Chapter 355. For the relief of S
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CHAP. 355.— An Act For the relief of S. E. Hallford, of Alabama.August 28, 1894. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,S.E. Hallford.Lands in Alabama reconveyed to. That the title to the following-described lands within the county of Dale and State of Alabama, the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section eighteen, township three, range twenty-six, and the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section seven, township three, range twenty-six, and the west half of the southwest quarter, and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter, and twenty acres of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter, and the west half of the northeast quarter of southwest quarter, and southeast quarter of southwest quarter, and northeast quarter of southeast quarter, and twenty acres of northeast quarter, section twenty-one, township five, range twenty-four, which was bought by the United States at a sale made by the marshal of the middle division of said State, be divested out of the United States and be reinvested in the said S.
E. Hallford as fully and completely as before the said sale. Approved, August 28, 1894. RESOLUTIONS. No. 2: Permitting Anson Mills, Colonel of Third Regiment United States Cavalry, to accept and exercise the functions of boundary commissioner on the part of the United States. Private Resolution 2 28 Stat. 1017 1893-12-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 private [No. 2.] Joint Resolution Permitting Anson Mills, Colonel of Third Regiment United States Cavalry, to accept and exercise the functions of boundary commissioner on the part of the United States.December 12, 1893. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Anson Mills.Appointment authorized as commissioner Mexican boundary.Vol. 26, p. 1512. That Anson Mills, Colonel Third Regiment United States Cavalry, having been nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate as a commissioner of the United States under the convention between the United States of America and the United States of Mexico concluded and signed by the contracting parties at the city of Washington March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, is hereby permitted to accept and exercise the functions of said office of commissioner: *Provided*, Said officer shall continue to*Proviso*.Allowance for pay. receive his emoluments in pay and allowances as Colonel in the Army while holding said office of commissioner the same as he would receive were he performing such duty under military orders and no other or additional pay or emoluments for his services as such commissioner.
Approved, December 12, 1893. No. 11: Authorizing Major-General Oliver Otis Howard, United States Army, to accept from the President of the French Republic a diploma conferring the decoration of Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honor. Private Resolution 11 28 Stat. 1017 1894-03-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 private [No. 11.] Joint Resolution Authorizing Major-General Oliver Otis Howard, United States Army, to accept from the President of the French Republic a diploma conferring the decoration of Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honor.March 9, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Oliver Otis Howard, U. S. Army.May receive decoration from France. That Major-General Oliver Otis Howard, of the United States Army, is hereby authorized to accept from the President of the French Republic a diploma conferring upon him the decoration of Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honor.
Approved, March 9, 1894. No. 25: For the proper enrollment of Thomas R. Proctor in the Navy of the United States. Private Resolution 25 28 Stat. 1017 1894-05-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 private [No. 25.] Joint Resolution For the proper enrollment of Thomas R. Proctor in the Navy of the United States.May 7, 1894.
