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622 FOIITY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 256-261. 1879. March 3, 1879. CHAP. 256.-An act granting a pension to Mrs. Rosa Gale. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the United R<>S¤_G¤l¤- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- P““S‘°“· rior is hereby directed to place on the pension-rolls, the name of Mrs Rosa Gale, widow of Captain Benjamin B. Gale, late of Atchinson, Kansas, and pay her a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per month trom the passage of this act. Approved, March 3, 1879 March 3, 1879. CHAP. 25 7.-An act granting a pension to John Vilillans. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United J. Wnlans. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- P•~“¤¤*°**· rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension-roll the name of John YVillans, late a captain and assistant adjutant general United States volunteers, and pay him a pension as of the rank of captain, from and after the passage of this act. Approved, March 3, 1879. March 3, 1879. CHAP. 258.-An act to remove the political disabilities of William T. Wclcker, of L·v—·‘·‘ California. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the United Y}, lY5{¢k§Fi States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of each house concur- ,,,L° ‘"°" me ‘ring therein), That William T. \Velcker be, and is hereby, relieved of all " political disabilities imposed upon him by the third section of the fourteenth article of amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Approved, March 3, 1879. March 3, 1879. CHAP. 259.-An act granting an increase of pension to James C Daggett. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United

C`-Dilazsft States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inm_iq;p‘:,“ I ° “ ‘ D terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-

`roll, the name of James C. Daggett, late a private in Company E, United States Signal Service, and to pay him a pension of seventy-two dollars per month, and pay him a pension from and after the passage of this act. Approved, March 3, 1879. March 3, 1879. CHAP. 260.-An act granting arrears of pension to Mrs. Jane Dulaney. Be it enacted by the Senate and House oj Representatires of the United Jane Dulanoy-. States of America in- Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Pen- Pc M Si 0 n ru sions be, and he hereby is, directed to place on the pension-rolls, subject °"’““'· to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name of Mrs. Jane Dulaney, the widow of Colonel \Villiam Dulaney, late of the United States Marine Corps, and to pay her a pension at the rate of thirty dollms a month from the fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty- eight, when her husband died, less the pension heretofore paid her. Approved, March 3, 1879. March 3, ]879_ CHAP. 261.-An act granting a pension to Elizabeth McNeil Benham Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United lilizabetli MCN. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte-

      • 3;**;*- rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-

S °“‘ roll, subject to the propisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name of Elizabeth l\Icl\e1l Benham, daughter of the late General John McNeil, United States Army, and pay her a pension at the rate of twentv dollars per month. " Approved, March 3, 1879.