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FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 444-447. 1885. 687 CHAP. 444.—A11 acm for the relief of Sarah E. Webster, ndmiuistmtrix. March 3, IBB5. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqrresmtatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Sarah E: Webury be, and he is_her<-zby, authorized and directed to pay to Sarah E, :t.°’· f"f“‘Z‘Q$'“‘ Webster, of the Clty of Buffalo, New York, udministratrix, and so fbrth, PE21; °° of Isaac A. Verplzmk, deceased, late a judge of the superior court of Repayyuimumor Buiiinlo, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, inpoupo tax unconthe sum of money which was assessed as the income tax and was col- :;’;‘;f{°”“uY “" lected from and paid by said Isaac A. Vcrplank, now deceased, to the S ‘ Government of the United States, upon his salary as a judge of the superior court of Buifalo, New York, such tax having been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Approved, March 3d, 1885. CHAP. 445.-—An act for the relief of certain citizens of Marion County, Tennessee. March 3, I5. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqarcccntatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the claims of certain citi- TM°"°” C°‘m*Y»· zens of Marion County, Tennessee, for quartermnstefs stores and com- gmgmh missary supplies alleged to have been taken hom them by United cgtimmmfondm. States troops during the late war, and known as claims filed bafbre the Qu crtcrm newr- “Jaspcr b0ard" so-called, bc, and they arc hereby, retbrrcd to the G°”°'*]· Quartermaster-Gcncml of the United States Army, who shall have tull jurisdiction to cxaminc and consider said claims, andmakc report thereon 1866. vol. 13, cla. to Congress as in cases provided for in the second and third sections of 2*0- P- 381- the acc to restrict the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims, and so forth, approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Approved, March 3, 1885. CHAP. 446, An act for the relief of Elizabeth W. Creighton. [ud. 3, gg_ Ba it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- EIi¤•\•¢fh W-· mrior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name wm of Elizabeth W. Creighton, widow of J. Blakely Creighton, late a. mar- admiral, ou the pension-roll, and to allow her a pension at tho mts of hfty dollars per month from and after tho passage ofthis act. Approved, March 3d, 1885. CHAP. 44'l.—·A¤ act for the relief of Mary Boyd, [mh 3. lg; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative: cj the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Huy Boyd. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name P•¤¤*¤¤· of Mary Royal, widow of William Royal, deceased, lata a private in Company I, Fifty-ninth Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry, on tho pension roll, subject to nbc limitations and conditions of the pension laws. Approved, March 3d, 1885.