CHAP. 44.-An act granting a pension to Mrs. E. A. Benham. Apr. 5, 1886. Mrs. E. A. Ben Pension. 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 ham. pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mrs. E. A. Benham, wife of the late General Henry W. Benham, at the rate of fifty dollars per month. Approved, April 5, 1886. CHAP. 45.—An act granting a pension to Margaret B. Harwood. Apr. 5, 1886. Pension. 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 Margaret B. be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension- Harwood. roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Margaret B. Harwood, widow of Rear-Admiral Andrew A. Harwood, late of the United States Navy, and pay her a pension of fifty dollars a month from and after the passage of this act. Approved, April 5, 1886. CHAP. 46.-An act for the relief of David W. Jones. Whereas, the United States pension agent at Washington, District of Columbia, August twenty-third, eighteen hundred and eighty, issued a check, numbered sixty-three thousand six hundred and thirty-two, drawn on the Treasury of the United States, in favor of David W. Jones, a pensioner residing at Hagerstown, Maryland, for one thousand five hundred and forty-nine dollars and thirty-three cents, in payment of pension then due said David W. Jones; and Whereas, said check was lost while being transmitted by mail in course of collection between the National Park Bank of New York and the National Metropolitan Bank of Washington, District of Columbia: Therefore, Apr. 5, 1886. Preamble. David W. Jones. sion check to. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the pension agent at Washington, District of Columbia be, and is hereby, instructed to issue dupli- Duplicate pencate check numbered sixty-three thousand six hundred and thirty-two, for one thousand five hundred and forty-nine dollars and thirty-three cents, in favor of David W. Jones, for one lost in the mail on the thirtyfirst day of August, eighteen hundred and eighty: Provided, That said David W. Jones, shall first execute a bond, with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, to hold the United States harmless against the double payment of said check. Approved, April 5, 1886. Proviso. CHAP. 51.-An act to increase the pension of Florence Murray. Apr. 15, 1886. Florence Mur 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 ray. provisions and limitations of the pension laws, to increase the pension Pension inof Florence Murray, widow of the late Rear-Admiral Alexander Murray, from thirty to fifty dollars a month, said increase to take effect from and after the passage of this act. Approved, April 15, 1886. creased. Apr. 15, 1886. Henry O. Hill. Pension. CHAP. 52.—An act granting a pension to Henry O. Hill. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Slates 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 Henry O. Hill, late a private in Company B, First New Hampshire Cavalry Volunteers, and Company D, Fifteenth New Hampshire Volunteers. Approved, April 15, 1886. Apr. 15, 1886. Susan Gilman. CHAP. 53.—An act granting a pension to Mrs. Susan Gilman. 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 Mrs. Susan Gilman, widow of Pliny R. Gilman, late of Company E, Twelfth New Hampshire Volunteers. Approved, April 15, 1886. Apr. 15, 1886. nam. Pension. CHAP. 54.—An act granting a pension to Mrs. Adaline M. Putnam. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Adaline M. Put- 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 Mrs. Adaline M. Putnam, mother of the late Haldimand Sumner Putnam, late colonel of the Seventh New Hampshire Volunteers, at the rate of thirty dollar's per mouth. Approved, April 15, 1886. CHAP. 55.-An act to amend and correct the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, granting a pension to Sarah Hague. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, granting a pension to Sarah Hague, is hereby amended and corrected so as to read: "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 Sarah Hague, dependent nother of William Hague, late of Company L, Sixth New York Heavy Artillery". SEC. 2. That the pension shall commence from the date of the ap proval of the original act. Approved, April 15, 1886. Apr. 15, 1886. chard. Pension. CHAP. 56.—An act granting a pension to William L'anchard. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United William Blan- 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 William Blanchard, ate a corporal of Company D, Sixth Vermont Infantry. Approved, April 15, 1886. CHAP. 62.—An act granting a pension to William Webster. Apr. 26, 1886. William Web Pension. 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 ster pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William Webster, late a sergeant of Company I, Twenty-first Missouri Regiment of Volunteer Infantry. Approved, April 26, 1886. CHAP. 63.-An act granting a pension to Noah Nelson. 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 Noah Nelson, late of Company I, Twelfth Indiana Volunteers. Approved, April 26, 1886. Apr. 26, 1886. Noah Nelson. CHAP. 65.—An act to remove the disabilities of John Taylor Wood, of Louisiana. 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 all disabilities imposed upon aud incurred by John Taylor Wood, of Louisiana, under and by virtue of the fourteenth amendment of the constitution of the United States, be and are hereby removed. Approved, April 29, 1886. CHAP. 66.—An act for the relief of Dinwiddie B. Phillips. Apr. 29, 1886. Dinwiddie B. Political disabilities removed. 