Whereas the Government of the United States having occupied a large portion of the said land for the purpose of a military post, and having expended a large amount of public money to establish and maintain a military reservation thereon, notwithstanding the fact that the Mission of Saint James claimed the title thereto, under the provisions of the Acts of Congress of August fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and March second, eighteen hundred and fifty-three: Therefore
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be aid, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; to the Right Reverend Bishop of Nesqually, in the State of Washington, as trustee of the said Mission of Saint James, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars upon filing in the proper Department a release to the United States, to be approved by the Attorney—General, of all claim to the land embraced within the limits of the military reservation at Vancouver, in the State of Washington, and of all claim for damages for destruction of property on or near the said land by the United States troops or vounteers or Indians at any time anterior to the date of said release. | date = March 3, 1905}}
March 3, 1905.
[H.R. 1887.]
[Private, No. 1276.]
William J. Stewart..
Pension increased.
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 William J. Stewart., late of Company K, Sixth Regiment Minessota Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of twenty-four dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
Approved, March 3, 1905.
March 3, 1905.
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[Private, No. 1277 congress =H.R. 1892.]
John Gibson..
Pension increased.
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 John Gibson., late of Second Independent Battery Minnesota Volunteer Light Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of twenty-four dollars dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.
Approved, March 3, 1905.
March 3..
[H.R. 2884.]
[Private, No. 1278.]
Chap. 1516..—An Act For the relief of Captain Ferdinand Hansen.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Ferdinand Hansen.Granted Honorable dischargeThat the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to amend the military record of Ferdinand Hansen, captain of Company D, Fourth Regiment Missouri Cavalry, and issue to him an honorable discharge, to date from the twelfth day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-four:
Proviso
No back pay, etc.
Provided, That nothing herein shall entitle said Ferdinand sen to any back pay or allowances to which he might have been entitled but for the action of the court-martial discharging him from the service.
