ser. Mar. 2, 1886. CHAP. 13.—An act to remove the political disabilities of Thomas L. Rosser. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Thomas L. Ros- States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of each House con Political disabil- curring therein), That all disabilities imposed upon and incurred by Thomas L. Rosser, of Virginia, by virtue of the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution, be, and are hereby, removed. Approved, March 2, 1886. ities removed. Mar. 2, 1886. Stewart. CHAP. 14.-An act to remove the disabilities of Alexander P. Stewart, of La Fayette County, Mississippi. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Alexander P. States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of each House conPolitical disabil- curring therein), That all disabilities imposed upon and incurred by Alexander P. Stewart, of La Fayette County, in the State of Mississippi, under the provisions of the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States, be, and the same are hereby, removed. Approved, March 2, 1886. ities removed. Mar. 2, 1886. Butler. CHAP. 15.-An act to remove the disabilities of Edward G. W. Butler, of Missouri. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Edward G. W. States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That all disabilities imposed upon and incurred by Edward G. W. Butler, of Missouri, by virtue of the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution, be, and are hereby removed. Approved, March 2, 1886. Political disabilities removed. Mar. 2, 1886. CHAP. 16.-An act for the relief of James Clifford. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United James Clifford. States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of five hundred Payment to. and fifty-six dollars and seventy cents shall be paid to James Clifford, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in payment for iron doors and windows furnished for the United States jail at Fort Smith, in the western district of Arkansas, during the year eighteen hundred and seventy-four, under employment by the jailor. Approved, March 2, 1886. Mar. 10, 1886. CHAP. 17.—An act for the relief of the legal representative of John Hatfield, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United John Hatfield. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the TreasPayment to le- ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the legal gal representative representative of John Hatfield, deceased, late veterinary surgeon of the Thirteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, the sum of six hundred and seventyfive dollars, in full for services as veterinary surgeon for said regiment for nine months, at seventy-five dollars per month. of. Approved, March 10, 1886. CHAP. 18.-An act for the relief of Frances E. Stewart, administratrix of Michae S. Stewart, deceased. art. Mar. 11, 1886. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary_of_the Frances E. StewTreasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Frances art, administratrix E. Stewart, administratrix of Michael S. Stewart, deceased, the sum of of Michael S. Stewthree thousand one hundred and sixty dollars and fifty cents, which Payment to. shall be in full of all balances due the estate of said Michael S. Stewart, deceased, growing out of a contract made on or about the tenth day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, between the said Michael S. Stewart and Captain George B. Hibbard, then assistant quartermaster at Nashville, Tennessee, by which the said Michael S. Stewart agreed to cut and deliver ten thousand cords of wood at the Cumberland River, for the use of the Army, and so forth. Approved, March 11, 1886. CHAP. 23.-An act for the relief of B. Jennings. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of three thousand one hundred and fourteen dollars and sixty-six cents be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay B. Jennings, late register of the landoffice of the United States at Oregon City, to reimburse said Jennings for money expended by him as said register, between the first day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, and December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty, for additional clerical services and extraordinary expenses during said period, not heretofore allowed or paid. Approved, March 19, 1886. Mar. 19, 1886. B. Jennings. CHAP. 24.-An act granting a pension to Mary B. Holmes. Whereas a bill (Senate twenty-six hundred and seven) was passed by both Houses of the Forty-eighth Congress, second session, and ap proved by the President on the third day of March, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, granting a pension to Mary B. Holmes, the widow of John W. Holmes; and Whereas by an error in the name of the said John W. Holmes (who was in said act styled "Henry W. Holmes) the said Mary B. Holmes was precluded from obtaining such pension as granted in said act: Therefore, 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 Mary B. Holmes, widow of John W. Holmes, late a lieutenant of Company F, Seventy-second Regiment New York Volunteers, and allow her the same pension drawn by her husband during his life, to take effect from the date of the approval of the aforesaid act by the President, on the third day of March, eighteen hundred and eighty-five. SEC. 2. That the act granting a pension to Mary B. Holmes, approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, is hereby repealed. Approved, March 19, 1886. Mar. 19, 1886. Preamble. Mary B. Holmes. Vol. 23, ch. 384, p. 673, repealed. Mar. 19, 1886. MOTI. CHAP. 25.- An act for the relief of Sarah B. Jackson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Sarah B. Jack States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior 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 Sarah B. Jackson, widow of William B. Jackson, late of Company A, Ninety-first Regiment New York Volunteers. Pension. Approved, March 19, 1886. Mar. 22, 1886. CHAP. 26.-An act releasing the estate of the late Frank Soulé, late collector of internal revenue for the first district of the State of California, and his sureties on his official bond. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Frank Sou16, States of America in Congress assembled, That the estate of the late estate of, and sure- Frank Soulé, formerly collector of internal revenue of the first district ties on bond of, re- of the State of California, and C. C. Webb, Ira P. Rankin, J. J. Felt, leased. F. H. Waterman, James Dows, Samuel Soulé, the estate of W. H. Dana, deceased, James McM. Shafter, John Center, Horace Kilham, and Samuel Brannan, sureties of the said late Frank Soulé, by bond to the United States bearing date January twelfth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-six, be, and they are hereby, released from any liability that may have accrued in the office of said collector during his term of service; and the proper officer of the United States Treasury Department be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cancel and discharge said liability, whether the same be pending in court or has become a judgment. Approved, March 22, 1886. Mar. 29, 1886. Cora A. Slocomb, heirs-at-law of Ida A. Richardson; CHAP. 31.