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FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sues. II. Gus. 117-120, 123. 1897. 781 CHAP. 117.-An Act Granting a. pension to Mrs. Jane Stewart Whiting. Jnnuny ao, 1897. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the . ·T¤¤° S*¤*¤*° Wh"- Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the mglmmn. pension roll, at the rate of fifty dollars per month, the name of Jane Stewart Whiting, widow of the late Commodore William Danforth Whiting, of the United States Navy. Approved, January 30, 1897. CHAP. 118.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to William T. Walker. ·T¤¤¤¤'y 31 1897- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Q’mi9¤¤ f1‘· Wg? Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the °°°1°°“°"° pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William T. Walker, late of Company H, Thirteenth Regiment Indiana Cavalry, at the rate of twenty-five dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he IS now receiving. ~ Approved, January 30, 1897. CHAP. 119.-—An Act Granting pension in Lena D. Smith. January 30, 1m. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the {;•¤=i1>-S¤¤i¤¤- Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon °"°°°' the pension roll the name of Lena D. Smith, widow of Green Clay Smith, late colonel Fourth Kentucky Cavalry and brigadier-general United States Volunteers, and to pay to her a. pension of ilfty dollars per month from and after the date of the passage of this Act. Approved, January 30, 1897. cKAP. 120.--An Act For the relief of John Rnhm, senior, Nuhville, Tennessee. .1.,,,,, a0_ mq_ Bc it enacted by the Senate and House ep' Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ·{_·;h¤ §_;ht¤:.•¤·. Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of "` ’ any money in the Treasury not otherwise approprmted, to John Ruhm, senior, of Nashville, Tennessee, late United States district attorney for the muldle district of Tennessee, the sum of two hundred dollars, for services rendered the United States in the case of the State of Tennessee for the use of the United States against W. J. Hill and others, and other eases. Approved, January 30, 1897. CHAP. 123.-An Act For the relief of Reverend Edwin Wurriner. February 1, 1897. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representation of the United Beaten of America in Omsgreos assembled, That the Secretary of War be, %vi¤ wml? and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Edwin ,,,,,,,,_""'¥"°°° °"" Warriusr on the rolls of the First Battalion Connecticut Cavalry Volunteers as chaplain, and to recognize him as of that grade and organization in the service of the United States from the mst day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, the date of his mmmission,