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 FORTY-ETGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 100, 108-110. 1884. 535 CHAP. 100.-An act for the relief of Eliza W. Patterson June 18, 1884. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all national, municipal, EliZ=¤W-P=¤’¤t¤r- and county taxes, general and special, and all interests, costs, and pen- S‘”§8u fof alties thereon, levied or assessed, to and including June thirtieth, ° ' eighteen hundred and eighty-three, upon the property (in the District of Columbia) now held (or claimed) by Walter S. Cox and others, in trust for Eliza W. Patterson, widow of Carlile P. Patterson, late Superintendent of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, be, and the same are hereby, remitted and canceled: Provided, That any outstanding certificates of sale for taxes in the name of Carlile P. Patterson, late one of the trustees of said Eliza W. Patterson, shall be surrendered and canceled : And provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to require the District of Columbia or of the United States to repay any sums heretofore paid for the purchase of said property at tax-sale : And provided jurther, That the acceptance of the provisions of this act by said trustee and beneficiaries shall be a full release and satisfaction of all claims of evry kind on their part for damages of any kind against the United States, the District of Columbia or the city of Washington claim to have been done to said property. Received by the President, June 6, 1884. [Norm BY THE DEPARTMENT or STATE.-Tl1B foregoing act 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. 108.-An act for the relief of Z. M. Pettigrew. June 20, 1884. 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- Z· M- P¤t!¤81'¤V· nry is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Z. M. Pettigrew, late post- R°l‘°f° ‘ master at Eureka Springs, Arkansas, one thousand one hundred dollars, in full compensation for the moneys paid by said Pettigrew for clerk-hire in the post-omce, and for the ordinary expenses of said office. Approved, June 20, 1884. CHAP. 109.-An act for the relief of Mary J. Vaughan. June 20, 1884. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- ¥;]'gg;‘V““8h*“· terior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Mary J. ' Vaughan, the widow of George Vaughan, late second lieutenant of Company Kof the One hundred and eighteenth Regiment of New York Volunteers, on the pension-roll, at the rate allowed a lieutenant’s widow, to commence from the date of the passage of this act. Approved, June 20, 1884. CHAP. 110.-An act granting a pension to Albert Jehle, June 20, 1884- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That the Secretary of the Inte- gm? J°m°· rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension- °°° °"' roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Albert Jehle, late a sergeant in Company D, Twenty-eighth Begiment Ohio Volunteers. Approved, June 20, 1884