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620 THIRI`Y—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 53, 54, 55, G8, 69. 1867. Feb. 18, 1867. CHAP. LIII. —-An Act for the Relief of Eram Hedrick. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inmmm H°d'i°k· terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Hiram Hedrick, of Peoria, Illinois, lute a private in company D, eleventh regiment, Illinois cavalry, on the pension rolls, at the rate of twenty-five dollars per month, and to pay him at this rate in lieu of the pension he is now receiving. Approved, February 18, 1867. Fw 18, may CHAP. LIV.- An Aet fm- the Reliy of Mrs. Elizabeth Fletcher. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United pension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Mrs· Elizsbeth terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of F1°t°h°r‘ Elizabeth Fletcher, widow of Captain L. W. Fletcher, late of company A, thirteenth regiment Tennessee cavalry, on the list of invalid pensioners, and pay or cause to be paid to her during widowhood, the sum of twenty dollars per month from the date of the death of her late husband; If She dm 0,. and in the event of the death or remarriage of Elizabeth Fletcher, the remnrriwvqn- Secretary of the Interior is then authorized and directed to pay to the z°l‘h;°gl:;lP&fn legally appointed guardian of the orphan children of Captain L. W. of the children Fletcher, the pension awarded to Elizabeth Fletcher, until they shall regg $"hP*- L~ spectively attain the age of sixteen years. gc; ° °r’ uu i' Approved, February 18, 1867. Feb. 18,186,7. CHAP. LV. -— An Act for the Belie/‘¢y`JoIm Moreaaz, of llladnias, N K Be it enacted {gy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pension to States of America in Congress assembZecL That the Secretary of the In- Tohn Moreau. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of John Moreau, of Machias, N. Y., a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, upon the pension rolls, at the rate of eight dollars per month, and to continue during his natural life. Approved, February 18, 1867. Feb. 22, 1867.CHAP. LXVIII. ~— An Act for the Relief of John Gray, a Revolutionary Soldier. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the J°h° G”Y‘ Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of John Gray, of Noble county, Ohio, upon the pension roll, and that there be paid to said John Gray, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred dollars per annum during his natural life, payable semi-annually, commencing on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Arpnovnn, February 22, 1867. Feb. 22, 1867. CHAP. LXIX. — An Act granting an increased Pension to John J Sehan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pension to States of America in Uongress assembled, That the Secretary of the mlm J- S°l'*““· Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to allow and pay John J. Sohan, in consequence of total blindness, resulting from disease contracted in the line of his duty as a marine in the United States navy, a pension at the rate of twenty-five dollars per month, commencing on the sixteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and to continue during said disebility,i11 lieu of the pension heretofore allowed to said Sohan by the Secretary of the Interior on the thirteenth day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, to be paid out of the naval pension fund. APPROVED, February 22, 1867.