1430 FIFTYFIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 233, 239, 240, 242. 1898. the marshal of the northern district of Georgia under and by virtue of a fieri facias issued from district court of the United States for the northern district of Georgia. on the thirty-iirst day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety, and purchased by the United States on the third day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, the day of sale, at Atlanta, Georgia, sold as the property of Alexander M. Mauldin to satisfy said execution, namely, two hundred acres of land, lots numbered three hundred and ten and three hundred and eleven in the eighteenth district and first section of Towns County, Georgia, is hereby released and acquitted in favor of Frank Loyd, his heirs and assigns, upon the payment to the Solicitor of the Treasury of all cost and expense incurred by the United States in obtaining judgment against said Alexander M. Mauldin, and in bringing said land to sale and in advertising and selling the same; and also all cost in case of United States against Benjamin Church for retailing. Approved, May 3, 1898. May 4, 1898. CHAP. 239.-An Act For the relief of John Rustman. Be it enacted ln; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United gmh§§¤g:;¤°hb,° States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, ammrge. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the charge of desertion now standing against the military record of John Rustman, _ late of Company I, Eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and to issue an §f,°';;;m_ léonotrable dischaiirglez Provided,. Tlhatgiotpay or allowances shall become ue y reason o the passage o t is c . Approved, May 4, 1898. M3! Q 1898- CHAP. 240.-An Act Removing the charge of desertion from the record of Sylvester _';;"` H. Mase, a musician, Fifty-sixth New York Infantry. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United gvrhwggr 58E3c States of America in Congress assembled, That the charge of desertion mseimge. now standing against Sylvester H. Mase, a musician, of the Fifty-sixth New York Infantry, be, and the same is hereby, removed, and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to issue an honorable discharge as of date of December thirty-drst, eighteen hundred and gzvgfgom sixtyipne; Provided}. That no pay iozballcgwsznces shall become due or ' paya e y reason 0 t ne passage o is c . Approved, May 4, 1898. May 5, 1898. CHAP. 242.-An Act For the relief of Charlotte J. Gottwals from the operation '"_`;_"‘ gg glgguxggigeigmlslgipgctgis gzrgglrghip of real estate in the Territories and the District Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Qs_Q_Q;:;;; C§l¤ggQ; States of America in Congress assembled, That all real estate lying in the nit. _ ° District of Columbia heretofore purchased by and conveyed to Charlotte §i§,{°}§’,£§§‘{{‘,,.,_ f'°"‘ J- Gvttwals, Ofsaid District, prior to the passage of this Act, be relieved v<>1.24.p.m. and exempted from the operation of an Act entitled “An Act to restrict the ownership of real estate in the Territories to American citizens," approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and all forfeituges gmurred by force of said Act are, in respect of such real estate, ere y remitted. Approved, May 5, 1898.