PRIVATE ACTS 0F THE FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS OF TH.! UNITED STATES, Passed at the jirst session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Tuesday, the sixth day of December, 1881, and was adjourned without day on Tuesday, the eighth day of August, 1882. Cnnsrnn A. Anrunn, President; Dsvrn DAVIS, President of the Senate. Tnoms F. BAYARD was elected President of the Senate pro tempcre on the tenth day of October, 1881, at a. special session of the Senate, and so acted until the thirteenth day of October, on which day DAVID DAVIS was elected President of the Senate pro tempore, and so acted until the end of the regular session. J. Ws1mm1w Knmna, Speaker of the House of Representatives. _ CHAP. 6.-An act granting additional pension to Mary Lincoln. Feb. 2, 1&2. Be it enacted by the Senate and House oy' Representatives of the United States of Ameriea in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Mary Linenln, rior be, and he hereby is, directed to pay to Mary Lincoln whose name }J'!d°'{ °f$b¤*h°m¤ is now on the roll as the widow of Abraham Lincoln, deceased late "’°° "* ‘ President of the United States, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars forth- pom.,,,, with, as pension money, in addition to any sum that may have accrued ,6 Sh, 653 on her existing pension under the act of July fourteenth, eighteen hun- " ' dred and seventy; and from and atter the passage of this act the Seere- , tary of the Interior is directed to pay to the said Mary Lincoln, in lieu of the pension she is now receiving under the act aforesaid, a pension at the rate of five thousand dollars per annum during the remainder of her natural life. Approved, February 2, 1882. . _ ' CHAP. &—-An act to restore certain articles ofuilvorwaro to Hrs. Isabella S. McRae. Feb. 11, 1882. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of theTreas- mmm S ·u' urygmxand he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver unto Mrs. Rm°` Isa S. McRae, of Kershaw County, South Carolina, certain articles_ of silverware now in the custody of the Treasurer of the United States mR::$’:;*°” °f which are claimcdby the said Isabella McRae to be her property, and V “ ` were captured by the United States Army in South Carolina in the month of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-tive, and deposited in the United States Treasury: Provided That proof satisfactoryto the p,,,,;,,,_ Secretary of the Treasury be made of the ownership by the said claimant and identincation of the said articles of silverware. ‘ Approved, February 11, 1882. CHAP. 9.-A.n act for the relief of Theophilus P. Chandler. Feb. 11, IB!. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representation o the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Thcophilus Chandler, latoassistant treasurer of the United States at Boston, is hereby re- Thacpmu, y_ lieved and discharged from all liability for the acts of Julius F. Hart- Uhmmer. we1l,l•te dishursing clerk and cashier in the ofliee of said assistant 1¤¤<¤1i¤f¤f· treasurer, in loaning or advancing the moneys or funds of the United States to Mellen, Ward and Company, and from allliability to account 647
