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 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 247, 248, 255, 256. 1887. 919 CHAP. 24'l.—An act for the relief of H. C. Wilkey. p,,i,_ Q3, 1;,3; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury H. C. Wilkey. be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to H. C. Wilkey, late postmaster 1’=~y¤¤·=¤* ¢¤,l>¤¤*- at Columbus, Kentucky, out of any money in the Treasury not other- al “’°“°*`S “*°l°“· wise appropriated, the sum of three hundred and seven dollars and eighty-seven cents, `for Government money stolen from him by burglars, and which he was required to keep on hand to pay United States postal clerks with, the payment for the loss of which is not provided for in the act of Congress of March seventeenth, eighteen hundred and Vol. 22, p. 29. eighty-two. Approved, February 23, 1887. CHAP. 248.-An act for the relief of Frank Shutt. Feb. 23, 1887. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury Frank shut:. be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to pay to Frank Shutt, post- P¤S¤¤¤¤¤ *0- l>°¤*· master at Litchiield, Illinois, the sum of one hundred and ninety-three **1 ““°“°*`” ”°°l°”‘ dollars and forty·cents, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to reimburse him for postal funds stolen out of his safe on the tenth day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty-five. _ Approved, February 23, 1887. CHAP. 255.-—An act for the relief of William Ervin. Feb. 24, 1887. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Wi11i¤¤¤ Ervi¤· ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to William P“F'“°“**°· Ervin, his heirs or assigns, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, seven thousand six hundred and fifty dollars, being the value of one hundred and eighty head of beef-cattle seized unlawfully and taken out of his possession, in the State of Kansas, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two, by order of Colonel Charles R. Jennison, commanding the Seventh Regiment Kansas Cavalry, United States volunteers, said beeilcattle having been used as subsistence for the officers and soldiers of said regiment. Approved, February 24, 1887. CHAP. 256.-An act for the relief of E. Remington and Sons. Fg]; Q4_ I537, Bc it enacted by the Senate andllouse ofllepresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury hc, E. Remington dr and he is hereby, authorized to adjust the claims of E. Remington and $0;} t t Sons for drawback on arms exported by them in the years eighteen dm:,L';‘k; 'Qm EQ; hundred and seventy-nine and eighteen hundred and eighty without [,0,,..,; ,,,,,7,_ the tiling of drawback entries thereof at the time of shipment; and that there shall be allowed and paid to said E. Remington and Sons, out of the appropriation to pay drawbacks made by the act of J unc sixteenth, Vol. 21, p. 242. eighteen hundred and eighty, the sum of five thousand six hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifteen cents, or so much thereof as shall be found due, in settlement of such claims, less ten per cenrum thereof, as provided by section three thousand and nineteen of the Revised Stat- _ R.s., are 3019,p. utes. · Approved, February 24, 1887.