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764 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 24.-28. 1897. •T•¤¤¤¤1 il IUW- CHAP. 24.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to Orleina J. Clark, of Louis- H" ville, Kentucky. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United gr1¤i;¤¤ 0¤··rk-d States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the °°” °° "°""° ‘ Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed toincrease the pension of Orleina J. Clark, widow of the late George W. Clark, a soldier in the war with Mexico, from eight dollars per month to twenty dollars per month, to take eliect from the passage of this Act. Approved, January 13, 1897. Jguugry 13, lm, CHAP. 25.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to John L. Britton. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Lmih-fmwh 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 John L. Britton, late of Company A, Second Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, at the rate of thirty dollars per month, in lien of that he is now receiving. Approved, January 13, 1897. J’nury1s,1Ul. AX: gagmt-a pension to Charlotte O. Van Cleve, widow of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re_pre•entat€#ves of the United mggymw 0- VM States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the rmkistatmms. Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the general pension laws, the name of Mrs. Charlotte 0. Van Cleve, widow of the late Brigadier and Brevet Major-General Horatio P. Van Cleve, at the rate of fifty dollars per month. Approved, January 13, 1897. _Jspuary 14, 1897. _ CHAP. 27.—An Act Granting a pension to Elvira Bachelder. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United {18;*;; lff**='=°*¤¤*· 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, at the rate of twelve dollars a month, the name of Elvira Bachelder, dependent mother of J. K. P. Bachelder, late a private in Company D, First New Hampshire Heavy Artillery. Approved, January 14, 1897. J¤¤¤-try 14. WW; CHAP. 28.-An Act Granting a pension to Jane Fisher. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United }:':,§;f*’°’· 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 Jane Fisher, widow of Henry Fisher, late private of Company B, Seventeenth Kentucky Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month. Approved, January 14, 1897.