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740 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 306-308, 318. 1896. pension of twelve dollars per month and the further sum of two dollars per month for each of the three children of said soldier until they respectively become sixteen years of age. Received by the President, May 20, 1896. [N OTE nr THE DEPARTMENT or STATE.—Th0 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.] ·T¤¤• 1. 1896- CHAP. 30'I.—An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Annie E. Colwell. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United g;¤¤is>F·i0•>1w:]];d States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the “°‘°" nmInterior is hereby directed to place on the pension roll the name of Mrs. Annie E. Colwell, widow of Thomas W. Colwell, sergeant of Company ` C, Second Regiment Ohio Infantry, Mexican war, and first sergeant of Company H, Fifth Ohio Cavalry, war of eighteen hundred and sixty- one to eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and pay her a pension at the rate of twenty dollars per month in lieu of the pension she now receives. Received by the President, May 20, 1896. ‘ [Norm nr Tun Dn1>nzTMnNT or STATE.-The foregoing act having Q 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.] \ J¤¤e2, 1896. CHAP. 308.-An Act Granting a pension to Ellen C. Ewing, widow of Brevet —‘*w""— Major-General Thomas Ewing. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United §;Qg£·_E"“*8· 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 Ellen C. Ewing, widow of Brevet Maier-General Thomas Ewing, at the rate of seventy-five dollars per mouth. Received by the President, May 21, 1896. [Norm BY THE 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.] June 3, 1896. CHAP. 318.-—An Act Increasing the pension of Jefferson Fueston, of Company _—"‘_‘—*—‘ M, Tenth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United {,f£:{gf,']fc‘]::s*g’a; States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension roll the name of Jefferson Fueston, late of Company M, Tenth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him at the rate of thirty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving. Approved, June 3, 1896.