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548 FOBTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 191, 192, 193, 194, 195. 1877. any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full compen- ~ sation for twenty-seven bales of cotton, seized by order of Colonel Jacob · Fry, commanding United States forces at the post of Trenton, Tennessee, which cotton was taken and placed in the fortifications at that post. Approved, March 3, 1877. ` March 3, 1877. CHAP. 192.—·An act to authorize Louis Petoskey, of Michigan, to enter a certain —————————— tract of land which embraces his home and improvements. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Louis 1*ct<>skey States of America in Congress assembled, That Louis Petoskey, of the State {****5 °*—‘*°’ °°*`****** of Michigan, be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter the south half of ‘m ‘ the northeast quarter of section five, in township thirtytfour, north of range nve west, in the district of lands subject to sale at·Traverse City, Michigan upon payment to the receiver of public moneys of the legal price thereof. Approved, March 3, 1877. MMC}, 3, {g77_ CHAP. 193.--An act granting a pension to William H. Oliver, of Sweetwater, Ten- —~-——-—;--—· 1165868. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United A l‘i·nsion to Win- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte-

            • It O**"***`· rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pensionroll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the

name of Williaxn H. Oliver, a private in Company D. of the fifth Regiment of the Tennessee Volunteers, from and after the passage of this act. Approved, March 3, 1877. Mm.,,], 3, 187; CHAP. 194.+-An act to increase the pension of Helen M. Stansbury. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 1>cnsionu»11e1en States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ln- M· S¤=¤*Sl>¤*‘y- tcrior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Helen M. Stansbury, widow of Major Howard Stansbury, late major in the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, a pension at the rate of twenty-ive dollars per month irom and after the passage of this act, said pension to be in lieu of the pension now- paid to the said Helen M. Stansbury. Approved, March 3, 1877. Much 3, 1877- CHAP. 195.-—An act for the relief of Joseph W. Parish. ‘ _ N `"`V J Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ,,,,\,mU, ,0 _,O_ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- ,,,,,f,‘w_ p,,,.,S;,_ ury be, and he hereby is, directed to pay to Joseph W. Parish, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, four thousand two hundred and eighty dollars, in full for that amount paid over by him in cash to the Commissary Department of the Army on the twenty- second day of July, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty- five. - Approved, March 3, 1877.