pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Susan Kennedy, widow of Thomas Kennedy, late of Captain Beauchamp's company, Alabama Volunteers, Creek Indian war, and pay her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month. Approved, February 5, 1903. CHAP. 492.—An Act Granting a pension to William L. Whetsell. 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 on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William L. Whetsell, late of Company H, Second Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month. Approved, February 5, 1903. February 5, 1903. [Private, No. 430.] William L. Whetsell. CHAP. 493.-An Act Granting a pension to Elizabeth Lowden. 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 on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Elizabeth Lowden, the former widow of Henry A. Lowden, late of Company G, Fifty-second Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month. Approved, February 5, 1903. February 5, 1903. [Private, No. 431.] Elizabeth Lowden. CHAP. 494.-An Act Granting a pension to Nancy A. Killough. February 5, 1903. Nancy A. Killough. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United [Private, No. 432.] States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior 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 Nancy A. Killough, widow of John H. Killough, late of Company D, Thirty-third Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month. Approved, February 5, 1903. CHAP. 495.—An Act Granting a pension to Maria M. C. Smith. 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 on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Maria M. C. Smith, widow of Charles H. Smith, late assistant surgeon, United States Army, war with Mexico, and pay her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month. Approved, February 5, 1903. February 5, 1903. [Private, No. 433.] Maria M. C. Smith. February 5, 1903. [Private, No. 434.] Augustus Blount. Pension. CHAP. 496.—An Act Granting a pension to Augustus Blount. 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 on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Augustus Blount, dependent father of Alfred Blount, late of Company C, Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Colored Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month. Approved, February 5, 1903. February 5, 1903. [Private, No. 435.] Julia Lee. CHAP. 497.-An Act Granting a pension to Julia Lee. 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 on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Julia Lee, mother of George D. Lee, late of Company B, Eleventh Regiment United States Infantry, war with Spain, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month. Approved, February 5, 1903. February 5, 1903. [Private, No. 436.] Sarah A. Waltrip. Pension. CHAP. 498.-An Act Granting a pension to Sarah A. Waltrip.. 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 on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sarah A. Waltrip, widow of James E. Waltrip, late of Company K, One hundred and twenty-third Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars. per month. Approved, February 5, 1903. February 5, 1903. [Private, No. 437.] Nancy Works. Pension. CHAP. 499.-An Act Granting a pension to Nancy Works. 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 on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Nancy Works, widow of Preston Works, late of Company D, Eighteenth Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month. Approved, February 5, 1903. February 5, 1903. [Private, No. 438.] Pension. CHAP. 500.-An Act Granting a pension to Margaret Ann West. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Margaret Ann West. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the laws, the name of Margaret Ann West, late nurse, Medical Department, United States Volunteers, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month. Approved, February 5, 1903. CHAP. 501.—An Act Granting a pension to John H. Roberts. 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 on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John H. Roberts, late of Company B, Sixth Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month. Approved, February 5, 1903. February 5, 1908. [Private, No. 439.] John H. Roberts. CHAP. 502.-An Act For the relief of William J. Smith and D. M. Wisdom. February 6, 1903. [Private, No. 440.] William J. Smith and D. M. Wisdom. Released from liability on bond of R. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That William J. Smith and D. M. Wisdom be, and they are hereby, released from all liability incident to the forfeiture and judgment upon a certain bond in the penal M. Thompson. sum of three thousand dollars with said William J. Smith and D. M. Wisdom as sureties, conditioned that R. M. Thompson appear the term of the United States circuit court for the western district of Tennessee, begun on the fourth Monday in October, eighteen hundred and eighty-five. Real estate ceded SEC. 2. That all the right, title, and interest which the United States back to William acquired from said William J. Smith by deed from the marshal of the Smith. United States for the western district of Tennessee of date February twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, in and to the followingdescribed real estate: All the interest of William J. Smith in lot numbered one, in block numbered seventeen, of Butler's addition to the city of Memphis, beginning on the corner of Echols and Elliott streets and running in a northerly direction along the west line of said Echols street ninety-three and one-half feet; thence east to the west line of an alley, three hundred and fifty-two and one-half feet; thence south along the west line of said alley to the north line of Calhoun street, one hundred and ninety-six feet; thence west along the north line of said Calhoun street to the west line of said Elliott street, one hundred and eighty-three feet, and thence in a northwesterly direction along the north line of said Elliott street to the beginning, two hundred and six and one-fourth feet, be, and the same is hereby, divested from the United States, and all the said right, title, and interest be, and the same is hereby, vested in the said William J. Smith. Approved, February 6, 1903. CHAP. 503.