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FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C1:. 114, 115, LZ1. 1882. 697 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. mD%:*;i¤*> Of ·U<>- ID d 50 James C. Brooke, of 'Washington County, one hundred and ten o urs. To the Glenwood Cemetery Company, of Washington County, two hundred and three dollars and fifty cents. To Louisa Berger, administmtrix of Henry Stello, deceased, of Washington County, thirty-one dollars and fifty cents. To the estate of J. H. Piles, deceased, of Washington County, one hundred and eighty dollars. ` ILLINOIS. Illinois. To William H. Blades, of Gallatin County, seventy-five dollars. Approved, May 1, 1882. CHAP. 115.-An act for the relief of the captain, owners, officers, and crew of the May 1, 1882. Inte United Staten private-armed brig General Armstrong, their heirs, executors, ———-——-———- nclministratoru, agents, or assigns Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ — States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Stcatebe, A£:§mE°“°""] and he is hereby, authorized and directed to examine and adjust the mem, 0,- Qlagzyg claims of the captain, owners, officers, and crew of the late private- mm; out of .10. armed brig General Armstrong growing out of the destruction of said ¤¤¤w¢i¤¤ 0i brig by a British force in the neutral port of Fayal in September, eighteen hundred and fourteen, upon the evidence established before the Court of Claims, and to settle the same on principles of justice and equity; and that he be, and is hereby, further authorized and direéted to draw his requisition in favor of said claimants, their heirs, executors, Appropriation. administrators, agents, or assigns, for the amount which may be by him found due to said claimants, on the Secretary of the Treasury, not exceeding seventy thousand seven hundred and thirtyniue dollars, the amount proved before the Court of Claims, who is authorized topay the same out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. J KEIFER Speaker ry t one o Representation ' DAVID DAVIS _ Prcaidht of the Sonata pro tcmporc Received by the President April 20, 1882. [Nom mr mm Dzrsnmmmm or STATE.-The foregoing awt having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house 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. 121.-An act for the relief of Joseph L. Stevens. Hoy 4, 1882. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Omvgresa assembled, That the proper officers of the Jmph L. sw- Posm-Office Department are hereby authorized and directed to credit ***3*- d, t , in the account of Joseph L. Stevens, Postmaster at Manchester, New mmf;' "‘ *°’ Hampshire, the sum of three thousand two hundred and eightyhve dollars, being the value of certain postagestamps which were stolen ' from the sate in said poshotiiee on or about the sixteenth day of June, anno Deming, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, without the fault or negligence 0 said postmaster. Approved, May 4, 1882.