Chapter 467. for the relief of the legal representatives of the late Captain John G
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CHAP. 467.— An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of the late Captain John G. Tod, of the Texas navy.March 3, 1885. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Capt. John G. Tod.Payment to legal representatives. 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 the legal representatives of the late John G.
Tod, of Texas, the sum of twelve Captain in U. S. Navy, under act1857, vol. 11, ch. 111, p. 248.thousand five hundred dollars, the amount provided for a captain waiting orders in the United States Navy for the term of five years, in conformity with the provisions of section twelve of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, known as the act entitled -‘An act making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight,” which section reads as follows:
That the surviving officers of the Republic, of Texas, who were duly commissioned as such at the time of annexation, shall be entitled to the pay of officers of the like grade, when waiting orders, in the Navy of the United States, for five years from the time of said annexation; and a sum sufficient to make the payment is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: *Proviso*.Payment in full*Provided*, That the acceptance of the provisions of this act by any of said officers shall be a full relinquishment and renunciation of all claims on bis part to any further compensation on this behalf from the United States Government to any position in the Navy of the United States;
” Appropriation.and a sum sufficient to make said payment is hereby appropriated. Approved, March 3d, 1885.