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 1368 FIFTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. OHS. 263-265, 1891. and thirty-two cents to the owners of the vessel Progress, and thirty- three thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine dollars and sixteen cents to the owners of the vessel Euro a, in full compensation for losses sustained and services rendered by them in abandoning their busitness of whale-catching and rescuing nine hundred seamen in the Arc ic seas. bmnuumu. Sec. 2. That said moneys shall be paid over to the owners of each _ of said vessels, for the benent of themselves; and of such of the oiH· cers and crews of said vessels, resppctively,. as were engaged in that particular season of the cruise in the Arctic Ocean duringwhich said rescue was made, and such moneys shall be di tributed y the owners between themselves and said officers and crews in the proportion to their respective lays, and in the same manner as the ordinary earnings from the said cruise would have been distributed. The Secretprypif the Tresisupy shall not be bound to see to the applicaion o said moneys y e owners. mum Sec. 3. That said owners, respectively, shall deliver to the Secretary of the Treasury, 15pon the receipt of said money, and in behalf of themselves and said officers and crews, a full ischarge of all claims, egluitable or otherwise, which they have, or think, they in
 * i1ny wayd ave, against the United States on account of the aforesaid

osses an services. Approved, February 21, 1891. Febnm.y2Um1_ CHAP. 264.-—An act for the relief of Mrs. Elizabeth G. Custer. Be it enacted by the  and Hmose of Representatives of the ms¤wmc.c¤¤m. United States of America rn Congress assembled, That the Secretary P°¤¤*°¤ *¤°'°°°°‘· of the Interior be. and hereby is, authorized and directed to pay to Mrs._ Elizabeth C. Custer, widow of General George A. Custer, a pension at the rate of one hundred dollars per month, from and after the passage of this act, in lieu of the pension which she now receives Approved, February 21, 1891. _ CHAP. 265. —-An act authorizin the President of the United Q I- °"““W me order or msmsmn of William i..1.emm,,n»¤¤ iaeuwum c»>»1gi:.i°; ·ii,i;°t;. eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and to accept his resignation Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the William nrmm. United States og America in Congress assembled, That the President gm '°°°'° °°* of the United tates be, and hereby is, apthoriaed to revoke Special Orders numbered four hundred and ninety5six, War Department, Adjutant-General’s Office, Washiixgton, November seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and Special Orders numbered one hundred and twenty-two, Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant-General’s Office. Washington, June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sevent - six, dismissing William L. Lenan, first lieutenant of Compan R, Thirtyexghth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, from the service ofy the United States for disobedience of orders and absence without leave under the name of William L. Lenan, and to accept the resignation of said William L. Lenan as iirst lieutenant of said company and regiment as of date May second, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and to_cause to be issued to him a certificate of such acceptance of hisdrplsignation and of honorable discharge from the service as of sai a. · Approved, February 21. 1891.