Whereas, during the late war of eighteen hundred and sixty-onePreamble. to eighteen hundred and sixty-five, under the law entitling every rear-admiral commanding a squadron of the Navy of the United States on actual sea service to a secretary, Thomas R. Proctor was duly appointed secretary to Acting Rear-Admiral George F. Pearson, United States Navy, commanding Pacific Squadron, and was, under the general regulations for the government of the Navy, recognized and declared to be a staff officer with the relative rank of lieutenant in the Navy, such general regulations having been formally recognized as the regulations
(1017)1018FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 25, 36, 41, 47. 1894. of the Navy by act of Congress approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two; and Whereas said Procter received the thanks of the Secretary of the Navy on December thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, for meritorious conduct: Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Thomas R. Proctor.Naval record corrected. That said Thomas R. Proctor, who was secretary to said acting rear-admiral commanding the Pacific Squadron of the United States Navy on actual sea service, and who was duly appointed October first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and actually performed sea service during said war in such capacity until honorably discharged from the Navy December twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty six, shall be deemed and taken to have had the relative rank of a lieutenant on the active list in the Navy of the United States, and shall be so recorded in the Register of the Navy of the Proviso.No pay, etc.United States: *Provided, however*, That such relative rank shall confer no claim whatever to any pay, allowances, pension, bounty, or other remuneration. Approved, May 7, 1894. No. 36: To permit Captain T. O. Selfridge, junior, United States Navy, to receive a decoration conferred upon him by the President of the Republic of France. Private Resolution 36 28 Stat. 1018 1894-07-18 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 private [No. 36.] Joint Resolution To permit Captain T. O. Selfridge, junior, United States Navy, to receive a decoration conferred upon him by the President of the Republic of France.July 18, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Thomas O. Selfridge, jr.May accept decoration from President of France. That Captain Thomas O. Selfridge, junior, of the United States Navy, be, and is hereby, authorized to accept the cross of an officer of the national order of the Legion of Honor conferred upon him by the President of the Republic of France in recognition of the services rendered by that officer to the cause of science through his surveys of the Isthmus of Darien. Approved, July 18, 1894. No. 41: Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to approve a certain lease made in Polk County, Minnesota. Private Resolution 41 28 Stat. 1018 1894-08-04 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 private [No. 41.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to approve a certain lease made in Polk County, Minnesota.August 4, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Ray W. Jones.Lease of lands in Minnesota by, authorized. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to approve, if in his discretion he deems the same proper and advisable and upon such terms and limitations as he may impose, that certain lease made and executed by Mon-Si-Moh, (commonly called Moose Dung) to Ray W. Jones of Lot
(1)one in Section thirty-four
(34)in Town one hundred and fifty-four
(154)north of Range forty-three
(43)west in the county of Polk and State of Minnesota, which said lease is now on file in the office of Indian Affairs. Approved, August 4, 1894. No. 47: For the relief of W. D. Mack, a clerk in the Record and Pension Division of the War Department. Private Resolution 47 28 Stat. 1018 1894-08-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 private [No. 47.] Joint Resolution For the relief of W. D. Mack, a clerk in the Record and Pension Division of the War Department.August 23, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,W. D. Mack.Sick leave allowed. That William D. Mack, a clerk in the Record and Pension office, and a veteran of the late war, who lost both feet in a railroad accident while returning from the anniversary ceremonies of the battle of Gettysburg, on July fourth last, is Vol. 27, p. 715.hereby exempted from the operation of so much of the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, making appropriations for legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 47, 48. 1894.1019 ninety-four, as limits the amount of sick leave with pay that may be granted by heads of Departments, and that the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to said William D. Mack suchSalary. portion of his salary as has been withheld from September eleventh to October fourteenth (thirty four days) on account of injuries received in the said railroad accident. Approved, August 23, 1894. No. 48: To correct an error in the Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Voss.” Private Resolution 48 28 Stat. 1019 1894-08-24 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 private [No. 48.] Joint Resolution To correct an error in the Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Voss.”August 24, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Elizabeth Voss.Pension. That H. R. 855 entitled “An Act to amend An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Voss,” which has passed both branches of the present Congress and is now in the hands of the President of the United States, be amended and corrected by changing the word “eighty” therein to ninety, so that said Act shallError corrected.*Ante*, p. 1011.Vol. 27, p. 833. refer to the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Approved, August 24, 1894. 53 3 1894 1895 PRIVATE ACTS OF THE FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the third session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the third day of December, 1891, and was adjourned without day on Saturday, the second day of March, 1895*. Grover Cleveland, President; Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice-President; Isham G. Harris, President *pro tempore* of the Senate; M. W. Ransom was elected President *pro tempore* of the Senate January seventh, 1895; Isham G. Harris was elected President *pro tempore* of the Senate January tenth, 1895; Charles E. Crisp, Speaker of the House of Representatives; James D. Richardson was elected Speaker *pro tempore* January twenty-first, 1895; Mr. Crisp resumed the duties of Speaker January thirty-first, 1895.
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