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 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. III. CH8.392-395. 1931. 2133 CHAP. 392.-An Act For the relief of Sylvester S. Thompson. Th~l. i1. Be it enacted 1. the Senate and House of Representative8 of the [Pr!va!.e,No.4lO.I United States 0 A merica in 0011 gress assembled, That in the sTarmstroBot (talk)lvester S. Thomp- administration 0 any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits ?fe~ityY record cor· upon honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines Sylvest(r reo • S. Thompson, who was a member of Companies E and K, Twenty·· sixth Regiment United States Infantry, and Company K, Twenty- seventh Regiment United States Infantry, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States as a prIvate of Company K, Twenty- seventh Un~ted States Infantry, on the 30th day of November, 1902: Provided, That no bounty, back pay, pension, 0; allowance pay, etc. shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, March 2, 1931. CHAP. 393 .-An Act For the relief of David F. Richards, otherwise known as 1f:C3~.\· David Richards. --'-'IPri"'·~vaC-:te-","""N"""o.o..:4:-:-11""".)- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the David F Richards United States of A merioa in Oongress assembled, That in the ad- alias David' Richards.' ministration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefii;s re.tary record cor· upon honorably dIscharged soldiers David F. Richards, otherwise known as David Richards, who was a member of Company K, Twenty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States as a private of that or!!'ani- .. .. Prcwi&o. zation on the 30th day of November, 1902: Provided, That no No bsck pay, etc. bounty, back pay, pension, or allowance shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, :March 2, 1931. March 2, 1931. CHAP. 394. -- An Act For the relief of John F. Williams and Anderson Tyler. [H. R. 9199.) [Private, No. 412 .) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the J h F w'n' United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secre- and o A~de~on T~ITarmstroBot (talk) tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby).. authorized and directed to dU~i~turo~ of customs refund to John F. Williams, of Aiken, ~outh Carolina, the sum of $200, and to Anderson Tyler, of vVagner, South Carolina, the sum of $220, such sums representing the duty collected by customs officials from the said John F. Williams and the said Anderson Tyler, respectively, after each had been a bona fide purchaser for value, without notice, of a platinum (diamond) ring at a duly advertised execution sale by the sheriff of Aiken County, South Carolina. Approved, March 2, 1931. CHAP. 396 .- An Act For the relief of Thomas W. Bath. March 2,1931. [H. R . 9564.) [Private, No. 413 .) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That in the admin- rrIft~ '%c~r~h~ol" istration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon rected. honorably discharged soldiers Thomas 'V. Bath, who was first heu- tenant and assistant surgeon in the Second Regiment Illinois Vol- unteer Infantry, Spanish War, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States April 26, 1899, credited with ninety days' service, and