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FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 270-274. 1885. 659 CHAP. 270.-An act granting u pension to Ncwmn J. Burris. February 28, 1885. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress axscwrabled, That the Secretary of the In- Newton J. Buxterior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the Fi¤- _ pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension P°”“‘°“· laws, the name of Newton J. Burris, late a. private in Company I, Sixty- eighth Regiment Indiana Voluuteer Infantry. Approved, February 28, 1885. CHAP. 271.-An act granting a pension to Leonora A. Boydeu. February 28, 1885. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Leonora A. Boy- terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the d¤¤· _ pension-roll the name of Leonora. A. Boyden, mother of Charles F P°““"’“‘ Putnam, late a master in the United States Navy, lost in the Arctic Ocean, and pay her a pension of thirty dollars per mouth hom and after the passage of this act. Approved, February 28, 1885. CHAP. 2'l2.—Au act granting an increase of pension to Edgar L. Dutton. February 28, 1885; Bc it onewted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Edgar L. Duma. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the P°¤°i°¤ i¤· pension-roll, subject to the provisions of the pension laws, the name of °'°°'°d‘ Edgar L. Dutton, late n private in Company K, Twenty-second Regiment Indiana Volunteers, at the rate of sixteen dollars per month, in lieu of the eight dollars per mouth heretofore allowed him as specified in pension-certificate one hundred and sixteen thousand {our hundmd and thirty-ive. Approved, February 28, 1885. CHAP. 2'l3.—Au act granting an increase of pension to George A. Washbum. Fcbmsry 28, 185. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in (Jongreaa asscmblcl, hat the Secretary of the Inte- GwrgoA.W•¤h· rim- be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pen- bum. sion of George A. Washburn late mqjor of the Sixteenth Regiment u£w*°¤ h' Connecticut Volunteers, and lgrevet bngadier-general, to forty·i1ve dollars per month, Approved, February 28, 1885. ——-—-; l CHAP. 2'I4.—A¤ act granting s pension to Clariuds Hunt. Iobmnry B, 15. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of wummtim of the United States of America in Congress assembled, at the Secretary of tho Cla-1¤d• Hmm. Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the P¤¤•i¤¤· pension-roll the name of Olarinda Huht, the foster-mother of Edwin W. Hum, deceased, who enlisted in the United States Navy September fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and was discharged Soptember brst, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, for disability, from which he never recovered. Approved, February 28, 1885.