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 730 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 250, 251, 259. 1896. Mer 2% 1996- CHAP. 250.-An Act To carry into effect a finding of the Court of Claims in favor ‘°‘°_‘;_" of the estate of George Case, late of Independence County, Arkansas. Gm C Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 'g° "“°‘ States of America in Congress assembled That the Court of Claims a m e II ~11:¤¤$Y¤¤:$i:·°¤¤¥ g I having found that George Case, late of Independence County, Arkansas, ...,""“‘°.¥.‘:1..*".f.‘i° .H,“*i?.§ 3*12*** “*¥°“gé‘¥"“ “f.‘“.¥$.‘.¥1€;.i‘;‘éJ‘é‘3€,“;?.i; s a s p evaueo our n - dollars were taken from him in said county, by and for the use of the Federal Army, and not paid for, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to pay said sum, out of any moneys in the Treasury réot otherwise appropriated, to the legal representatives of said George ase. Approved, May 27, 1896. g i Mw 27f8”· C CH3?. 251.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Helen Morrell me. . H0, D M0 H C Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ,.,1;, ° _ "° "` States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the I’°°¤*°¤ *¤°’°*°°°- Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension g»WS,{G:1¥l8ID0 of Mrs. Helefi Morrell Carroll, widow of Samuel Sprigg arro te a major-genera in the United States Army at the rate of fifty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension she is nov; receiving. Received by the President, May 15, 1896. _ [Norm nr rim Dnrnnrmmvr or Sr.u*n.—'l‘he foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not hzqng btzen rielturggd by him téietgiebhonzise og Coujgress in which 1 origina wi in ee prescri y e ons itution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] lhy 28. 1696- CHAP. 259.-An Act For the relief of George McFarland. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United b§,,°i‘i§,}t,?{,`,,‘f,‘,{‘,“‘];, States of bA,merifa1 in gonglyess aésembleg, Tgiat zhe Sgcaetary of the Treasury an e is ere y an onze an ins ruc 's e '- cates to George McFarland, ot! McArthur Ohio, in lieu of Uiiitgl Staltds four per centum coupon bonds issued under Acts of Congress approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, and January twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, numbered ilfty-four thousand nine hundred and seventy-two, for fifty dollars, and numbered one hundred and five thousand four hundred and ilfty-one, for one  dollars, with mterest coupons attached, dated January ilrst, eighteen hundred _ and_ninety-three, and subsequently, said bonds and interest coupons Kggggity ,m_,_ having been destroyed by fire: Provided, That the said George McFar- 11. s., •ee.s1us, p.vs1. land shall nrst tile in the Treasury a bond in a penal sum of double the amount of the destroyed bonds and the interest which would accrue thereon until the principal becomes due ang payable with two good and sufii cient sureties, residents of the United tates, tohe approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, with condition to indemnify and save harmless the United States irom any claim upon such destroyed bonds and coupons. Approved, May 28, 1896.