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778 FIFTYSECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 203,204,207 ,210. 1892. July 18, 1892. L CHAP. 203.-An act to correct the military record of Lieutenant Cornelius Mc-

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Qgggius Meliéeerg States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, mma.` ryr°°° °°and he is hereby, authorized and directed to revoke and set aside the special orders of the War Department of July seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, dishonorably dismissing Lieutenant Cornelius Me Lean,·late second lieutenant of Company G, of the Thirty-ninth New York Volunteers, “ for absence without leave and failing to tile the necessary surgeon’s certiticate of disability and make reports to his regiment as required by the regulations of the War Department" and to issue to him a discharge as of date July seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-four on recommendation of medical board at Annapolis, N¤1>=·y»¤¤=- Maryland, provided no pay or allowances shall be deemed authorized by this act. Approved, July 18, 1892. July 18, 1892. CHAP. 204-.—A11 act to refund certain revenue taxes to Bonner and Merriman. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United m£>¤¤¤¤ wd Meri- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the I pgymmw, Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to refund and pay back to Bonner and Merriman, doing business in Warren County, Tennessee, under name and style of Bonner and Merriman, three hundred and seventy-four dollars and forty cents in redemption of that amoimt of internal revenue stamps issued to pay the tax on certain packages of apple brandy, which brandy was burned before the stamps were attached. Approved, July 18, 1892. July nv, im. CHAP. 201.-An act for the relief of W. H. Howard Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United gVréd1€!.H¤w¤»d. f States of America in Congress assembled, That the Post-Oilice Depart '°‘"“°‘°“"°°‘ ment, in settling the accbunts of W. H. Howard, postmaster at Cobb, in the State of Georgia, be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to credit said Howard with the sum of thirty-three dollars and five cents, that being the value of Government stamps, supplies, and so tbrth, destroyed by tire in said office without fault on the part of said Howard. Approved, July 19, 1892. l July 20, 1892. CHAP. 210.-An act granting a pension to Mary E. Law, widow of Captain ·—·————-—~——-—-—— Richard L. Law, United States Navy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United }¥;;01;vL==v· 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 Mary E. Law, widow of Captain Richard L. Law, late of the United States Navy, granting her a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per month payable out of the naval pension fund. Approved, July 20, 1892.