Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 29.djvu/790

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762 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 14-18. 1897. ·T¤¤¤¤¤’.Y 13, IWW CHAP. 14.-An Act Granting increase of pension to John Coombs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United g¤b¤,0¤·z¤¤¥·¤- M States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the °°° °” "'°"°°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 John Coombs, late a member of Company H, Second Regiment Illinois Light Artillery, at the rate of thirty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving. Approved, January 13, 1897. January 1:;, im. CHAP. 15.-An Act To grant a pension to Armstead M. Rawlings, of Arkansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United un-’*;*¤¤*¤=d M~ R"" States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the iiiimn. Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, at the rate of eight dollars per month, the name of Armstead M. Rawlings, who served as a private from September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, to March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, in Captain Bateman’s company of Mounted Arkansas Volunteers, in the Sabine war. Approved, January 13. 1897. January 13, IUI. CHAP. 16.-An Act Granting a pension to Phcebe M. Woolley Palmeter. ‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Ph¤¤b• M. Wwllcy States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the P‘§"'.,,°§'§_ Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll of the United States the name of Phoebe M. Woolley Palmeter, daughter of Jonathan Woolley, who was a soldier and pensioner of the Revolutionary war, at the rate of twelve dollars per month from and after the passage of this Act. Approved, January 13, 1897 . dgsnunry 13, 1891. CHAP. 1'l.——An Act Granting a pension to Neil McNeil. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United g¤;ldM¤N·i¤. States of America i n Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ° °"‘ 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 Neil McNeil, of Dayton, Hennepin County, Minnesota, and pay him a pension at the rate of twelve dollars a month. Approved, January 13, 1897. January 1s, ww. CHAP. 18.-An Act To place the name of Robert Smalls on the pension rolls. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ggxgnspggted States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ' Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to restore to the pension rolls the name of Robert Smalls, late a pilot in the United States Navy, and to pay him a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per month. Approved, January 13, 1897. ‘