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FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 209, 210, 211, 212, 213. 1868. 395 CHAP. CClX.——An Act to place the Zlanne of Mnhnla IU. Straight upon the Pension July 20, 1868. Rolls zy" the (hailed States. """' " " Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In· P¤¤Si<>¤*¤ terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Mahala M. Straight, widow of Alonzo A. Straight, deceased, lute u private in company E, one hundred and twenty-ninth regiment Illinois volunteers, upon the pension rolls of the United States and to pay [her] A pension at the rare of eight dollars per month, to commence on the fifth day of September, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and to continue during her widowhood, subject to the laws now in force in relation to pensions. Approved, July 20, 1868. CHAP. CCX. -An Act granting a Pension to W. W. Cunningham. July 20, 186b. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Pgnsgungo terior be. uml he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of VS'- W- 0¤¤· W. W. Cunningham, late a sergeant of company C, thirteenth New York "mgham cavalry, on the pension rolls, and to allow and pay him :1 pension at the rate of fifteen dollars per month, subject to the_ provisions und limitations of the pension laws, to commence from the twenty-fifth duy of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five. Ammovun, July 20, 1868. CHAP. CCXI. -·—An Act granting a Pension to John W. Hughes. July 20, 1868. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives cy" the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Pensionto ten-ior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension J°l“‘ w·H“%h°’· rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pcnsion laws, the name of John WV. Hughes, lute a private in company I, nineteenth Iowa volunteers, and to pay him a pension at tho rate of eight dollars per month, until the sixth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and thereafter at the mtc of fifteen dollars per month, commencing February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. AP1‘llOVED, July 20, 1868. CHAP. CCXII.—An Act granting a Pension to the Widow and Children of Charles July 20, 1868. W. lVilc0:t·. "_""°""' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- _I’ension to _ rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension gsétfgfgfgaflzgl rolls., subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension luws, the w_ xvgicm names of Martha J. Wilcox, the widow, and James W., Clarinda J., Ira E., and Charles E. `Wilcox, children undcr sixteen years of age of Charles W, Wilcox, late of company “B," ninety-seven Illinois volunteers, commencing March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. Armtovmv, July 20, 1868. CHAP. CCXIII.—An Act granting a Pension to Sajrona C. Phe/ps, lVidew ry" Jehu July 20, 1868. S. Phelps. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- wiggffgzpdtghild rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension 0N0h,, S_ rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the Phelps. names of SaH`rona C. Phelps, the widow, and Celeb S. Phelps, child