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 998 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 222-225. 1894. August 4, 1894. CHAP. 222.-An Act Granting a pension to Celestia P. Hartt. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United °·l°¤P*= P·K“'*'· States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the P°°°`°°` Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Celestia P. Hartt, widow of Samuel T. Hartt, late naval constructor, and allow her a pension equal to that allowed oflicers in the Navy of the grade of captain. Approved, August 4, 1894. August 4, 1894. CHAP. 223.-—An Act For the relief of Benjamin F. Poteet. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Bwiamin F-P<•*¤¢*· States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the P“’"`°“° w` Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Benjamin F. Poteet, of Nebraska, one hundred and twenty-three dollars and sixty-eight cents, out of any moneys in the Treasury to the credit of the Sac and Fox Indians, the same being a repayment of amount wrongfully and by mistake collected from him in excess of contract price for land purchased. Approved, August 4, 1894. August 4, 1804. CHAP. 224.-—An Act For the reliefof William Hendershott, of Butteville, Oregon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United wmum umm- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the °h{’,§,@m ,0 ism ,-0, Interior be, and he is hereby, directed, on application of William Hendonation land claim. dershott, of Marion County, Oregon, and on proof being made by the °‘°g°“‘ said Hendershottto the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior that the land hereinafter described was, in November, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, filed upon at the Oregon City land office, in the State of Orev¤1.o,p.4¤s. gon, as a donation land claim under the Act of Congress approved September twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty, by Louis Forcier; that he resided upon an d cultivated the same for four consecutive years · that he proffered final proof to said land office in eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, and that such proof was rejected for the reason that he could not establish the fact that he was a citizen of the United States; and further, that he, William Hendershot-t, was a purchaser in good faith of said premises by mesne eonveyances from said Louis Forcier, and that he is in possession of and has made valuable improvements thereon, to issue to him, the said William Hendershott, his heirs and assigns, a patent for the following-described pieces and parcels of land, to wit: Lots one, two, three, and four in section twenty-one, township tour south, of range one west of the Willamette meridian, containing ninety- seven acres, in the Oregon City land district, in the county of ·Marion and State of Oregon. Approved, August 4, 1894. August 4, 1894. CHAP. 225.-An Act To remove the charge of desertion from the record of Andrew HH L. Grugett as a former member of Company E, Sixth Tennessee Cavalry. in the war of the rebellion, and to grant him an honorable discharge therefrom. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United -g:fr’°”0l;·_§;;¥;;g States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Wm- be, removg and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the charge of desertion from the record of Andrew L. Grugett as a thrmer member