I PRIVATE ACTS OF THE FORTY-FO URTH CONGRESS on THE UNITED STATES, Passed at the second session, which was begwn. and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the fourth day of December, 1876, and ended on Saturday, the third day-of March, 1877. ULYSSES S. GRANT, President. Tnoms W'. Funny was chosen President of the Senate pro tempore on the nineteenth of March, 1875, in special session, and continued to act as such throughout the second session, and from the beginning of the third session on the fourth of December, 1876, until its termination on the third day of March, 1877. SAMUEL J. RANDALL was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives on the fourth of December, 1876, and continued to act as such until the end of the session. CHAP. 2.-An act to remove the pol.itical_disabilities of James Argyle Smith, of Mis- Doc. 18, 1876. S1SS1pp1. ""*"*"*""* Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of each House concur- _ _P¢>liti¤=¤l disabilring therein, ) That the political disabilities imposed by the fourteenth ‘“‘°fG°g QQ? 5*** amendment to the Constitution of the United States, be, and they are §,%v,,d_ °` hereby, removed from James Argyle Smith, of Mississippi. . Approved, December 18, 1876. CHAP. 3.-An act for the relief of Andrew J. Barrett. Dec, 19, 1375_ 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- Payment to An. nry be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Andrew J. Barrett the sum dm" J- B¤”°**'*· of one hundred and fifty-four dollars in payment of draft numbered three thousand six hundred and nine on the United States depository at Richmond Virginia, drawn by Peter A. Keller, the disbursing agent, upon W. M. Harrison, the officer in charge of the United States depository at ` said place, in favor of said Andrew J. Barrett; said draft bearing date January twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and being for the first payment for taking the eighth census. And said sum of one hundred and fiftyfour dollars is hereby appropriated, for said purpose out of any money not otherwise appropriated. Approved, December 19, 1876. CHAP. 4.-——An act for the relief of Sarah F. Albertson, of Booneville Missouri Dec. 19, 1876. Whereas, Nathaniel Albertson, now deceased, a member of the Thirty- first Congress from the State of Indiana, left undrawn of the moneys due Payment to Sahim as such member the sum of one hundred and sixty dollars, which **1* F· A“’°*"·°“· sum has never been drawn; 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 Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to Sarah F. Albertson, of Booneville, Missouri, the widow of the said Nathaniel Albertson, deceased, the said sum of one hundred and sixty dollars; which sum, when paid, shall be in full compensation of said claim. Approved, December 19, 1876. 499
