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 1 184 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 1008-1011. 1888. September U. 1888- CHAP. 1008.-An act granting an increase of pension to Benjamin T. Baker. _ Be it e·nacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 1Eg§g§)2jfu(}`Ié£’· United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary ` 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 pension laws, the name of Benjamin T. Baker, late a apartermaster ’ on the United States steamer Spuyten Duyvil lll the nited States Navy, and ay him at the rate of fifty dollars per month, in lieu ot that which lie is now receiving. _ Approved, September 11, 1888. September 11, 1888. CHAP. 1009.-—An act for me relief of H. C. Markham. , Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the g- 0- M¤;k$¤gs¤gm0n United States if America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary mmhiilrduio of War be, an he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the charge of desertion resting u on the military rec.ord of H. C. Markham, late assistant surgeon Mineteenth Regiment Wisconsin Volun-. teers, and to accept the resignation of said H. C. Markham tendered on March twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixt -three, as of date April twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. Approved, September 11, 1888. . September 11, 1888· CHAP. 1010.-An act for the relief of Sophia B. Moore. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the g$¤0§b¤m·§·°u_ United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Court of mqmea to renew Claims be, an it is hereby, authorized to grant a rehearing in the °‘·“”“· case of Sophia B. Moore versus the United States, number thirty- four hundred and forty-six of said court, with full power and jurisdiction to hear and determine and render judgment for the proceeds of the rosin and turpentine claimed to have been seized by the United States officers at the capture of New Berne, in March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and belonging to William P. Moore, junior, which rosin and tur entine are claimed to have been taken to Philadelphia, libeled, and) sold by the marshal of the eastern district of Pennsylvania, under the direction of the Federal court, and the ro- ` ceeds thereof deposited in the Treasury of the United States: Proggevggdom vided, That this act shallnot be construed to have any effect or opera- ‘ tion beyond in case herein specially named. Approved, September 11, 1888. September 11, 1888. CHAP. 1011.-A11 act for the relief of John H. Weeks. ‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the {gw ggowm United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary mof the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to John H. Weeks, of Fayette County, Kentucky, out of an money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars, being the value of quartermastefs stores taken from the said John  Weeks by the United States forces gléréipgutlgzlggppswar and appropriated to their use, as found by the Approved, September 11, 1888.