LIST OF THE PRIVATE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME. ACTS OF THE FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. (STATUTE II.-1874-75.) Page. James L. Pugh. An act for the relief of James L. Pugh. December 18, 1874.. December 29, Dabney H. Maury. An act to remove the political disabilities of Dabney H. Maury, of Virginia. Susan A. Shelby. An act for the relief of Mrs. Susan A. Shelby. January 19, 1875.. Charles M. Fauntleroy. An act to remove the political disabilities of Charles M. Fauntleroy, of Virginia. January 15, 1875... D. B. Allen and Company. An act to provide for the payment of D. B. Allen and Company for services in carrying the United States mails. January 22, 1875 William A. Griffin. Än act for the relief of William A. Griffin. January 28, 1875 Hugh Wallace. An act granting a pension to Hugh Wallace. February 11, 1875.. James Howard. An act to remove the disabilities of James Howard, of Baltimore, Maryland. February 9, 1875........ William D. Boyd. An act granting a pension to William D. Boyd, of Johnson County, Kentucky. Emily Phillips. An act granting a pension to Emily Phillips, widow of Martin Phillips. February 11, 1875 Martha Wold. An act granting a pension to Martha Wold. February 11, 1875.. William D. Morrison. An act granting a pension to William D. Morrison, late captain of Company February 11, 1875. Robert D. Jones. An act granting a pension to Robert D. Jones. February 11, 1875.. John Hendrie. An act granting a pension to John Hendrie. February 11, 1875. James R. Borland. An act granting a pension to James R. Borland. February 11, 1875. William H. Blair. An act repealing the act granting a pension to William H. Blair, approved July Rachael W. Phillips. An act granting a pension to Rachael W. Phillips, widow of Gilbert Phillips. Eli Persons. An act granting a pension to Eli Persons. Hannah B. Eaton. An act to restore the name of Hannah B. Eaton, of Kingsville, Ohio, to the pension-roll. February 11, 1875 97 John W. Wright. An act granting a pension to John W. Wright, now at the National Military Asylum, near Dayton, Ohio. February 11, 1875... 97 98 98 98 Theron W. Hanks. An act granting a pension to Theron W. Hanks, a private of the Third Minnesota James Burris. An act granting a pension to James Burris. February 11, 1875. 98 98 99 99 99 99 100 100 100 100 100 101 93 93 94 94 94. 94 95 95 95 95 95 96 96 96 96 96 97 97 Joseph J. Petri. An act for the relief of Joseph J. Petri. February 12, 1875. De Witt C. Chipman. An act for the relief of De Witt C. Chipman. February 12, 1875 Francis Dodge. An act granting relief to Francis Dodge. February 13, 1875.... William J. Coite. An act for the relief of William J. Coite. February 17, 1875.. Ann Jennette Hathaway. An act to enable Ann Jennette Hathaway, executrix of the last will and testament of Joshua Hathaway, deceased, to make application to the Commissioner of Patents for the extension of letters-patent for improved device for converting reciprocating into rotary motion. February 18, 1875 John Hazeltine. An act authorizing John Hazeltine to make application to the Commissioner of Pat- Angelica Hammond. An act granting a pension to Angelica Hammond. February 18, 1875. fourth district of Texas. February 23, 1875.. William Ira Mayfield. An act granting a pension to William Ira Mayfield. February 23, 1875... 23, 1875 William Williams. An act granting a pension to William Williams. February 23, 1875.. Lydia A. Church. An act restoring to the pension-roll the name of Lydia A. Church, minor daughter of Nathaniel G. Church. February 23, 1875... Nathan Upham. An act granting a pension to Nathan Upham. February 23, 1875.. 102 102 103 103 103 104 104 104 105 105 105 105 106 106 106 J. W. Drew. An act for the relief of J. W. Drew, late additional paymaster in the United States 106 Major J. W. Nichols. An act for the relief of Major J. W. Nichols, paymaster United States Army. 106 Company D, Forty-ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteers. February 27, 1875.. Teter Wolfgong. An act granting a pension to Teter Wolfgong. February 27, 1875. Eunice Wilson. An act granting a pension to Eunice Wilson, mother of John C. Wilson, late private Sarah McAdams. An act granting a pension to Sarah McAdams. February 27, 1875. 