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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. l. Cris. 596, 5%, 602. 1900. 1¢>73 CHAP. 596.——An Act For the relief of Oliver M. Blair, administrator of Thomas Mw 201900- P. Blair, deceased."H-L"? Be tt enacted by the Senate and [{0ase 0 f Re resentatives 0 f the United, _ States of America in Congress assembled, Tbat the Secretary of the mg{,§§.§,§Oij’l§“,§{;¤’§,‘3g Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of P·1§g$gém to any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro(priated, to Oliver M.` Blair, administrator of Thomas P. Blair, decease, late of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, the sum of thirty-two thousand dollars, being for twenty-tive thousand bushels of oats at eighty cents per bushel, and twelve thousand bushels of corn at one dollar per bushel, sold and delivered to the United States Government. Approved, May 29, 1900. CHAP. 597 .—An Act To pay certain judgments against John C. Bates and Jonathan M0? 201000- A. Yeckley, ca tain and first lieutenant in the United States Army, for acts done by HH them under ordiers of their superior officers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Resentattves 0 f the United States of America in Congress assembled, 'lqlilat the Secretary of the J0{,‘f,l}’,§,E· A1?*’§§§k‘{,§‘,Yl Treasury be, and he hereby is, directed to pay, out of any moneys in , 1:{~v1?¢¤=hgi;¤,¤?jxgi; the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a certain judgment a ainst iiiuegaggiua. l g Captain John C. Bates and Lieutenant Jonathan A. Yeckley, llnited States Army, as defendants in an action brought against them by W. N. Belmont Clark and WZ Ward Bill, as laintiffs, for acts done by said defendants in compliance with orders of) their superior officers; said judgment having been rendered in the third judicial district court of Dakota Territory and afHrmed upon writ of error to the Supreme Court of the United States, amounting to two thousand four hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-six cents, and costs in the court below to sixteen dollars and ii; ·, Jeight cents, and costs in the Supreme Court to twenty-six dollars add sixty-two cents. And the Secretary of the Treasur is likewise directed to pay the two several judgments in favor of W'. Vllrard Bill and W. N. Belmont Clark, res ectively, against the aforesaid defendant, Captain John C. Bates, United States Army arising out of the same transaction, for the sum of nine hundred and seventy-one dollars and eighty-three cents, and sixteen dollars and fifty-eight cents costs in each case; said jud ments having been rendered by the third judicial district court of T)akota Territor, at the same time and lace as the aforesaid judgment affirmed by the Supreme Court of the Uliiited States, no writ of error having been filed in said judgments, the same egiestions being involved as in the aforesaid judgment appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States, with interest upon all of said judgments according to law. Approved, May 29, 1900. CHAP. 602.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to Margaret E. Van Horn. J¤¤<r1.1900. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatbves of the United States of America in Ocngress assembled, mt the Secretary of the Hljgfgarst E- l`¤¤ Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the iierision increased. pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension aws, the name of Margaret E. Van Horn. widow of James J. Van Horn, late colonel Eighth Regiment United States Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of forty dollars per month in lieu of that she is now receiving, and two dollars per month additional on account of each of the two minor children of said James J. Van Horn until such children shall arrive at the age of sixteen years. Approved. June 1, 1900.