492 FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 284, 285, 286, 309. 1876. Aug. 14, 1876. CHAP. 284.- An act to increase the pension of Mrs. Hannah W. Sumner, widow ji of Major General Edwin V. Sumner. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United I’¤¤¤i<>¤ to HM- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the me W·S““‘““· 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 Mrs. Hannah W. Sumner, widow of the late Major-General Edwin V. Sumner, who died March twenty-nrst, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, while in command of the Department of the West, at the · rate of nity dollars per month, to commence from the passage of this act, and to continue during her widowhood, and to be in lieu of the pension heretofore granted to the said Hannah W. Sumner under the provisions of the general pension—laws. Approved, August 14, 1876. Aug. 14, 1876. CHAP. 285.——An not granting a Pension to Thomns I Fox, late a private of ——-——-;— Company C, Fifty-second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pension to T. I. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Fo!- rior 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 Thomas I Fox, of Clinton County, Pennsylvania, late a private in Company C, Fifty-second Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, and pay him a pension from and after the passage of this act. Approved, August 14, 1876. Aug. 14, 1876. CHAP. 286.-An act for the relief of Gilderoy M. Hardy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Duplicate check States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
- 0 G·M·H=*·¤l5’- Interior be, and he is hereby, instructed to direct the pension-agent at
Indianapolis, Indiana, to issue duplicate check numbered one hundred and three thousand six hundred and thirtyfour, for one thousand four hundred and three dollars and eighty seven cents, in favor of Gilderoy M. Hardy, in the place of one lost August seventh, eighteen hundred Proviso. and seventy-tive: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior be satis- Proviso. fied the same has not been paid: And provided further That said Hardy shall first execute a bond with sureties to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, in due form, to save the United States harmless against any loss or injury by reason of such duplicate check or the payment of the original Approved, August 14, 1876. Aug. 15, 1876. CHAP. 309.-An act for the relief of Robert N. Eddy. V `IV_"“ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Payment ,0 R N States of America in Congress assembled, That the Paymaster-General of Eddy_` the United States Army is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Robert N., Eddy, late second lieutenant Company K, One hundred and fourteenth Regiment New York State Volunteer Infantry, the full pay and emolunients of a second lieutenant, from the thirty-iirst day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to the twenty-eighth day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, deducting therefrom all pay he may have received from the Government as first sergeant for that period. Approved, August 15, 1876.
