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FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 326 -329. 1868. 413 CHAP. CCCXXVI. —An Act granting a Pension to Helm L. Wal/I July 27, 1868. Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- P~·=¤¤i¤nw terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- Hem L' W91f" sion roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Helen L. Wolf; widow of John Wolf, late a private in company K, of the one hundred and eleventh regiment of New York infantry, commencing March twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. Approved, July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCXXVII. —An Act granting a Pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Lane, of Boston, July 27, 1868. Alassachnsetts, Mothew· ¢y" John Lane, deceased, late a Private in Company , Twel/2/: _"°"‘“" Regiment Massac/zusetts Volunteers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In— }°¤¤¤¤i<£¤E° terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- Ehzabw mw' sion roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Elizabeth Lane, mother of John Lane, deceased, late a private in company A, twelfth regiment Massachusetts volunteers, who was killed in action August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, at the second battle of Bull Run, Virginia, and that she be paid a pension of eight dollars per month during her widowhood, commencing on the thirtieth day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Approved, July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCXXVIII. — An Act granting a Pension to Miss Ann E. Hamilton, of July 27, 1868. Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, Aunt and adopted Mother· of James E. McKillip and W Charles P. blcKi/lip, deceased, late Soldiers in the Union Anng. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- APGYEVE *0,, terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- ,,,;:1mh sion roll the name of Miss Ann E. Hamilton, aunt and adopted mother of James E. McKillip, late a private in company F, sixty-first regiment Pennsylvania volunteers, who was wounded in battle at Fair Oaks, Virginia, May thirty·iirst, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and died of his wounds, in Richmond, June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and Charles P. McKillip, late a corporal in company G, sixty-second regiment Pennsylvania volunteers, who was killed in battle at Gaines Hill, Virginia, June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-two ; and that she be paid a pension of eight dollars per month during her natural life, to commence on the twenty-seventh of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Approved, July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCXXIX. — An Act granting a Pension to Sarah E. Ball, Widow of James July 27, 1868. Ball, deceased, late a Fireman on the Steamer Vidette, connected with the Burnside WW E.zped1`tion. Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- P¢¤¤l<>¤ *11 rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension S°`"°h E' BH ’ roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sarah E. Ball, of the city of Poughkeepsie, in the State of New York, widow of James Ball, deceased, who was a fireman on the steamer Vidette, belonging to the government of the United States and connected with the Burnside Expedition, an[d] died of disease contracted in the service, leaving said widow surviving and issue under age of sixteen years, two children, to wit : Elnora, born June twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and