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 FIFTY-FIFTH CON GRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 648 651. 1898. 1489 CHAP. 648.-An Act To authorize the President to restore Major Joseph W. Wham, paymaster, United States Army, to duty, his former rank, and status in the July 8, 1898. United States Army. i#— Be i thenacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States is hereby authorized to revoke the order of the President Ma;. Joseph w. approving the proceedings of the general court—martial which sentenced Wf{§§,Q,,_,d to duty Major J. W. Wham, Paymaster United States Army, to be dismissed vw- ` the service, and mitigating the sentence to suspension on half pay hom rank, duty, and all privileges until January eighteenth, nineteen hundred and four, his name to be placed at the foot of the lists of majors in the pay department, and to disapprove the sentence of dismissal of Major Joseph W. Wham, Paymaster United States Army, and to restore him to duty, previous rank, and status in the United States Army, and full pay from and after the passage of this Act. Approved, July 8, 1898. ‘ CHAP. 649.—An Act To correct the naval record of George W. Sherrard, July 8, 1é98. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to amend the naval ,,§{°’"g° W" S°°" record of George W. Sherrard, late an enlisted iirstclass boy, who tfmm ¤i¤¢Y¤¤s¤· served on United States steamships Princeton, Daylight, and Shenan· ° ' doah, was transferred to the Princeton, and marked on the rolls of said vessel as having “ never reported," and grant him a discharge: Pro- Prowo. oided, That said Sherrard shall not by the passage of this Act be N° *’“"°*"‘ entitled to any bounty or back pay of any kind. Approved, July 8, 1898. CHAP. 650.-An Act For the relief of Mathilda Akerblom Molin. July 8, 1898. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ` States of America in Congress assembled, That all real estate lying in u..u.a1.i». Axmitm the District of Columbia purchased by and conveyed to Matliilila *';§,§{{;,___ 0, r_, vm, Akerblom Molin, of said District, prior to the passage of this Act be ri»·»gi»nn~¤» sti-i¤1•.ti¤—.` relieved and exempted iroin the operation of an Act entitled “An Act l °""·”·"‘* to restrict the ownership of real estate in the Territories to American citizens/’ approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and all torfeitures incurred by force of said Act are, in respect of such real estate, hereby remitted. Approved, July :4, 1898. CHAP. 651.-An Act For the relief of Verona E. Pollock. J,,]y8_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 V•¤¤·¤¤ E-Pouock. Ti·easm·y be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Mrs, P“’“‘°"° t°‘ Verona E. Pollock, widow of Alexander L. Pollock, late consul of the United States at San Salvador, Salvador, Central America, the sum of six thousand eight hundred and forty dollars, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 8, 1898. vo;. xxx—-94