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 F IF’I`Y·SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 624-627. 1901. 1751 pany; the City Fire Insurance Com§any· the Commercial Mutual nsurance Company of the State of ew York; `the Maryland Fire Insurance Company; the Western National Bank; the Merchants’ National Bank; the Chesapeake Bank of the State of Maryland; and the Eastern Railroad Company of -the State of Massachusetts, for taxes erroneously paid by them and now on file in his office, and to examine and allow such amounts as he may find said companies and banks have paid as a duplicate tax upon the same identical income or profits, or taxes in excess of the amount legally due, and to transmit his allowances to the proper accounting officers of the Treasury for certification to Congress, in compliance with the second section of the Act of Congress approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four. Approved, February 28, 1901. CHAP. 625.-An Act For the relief of L. O. Maddux, doing business as Maddux, February 28.1901- Hobart and Company. ;' Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 f R resentati/ues of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Tegat the Secretary of the ,1;#&dQ1k1;§gggg=§;C%¤ Treasury is hereby empowered and directed to remit and release an “_ae1méa from nai assessment of twenty-nine thousand five hundred and ninety-three l,’§§"§',,‘}§,"§$ft ‘,§‘f,"§{§_ dollars and eighty-Eve cents, assessed by the Commissioner of Internal '¤m°d¤Piri*¤· ew- · Revenue on the November list of eighteen hundred and ninety-two in the first collection district of Ohio against L. O. Maddux, doing business as Maddux, Hobart and Company, by reason of a deficiency aggregating thirty-two thousand eight hundred and eighty-two and five one-hundredths gallons of distilled spirits below the requirement of eighty per centum of the producing capacity of the distillery operated by said L. Q. Maddux. Sec. 2. That said L. O. Maddux, and the said distillery 0 erated by him, and the real estate whereon the same is situated, and tbe sureties of said L. O. Maddux, be, and they are hereby, released and discharged from any and all liability upon and under said assessment; and the proper officer of the Unite States Treasury Department is hereby authorized and directed to cancel and discharge of record all said liability and all lien arising therefrom. Approved, February 28, 1901. CHAP. 626.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to Benjamin F. Shott. February 28.1961. Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRe€resentatices of the United States of America in Cbngress assembled, That the Secretary of the §§gg§§I§g,§Q§;gg· Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the. ` ension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension ibws, the name of Benjamin F. Shott, late of Company I, One hundred ‘< and thirty-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him _ a pension at the rate of twenty-four dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. _ Approved, February 28, 1901. CHAP. 627.-An Act Granting a pension to Mary J. Fouts. Fcbmary 28,1901. Be it enacted by the Senate and House oflteppresentatices oft/ie United States of America in Congress assembled, 'lhat the Secretary of the Q;f;g,6léF°¤*¤· Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the '