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FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 271-273, 276, 277. 1896. 733 CHAP. 271.-An Act Granting a pension to Nancy Carson Blunt. May 29, 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 g¤¤·2v€=er¤¤¤B1¤¤¢· Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the °m"°" "’°"”°d' pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Nancy Carson Blunt, widow of Major—General James G. Blunt, deceased, and pay her a pension at the rate of seventy-tive dollars per month from and after the passage of this Act, in lieu of thirty dollars per month she is now receiving. Approved, May 29, 1896. · CHAP. 272.-An Act Granting a pension to Emily B. Muncey. May 29, 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 gggij M¤¤¤¤Y· Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the ` pension rolls the name of Emily B. Muncey, Topeka, Kansas, widow of Leonard D. Muncey, late private in G Company of the Forty-eighth Regunent of Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay to her a pension of twelve dollars per month. A Approved, May 29, 1896. CHAP. 273.-An Act Granting a pension to Elizabeth E. Donohoe. May 29, 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 hE1i¤¤1>¤¢1¤ 11-D<>¤<>- Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the °§g,,,i,,.,_ pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Elizabeth E. Donohoe, widow of the late Colonel Michael T. Donohoe, of the Tenth New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry and brevet brigadiengeneral of volunteers, at the rate of fifty dollars per month. Approved, May 29, 1896. CHAP. 2'I6.—·—An Act For the relief of Elizabeth J. Cook, of Arkadelphia, Clark MW 30· l896· County, Arkansas, widow of Robert T. Cook. V""'""""`"' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the glggxzfh J· 0··<>k· Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the ‘ pension roll the name of ElizabethJ. Cook, ofArkadelphia, Clark County, Arkansas, widow of Robert T. Cook, who, at the town of Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas, in the month of July, eighteen hundred and iorty-six, volunteered and served as a United States soldier in the war with Mexico in the First Arkansas Mounted Infantry Volunteers, and pay her a pension of eight dollars per month. Approved, May 30, 1896. CHAP. 2'I’I.—An Act Granting a pension to Samuel Goldwater. Mayj0._1§96;__ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the §§;jlf*°1d"“‘°’· Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to placeon the pension roll, at the rate of twelve dollars per mon th, the name of Samuel Goldwater, late of Company A, First Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, National Guard. Approved, May 30, 1896.