107 107 107 107 107 C. D. Anderson. An act to relieve C. D. Anderson of political disabilities. March 2, 1875 J. E. D. Couzins. An act for the relief of J. E. D. Couzins, of Saint Louis. March 2, 1875.. 108 108 John Fletcher. An act for the relief of John Fletcher, surviving partner of Fletcher and Powell. March Awards by Commissioners of Claims. An act making appropriations for the payment of claims re- Thoraas M. Jones. An act to remove the political disabilities of Thomas M. Jones, of Virginia. March 3, 1875. sion of letters-patent, No. 28,470, granted to Frederick T. Grant, May twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty, upon a sliver-machine. March 3, 1875.. 132 132 132 Allegheny Valley Railroad Company. An act for the relief of the Allegheny Valley Railroad Company. 133 William M. Kimball. An act for the relief of William M. Kimball. March 3, 1875.. Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad Company. An act for the relief of the Terre Haute and Indian- Joseph H. Colton. An act for the relief of Joseph H. Colton. March 3, 1875.. 133 133 133 Willow Springs Distilling Company. An act for the relief of the Willow Springs Distilling Company, of Omaha, Nebraska. March 3, 1875. 134 Steamer Clara Dolsen. An act for the relief of the owners of the Steamer Clara Dolsen. 1875. March 3, 134 Davenport Downs. An act granting a pension to Davenport Downs. March 3, 1875.. 134 135 Robert W. Johnson. An act to remove the political disabilities of Robert W. Johnson, formerly of Arkansas. March 3, 1875.. 135 William N. Denny. An act for the relief of William N. Denny, major of the Fifty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry. March 3, 1875.. 135 Alexander Minor. An act for the relief of Alexander Minor, of West Virginia. March 3, 1875. 135 136 March 3, 136 Samuel S. Potter. An act for the relief of Samuel S. Potter. March 3, 1875 son, of the Navy, to accept a decoration from the Queen of Great Britain. March 3, 1875.. Thomas T. Fountleroy. An act to remove the political disabilities of Thomas T. Fountleroy. March 3, 1875 Sarah B. Forest. An act for the relief of Mrs. Sarah B. Forest, widow of Lieutenant Dulaney A. Stephen Weatherlow. An act granting a pension to Stephen Weatherlow. March 3, 1875. Page. 136 136 136 137 137 137 138 138 138 138 138 Edward Booker. An act relieving the political disabilities of Edward Booker, of Henry County, Virginia. March 3, 1875.. 139 Sixty-fourth Regiment New York Volunteers. March 3, 1875.. D. R. Haggard. An act for the relief of D. R. Haggard. March 3, 1875. Jefferson W. Davis. An act granting a pension to Jefferson W. Davis, first lieutenant of Company F, William Chester. An act for the relief of William Chester. March 3, 1875 John M. Allen. An act granting a pension to John M. Allen. March 3, 1875.. 139 139 139 139 Cornelia M. Arthur. An act granting a pension to Cornelia M. Arthur. March 3, 1875. Charles C. Haight. An act granting a pension to Charles C. Haight. March 3, 1875 140 140 140 Stillman C. Spaulding. An act granting a pension to Stillman C. Spaulding. March 3, 1875.... Rosalie C. P. Lisle. An act granting a pension to Rosalie C. P. Lisle. March 3, 1875 140 140 141 141 141 141 An act granting a pension to Salem P. Rose, of North Adams, Massachusetts. March 141 Stephen C. Brown, late a private of Company C, Eighth Tennessee Cavalry Volunteers. March 3, 1875.. 142 142 L. R. Strauss. An act for the relief of L. R. Strauss, of Macon City, Missouri. March 3, 1875. 142 142 143 William O. Madison. An act granting a pension to William O. Madison. March 3, 1875. Catharine Lee. An act granting a pension to Catharine Lee, widow of Jesse M. Lee, private Com pany B, Second Regiment Ohio Volunteers. March 3, 1875..... Mary E. Stewart. An act granting a pension to Mary E. Stewart. March 3, 1875....... P. U. Murphy and John A. Brown. An act to relieve P. U. Murphy and John A. Brown, of Alabama, John Withers, Joseph F. Minter, and William Kearney. An act removing the political disabilities of John Withers, Joseph F. Minter, and William Kearney. March 3, 1875.. 145 145 145 Beverly Kennon. An act removing the political disabilities of Beverly Kennon, of Virginia. 3, 1875 Mary L. Woolsey. An act for the relief of Mary L. Woolsey, widow of the late Commodore Melancthon B. Woolsey, of the Navy. March 3, 1875 145 March Isaac N. Brown. An act to relieve Isaac N. Brown of his political disabilities. March 3, 1875.. 