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 FIFTYTIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 33, 34, 36, 39. 1898. 1397 contract to design and furnish certain bronze doors for the building of the Library of Congress at Washington; and Whereas said check was subsequently mailed by Bernard R. Green, superintendent of said building, to the aid Frederick MacMonnies, in Paris, France, and was lost in transmission through the mails and has never been received by the said MacMonnies ; and Whereas the'provisions of the Act of February sixteenth, eighteen V¤1-23»1>·=¤>6- hundred and eighty-five, amending section thirty-six hundred and R's"°°°3°°°"'m‘ forty-six, Revised Statutes of the United States, authorizing United States disbursing officers and agents to issue duplicates of lost checks, apply only to checks drawn for two thousand five hundred dollars or less: Therefore, Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That said Bernard R. Green Bernard }¤.G¤·•¤¤w be, and is hereby, instructed to issue a duplicate of said original check {f,’"j§.§,§’§}§§§° °§’§f to Frederick MacMonnies, under such regulations in regard to its issue M¤¤¤i¤¤- and payment as have been prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury for the issue of duplicate checks under the provisions of section thirty- six hundred and forty-six, Revised Statutes of the United States. Approved, February 28, 1898. CHAP. 34.-An Act Granting a pension to Mrs. Marietta Hayes. March 3, 1898. Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Hf"- M=¤i¤*•=• Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the yl:.':;.,.., pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mrs. Marietta Hayes, dependent mother of Watson Hayes, late a private in Company E, Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers. Approved, March 3, 1898. CHAP. 36.-An Act Providing for the entry free of customs duties of certain Mm-ch 4, 1898. bells presented by the Emperor ofltussia to the Orthodox Russian Church of Bridge- s s "‘— ‘—_‘ port, Connecticut. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Sta tes of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the p12:;:;?:?; rk{¢j;·¤i:: Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to instruct the collector of 6...Q me enltryltoot customs at the port of importation to admit to entry free of customs ¤•=°°*' '*°"· *°*· duties one certain set of bells presented by the Emperor of Russia to the 4 lrtbodox Russian Church at Bridgeport, Connecticut. Approved, March 4, 1898. CHAP.` 39.-—-An Act Granting an increase of pension to Captain John \\'. Dodd, Much 5, 1898. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That _ the Secretary of the f,:g‘;,Q;‘}:(}`,Y8;,P_g‘§l‘ Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the . pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pen ion laws, the name of Captain John W. Dodd, of Indianapolis, Indiana, late a member of Company A, Fourth Regiment I ndiana Volunteer Infantry, and that he be paid a pension of thirty dollars per month, in lieu of the amount he is now receiving. Approved, March 5, 1898.