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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 570-573. 1891. 1419 CHAP. 570.-An act  a pension to Georgie Ann Porter. Mu-ch 3, m1_ Re it enacted by the Senate and House of lggpresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assemb, That the Secretary omxm rem. 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 Georgie Ann Porter, widow of the late avid Dixon Porter, Admiral of the United States Navy, and pay her a pension of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum from the passage of this act. Approved March 3, 1891. CHAP. 571.-An act to remove the charge of desertion against Richard Weller, U¤¤=h¤»1801- and authorizing his honorable discharge. W Re it enacted by the Senate and House of Repyesentattves of the United States 0_fA·me·r·ica an Congress assembled, That the Secretary mmm weuer. of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to remove the charge ,,,,,‘¥,§‘§',‘;§ "°“°’“"‘° of desertion against Richard Weller, late seaman in the United States Navy, and to grant him a certificate of honorable discharge. Approved March 3, 1891. ·' CHAP. 512.-A.n act for the relief of Charles Wording and others, owners of the Much s,1se1. brig Xenophon. www Be it enacted gy the Senate and House ag Representatives oy the United States of merica in Congress assem led, That, in accor ance chimes irwmxng with the findings of the Court o Claims in Congressional case num- °*;_Pymm M dBm_ bered thirty-two hundred and twenty-six, Char es H. Wording and 3:] tp mg ··xe». others versus The United States, the Secretary of the Treasury be, ‘ and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the owners of the brig Xenophon, as set forth in the findings of the court in said case, the sum of two thousand dollars, being the difference between the sound value of said brig and the sum paid for the same by the United States in her damaged condition, the damage having been inflicted by the United States. Approved, March 3, 1891. CHAP. 5’I3.—An act for the relief of John T. Johnston March 3.1801. Whereas, John T. Johnston, a deputy collector of internal revenue mgmt1e. under appointment of R. T. Van Horn, collector of the sixth district of Missouri, is justly entitled to compensation for services in that capacity, rendered to the United States in the years anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. eighteen hundred and eighty, and eighteen hundred and eighty~one, for which he has not been compensated : Therefore, Be it enacted b the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of dlmertca in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Jenn 1·..nm¤m¤. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pa P¤Y¤¤¤¤ *0- to said John T. Johnston the sum of three hundred dollars, in full for the claim due him as aforesaid. Approved, March 3, 1891.