Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 14.djvu/624

This page needs to be proofread.

594 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 170, 171-173, 185. 1866. July 4, 1866. CHAP. CLXX. -—-An Act granting a Pension to Jane E. Jmles. Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- J°·¤° E- Miles- rior is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the name of Jane E. Miles, of Somersworth, New Hampshire, widow of William D. Miles, late a landsman in the naval service of the United States, and to allow and pay her a pension, at the rate of eight dollars per month, from the twenty-secoud day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-Eve, to continue during her widowhood ; the said peusion to be paid out of the naval pension fund. Approved, July 4, 1866. July 4, 1866. CHAP. CLXX1. -An Act for the Relief <y" Sarah J Purcell. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- S¤¤*·bJ-P¤1‘<>¢U· rior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Sarah J. Purcell, widow of Charles W. Purcell, acting captain of artillery, on the pension roll, at the rate of twenty dollars a month, from the twenty-seventh day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to continue during her widowhood. Approved, July 4, 1866. July 4, 1866. CHAP. CLXXII. —An Act granting a Pension to Mrs. Margaret A. Farrar:. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United pension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Integiw M=¤g¤f¢fA- rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Mrs. 3mm' Margaret A. Farran, widow of Abraham Farran, late a private in the twenty-fourth battery Indiana Light Artillery, on the pension roll, at the rate of eight dollars per mouth, to commence from the sixteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and to continue during her widowbood. Approved, July 4, 1866. July 4, 1866. CHAP. CLXXIII. —·An Act granting a Pension to Mary C. Hamilton. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Zhzited Pension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Mrs- _Mary O- rior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of l\Irs. Mary C. Ham- H“m‘l“’”‘ ilton on the pension rolls, at the same rate of pension allowed her under the act passed for her benefit, and approved June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, payment to commence from and after the expiration of the term created by the said act of June third, eighteen hundred and fifty- eigbt, and to continue for and during the term of her natural life. Approved, July 4, 1866. July 13, 1866. CHAP. CLX`XXV.——An Apt amendatozz cy" an Act entitled "An Act granting a Pen-

 sion to Mrs. merance Gouler."

g:;;?;; $2* Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Mrs. Emerance States of America in Congress assembled, That an act approved April goulegs bg ¤<>¤—_ eighteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, granting a pension to Mrs. ,;§,l";hQ’ld,;`;, Emerance Gouler, be so amended as to continue the pension granted to Mrs. &c. ’ Gouler, in the event of her death or remarriage, to her minor children under the age of sixteen years, had by her late husband, Charles G0u1er,a private in company F, ninth New Hampshire volunteers. Approved, July 13, 1866.