Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 26.djvu/1406

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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sues. II. CHS. 207#210. 1891. i 1355 CHAP. 207.-A11 act for the relief of Mary Ann Reid mebruary14,1e91. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Bmof the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to lace on the pensio1rroll the name of Mary Ann Reid, the aged and blind daughter of Andrew Carman, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and to (pay her a pension at the rate of thirty dollars er month from an a ter the passage of this act. P [Approved, February 14, 1891. CHAP. 20l.—A11 act for the of Thomas H. Bruce. February 14, 1891. Whereas, Thomas H. Bruce, of Lewis County, Kentucky, was an P¤¤¤¤¤*>¤¤- engineer on steamboats employed by the Unite States Government in transporting troops and supplies during the late war of the rebellion, said position being dangerous, on account of the enemy often erparmm the banks of the rivers at the men on the boat; and . ereas Said Bruce was shot and wounded so as to unfit him for work ever ince: Therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rgpresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assemble , That the Secretary thcugm 11. mms, of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place I °°"°°‘ on the pension-roll, subject to the piiiovisions and limitations o the mn laws, the name of Thomas . Bruce, of Lewis County, Kenc . Approved, February 14, 1891. CHAP. 209.-A.u act for the relief of Polly Gray. Fehruu-y14,1m. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemble , That the Secretary P<»\\rG¤r· of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to I°""°°‘ place on the pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name of Polly1Gray, widow of Truman Gray, late a soldier in the war of eighteen undred and twelve, at the rate of twelve dollars per month. Approved, February 14, 1891. CHAP. 210.-An act for the relief of Alexander Sturgeon. Febru¤ry14,1m. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary A;¤=¤¤d¤r S¤¤r— of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to lace g°$eh¤1¤¤ mcremea. upon the pension-roll, subiect to the terms and limitations of the nsion laws, the name of lexander Sturgeon, a private in Company if in the Third Beyiment of Indiana Infantry, and pay to him the sum of twenty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension now paid him. Approved, February 14, 1891.