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 rirrvrmsr oosonnss. sm. 11. cus. ::40, an, ans. iam. 13E3 CHAP. 340.-An act for the relief of James A. Terrell. ° ‘ l'U*¤¤!$·iU¥· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem led, That the Secretary James A. Terrell. of War be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to cause to be  “’ "’° “' investigated by theffiartermaster-General of the United States Army thecircumstances, c aracter, and extent of the alleged use and occupation by the United States military authorities for Government purposes, during the late war, of the large frame hotel situate on lock two, in and on the east side of Macon City, in the county of Macon, m the State of Missouri, and of a large tract of timbered land on the west and adjoining said Macon City, the actual value of the use and occupation of the said hotel for the time it was so used and occupied for Government purposes, and the value of the timber taken from such timbered lan by military authority for Government purposes, and to Bud, award, and certify to the Secretary of the Treasmy what amount of mopéey, if any, is equitably due to said James . Terrell from the Uni States as the reasona le value of such use and occupation of said frame hotel so occupied, and the value of the timber taken from said timber land, by military authority, for Government purposes and so used; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby au horized and directed to pay to said James tclséngt M nmmmt A Terrell, out of any money in the Treasiuy not o erwise appro- ‘ priated, the amount, if any, so found and awarded to be due from the United States, not to exceed three thousand four hundred and fifty-six dollars; and the acceptance by said Terrell of any sum awarded under this act shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of every character and nature for such use and occupation and all damages resulting therefrom, and for all such timber. Approved, February 26, 1891. 0HAP.|34·1.-—-An act granting an increase of pension toGenera1 IssacF. Qninby. Februn-y $,181. Be it enacted by the Senate and House og Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem led, That the Secretary ism r.q¤1¤n»y. of the Interior be, and he is here y, authorized and directed to place 1’°“‘°¤*¤•=*°*°°°· on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations 0 the pension laws, the name of Isaac F. Quinby, late a brevet major-gem eral in the Arm of the United States, at the rate of seventy-two dollars per month; said pension to be in lieu of that which he now receives. _ Approved, February 26, 1891. CHAP. 343.-—An act for the relief of Daniel B. Washburn. pebmm., 27,18;; Whereas Daniel B. Washburn, of Milford, in the Commonwealth mmm. of Massachusetts, received, in his capacity of administrator of the estate of William McFarland, late o said Milford, deceased, from the assistant treasurer of the United States, the sum of one thousand one hundred and ninety-three dollars and ninety-four cents, being the amount, on the fourth day of June, eighteen hundred and eighty- five, due to said McFarland from the United States on pension certificate numbered three hundred and four thousand three hundred and eighty-two; and Whereas said Washburn, in good faith, tpaid out of said amount of money the sum of one thousan and fifty- ve dollars and fifty cents in payment of the debts due from the said estate, and expenses of