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802 FIFTYFOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. CHS. 219, 220, 225,226. 1897. Seventh Regiment of United States Colored Troops, on the records of the War Department, be, and the same is, removed, and the Secretary of War is hereby directed to issue to said Homer C. McCuskey an hon- _ orable discharge, the same to date from October iirst, eighteen hundred §[,°;,";:,,,,_ and sixty-five: Provided, That the said Homer C. McCuskey shall receive no bounty, pay, or emoluments of any kind subsequent to said last-named date. Received by the President, February 1, 1897. [Norn BY run Dnrnnrmnur or STATE.——Th6 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 12, 1897. CHAP. 220.-An Act For the relief of Peter Young. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United gjF_jQfd°°:g£mb,° States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, amnni-gn. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to correct the military record of Peter Young, late a private in Company K, Fifth Missouri State Militia Cavalry, by removing therefrom the charge of desertion, and grant him an honorable discharge as of the date June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-three when his comfpany of the Fifth Missouri State Mi1itia'Cavalry was mustered out o service. " Received by the President, February 1, 1897. [Norm nr run Dnrsnmrnnr or Srsrn.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States ter 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.] _§*>¤···¤ 13·1¤°7· cnn. 22:.-An Act Granting n pension to Mary w. Knees. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United {{,‘§,’j’,,`,Yg,{‘$,°,§,*f*§gd_ States of America i n 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 Mary W. Keeffe, widow of Joseph Keetle, late captain Fourth Infantry, United States Army, at the rate of twenty·ii ve dollars per month, in lieu of the pension she is now receiving. Approved, February 13, 1897. February 13, 1897. CHAP. 226.-—An Act Granting a pension to Nancy T. Duncklee. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United },;‘,j’;{’,,;’f·”““°k‘“· 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 Nancy T. Duncklee, dependent stepmother of Lucian A. Duncklee, late of Company C, Sixteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, at the rate of twelve dollars per month. Approved, February 13, 1897.