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 904 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Suss. II. Gus. 163-167. 1887. Feb. 21, 1887. CHAP. 163.-An act for the relief of Francis H. Shaw. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Fra¤¤isH. Shaw- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is ,?°”°"“bl"t ‘}1‘t°‘ hereby authorized and directed to grant to Francis H. Shaw, late cap- ' ° °rg° gran ° °' tain ofCompany C, Fifty-fifth Illinois United States Volunteer Infantry, an honorable discharge and muster-out of the service of the United States. Not to entitle to Sec. 2. That nothing in this act contained shall be held to authorize P'*Y· the payment of any money to said Francis H. Shaw on account of the honorable discharge and muster·out as hereinbefore provided. Approved, February 21, 1887. yeh_ 21, Iggy_ CHAP. 164.-An act for the relief of Samuel H. Flemming. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Samuel H. Flem- States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting oiiimi¤g- cer of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Samuel H. P*‘Ym°”* *°· Flemming, of North Carolina, the sum of two hundred and six dollars and sixty-six cents, for carrying the United States mails in North Carolina in eighteen hundred and seventy. Approved, February 21, 1887. Feb. 21, 1887. CHAP. 165.-An act for the relief of Harry Fisk. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Harry Fi¤k- Statesof Amerieain Congress assembled, That the Post-Master-General be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, in adjusting the accounts of Harry Fisk, postmaster at the city of Aurora, in the State of Indiana, — Credit to be sl- as such postmaster, to allow him a credit of two hundred and eighty- }.g;"°‘] ‘;;°°;’:;‘£ three dollars and fifty cents for postal funds stolen from said Harry Stole? Fisk by burglars at said post-office on the night of the twenty-third day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, without any negligence or default on the part of the said postmaster. Approved, February 21, 1887. Feb. 21, 1887. CHAP. 166.-Au act granting a pension to Samuel Sawyer. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Samuel Sawyer- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior P°“S’°”· be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pensionroll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Samuel Sawyer, late of Company G, Thirty-sixth Massachusetts Volunteers. Approved, February 21, 1887. Feb. 21, 1887. CHAP. 167.-An act for the relief of William J. Owings. Preamble. Whereas, in conformity on an act of Congress approved March ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, certificate numbered twenty-tive thousand six hundred and thirty-nine, for original-service pension, dated March sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, was issued to Henry Owings, a private in Captain James Dudley’s Company of Kentucky militia in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve; and Whereas said Henry Owings died December twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one. before suidcertiticate was issued, leaving