-An Act For the relief of William D. Rutan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to credit the accrunt of William D. Rutan, late February 6, 1903. [Private, No. 441.] William D. Rutan. Credit in accounts. Vol. 30, p. 451. one thousand three hundred and fifty dollars, the same being the net value of certain snuff stamps forwarded by said Rutan to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for exchange under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, which stamps were lost in transit, or otherwise, and never accounted for. Approved, February 6, 1903. February 6, 1903. [Private, No. 442.] Frank J. Burrows. Credit in postal accounts. Payment to. CHAP. 504.-An Act For the relief of Frank J. Burrows. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the account of Frank J. Burrows, late postmaster at Williamsport, State of Pennsylvania, to be credited with the sum of four thousand and twenty-two dollars, and that he cause said credit to be certified to the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department, being on account of loss of three thousand five hundred dollars in postage stamps and five hundred and twenty-two dollars in postal funds by robbery of said post-office on the thirtieth day of August, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, it appearing that said loss was without fault or negligence on the part of said late postmaster. And the said sum of four thousand and twenty-two dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay said claim. Approved, February 6, 1903. February 6, 1903. [Private, No. 443.] B. H. Sowder. Payment to administrator of. CHAP. 505.-An Act For the relief of G. H. Sowder. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay out of the Treasury of the United States, of any money not otherwise appropriated, to G. H. Sowder, of Pineville, Bell County, Kentucky, administrator of the estate of B. H. Sowder, deceased, failing mail contractor, the sum of five hundred and sixty-seven dollars and seventy-seven cents, the amount due to the estate of B. H. Sowder, as shown by the records of the Auditor's Office for the Post-Office Department. Approved, February 6, 1903. February 6, 1903. [Private, No. 444.] Preamble. H. Glafcke. CHAP. 506.-An Act For the relief of H. Glafcke. Whereas H. Glafcke, a deputy collector of internal revenue for the district of Colorado during the fiscal year nineteen hundred, failed to receive balance due him on account of traveling expenses for that year; and Whereas, while said claim is justly due and owing said H. Glafcke, it is now barred by the statute of limitations: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay, out of any money one hundred and ten dollars and thirty-nine cents, being the balance due for necessary traveling expenses as deputy collector of internal revenue for the district of Colorado for the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, nineteen hundred. Approved, February 6, 1903. CHAP. 507.-An Act For the relief of William Dugdale. February 6, 1903. [Private, No. 445.] Credit in accounts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster-General William Dugdale. be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to give credit to William Dugdale, postmaster at Noroton Heights, Connecticut, on his moneyorder account, for the sum of two thousand one hundred and two dollars and eighty-seven cents, being the balance now charged against him on account of certain money orders obtained by fraud in eighteen hundred and ninety-four by one Leroy Harris, who was afterwards arrested for said offense, convicted, and sent to the penitentiary. Approved, February 6, 1903. CHAP. 508.—An Act Granting a pension to Rebecca Piper. February 6, 1903. Rebecca Piper. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United [Private, No. 446.] States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior 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 Rebecca Piper, foster mother of Simpson Eaton, late of Company I, Eighteenth Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month. Approved, February 6, 1903. CHAP. 509.-An Act For the relief of the heirs of Aaron Van Camp and Virginius P. Chapin. February 6, 1903. [Private, No. 447.] Aaron Van Camp and Virginius P. Chapin. ferred to Court of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim of Aaron Van Camp and Virginius P. Chapin against the United States (Congressional case numbered one thousand and forty-nine), the findings of Claim of heirs of, refact in which were transmitted to the House of Representatives by Claims. House Miscellaneous Document Numbered Eighty-one, Fifty-first Congress, second session, is hereby referred to the Court of Claims, to hear and determine the question of the liability of the United States for the losses found by said court, in its said sixth finding of fact, with jurisdiction to hear and determine the same upon the principles of law and equity and in compliance with the rules and regulations of said court. And in the event the said court shall be of the opinion that the Judgment. United States are justly liable, under all the circumstances of the said case, for the losses and damages sustained by the said decedents by reason of the acts of their officers in the premises, the said court shall render judgment in favor of the claimants for the amount found to be due by its sixth finding of fact in the said Congressional case numbered one thousand and forty-nine, as set forth in the report of the said court |