 1886. August 2, 1886, CHAP. 846.-An act. for the relief of Sidney R. Smith. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Smneyrz. Smith. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Payment to. nry be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Sidney R. Smith, late a sergeant in the Thirty-third Regiment of New Jersey Infantry Volunteers, the pay and allowances of a second lieutenant of infantry from the tenth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, the date at which he was assigned to duty under his commission as such, to the date of his actual discharge irom service, deducting therefrom the pay received by him as sergeant during said period. Record amend Sec. 2. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized °d- and directed to amend the record of the said Sidney R. Smith and to muster him as a second lieutenant of infantry, to date March tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, the date at which he entered upon duty imder the commission issued to him by the governor of the State of New Jersey as of that rank. Approved, August 2, 1886. _ _ August 2, 1886. - CHAP. 847.-Au act for the relief of James Cain. - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United J nmcs Cain. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, J R°°°"l°l‘”“9°‘l· and is hereby, authorized to change the record of James Cain, late a captain in the One hundred and fifty-eighth Regiment of Infantry, New York State Volunteers, and grant to him an honorable discharge, with the rank held by him at the time his connection with the service was Iiroriao. _ severed: Provided, That such change of record does not involve any
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P y' Approved, August 2, 1886. Angus; 3, 1396, CHAP. 850.-An act lor the relief of Francis Gilbeau. llc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United FrancisGilbcnu. States of Amcrokza in Congress assembled, That the sum of two thousand P¤5¤¤¤¤* **>· six hundred dollars is appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid to the legal representatives of Francis Gilbeau, deceased, in full of claims against the United States for the rent of houses and other buildings belonging to said Gilbeau, in Galveston and San Antonio, Texas, during the years eighteen hundred and sixty·ilve and eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Approved, August 3, 1886. August It, 1886. CHAP. 851.-An act granting an increase of pension to William P. Squires. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United w s 1 1 a a m 1*. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- $*1;}***%-, terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the 8d_ °““‘°’? ’“°"°"s' pension-roll, subject to the provisions aud limitations of the pension laws, the name of William P. Squires, late of Company C, Seventy-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, at the rate of forty-five dollars per month in lieu of the pension he is new receiving. Approved, August 3, 1886.