145 146 146 Betsey A. Eaton. An act granting a pension to Betsey A. Eaton. March 3, 1875.. Page. James A. Forgey. An act granting a pension to James A. Forgey. March 3, 1875. 148 March 3, 149 Mrs. Sarah B. Howe and Mrs. Mary Cranston. An act granting a pension to Mrs. Sarah B. Howe and Mrs. Mary Cranston. March 3, 1875 149 David Salsbury. An act granting a pension to David Salsbury. March 3, 1875. 149 Charles H. Smith and James M. Hawes. An act to relieve Charles H. Smith, M. D., of Richmond, Virginia, and James M. Hawes, of Covington, Kentucky, of all political disabilities. 1875.. March 3, 150 Courtland Parker. An act for the relief of Courtland Parker, as administrator of George W. Anderson, deceased. March 3, 1875... Lydia Cruger. An act for the relief of Lydia Cruger, executrix of Moses Sheppard, deceased. March 3, 1875 John H. Looby. An act granting a pension to John H. Looby. March 3, 1875 Haytian brig Margaretta. An act for the relief of the owners of the Haytian brig Margaretta, or their legal representatives. March 3, 1875... M. Von Entress Fuersteneck. An act for the relief of M. Von Entress Fuersteneck, late second lieutenant of the Sixty-eighth New York Volunteers. March 3, 1875.. John Aldredge. An act for the relief of John Aldredge. March 3, 1875. Passed Assistant Paymaster E. Mellach. An act to authorize the settlement of the accounts of Passed Assistant Paymaster E. Mellach, United States Navy. March 3, 1875 Samuel Purcell. An act granting a pension to Samuel Purcell. March 3, 1875. PRIVATE RESOLUTIONS. [No. 4.] Thomas W. Fitch. Joint resolution authorizing Thomas W. Fitch, engineer, of the United States Navy, to accept of a wedding present sent to his wife, Mrs. Minnie Sherman Fitch. February 18, 1875.. [No. 9.] Captain C. H. Wells. Joint resolution authorizing the acceptance by Captain C. H. Wells, of the United States Navy, of the cross of the Legion of Honor, conferred upon him by the President of the French Republic. March 3, 1875.. 150 150 150 151 151 151 151 152 153 153 PRIVATE ACTS OF THE FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the seventh day of December, 1874, and was adjourned without day on Thursday, the fourth day of March, 1875. ULYSSES S. GRANT, President. HENRY WILSON, Vice-President and President of the Senate. MATT. H. CARPENTER was elected President of the Senate pro tempore, on the twenty-third day of December, 1874, and so acted from time to time until the first day of January, 1875. HENRY B. ANTHONY was chosen President of the Senate pro tempore, on the twenty-fifth day of January, 1875, and so acted until the first day of February, 1875. He was again chosen on the fifteenth day of February, 1875, and so acted, from time to time, until the twenty-third day of February, 1875. JAMES G. BLAINE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHAP. 3.—An act for the relief of James L. Pugh. Dec. 18, 1874. Disabilities of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of each House concurring therein) That all political disabilities imposed upon James L. James L. Pugh rePugh, a citizen of the State of Alabama, by the fourteenth article of the amendments to the Constitution of the United States be, and the same are hereby, removed. Approved, December 18, 1874. moved. CHAP. 6.—An act granting a pension to Letta Bagley. Dec. 21, 1874. Pension to Letta Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the Bagley. pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Letta Bagley, mother of James P. Bagley, late a private in company E, twenty-ninth regiment Ohio volunteers, and pay a pension to her from the time when her name was dropped from the pension-roll. Approved, December 21, 1874. CHAP. 11.—An act referring the case of Joseph Wilson to the Court of Claims. Dec. 29, 1874. Claim of Joseph Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim of Jóseph Wilson, for compensation for mules captured by the rebels in July, eighteen Wilson referred to hundred and sixty-four, in consequence as he alleges of the refusal of the Court of Claims. pickets of the Army to allow him to pass within the lines and deliver the mules to the Government on his contract, be, and the same is hereby, referred to the Court of Claims for its decision according to the law and the practice of that court in such cases and proceedings. Approved, December 29, 1874. |