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January 13, 1921.
[H. R. 12337.]
[Private, No. 83.]

Anthony Sulik.

martial sentence.

CHAP. 25.—An Act To provide for the relief of Anthony Sulik, former sergeant, United States Marine Corps.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Relieved from court- States of America in Congress assembled, That Anthony Sulik, former sergeant, United States Marine Corps, be, and he is hereby, relieved from all disabilities, including loss of pay and allowances attendant upon the dishonorable discharge received by him pursuant to the sentence of an Army general court-martial, published in General Court-Martial Order Numbered One hundred and three, Second Division, Expeditionary Forces, France, dated October 20, 1918, while Reimbursement, etc. detached for duty with the Army by order of the President, the amount of pay and allowances forfeited by him pursuant to said court-martial sentence to be reimbursed to him from the current appropriation for "Pay, Marine Corps": Provided, That the service of the said Anthony Sulik shall be computed as though he had served continuously in the Marine Corps from the 16th day of November, 1914, to the date of his release as a general court-martial prisoner, Rights, allowances, and as though he had been honorably discharged on that date: Provided further, That he shall be granted all the rights, benefits, privileges, allowances, and gratuities to which he would have been entitled had he not been dishonorably discharged pursuant to the said sentence.

Provisos.
Service corrected.

etc., restored.

January 31, 1921. [H. R. 974.]

[Private, No. 84.]

W. T. Dingler.
Payment to.

Approved, January 13, 1921.

CHAP. 30.-An Act For the relief of W. T. Dingler.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $60.63, to W. T. Dingler, the amount paid by him as bondsman for postmistress at Zebulon, Arkansas, to cover loss occasioned by the destroying of the post office by cyclone April 29, 1909.

Approved, January 31, 1921.

February 1, 1921. [H. R. 4184.)

[Private, No. 85.] C. V. Hinkle. Payment to.

CHAP. 31.-An Act For the relief of C. V. Hinkle.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to C. V. Hinkle, late clerk in post office, Conway, Arkansas, the sum of $1,308.33, the same being for salary for twenty-nine months at the rate of $1,000 per annum, the period during which he was dismissed from duty as said post-office clerk, upon charges preferred, which charges were found untrue, and by Executive order he, the said C. V. Hinkle, was reinstated, it being found that the real culprit was not the said C. V. Hinkle, but another person, who is now serving a Federal penitentiary term.

Approved, February 1, 1921.

February 1, 1921.
[H. R. 12469.]
[Private, No. 86.]

Robert Edward Cox,

CHAP. 32.-An Act To authorize the award of a medal of honor to Chief Gunner Robert Edward Cox, United States Navy.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Chief Gunner, Navy. States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the Awarded medal of United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to award a medal of honor to Chief Gunner Robert Edward Cox, United States Navy, in

honor.

recognition of the extraordinary heroism he displayed on the occasion of the accident which occurred in the after turret of the United States ship Missouri on April 13, 1904.

Received by the President, January 20, 1921.

[NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.]

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CHAP. 37.-An Act For the relief of Thomas P. Darr.

February 6, 1921.
[H. R. 1789.]
[Private, No. 87.]
Thomas P. Darr.
Payment

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of services. any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Thomas P. Darr, the sum of $830.37 on account of service rendered as mail carrier from Gooding, Idaho, to Corral, Idaho, during the spring and summer of 1907, this amount to be accepted by said Thomas P. Darr as full compensation for service rendered.

Approved, February 6, 1921.

to, for

CHAP. 38.-An Act For the relief of John K. Ashley, junior.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money heretofore appropriated for the purchase of a site and construction of a building to be used by the Government as a post office and for other purposes at Sandpoint, Idaho, the amount of $40 in full compensation of claim of John K. Ashley, junior, for services rendered and money expended in connection with the preliminary survey and examination of a site that is being considered as the site of such building.

Approved, February 6, 1921.

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CHAP. 39.-An Act For the relief of the Shipowners and Merchants Tugboat Company.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Shipowners and Merchants Tugboat Company the sum of $2,233.14 for damages to their tug, the Sea Rover, when she was run into by the quartermaster steamer General McDowell, of the United States Army, on the night of November 21, 1917, off Black Point and between Black Point and Alcatraz Island, in San Francisco Bay, California.

Approved, February 6, 1921.

February 6, 1921.
[H. R. 11066.]
[Private, No. 89.]

Shipowners and Mer-
chants Tugboat Com-

pany.
Payment to.

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February 7, 1921. [H. R. 12333.] [Private, No. 90.] · Albert T. Huso. Payment to.

CHAP. 41.-An Act For the relief of Albert T. Huso.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States, not otherwise appropriated, to Albert T. Huso, of Joice, Worth County, Iowa, $759.39, in full compensation for his claim for loss by burglary March 12, 1913, and October 2, 1913, from the post office at Joice, Iowa.

Approved, February 7, 1921.

February 8, 1921. [H. R. 3210.]

[Private, No. 91.]

Joseph A. Prat.

CHAP. 42.-An Act For the relief of Joseph A. Prat.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Reimbursement to. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Joseph A. Prat, of New Orleans, Louisiana, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $445.89, being the amount of stamps, stamp books, and stamp rolls stolen from said Prat while chief stamp clerk at the New Orleans post office in the month of February, 1915, and thus lost by him without fault on his part, and which amount was thereafter by him paid to the Government out of his own funds.

Approved, February 8, 1921.

February 9, 1921. [H. R. 3522.]

[Private, No. 92.]

Lemuel Stokes.
Payment to.

CHAP. 43.-An Act For the relief of Lemuel Stokes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Lemuel Stokes, late of Company C, Forty-fifth Regiment United States Colored Infantry, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $300, the same being commutation money received from him, he having afterwards enlisted.

