RESOLUTIONS. [2.] Joint resolution authorizing the payment of a portion of the Virginius indem· Dec. 16, 1882. nity fund to the mother of General W. A. C. Ryan. -·—{t—· Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State be, and Eliza Dunne. he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Mrs. Eliza Dunne, the P“Ym°”* *°· mother of General W. A. C. Ryan, the pro rata of the indemnity fund paid by the Government of Spain on account of the murder of the officers and crew of the steamer Virginius, at Santiago de Cuba, November fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy~three. Approved, December 16, 1882. [18.] Joint resolution to authorize Major Will.iam Ludlow, United States Army, to Feb. 28, 1883. accept a civil position. -—--·········;· Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Major William Ludlow, Corps ·Wil1iamLud1ow, of Engineers, United States Army, be, and he is, hereby, permit- =¤*¤:°¤*€d,f° *9; ted to accept a civil position in the service of the city of Philadel- Q5, gt;"' P°°‘ phia, without a forfeiture of his military commission. Provided however, ’ That the permission hereby given shall be held to terminate on the first day of April, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and that the said Lud- _ low shall not receive, from the United States, any pay or allowance whatsoever, during the period of his absence hom the military service, under the provisions of this resolution. Approved, February 28, 1883. 811 I
