Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 23.djvu/666

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page needs to be proofread.

638 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 153-157. 1885 February 25, 1885. CHAP. 153.-An act for the relief of W. C. Marsh. .Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United W- 9- M¤1‘¤h· States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the B°h°“f°f· Treasury of the United States be authorized and directed to pay W. O. Marsh, of Tennessee, two thousand and fifty-four dollars, the same being the amount taken from him on or about the tenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, by the officers commanding the gunboat New Era, and turned into the Treasury of the United States. Approved, February 25th, 1885; February 25, 1885. CHAP. 154.—An act to remove the disabilities of James D. Johnston, of Georgia, ·————— incurred under the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United James D. John- States of America in Congress assembled (t·wo·thirds of each House con- "?- al fm earring therein), That the disabilities created by the third section of the bm,§';,°Zf_ ° "' fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States and incurred by James D. Johnston, of Georgia, be, and the same are hereby, removed. Approved, February 25th, 1885. February 5, 1885. CHAP. 1.55.-An act to remove the political disabilities of Alexander W. Stark. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives g the United Alexan der W. States of America in Congress assembled (twathirds of each ouse concur- 8***- ring therein), That all political disabilities im by the fourteenth Re val of uu“'}‘°d,nbmt£ amendment to the constitution of the United States be, and the same gf are hereby, removed from Alexander W. Stark, of Virginia. Approved, February 25, 1885. » _ Febuary 25, lg OKAP. 156.-An act for the relief of Nathan J. Sharp. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United NathanJ.Sharp. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- P ¤¤ ¤¤ ¤¤ 1 ¤ - terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pen- °"“°°· sion of Nathan J. Sharp, formerly a member of Company E, One hundred and twentieth Regiment New York State Volunteers, to forty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving. ` Approved, February 25th, 1885. Fgbmuy g5,1335_ CHAP. 157.-An not for the relief of Wehrle. Werk and Sou. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Wehrle, Werk ¢ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas soagu f f ury is hereby authorized and directed to abate internal-revenue taxes to ° ° ‘ the amount of four hundred and sixty-one dollars and eighty- seven cents illegally assessed against Wehrle, Werk and Son, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six, for spirits distilled in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-five. Approved, February 25th, 1886.