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 rirrinru couennss. sms. 1. cus. sis-su. isss. 1071 been destroyed while detached from the bonds and in the custody of the United States postal authorities; Provided, however, That a sat- P’·’"i8°· isfactory bond of indemnity shall be filed with the Secretary of the I¤¤*=m¤i*Y *¤>¤d- Treasury before said payment shall be made. Approved, May 24, 1888. _ CHAP. 314.-An act for the relief of the heirs of John S. Fillmore, deceased. May 24, 1888. _ Whereas, on the fourteenth da of December, anno Domini *"°°m"'°- eighteen hundred and sixty-four, J ohm S. Fillmore, then of Denver, Colorado, since deceased, conveyed to the United States of America lots numbered twenty-eight and twenty-nine, in block numbered forty-six in Denver City (east division), per survey of E. D. Boyd, in the_ then Territory of Colorado, for the urpose and upon the condition that the same should be occupied) as a post-office site, which cond1tion has never been in any part performed; Therefore, He 2t enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Arnerzca in Congress assembled, That all the inter- ests which the United States of America acquired by, through, or vep,co1¤.,m1e¤.¤ed to under_the said deed to the said lots as above described be, and the “°‘" °*· same is hereby, relinquished to and vested in the persons who by the laws of Colorado would have been entitled thereto at the date of the death of said Fillmore had the said deed never been made, and to their heirs and assigns forever. Approved, May 24, 1888. CHAP. 315.-An act for the relief of the heirs of the late Solomon Spitzer. my 24, mss. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and gclcmorgpgzer. { is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- °y"‘°” ° °*" ° wise appro mated, the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dollars, to pay to the heirs of Solomon Spitzer the claim of the said Spitzer for the unexpected increase in the work of weighing imports at the rt of New York, under his contract with the ecretary of the Tieasury, during the year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. Approved, May 24, 1888. CHAP. 316.-An act to remove the political disabilities of John Rutledge of South May 25. IU8. Carolina. W Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Cmggress assembled, (two-thirds of each ·l{g{gQ,c§_Q*f,*{_}¤;g}ut,“ House concurrin therein) That ohn Rutledge of the State of South mmoveu. Carolina be and he is hereb relieved of all political disabilities imposed upon him by the third section of the fourteenth article of the amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Approved, May 25, 1888. CHAP. 317.-An act to authorize Commander John W. Philip, United States H¤y25. 18*8. Navy. to accept a silver pitcher from the Government of the United States of Co- Wi lombia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rgpresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assemble, That Commander -¥¤1¤¤W- John W. Philip, United States N avv, be, and he is hereby, author- mit} accept silver ized to accept a silver pitcher tendered him by the Government of the United States of Colombia, for services rendered to that Government. Approved, May 25, 1888.