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 684 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 25, 26, 31, 32. 1886. Mar. 19, 1886. CHAP. 25.- An act for the relief of Sarah B. Jackson. ` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Sarah B. Jack- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- •¢¤· _ rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension- P°“°‘°“· roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name of Sarah B. Jackson, widow of William B. Jackson, late of Company A, Ninety-first Regiment New York Volunteers. Approved, March 19, 1886. Mar. 22, 1886. CHAP. 26.-An act releasing the estate of the late Frank Soulé, late collector of "‘—·‘·**"‘— internal revenue for the first district of the State of California, and his sureties on his oihcial bond. ‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Frank So u1é, States of America in Congress assembled, That the estate of the late ••*·•*¤¤f»¤·¤d¤¤¤- Frank Soulé, formerly collector of internal revenue of the nrst district mma °f#'°‘ of the State of California, and C. C. Webb, Ira P. Rankin, J. J. Felt, F. H. Waterman, James Dows, Samuel Soulé, the estate of W. H. Dana, deceased, J amesMcM. Shafter, John Center, Horace Kilham,and Samuel Brannan, sureties of the said late Frank Soulé, by bond to the United States bearing date January twelfth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-six, be, and they are hereby, released from any liability that may have accrued in the office of said collector during his term of service; and the proper officer of the United States Treasury Department be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cancel and discharge said liability, whether the same be pending in court or has be- - come a judgment. - Approved, March 22, 1886. liar.29, 1H. CHAP. 31.-An act for the relief of Ida A. Richardson, Caroline A. Ur uhart, and ——-—······—- Cora A. Slocomb, as the heirs-at·law of Cora A. Slocomb, deceased, and Ida A. Richardson and Caroline Augusta Urquhart. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Q<>r=·A· SI¤<=¤¤¤b. Statesof America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury }*;a"g‘;i‘(,{“"¤ °:§ he, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, out of any money in the (,,,,,,1},,,, August; Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to the following-named Urquhar-t. persons the sums specified, to wit: To Ida A. Richardson, Caroline A. P¤ym¤¤i= ¤>· Urquhart, and Cora A. Slocomb, as the heirs-at—law of Cora A. Slocomb, deceased, the sum of twelve thousand seven hundred and fourteen dollars and forty cents; to Ida A. Richardson, the sum of twenty thousand four hundred and seventy-nine dollars; and to Caroline Augusta Urquhart, the sum of five thousand four hundred and sixty-seven dollars and fifteen cents. Approved, March 29, 1886. Mar. 29, 1886. CRAP. 32.-An act for the relief of Mrs. Lizzie D. Clarke, of New Orlean. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Lizzie D.Clarke. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the P¤y1¤¤¤¤ *=¤¤ Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. Lizzie D. Clarke, widow in community of Thomas L. Clarke, deceased, late of New Orleans, tutrix of his minor child and administratrix of his estate, the sum of sixty thousand dollars, for the loss of the steamboat Belle, said steamboat being the property of said Thomas L. Clarke and lost on the Rio Grande River while under lease by the Government of the United States under contract with the owner, the said Thomas L. Clarke. Approved, March 29, 1886.