Chapter 919.
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CHAP. 919.— An act for the relief of the legal representatives of John Wightman, deceased.August 4, 1886. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,John Wightman, legal representatives of.Claim for carrying mails in 1859–1860, referred to Court of Claims. That the claim of the legal representatives of John Wightman, deceased, for and on account of mail service rendered by said John Wightman, deceased, in carrying the United States mails on route numbered thirty-four hundred and thirteen, from Pittsburgh to Brie, Pennsylvania, a distance of one hundred and thirty-three miles, three times a week each way, from August first, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, to and including June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty, at the rate of nine thousand dollars per annum for six times a week each way on said route, be, and the same is hereby, referred to the Court of Claims; and the said court is authorized and required to take jurisdiction of the same; and if, upon the evidence in the case, it shall appear to the satisfaction of said court that the said service was performed by the said John Wightman upon the said route six times a week, as contemplated by the contract for said service as originally made July first, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, between the Post Office Department and the Erie and Meadville Express and Transportation Company, and which contract was subsequently transferred to said John Wightman, and that the same, or any part thereof, has not been paid for, then and in that case the said court shall render a judgment in favor of claimants for the said service so rendered and not paid for, at the rate, of compensation provided for in the said contract, any statute of limitations, receipt, or acquittance to the contrary notwithstanding, deducting therefrom the sum of three hundred and seventy-five dollars, one month’s extra pay received by the claimants.
Approved, August 4, 1886. Chapter 920: granting a pension to Emily J. Stannard. Chapter 920 24 Stat. 875 1886-08-04 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-24 43 1 private
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