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 FIFTYTHIRD CONGRESS. Sess. lll. Cns. 18,22, 30, 31. 1895. ]23 CHAP. 18.-An Act To correct the military record of Alexander P. Magaan, of January 3.1895. Battery H, Fourth United States Artillery. L Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, Alexander P. Mn. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the military record '-‘“§‘,Ig,,,,,,d ,,,,,,,,,,],1,, of Alexander P. Magaan, who enlisted as a private in Battery H, di¤¤¤¤¤z¤· Fourth United States Artillery, on the eighth day of J uQy, eighteen hundred and forty-six, aud stands charged with having deserted on the eighth day of September, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, to be corrected by removing said charge of desertion and granting an honor- 4 able discharge to said soldier, it appearing that he did not desert, but was absent with leave, sick,` and was prevented from returning on account of sickness: Provided, That no pay, bounty, or emoluments §f,°;a‘f;·m shall become due by virtue of the passage of this Act.` Received by the President, December 22, 1894. [NOTE nr run Dnrnnrmnnr on Srnrn.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] CHAP. 22.-An Act Granting a pension to Mary Palmer Banks, widow of Major- January 9, 1896. · General Nathaniel P. Banks. tj? Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the mmyrnmm-ixmn. Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the P°““’°"· _ pension roll the name of Mary Palmer Banks, widow of Nathaniel P. Banks, late major-general of the Army of the United States, and pay her at the rate of one hundred dollars a month. Approved, January 9, 1895. CHAP. 30.-An Act For the relief of Zimri Elliott, of \Vilsey, Kansas. January 16, 1895. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Jam, omem Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay the sum d,,I;f‘{}§",°,{§{,}’,fi,§°,‘Q‘{],'}{‘ of one hundred and thirty dollars, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, to the duly authorized administrator of Jacob Grosclose, deceased, late of Company K, Fifteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, who was allowed a pension on the nineteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and ninetydbur, by certificate numbered eight hundred and sixty-four thousand three hundred and seventy-seven; said one hundred and thirty dollars being the amount of pension money due the said Jacob Grosclose at the time of his death. Approved, January 16, 1895. CHAP. 31.-An Act To remove the charge of desertion from William H. H. Cook. January 17, 1895. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, wnusm u.n.c¤qk. and is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the charge of descr- ,,,$,{§‘f.Q§‘? °f d°“°“‘°“ • tion from Wi|1iam H. H. Cook, late a private in Company G, Fifth New York Duryea Zouaves, and to substitute in lien thereof “ absent without leave from August twentyiiith, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,