FOBTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 125, 126, 137. 1885. 307 CHAP. 125.-·—An act correcting the military record ofWick1i£l`e Cooper, deceased, February 17, 1885. late major Seventh Cavalry, brevet colonel United States Army. ———-— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of \’Var bc, may wickum, and is hereby, authorized and directed to correct so much of the rec- Cooper, deceased. ord of the War Department as states that the late Major Wickliife S;°"?**“éY°fW” Cooper, Seventh Cavalry, committed suicide on the eighth of June, :3,, grggd eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and to substitute therefor the fol- Department m1,,;,. lowing words: “Died by hand of person or persons unknown, while in ing ce. the line of his duty as an officer of the Army". Received by the President, February 5th, 1885. [N crm mz crm; DEPARTMENT or Scum.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the hou e of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] CHAP. 126.-A11 act to authorize suits for damages where death results from the February 17, 1885. wrongful act or neglect of any person or corporation in the District of Columbia. -······*r·;··· B0 it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Slam of America in Congress assembled, That whenever, by an injury Di¤}’¤¤<=* of C0- done or happening within the limits of the District of Columbia, the 1“‘“b‘“· death of a person shall be caused by the wrongful act, neglect, or default of any person or corporation, and the act, neglect, or default is Person or qmsuch as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party in- £°*=;;*g¤ °¤¤¤¤¤q jured, or, if the person injured be a married woman, have entitled her ag; mg{QQ{°‘;g(§g_ husband, either separately or by joining with the wife, to maintain an ;;mit_ to b,,' 5,1,;, action and recover damages, the person who or corporation which would for damages, nothave been liable if death had not ensued shall be liable to an action H’*g*0';:;·¤*h¤8 for damages for such death, notwithstanding the death of the person °P°"°° ` injured, even though the death shall have been caused under circumstances which constitute a felony: and such damages shall be assessed with reference to the injury resulting from such act, neglect, or default _ causing such death, to the widow and next of kin of such deceased per- in M son. Provided, That in no case shall the recovery under this act exceed cm to H ,,, ,,,1 the sum of ten thousand dollars. And p·ro·uidcdji•rtker That no action $10,000. shall be maintained under this act, in any case when tine party injured , _ by such wrongful act, neglect, or default, has recovered damages there- for during the life of such party. during m0_ Sec. 2. That every such action shall be brought by and in the name b Sui'; * <>, lv of the personal representative of such deceased person, and within one mf; gut b;,"?: year after the of the party injured. ggggl rgpmgguta. tives of deceased. BEC. 3. That the damages recovered in such action shall not be ap· Damages re¤¤v· propriated to the payment of the debts or liabilities of such deceased %:°df°?n‘:i{°1‘ b°¤°· person, but shall inure to the beueht of his or her family, and be dis- ° y' tributed according to the provisions of the statute of distributions in force in the said District of Columbia. Approved, February 17th, 1885. CHAP. 137.-An eetto authorise the purchaneofawhsrffor theme of the Gov· ymgy ernment in Wilmington, North Carolina. Be it enacted by the Bmate cmd Home of Representativu of the United States of America in Uongreu assembled, That the Secretary of the 'Wilmington, nt. United States Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized tocause an 0-
