Chapter XXIII. to explain an act of Congress, passed on the third day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-three, entitled “An act for the relief of Elizabeth Gresham, widow of George Gresham.”. May 23, 1844. Be it enacted, &c., That the act of Congress, which passed on the third of March, eighteen hundred and

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Chap. XXIII.— An Act *to explain an act of Congress, passed on the third day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-three, entitled “An act for the relief of Elizabeth Gresham, widow of George Gresham.”.* May 23, 1844. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the act of Congress, which passed on the third of March, eighteen hundred and forty-three, entitled “An act forArt of March 3, 1843, ch. 109, to be so construed as to allow an additional pension for one year. the relief of Elizabeth Gresham, widow of George Gresham,” shall be so construed, understood and executed by the Secretary of War as to authorize and require him, and he is hereby instructed, to allow to the said Elizabeth Gresham in common with all other widows who have been pensioned under, and received the benefit of the act of seventh of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, the additional pension for one year, which by the act of the third of March, eighteen hundred and forty-three, is made payable to such widows as have received the benefit of the said act of the seventh day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight:Act of July 7, 1838, ch. 189. the amount so to be paid to the said Elizabeth Gresham, for the additional year, to be the same which was allowed to her annually for five years, in pursuance of the aforesaid act of which this act is explanatory.

Approved, May 23, 1844.