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 all disabilities incurred by and imposed by virtue Phillips. of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States upon Dinwiddie B. Phillips, of Fauquier County, in the State of Virginia, be, and the same are hereby removed. Approved, April 29, 1886. CHAP. 68.—An act for the relief of John Randolph Hamilton, of the State of North Carolina. April 30, 1896. John Randolph Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of each House con curring therein), That John Randolph Hamilton, of the State of North Hamilton. Carolina, is hereby relieved of all political disabilities imposed upon ities removed. him by the third section of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Political disabil May 1, 1886. Taxes remitted. CHAP. 77.—An act for the relief of Alexander Smiley. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Alexander Smi- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Inley. ternal Revenue is hereby authorized and required to remit the amount of six hundred and sixty dollars and ninety-four cents assessed against Alexander Smiley, proprietor of distillery numbered two, in the county of Mississippi and State of Missouri: Provided, That he shall be satisfied that said Smiley has fully paid to the Government all taxes due for spirits actually made by his distillery from the first day of February to the twenty-third day of April, eighteen hundred and seventy-five. Approved, May 1, 1886. May 1, 1886. Rosa Wallace. CHAP. 78.-An act for the relief of Miss Rosa Wallace. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to credit the accounts of Miss Rosa Wallace, postmaster at Washington, Arkansas, with the sum of three hundred and eighty-one dollars, which sum was lost by a robbery of the mails at or near Hope, Arkansas, on or about November thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four. Approved, May 1, 1886. May 1, 1886. John A. Morris. CHAP. 79.-An act for the relief of John A. Morris. 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, directed to pay to John A. Morris, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and seventeen dollars and ten cents, that being the amount of a draft issued by the Third Assistant Postmaster-General which has not been paid, and which draft is now held by said John A. Morris. Approved, May 1, 1886. May 1, 1886. tin. Relief of. CHAP. 80.-An act for the relief of James G. Martin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United James G. Mar- States of America in Congress assembled, That James G. Martin, late captain and assistant quartermaster and assistant commissary of subsistence, United States Army, and his heirs and legal representatives, are hereby relieved from liability to the United States on account of any moneys disbursed by said James G. Martin as assistant commissary of subsistence, United States Army; and that the proper accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby directed to close the accounts of the said James G. Martin as assistant commissary of subsistence, United States Army: Provided, That the amount for which credit shall be given under the provisions of this act shall not exceed the sum of three hundred and twenty-five dollars. Proviso. May 3, 1886. Kent. Pension. Approved, May 1, 1886. CHAP. 84.-An act granting a pension to Jennette S. Kent. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Jennette S. 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 Jennette S. Kent, dependent mother of James S. Kent, late a corporal in Company G, Second Regiment of United States Sharpshooters. Approved, May 3, 1886. CHAP. 85.-An act granting a pension to Isaac N. Minshall. May 3, 1886. Isaac N. Min Pension. 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 shall. pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Isaac N. Minshall, late of Company F, Eleventh Ohio Volunteers, and Company C, Seventy-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Approved, May 3, 1886. CHAP. 86.-An act granting a pension to Miss Rebecca Miller. 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 Miss. Rebecca Miller, daughter of the late BrigadierGeneral Miller, at the rate of fifty dollars per month. Approved, May 3, 1886. May 3, 1886. Rebecca Miller. May 6, 1886. Emerson Ethe ridge and William B. Stokes. CHAP. 89.-—An act for the relief of Emerson Etheridge and William B. Stokes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Emerson Etheridge and William B. Stokes, sureties upon the official bond of James T. T. Carter given as security for the faithful performance by said Carter of his duties as secretary of the Territory of Arizona, and dated June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, be, and said sureties are hereby, released and discharged of and from all and every obligation aud lia. of James T. T. Carbility whatsoever on account of said bond or any breach thereof. Approved, May 6, 1886. Sureties on bond ter released. CHAP. 90.-An act granting a pension to Mary A. Tibbets. 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 A. Tibbets, mother of Edward I. Tibbets, late a private in Company K, Eighty-second Regiment Indiana Volunteers. Approved, May 7, 1886. May 7, 1886. Mary A. Tibbets. CHAP. 91.—An act granting a pension to Nancy Battorff. May 7, 1886. Pension. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Nancy Battorff. terior 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 Nancy Battorff, widow of James Battorff, late a private in Company F, Thirty-eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Approved, May 7, 1886. |