May 1, 1888. Henry B. Very. CHAP. 215.—An act granting a pension to Henry B. Very. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Henry B. Very, late a private in Company A, Twelfth Rhode Island Volunteers. Approved, May 1, 1888. May 1, 1888. Pension increased. CHAP. 216.-An act granting a pension to Mrs. Arabella Coddington. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Arabella Coddington. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, at the rate of twenty-five dollars per month, the name of Mrs. Arabella Coddington, widow of E. H. Coddington, late captain of Company H, Forty-fifth Regiment of Iowa Infantry Volunteers, in lieu of the pension she now receives. Approved, May 1, 1888. May 1, 1888. Henry Stafford. CHAP. 217.—An act granting a pension to Henry Stafford. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Henry Stafford, late a member of Company K, Seventh Regiment of Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry. Approved, May 1, 1888. May 1, 1888. Olive Wallace. CHAP. 218.—An act granting a pension to Olive Wallace. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be hereby authorized and directed to put upon the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Olive Wallace, formerly Olive Burbank, mother of Charles H. Burbank, late of Company C, Third Regiment Vermont Volunteers, on account of whose death pension certificate number sixty-eight thousand eight hundred was heretofore issued to her as dependent mother, but vacated on account of subsequent marriage. Approved, May 1, 1888. May 1, 1888. Pension, CHAP. 219.—An act granting a pension to Mehitable Wheelock. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mehitable Wheelock. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to place upon the pension-list, subject to the limitations and restrictions of the pension laws, the name of Mehitable Wheelock, widow of Jacob E. Wheelock, late of Company C, First Vermont Cavalry. Approved, May 1, 1888. CHAP. 220.—An act granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Emily M. Wyman. May 1, 1888. Pension increased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Emily M. Wyman. of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Emily M. Wyman, widow of the late RearAdmiral Robert H. Wyman, United States Navy, and pay her a pension, from and after the passage of this act, at the rate of fifty dollars per month, in lieu of her present pension. Approved, May 1, 1888. CHAP. 221.—An act granting a pension to Theodore Gardner. May 1, 1888. Pension increased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Theodore Gardner. of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Theodore Gardner, late sergeant First Battery Kansas Volunteers, at the rate of seventeen dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he now receives. Approved, May 1, 1888 CHAP. 222.—An act granting a pension to William F. Randolph. May 1, 1888. Pension. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary William F. Randolph. of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William F. Randolph, late of Company E. Thirty-fifth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers. Approved, May 1, 1888. CHAP. 223.—An act granting a pension to Mary Robinson. May 1, 1888. Pension. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Mary Robinson. of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary Robinson, dependent mother of Andrew J. Robinson, late a member of Company C, Eighth New York Cavalry. Approved, May 1, 1888. CHAP. 224.—An act granting an increase of pension to Stephen Thurston. May 1, 1888. Pension increased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Stephen Thurston. of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Stephen Thurston, of Belfast, Maine, late a private in company G, First Regiment of Maine Volunteers, at the rate of forty-five dollars per month. Approved, May 1, 1888. STAT L-VOL XXV- -67 May 1, 1888. Abbie M. Hay. CHAP. 225.—An act granting a pension to Abbie M. Hay. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Abbie M. Hay, widow of Thomas H. Hay, late a captain in the United States Army. Received by the President, April 19, 1888. [NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] May 1, 1888. Pension and arrears. Vol. 20, p. 265. CHAP. 226.-An act for the relief of Thomas S. Hopkins, late of Company C. Sixteenth Maine Volunteers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Thomas S. Hopkins. United States of America in Congress assembled, That Thomas S. Hopkins, late a private in Company C, Sixteenth Maine Volunteers, now on the pension-roll, be, and he is hereby, exempted, by reason of mental incapacity, from the limitation prescribed in section two of the act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventynine, entitled "An act making appropriations for the payment of the arrears of pensions granted by act of Congress approved January twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for other purposes," and he shall be entitled to, and there shall be paid to him, the same rate of pension, and the same arrears thereof, as if his application for a pension had been filed with and allowed by the Commissioner of Pensions prior to June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty. Received by the President, April 19, 1888. [NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] May 2, 1888. George F. Chilton. CHAP. 228.-An act for the relief of George F. Chilton. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to George F. Chilton, of Eminence, Missouri, the sum of one hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents, for services as mail contractor on mail-route numbered twenty-eight thousand six hundred and twenty, from Van Buren, Missouri, to Eminence, Missouri, between May second, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and November fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, in addition to the amount already paid him for such service. Approved, May 2, 1888. CHAP. 229.-An act for the relief of Horatio R. Maryman. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in mgress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Horatio R. Maryman, of the District of Columbia, father of Richard A. Maryman, late of Company B, Thirteenth Regiment New York Volunteers. Approved, May 7, 1888. CHAP. 236.—An act to increase the pension of James Coey. May 9, 1888. Pension increased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary James Coey. of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized to increase the pension of James Coey, late major of the One hundred and forty-seventh Regiment of New York Volunteers, and pay him at the rate of fortyfive dollars per month in lieu of the pension now paid to him. Approved, May 9, 1888. CHAP. 237.—An act granting a pension to George Schneider. May 9, 1888. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary George Schneider. of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of George Schneider, late a private in Company G, of the Third Regiment of United States Artillery. Approved, May 9, 1888. CHAP. 238.-An act for the relief of J. A. Wilson. May 9, 1888, Payment to. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary J.A. Wilson. of the Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to pay to J. A. Wilson the sum of forty-two dollars and sixty-five cents, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, on account of the robbing of the mail and the loss of registered letters for that sum, the robber being subsequently arrested, tried, and convicted. Approved, May 9, 1888. CHAP. 239.-An act for the relief of John C. Adams, administrator of Joseph Adams, deceased. May 9, 1888. Payment to admin Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Joseph Adams. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay istrator of. to John C. Adams, administrator of the estate of Joseph Adams, deceased, the sum of four thousand four hundred and thirty-five dollars, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for stores and supplies taken by and furnished to the Army of the United States during the late rebellion. Approved, May 9, 1888. May 9, 1888. Mechanical College of CHAP. 240.-An act for the relief of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Agricultural and United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to relieve the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Auburn, Alabama, from all money responsibility for so much of the ordnance and ordnance stores issued to said college under its bond dated February ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, as was destroyed by fire on June twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. Approved, May 9, 1888. May 9, 1888. George P. Stone. CHAP. 241.—An act granting a pension to George P. Stone. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of George P. Stone, late captain of Company C, Thirty-seventh Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers, at the rate of twenty dollars per month. Approved, May 9, 1888. CHAP. 254.—An act for the relief of Benjamin M. Simpson. Whereas, a Revolutionary bounty-land scrip numbered seventy-two hundred and sixty-nine, for eighty acres, founded on Virginia military warrant, the property of Benjamin M. Simpson, is alleged to have been lost or mislaid by an officer of the General Land Office while said scrip was in the custody of the General Land Office: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior, on satisfactory proof of ownership and the loss of said scrip, and that said scrip was lost or mislaid by an officer of the General Land Office, or by an employee of said office, be hereby authorized and directed to reissue and deliver to Benjamin M. Simpson a Revolutionary bounty-land scrip for eighty acres of land. Approved, May 14, 1888. May 15, 1888. Payment to. CHAP. 256.-An act for the relief of William P. Gorsuch. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the William P. Gorsuch. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay William P. Gorsuch, of Carroll county, Maryland, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three hundred dollars, the amount paid by him for commutation, he having been drafted into the military service of the United States after he had arrived at the age of forty-five years. Approved May 15, 1888. |