FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ons. 142-145. 1896. 719 laws, the name of Joseph A. Cooper, late a brevet major-general in the United States Army, at the rate of one hundred dollars per month, in l1eu of the pension which he now receives. Received by the President, April 14, 1896. [Nora nr Tun DEPARTMENT or STATE.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having bmgn 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. 143.-An Act Granting a pension to Martha Brooks. April 25.1896. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United · States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Mmps Brooks. Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the P°"°'°“‘ pension roll the name of Martha Brooks, dependent mother of John M. Brooks, late of Company L, Second Regiment Nebraska Volunteer Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month. Received by the President, April 14, 1896. [Nom BY THQE DEPARTMENT or STATE.—Th6 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. 144.-—An Act To grant an increase of pension to Mary B. Houk. · Apr;125_1896_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqoresentatifves of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Mm B. umu. Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to pay Mary B. Houk, widow of *’¤¤—*···· *··¤¤*=·¤~l- Colonel Leonidas C. Houk, late colonel of the Third Regiment of Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, a pension of thirty dollars per month in lieu of the pension she is now receiving. Received by the President, April 14, 1896. [N OTE BY THE DEPARTMENT or STATE.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States lor 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. 145.-·An Act For the relief of the estate of John R. Bigelow. April 27, 1896. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of rl merica in Congress assembler], That the Secretary of the Treas- Jam 12. Bigelow.. ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Eunice P. ,s§Q{,E_¥’ff‘* ‘° “""’*”‘ Bigelow, ndministratrix of the estate of John R. Bigelow, deceased, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. the sum of two hundred and eighty-four dollars and sixty-six cents, as rent of a tract of land, with the buildings thereon, known as Clermont, in Fairfax County, Virginia. three miles from Alexandria, as found and set torth by the Court of Claims in its findings of fact reported in House Miscellaneous Document Numbered Nineteen, Fiitysecond Congress, second session, and that this sum be paid to her in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States on account of the purchase of the Clermont
