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 FURTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 33-36. 1885. 619 hundred and seventy-seven. eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, eighteen hundred and eighty, eighteen hundred and eighty-one. eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and eighteen hundred and eighty-three, upon lots thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty- six, thirty-seven, and thirtyeight, in square eight hundred and ninety- one in the city of \Vashington, District of Columbia, now occupied by the frame church known as the Eastern Presbyterian Church, be, and the same are hereby, remitted. Approved, January 23d, 1885. CHAP. 34.-——An act for the relief of Elizabeth Carson. Jam gg, 1g8g_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be Elizabeth Car. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be investigated wu- _ by the Quartermastens Department of the United States Army the. C1? gym E' claim of Elizabeth Carson, of Bourbon County, State of Kentucky, for M,,,,,,.,); subsistence, use of jail, fuel, tire, care, and attention alleged to have Department, and been furnished by her to conscripts, deserters, and rebel prisoners con- reported by Secreiined in the jail of Bourbon County, Kentucky, by the military author- E"'? °f WM *° ities of the United States, in the years eighteen hundred and sixty- °°gr°°°' two, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, eighteen hundred and sixty- four, and eighteen hundred and sixty-tive; such investigation to extend to the status of the claimant, whether loyal or not, the value of the supplies furnished, the actual rental value of the property for the time it was occupied and used by United States authorities, the circumstances of the use of the jail and by whose authority or direction it was so used, and the reasons for the neglect to tile her claim in the War Department; and when such investigation shall be completed the Secretary of War shall report the result thereof, with his recommendation thereon, to Congress, for its action in the premises. Approved, January 26th, 1885. CHAP. 35.-An act granting an increase of pension to Abby P. Arnold. Jun, 26, 1885, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United »S'tntes of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Abby It Arnold. terior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed, subject to the pro- P°¤“°¤ ln' visions aud limitations of the pension laws, to increase the pension of °'°°°°d' Abby P. Arnold, widow of the late General Richard Arnold, United States Army, from twenty dollars to fifty dollars per month; said increase to take effect from and after the passage of this act. Approved, January 26th, 1885. CHAP. 36.-An act for the relief of Uriel Crocker. Jam gg, ]335_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper officer of the Urlel Crocker. United States Treasury be, and be hereby is, authorized and directed Coupon bond! to pay to Uriel Crocker, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, or to ‘g‘;f‘,'°Y°d °" b° his proper attorney or legal representatives, the sum of three hundred ' and eighty-six dollars, being the amount due upon four coupon bonds of the United States of the denomination of lilly dollars each, and upon the coupons belonging there-to which were payable from July first, eitlliteeii hinulred and sixty-six, to July first, eighteen hundred and
 * }lglIl'j`·UlI(‘,l)0l'll inclusive, which said bonds were of the loan of July