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826 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 155, 161-163. 1893. said David P. Cordray of his commission of the latter date to the President: Provided, That no additional pay shall be taken by said Lieutenant Cordray by virtue of the passage of this act. Received by the President February 11, 1893. [N om BY run DEPARTMENT or STATE.-The 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.] February it 1893- CHAP. 161.-An act to increase the pension of Mrs. S. A. Farquharson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United

 ¥¤· & A- "•·'¤“· States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Intemusica nmeueu. rior be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Mrs. S. A. Farquharson,

widow of the late Major Robert Farquharson, of the First Regiment Tennessee Volunteers, Mexican war, a pension of twenty-tive dollars per month, that being the pension paid to the late Major Robert Farquharson, in lieu of the pension of eight dollars per mouth heretofore paid to Mrs. S. A. Farquharson. Sec. 2. That this act shall take effect from its passage. Approved, February 24, 1893. !'¤\•r¤¤r.v24»1¤¤3- GRA?. 162.-An act removing charge of desertion against Lucius W. Hayford,

"_"‘°‘U" Worcester, Vermont.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United gg;;" Q;-mu 3***8*- States o_/'America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, ¤»¤m$ and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the charge of desertion now standing on the record against Lucius W. Hayford, late of Company H, Sixth Vermont Infantry, and to insert in lieu thereof the words, "Absent without leave from December thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to February eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, when he enlisted under the name of John Brice in Company L, Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery, and served faithfully in that organization until mustered out, August eighteenth, eighteen grvviw- t hundred and sixty-five: Provided, That no bounty, pay, or emoluments °’“’·° °‘ shall become due or payable by virtue of the passage of this act." Approved, February 24, 1893. F¤*•r¤¤ry24·l896· CHAP. 163.—~A¤ act granting a pension to Mary Doubleday, widow of Brevet "—"_';` Major-General Abner Doubleday. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 1¥é3£?"”‘““Y· States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directedto place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary Doubleday, widow of Major-Generl Abner Doubleday, and pay her a pension of fifty dollars per mouth. Approved, February 24, 1893.