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888 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. Ons. 55-59. 1887. Jan. 27, 1887. CHAP. 55.-An act granting an increase of pension to Colonel Charles E. Capehart. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United h <>1¤=·r1<>¤ E· C¤P°· States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- “1£;mi0¤ iu6N8s_ terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the . 9d_ pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Charles E. Capehart, late lieutenant-colonel of the First Regiment of West Virginia Cavalry, at the rate of forty-nve dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he now receives. · Approved, January 27, 1887. Jan. 27, 1887. CHAP. 56.-An act grantinga pension to Sarah C. Wright. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Sarah 0. Wright. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- P°“¤'°¤· rior be, and heis hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pensionroll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sarah C. Wright, widow of John W. Wright, late of Company D, Seventy-seventh Regiment Enrolled Militia of Missouri, and who Vol. 23, p. 621. was pensioned by special act of Congress approved January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-tive. V Approved, January 27, 1887. Jan. 27, 1887. CHAP. 57.-An act granting a pension to Orrin P. Cooley. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Orrin P. Cooley. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- P°¤°‘°¤· terior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Orrin P. Cooley, late of Company C, Forty- second Illinois Volunteers, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws. I Approved, January 27, 1887. Jan. 27, 1887. CHAP. 58.-An act granting a pension to Mrs. Abbie B. Heath. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Abbie B- Heath States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- P°““"’“· terior 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 Abbie B. Heath, widow of John T. Heath, late of Company B, Twenty-fourth Regiment of Indiana Volunteers. Approved, January 27, 1887. Jan. 27, 1887. CHAP. 59.-An act granting an increase of pension to Elvira Bliss Sheldon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Elvira Bliss Shel- States 0_/'Americain Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior mm. _ _ be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension- ,P°¤¤*°¤ *¤°'°”‘ roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the °°name of Elvira Bliss Sheldon, an ex-Army nurse and widow of Joel S. Sheldon, late a commissary and lieutenant of volunteers, and pay her a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension now received by her. Approved, January 27, 1887.