Approved, February 9, 1921.

February 9, 1921. [H. R. 6301.]

[Private, No. 93.]

Nathan Manzer.

rected.

CHAP. 44.-An Act For the relief of Nathan Manzer.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Military record cor- States of America in Congress assembled, That in the administration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers Nathan Manzer, who was a private in Company G, One hundred and twenty-first Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been discharged honorably from the military service of the United States as a private of said company and regiment on the 26th day of September, 1864: Provided, That no bounty, pay, or allowances shall be held as accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, February 9, 1921.

Proviso.

No back pay, etc.

February 9, 1921. [H. R. 12441.]

[Private, No. 94.]

Duluth, Winnipeg
Reimbursement to.

CHAP. 45.—An Act For the relief of the Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railroad. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United and Pacific Railway. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay to the Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $25, and such sum is hereby

appropriated to reimburse the Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway for custom fine numbered three hundred and sixty-eight erroneously imposed by the collector of customs at Duluth, Minnesota.

Approved, February 9, 1921.

CHAP. 83 An Act For the relief of Perry E. Borchers because of losses suffered, due to destruction of property and termination of contract for services because of smallpox while in the employ of the Navy Department in Cuba.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay Perry E. Borchers, of Tadmor, Ohio, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $346.45, the amount of loss sustained due to the destruction of his personal property while in quarantine and to the loss of his position through termination, by the Navy Department, of his contract for services as superintendent of construction at the United States naval station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Approved, February 27, 1921.

February 27, 1921.
[H. R.646.]
[Private, No. 95.

Perry E. Borchers.
Payment to.

CHAP. 84.-An Act For the relief of the owners of the American schooner William H. Sumner.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to William C. Reid, managing owner, and other owners of the American schooner William H. Sumner, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,354.57, to reimburse said owners of the American schooner William H. Sumner for damages suffered by their vessel as a result of a collision with the United States steamship North Dakota off of Cape Henry, Virginia, on November 21, 1914.

Approved, February 27, 1921.

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CHAP. 85.-An Act For the relief of Captain E. V. Dickson.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the son Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Captain E. V. Dickson, One hundred and thirty-second Regiment United States Infantry, the sum of $474.80, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to reimburse the said Captain E. V. Dickson for the sum of $474.80, United States currency, which was stolen from the said Captain E. V. Dickson, without fault or neglect on his part, while he was captain, One hundred thirty-second United States Infantry, and acting disbursing officer at Saint Maurice, France, and which said sum the said E. V. Dickson has since paid into the Treasury of the United States in discharge of his liability as such disbursing officer.

Approved, February 27, 1921.

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February 27, 1921.
[H. R. 9810.]
[Private, No. 97.]

Captain E. V. Dick

Reimbursement to.

February 27, 1921.
[H. R. 10598.]
[Private, No. 98.]

of Sharon, Pa.

certificate of indebtedness.

Proviso.

CHAP. 86.-An Act For the relief of the First National Bank of Sharon, Pennsylvania.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United First National Bank States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Redemption of lost Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to redeem certificate of indebtedness of the United States of America, Numbered Thirty-two hundred and forty, of the denomination of $10,000, of the issue dated April 10, 1918, and maturing July 9, 1918, with interest from April 10, 1918, to July 9, 1918, in favor of the First National Bank, Sharon, Pennsylvania, without presentation of said certificate, the certificate of indebtedness having been lost or destroyed: Provided, That the said First National Bank of Sharon, Pennsylvania, shall first file in the Treasury Department of the United States a bond in the penal sum of double the amount of the principal and interest of said certificate of indebtedness of the United States of America in such form and with such sureties as may be acceptable to the Secretary of the Treasury to indemnify and save harmless the United States from any loss on account of the lost or destroyed certificate of indebtedness hereinbefore described.

Indemnity bond.

Approved, February 27, 1921.

February 27, 1921. [H. J. Res. 215.] [Priv. Res., No. 3.]

Guard cutter.

officers of, destroyedi n Bristol Channel.

CHAP. 87.—Joint Resolution Authorizing the legal heirs of certain officers of the United States Coast Guard who lost their lives when the Coast Guard cutter Tampa was destroyed in Bristol Channel September 26, 1918, to receive pay and allowances that would have accrued to said officers.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United "Tampa," Coast States of America in Congress assembled, That the appropriate accountPayment to heirs of ing officers are authorized to pay to the legal heirs of the followingnamed officers of the Coast Guard, late of the Coast Guard cutter Tampa which was destroyed in Bristol Channel September 26, 1918, the pay and allowances which would have accrued to said officers to an including September 26, 1918, had said officers received and accepted the temporary commissions on the respective dates that they became eligible for advancement, as follows: First Lieutenant of Engineers John Thomas Carr to be a temporary captain of engineers from and including July 1, 1918; Second Lieutenant John Farrell McGourty to be a captain from and including July 1, 1918; First Lieutenant Roy Ackerman Bothwell to be a temporary captain from and including September 21, 1918; Second Lieutenant James Marsden Earp to be a temporary first lieutenant from and including July 1, 1918, and to be a temporary captain from and including September 21, 1918.

Approved, February 27, 1921.

March 1, 1921. [H. R. 567.]

[Private, No. 99.]

John Chick.

rected.

CHAP. 105.-An Act For the relief of John Chick.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Military record cor- States of America in Congress assembled, That in the administration of the pension laws and the laws conferring rights and privileges upon honorably discharged soldiers, John Chick, late of Company K, Third Regiment United States Artillery, shall be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States as a member of said company and regiment on the 2d day of August, 1865: Provided, That no pension shall accrue prior to the passage of this Act, and no pay nor bounty shall become due or payable by virtue thereof.

Proviso.

No back pay,

etc.

Approved, March 1, 1921.

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