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 10 FIFTY·FIBST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 15, 16. 1890. m§fg*,';" * P° *°'m°’ remains of such be taken to their homes, within the United States, ` spag litvguch  extmepgegt; tlipgpi and theegxpeqntie the-Virleof ‘ s a rne e ni :, om u er, a the explense of rdmoval incurred by the relgtives off those whose bugnesipubwwmnt at bodies ave already been removed shall be reimbursed to them, and .cu{r%' °x°°”” the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as maybe neces- Am,,.,,p,.im,,,,_ sary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury_not otherwise aplpropsiated, to carry out the provisions of this section. Hallam 1:. nam Sec. 4. That theproper accounting officers of the Treasury be, and d°§h0,,,mm ,0 bgd they are hereby, authorized to allow and pay, out of any money in repmsvnmives. the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the legal ripresentatives of Hallam D. Alexander, ate pay clerk of the n1ted States steamer Trenton, who died in January, eighteen hundred and eighty- nine on board that vessel during her passage from Panama, United States of Colombia, to Apia, Samoan Islands, compensation for his personal eifects lost in the wreck of said vessel, upon satisfactory evidence of the value of the same: Provided, That the sum allowed Mmmm therefor shall not exceed twelve months’ sea pay of said deceased. -51*: for Sec. 5. That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury be, and s funds mimi. ’ they are hereby, authfrized to allow and pay, out of any money in the Tirjeastigrdyspop otlléerwise ippropriaétediltpiIpieuteinant ohn Oi)Wili son, m a es av, w o was a ac e o an servin on oar tilhe {Unitqd gtates steanierIVian<g:;.iia at lthe time ofhhelr wrgepkbin the ar or o ia, oan s an , on the sixteent ay o arc , eighteen hundred and eighty-n.ine, the sum of one hundred and twenty do lars, being the amount stolen from public money in his possession while he was proceeding from the Samoan Islands to Auck and,  ew Zealand, under orders of the commander—chief oi the Pacific Station, to communicate to the Navy Department information of the wreck mm. and stranding of the vessels herembefore referred to: Provided, That gj;‘j°,’f°,,c ,‘§,,,;f*“‘ the said Lieutenant Wilson shall satisfy the said accounting officers that sucgr loss gras not incurred through. negligence or any want of care on is a. Accmm¢soto=qice¤·s, Sec. 6. That the proper accounting officers of the Treasu be, t° and they are hereby, authorized and directed to settle u on riiinciples of justice and equity the accounts of the officers, enlisted) men, and others on boardthe United States steamer Vandalia when wrecked, and to assume the last quarterly return of the paymaster of said vessel as the basis of com utation of the subsequent credits to those on board to the date of suclh loss, if there be no evidence to the contrary. mus. A;-qa. And if upon a settlement of the accounts of Frank H. Arms, late ,,,,§¥{§,,'f'““°° ‘“ "°’ paymaster in the United States Navy, who was lost on said vessel with his accounts and vouchers for expenditures and payments made by him, and with all the money, stores, and supplies procured for the said vessel, any sum shall be found due from im to the United States, the proper accountin officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and required to allow him a credit therefor. Approved, February 19, 1890. F€b*'¤*¤'Y T9»i990· CHAP. 16.-An act to appropriate forty thousand dollars for the maintenance "'"`__' of the Marion Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, for year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety. Be it enacted by the Senafe and House of Repv·esenmHz·es of the uggglrigglpggpbgz United States of America. an Congress assembled, That the sum of mums. _ _ ‘ forty thousand dollars be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any mjLg&'gg;*£*°¤ fm moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the maintenance of the Marion. Indiana, branch of the National Home for Dis- Vvk 2*1 ¤·341- abled Volunteer Soldiers (now being erected under the provisions of the act of Congress, approved July twenty-third, eighteen hundred