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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. VCHS. 732-735. 1888. 1.139 CHAP. '732.—An act for the relief of Major-General W. W. Averell Aumm L 1888- Be zt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That i11 view of the §’““**,*}3W· A*€="“· long and faithful services of Brevet Major-General William W. captadin m .ili·ft°;?t:g Averell, United States Army, before and during the late war, and of °“’°d· severe wounds received by him in battle, the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint William W. Averell, brevet majorgeneral United States Army and late brigadier-general United States Volunteers, to the position of captain in the Army of the United States, and to place him on the retired list of the Army as of that grade, the retired list being thereby increasedin number to that extent; and all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are suspended for this purpose only: Provided, That from and after the P’°°”°- passage of this act no pension shall be paid to the said William W. P°”Si°” *°°“—“· Averell, nor shall any compensation be paid to him for any period prior to his appointment under this act Approved, August 1, 1888. CHAP. 733.-An act to grant to the trustees of the German Lutheran Trinity August 1. 1%. Congregation of Washington, District of Columbia, the right to sell a. portion of Y""` their cemetery lands. Be it enacted by the Senate and House rg Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem Zed, That the trustees of T,.§',§’5"é‘§ngI;;'8f,{jgf)'}_“ the German Lutheran Trinity Congregation in the city of Washing- W§¤!¤¤z¤£>¤. D. Q. ’ ton, District of Columbia, be, and they are hereby, empowered to cemztj-;_ p°m°" °f convey in fee-simple that portion of their cemetery grounds, in said District, comprising two acres and thirty-eight and one-half perches of ground, and more fully described in a certain deed of trust by Jacob Huster and wife to George Emmert. bearing date the nineteenth day of March. anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and recorded March twenty-second, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-one, in liber numbered nine hundred and sixty-four, folio three hundred and forty-one et sequentes. one of the lam records for the District of Columbia. Sec. 2. That this act shall take effect from and after its passage Approved, August 1, 1888. CHAP. 734.-An act granting a pension to Emstus B. Burnham, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatzres of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 1§r¤s@¤sB.Bumu¤m. of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place °"”°"‘ on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the uension laws, the name of Erastus B. Burnham, late a member of Company F, Fifty-second Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers. Approved, August 2, 1888. CHAP. 735.-An act granting a. pension to Mary L.  August 2, mss. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Mw I-W¤1i·•¤¤~ of the Interior be, and he is here y, authorized and directed to place on the pension~r0ll, subject to the provisions and limitations o the