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FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 359-362, 365. 1898. 1449 CHAP. 359.—An Act To pension F. L. Botkin.May 23, 1898. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the F·L·P¤*ki¤· Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the P°””°"° pension roll the name of F. L. Botkin, permanently helpless son of Amos H. Botkin, late of Company G, Third Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month. Approved, May 23, 1898. - CHAP. 360.-An Act To increase the pension of Franklin Hull. Mw 23.1898. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the §;*;:1ljg£;“· Bd ‘ Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the °°° ° pension roll the name of Franklin Hull, late sergeant, Company I), First Connecticut Cavalry, and to pay him a pension of thirty dollars per month, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, said pension to bein lieu of that which he now receives. Approved, May 23, 1898. CHAP. 361.-An Act Granting a pension to J. S. Waggener. MW $$.1898. 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.S-Wazgonor. Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the P°"°'°“' pension roll the name of J. S. Waggener dependent father of Joseph · B. Waggener, Company B, Third Iowa Infantry, and of Rufus Waggener, Company B, Third Iowa Infantry, and of Houston Waggener, of Company G, Fifteenth Iowa Infantry, and of Willis Waggener, of the Ninth Regiment Iowa Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month. Approved, May 23, 1898. CHAP. 362.—-—An Act For the relief of Samuel McKee. May 24.1898. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States ofzlmertca in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the §_·•¤n¤•—11•{;·K•;¤· Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of ,.,,f];{{"Qf,§¤f,'{, Z;;?,; any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Samuel M- McKee the sum of one thousand seven hundred and eighteen dollars, tor expenses incurred by him in a contest for his seat in the Fortieth Congress. Approved, May 24, 1898. CHAP. 365.-An Act For the relief of George M. Anderson, of the State of 1(sy27, 1898. Xehruska. H Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That George M. Anderson, of m*;·f¤*s¤ M A¤¤•¤‘· Rock County, Nebraska, be, and he is hereby, permitted and author- Authorized to make ized to make a homestead entry of one hundred and sixty acres on any ‘*°”*°"°“'* °“"Y· °'°· of the public lands of the United States which are now, or may hereafter be, subject to homestead entry, and that in making proof thereof he shall be given credit for any time he may have spent in residing