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1372 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 280, 281, 292, 293. 1891. F¤b¤¤¤'.V 2%. 1891 CHAP. 280.-An act to increase the pension of Edward H. Leib. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the mws¤1n.1.en>. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary P°"“°"‘°"°“"‘°d‘ of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Edward H. Leib, late brevet lieutenant colonel Fifth United States Cavalry, from fifty to seventy-two dollars per month, to date from the passage of this act, on account of increased disabilities rendering constant personal attendance and assistance necessary. Approved, February 23, 1891. F¢b¤¤¤7 28, 1891- CHAP. 281.-An act to pension Charles W. Geddes for services rendered in the "`L""" war with Mexico. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ww- Geddes United States og America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary °° of the Interior e, and he is hereby, authorized and required to place the name of Charles W. Geddes, of Washington, District of Columbia, on the pension roll, on account of services on board the United States steamer General Taylor, during the war with Mexico, subject to the limitations and regulations of the pension laws of the United States in pensioning the survivors of the war with Mexico. Approved, February 23, 1891. lbIu·um·y24, 1891. CHAP. 292.-An act for the relief of D. H. Mitchell. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the gf-M1¢:a¤· United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary mm of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to D. H. Mitchell, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of nine thousand two hundred and seventy dollars and eighty-three cents, in full satisfaction for seven thousand four hundred an sixteen and sixty-seven one-hundredths bushels of . corn delivered to the assistant quartermaster at Fort Harker, Kansas, during the months of November and December, in the ear eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and during the months of Jbnuar , February, March, an April, in the year eighteen hundred and, sixty- nine. Approved, February 24, 1891. _ F°l""‘“'Y 2mm- CHAP, 293.-An act to amend the act of Congress approved September twenty. ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety, authorizing the President to restore Tenedor Ten Eyci to the Army and place lum on the retired list. B2 it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

‘{f‘“’°*· United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act of

-4¤¢e.x>·50¤- Congess approved September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled "An act to authorize the President to restore Tenedor Ten Eyck to his former rank in the Army and to place him on the retired list of army officers," be amended by adding after the word “Infantry/’ where the same occurs in the said act, the words " th retired list of the Army being increased in number to that extent. Received by the President February 12, 1891. [Norm BY run Dnrxnrmmsr or SrArn.—-The foregoing act hawdng 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.]