-An act for the relief of Ida A. Richardson, Caroline A. Urquhart, and Cora A. Slocomb, as the heirs-at-law of Cora A. Slocomb, deceased, and Ida A. Richardson and Caroline Augusta Urquhart. 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, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to the following named persons the sums specified, to wit: To Ida A. Richardson, Caroline A. Urquhart, and Cora A. Slocomb, as the heirs-at-law of Cora A. Slocomb, deceased, the sum of twelve thousand seven hundred and fourteen dollars and forty cents; to Ida A. Richardson, the sum of twenty thousand four hundred and seventy-nine dollars; and to Caroline Augusta Urqu hart, the sum of five thousand four hundred and sixty-seven dollars and fifteen cents. Approved, March 29, 1886. Mar. 29, 1886. Lizzie D. Clarke. CHAP. 32. An act for the relief of Mrs. Lizzie D. Clarke, of New Orleans. 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 moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. Lizzie D. Clarke, widow in community of Thomas L. Clarke, deceased, late of New Orleans, tutrix of his minor child and administratrix of his estate, the sum of sixty thousand dollars, for the loss of the steamboat Belle, said steamboat being the property of said Thomas L. Clarke and lost on the Rio Grande River while under lease by the Government of the United States under contract with the owner, the said Thomas L. Clarke. Approved, March 29, 1886. CHAP. 33.—An act for the relief of J. D. Morrison, surviving partner of C. M. and J. D. Morrison. Mar. 29, 1886. J. D. Morrison, of C. M. and J. D. Payment to. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas ury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay, out of any money in the surviving partner Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four hundred and eight Morrison. dollars and ten cents to J. D. Morrison, surviving partner of C. M. and J. D. Morrison, of Rockbridge County, Virginia, being the excess of taxes improperly and unlawfully collected of them for whisky distilled by them in January, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Approved, March 29, 1886. Mar. 29, 1886. Robert II. An CHAP. 34.—An act for the relief of Robert H. Anderson, of the State of Georgia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That Robert H. Anderson, of the State of Georgia, is derson. hereby relieved of all political disabilities imposed upon him by the third section of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Approved, March 29, 1886. Political dis abilities removed. CHAP. 35.--An act for the relief of Victor Beauboucher. Mar. 29, 1886. Victor Beau Relief of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State is hereby authorized and directed to audit the expenditures of Victor boucher. Beauboucher, late consul of the United States at Jerusalem, made in eighteen hundred and sixty-six and eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and to determine what allowance, if any, shall be made to him upon principles of justice and equity; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to pay to said Victor Beauboucher, such sum as may be awarded by the Secretary of State, not to exceed the sum of four thou sand dollars. Approved, March 29, 1886. CHAP. 36.-An act to increase the pension of Robert D. Fort. 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 increase the pension of Robert D. Fort, formerly a member of Captain Richard Benson's company of Tennessee militia, who was in the military service in the year eighteen hundred and fourteen, to forty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension of eight dollars per month he is now receiving. Approved, March 29, 1886. CHAP. 37.-An act for the relief of Frances McNeil Potter. Mar. 29, 1886. Francos McNeil Potter. 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, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pensions laws, to increase the pension of ed. Frances McNeil Potter, daughter of the late General John McNeil, United States Army, from twenty to thirty dollars per month, said increase to take effect from and after the passage of this act. Approved, March 29, 1886. Pension increas Mar. 29, 1886. Blake. Pension. CHAP. 38.-An act granting a pension to Margaret A. Blake. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Margaret A. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pensionroll of the United States the name of Margaret A. Blake, widow of George A. H. Blake, late Colonel of the First Cavalry and a brevet brigadier-general in the United States Army, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws. Approved, March 29, 1886. Mar. 29, 1886. Hancock. CHAP. 39.-An act granting a pension to Almira Russell Hancock, widow of Winfield Scott Hancock, late a Major-General in the United States Army. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Almira Russell 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 of the United States the name of Almira Russell Hancock, widow of Winfield Scott Hancock, late a Major-General in the United States Army, and to pay her at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum, to take effect from and after the passage of this act, and subject to all the provisions and limitatious of the pension laws. Approved, March 29, 1886. Mar. 31, 1886. CHAP. 42.-An act for the relief of George S. Storrs, of Texas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United George S. Storrs. States of America in Congress assembled, (two thirds of each House concur Political disabil- ring therein), That George S. Storrs, of the State of Texas, be, and he is hereby, relieved of all political disabilities imposed upon him by the third section of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. ities removed. Approved, March 31, 1886. to. Mar. 31, 1886. J. M. Lobban. CHAP. 43.-An act for the relief of J. M. Lobban. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That that the Secretary of War Duplicate check be, and he is hereby, instructed to direct Major G. B. Dandy, quartermaster, United States Army, to issue duplicate check numbered twenty, for four thousand six hundred and eight dollars and fifty cents, dated April twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, in favor of J. M. Lobban, on the Stock-Growers' National Bank, Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, in place of one lost on or about May third, eighteen hundred and eighty-four: Provided, That the Secretary of War be satisfied the same has not been paid he shall instruct the Omaha National Bank of Omaha, Nebraska, to pay such check: And provided further, That said J. M. Lobban shall first execute a bond, with sureties to be approved by the Secretary of War, in due form, to save the United States harmless against any loss or injury by reason of such duplicate check or the payment of the original. Provisos. Approved, March 31, 1886. |