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TIIIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sress. II. Ch. 84, 85, 86. 1853. 757 to her, during her widowhood, the pension heretofore allowed to her, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two; and the pension heretofore allowed to Mrs. Elizabeth V. Lo- Am, p. 74e, max, widow of Mann P. Lomax, late Major of the Ordnance Corps, shall commence on the twenty-seventh day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-two, and continue for and during her widowhood. And, that the Secretary of the Interior be directed to place the name of A. M. Dade, widow of Major F. L. Dade, deceased, late of the United States army, on the pension roll, from the twenty-eighth December, eighteen hundred and forty, for and during her natural life, at the same rate of pension she has heretofore received. Approved, February 26, 1853. Cu,u~. LXXXIV.-An Act for the Rclizy" of Josiah P. Pilchcr, lata a private in Com- Feb. 26, 1858. pany E second Kentucky regiment Volunteers, in the war with Mexico, and for other —·———-———————* purposes. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Smtes of Anzerica in Congress assembled, That the proper 0{Ticers of J }°;F*}f¤*P§° the government allow and pay to Josiah P. Pitcher, late a private in l` company F, second Kentucky regiment volunteers, his regular pay from the seventh of July, eighteen hundred and forty-six, until the date of the discharge of his company; and also, that he be paid his mileage from New Orleans home, as others of his company were paid; also, that he be paid his clothing pay ; also, that he be paid three m0nths’ extra pay; also, that the proper officers issue to him a land warrant for one hundred and sixty acres. Sec. 2. And be it_)Qu·ther enacted, That five years’ half-pay be granted Fnyment to to Christine Barnard, the widow of the late Brevct Major Moses J. Bar- g;T°"‘° B"' nard, captain in company H, regiment of Voltigeurs, who rendered gallant services in the Mexican war, and who died of :1 disease greatly cnhanced by the hardship, exposure and fatigue of the campaign; said halfipay to commence with the day of his death, the fourth July, eighteen liundred and fifty-two, and to be held by her or by her children, according to the provisions of the general laws now in force, made in reference to the widows and children of those who died from wounds or disease received or contracted during said war. ‘ A1*1=n0v1c1>, February 26, 1853. Cru?. LXXXV. —-An Actjbr the IlcZ1`q`qf B. B. Bennett. March 2, 1868. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the pas- B. B. Bennett sage of this bill, the name of B. B. Bennett shall be placed upon the roll ;?0g°rg{}" °“ P°“‘ of invalid pensioners, at the rate of eight dollars per month, for and dur- ` ing his life. Arprcovxcn, March 2, 1853. Cmtr. LXXXVI.— An Act for the Reliofof Eunces E. Baden. March 2, 1858. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That. the Secretary of the In- F¤‘¤¤¢¢¤ E- M- terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to place the name ggnpgfxggnpxffd 0f F ranccs E. Baden upon the pension roll, and pay her the half' pay of a major in the United States army, for five years; her pension to commence on the tirst day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty. Approved, March 2, 1853.