562 FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 254, 255, 257, 258, 265. 1874. June G, 1874. CHAP. 254.¥An act granting a Pension to Dorothea Irons, mother of lieutenant 1******* Joseph F. Irons. Re it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pension to Doro- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Into.
- 1% 1*0***- rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the
pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Dorothea Irons, mother of Joseph F. Irons, first lieutenant of the first regiment United States Artillery, and pay her a pension from and after the passage of this act. · Approved, June 6, 1874. June 6, 1874. CHAP. 255.-An not granting a Pension to Sarah A. Timmons. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pension to Sarah States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- A·T¤¤¤¤<>¤¤- rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sarah A. Timmons, widow of Stephen D. Timmons, late a private in company G, fourth regiment Tennessee volunteer cavalry, and pay her a pension from and after the passage of this act. Approved, June 6, 1874. June 8, 1874. CHAP. 257.·-An not for the relief of Dewight Desilva, of Deposit, New York. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Honorable dis-States of America in Congress assembled, That the Adjutant General
- l*[’,§°DS'*l{**°d D°· of the Army be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to change
we °S‘ V“‘ his record so as to relieve Dewight Desilva, of Deposit, New York late a private in company F, fiftysixth regiment of New York State Volunteers, from the charge of desertion, and to furnish him an honorable discharge.. . Sec. 2. That the proper accounting officer of the treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to allow and pay to said Dewight Arroais of pay. Desilva all arrears of pay due him at the time of his absenting himself from his regiment and all veteran bounty, the same as if he had been honorably discharged at the end of his term of service. . Approved, June 8, 187 4. Juno 8, 1874. CHAP. 258.-—An act for the relief of Pat. O. Hawes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Payment to Pat. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Paymaster General be, 0· H=>·W6¤· and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay Pat. 0. Hawes, late second lieutenant in the Forty-fifth Kentucky regiment of Volunteer Infantry, United States Army, the pay and allowances of a second lieutenant of infantry, from the twenty-nfth day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, until the twenty-third day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Approved, June 8, 1874. , · June 9, 1874. CHAP. 265.-An act for the relief of J. L. Tedrow, of Clarke county, Iowa. _ _ Be it enacted ln; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United f(?;”€g¤F*P:¤<><>¤¤t¤ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Auditor of the Treas ° · *1* ‘"°‘”· ury for the Post Office Department is hereby authorized, upon presentation of satisfactory evidence to him of the loss of postal stamps of the value of thirty-four dollars and fifty cents, or any less amount,