FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 248, 249, 252. 1897. 805 WCHAP. 248.-An Act Granting pensions to Gray’s Battalion of Arkansas Voluu- Felrruhfy 17, 1897. Ol'!. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Ag§Qg,LQgf,f§:l;} Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the Survivors placed mi pension roll the names of all of the honorably discharged surviving :ff"‘““.w"*’°"'*“" ofiicers and enlisted men of Gray’s Battalion of Arkansas Volunteers, V<>l—°»P-°- raised under the Act of Congress of May thirteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, for service during the war with Mexico; and the names of surviving widows of such officers and enlisted men, subject to the §"fg‘"· 3,,, limitations and regulations of the pension laws of the United States °' 4’P' ` for pensioning the survivors of the war with Mexico. Received by the President, February 5, 1897. , [Norm mr 1- m Dnrnrunnr or Srura.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it' originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] CHAP. 249.--An Act For the relief of Barzilla 0. Hudson. ‘ February 17. IUI. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, mchzx and is hereby, authorized to remove the charge of desertion from sausage. the military record of Barzilla C. Hudson, late of Battery D, Fourth United States Artillery, and grant him an honorable discharge to date May twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five: Provided, That no ow pay, bounty, or other allowance shall become due or payable by virtue` of this Act. Received by the President, February 5, 1897 . [Norm nr rim Dmrmrmnnr or Scrxrrs.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] CHAP. 252.-·An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel C. Towne. _ Fjlj[““'Y 1’· m‘7·_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the §,*;*:j,gf_*Qhfr°;';je$,_ Interior 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 Samuel C. Towne, late of Company G, Ninth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per month, in lieu of that he is now receiving. Received by the President, February 6, 1897. [Korn nr crm; Dnrsnrirrmr or StrA·rn.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.]
