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 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 338-341. 1909. 1623 CHAP. 338.-—An Act For the relief of John D. McLain. 1{;r¤§4é6;290¥- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United U’¤*¤*¤· N0- ml States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the mm D_McL,,,,_ Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay John D. P¤Y¤¤¢¤¢ ¤>- McLain, of Johnson County, ludiana, out of an mone in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one liundredr dollars, being for one horse taken y or furnished to the military authorities of the United States for their use during the war for the suppression of the rebellion. Approved, March 4, 1909. ‘ CHAP. 839.-An Act For the relief Mrs. M. E. West. V ’{';I'fg_*é6?£?· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United lP¤'i*’¤\<·=· N¤· 227-] States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim of one thou- },*h_¤¤‘,;_§¤rIg,;f,¤:*d- to sand five hundred dollars of Martha E. West, for lumber composing a com or emma. sawmill and taken in eighteen hundred and sixty-five by United States troops in the Sioux Indian war in Minnesota and used for the construction of a stable, is hereby referred for adjudication on principles upon which claims were paid by the commission under the Act v°1·"· ’·‘°“· of Con of February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to the Cldurt of Claims, which may rc rd as competent evidence any adidavits or papers relating to the £im and on file in the departments or in the courts, an give such weight thereto as is proper. Any judgment rendered by the court for the claimant shall be pai to ,,,},’,'{{'“°"' °* J“"¥‘ her or to her personal representative out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 4, 1909. CHAP. 340.-An Act To carry out the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of ¥?§_§,w· James A. Paulk. 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“‘*· Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap rgpnated, the sum of three thousand three hundred and ninety dollars to James Paulk, of Bullock County, Alabama, being the amount found due him by the Court of Claims on January twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and six. · Approved, March 4, 1909. cnn. e41.-An Act For me mus: of John w. wood. ‘{,';f°,{{ 1% Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ["“"°· N°· md States of America in Congress assembled, That John W. Wood, post- {§§,§‘,]",;,'",‘§,‘,Q‘Q,;,,,,,_ master at Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, be, and is hereby, released from all liability on account o stamps to the amount of thirteen thousand dollars, stolen from his office on or about May seventeenth, nineteen hundred and seven, and the said sum of thirteen thousand dollars is hereby ordered credited to him on his accounts as such postmaster, and the payment to him of the balance due after allowing such credit is here y authorized, and that there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appromated, a sum sufficient to pay the amount, if any, found due said Sobn W. Wood hereunder. Approved, March 4, 1909.