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806 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1I. CHS. 253-256. 1897. F°b¤'¤·¤'S‘ 18- 1997- CHAP. 253.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Nichols. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United

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Interior be-, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John Nichols, of Durham, Butte County, California,late sergeant Company I, One hundred and eleventh Illinois Infantry Volunteers, at the rate of thirty-six dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving under certincate seventy-fivethousand three hundred and forty-nve. Received by the President, February 6, 1897. [Norm nv run DEPARTMENT or S·rurn.—'1‘he 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.] _ Febrriryg, 1897. CHAP. 254.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to Marion McKibben. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United mripn McKibbc¤. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the P°""°""'°'°“°°d‘ Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Marion McKibben, widow of David B. McKibben, late colonel of the One hundred and fifty-eighth and the Two hundred and fourteenth Regimeuts Pennsylvania Infantry, and brevet brigadiergeneral United States Army, to fifty dollars per month, and pay here pension heremer at that rate. Received by the President, February 6, 1897. - [N orrn nv run Dnmnrmnnr or Srscrn.-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.] _ F¤]>r¤¤j]‘y}§_]8¤;l·i CHAP. 255.-An Art (Granting an increase of pension to Adelaide Morris. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United rg•1¤¤;i·1q¤•>rr:d States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the °"° °" M"' ‘ 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 Adelaide Morris, widow of the late Arthur Morris, formerly captain of the Fourth United States Artillery, at the rate of thirty five dollars per month, which rate of thirty-five dollars per . month shall be in lieu of the pension she is now receiving. Received by the President, February 6, 1897. [Norm nr 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 18, 1897. N CHAP. 256.-An Act Granting n pension to Robert Kiracofe. R I K_ { Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United y§',{§f{,, Q3 States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the