Chapter 100.
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CHAP. 100.— An act for the relief of Eliza W. PattersonJune 18, 1884. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Eliza W. Patterson.Relief of. That all national, municipal, and county taxes, general and special, and all interests, costs, and penalties thereon, levied or assessed, to and including June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, upon the property (in the District of Columbia) now held (or claimed) by Walter S.
Cox and others, in trust for Eliza W. Patterson, widow of Carlile P. Patterson, late Superintendent of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, be, and the same are hereby, remitted and canceled: *Provided*, That any outstanding certificates of sale for taxes in the name, of Carlile P. Patterson, late one of the trustees of said Eliza W. Patterson, shall be surrendered and canceled: *And provided further*, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to require the District of Columbia or of the United States to repay any sums heretofore paid for the purchase of said property at tax-sale: *And provided further*, That the acceptance of the provisions of this act by said trustee and beneficiaries shall be a full release and satisfaction of all claims of evry kind on their part for damages of any kind against the United States, the District of Columbia or the city of Washington claim to have been done to said property.
Received by the President, June 6, 1884. [Note by the Department op State.—The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.]