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626 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 276-281. 1879. date of the passage of this act, to pay to Jarvis Jackson, of Laurel_County, Kentucky, a pension of sixteen dollars per month, instead of eight dollars, which he is now receiving. Approved, March 3, 1879. March 3, 1879, CHAP. 27'7.—An act granting an increase of pension to Josephine Da C. Thomas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Josephine Da C. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Th¤m¤8·_ _ rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to J oseph1ue c,_§,,‘;‘d“‘ °“ m` Da C. Thomas, widow of Evan Thomas, late acting major Fourth United ' States Artillery a pension at the rate paid widows of a major of artil- . . 7 . lery, m heu of the pension now paid her. Approved, March 3, 1879. March 3, ]879_ CHAP. 278.-An act granting a pension to Alice B. Munroe. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Alice B. Munroe. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- P•¤¤¤¤¤¤· rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pensionroll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name of Alice B. Munroe, widow of Captain Frank Munroe, deceased, of the Marine Corps of the United States Army. Approved, March 3, 1879. Mme], 3, 1g7g_ CHAP. 279.-A.n act for the relief of William H. H. Baldwin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United W. H. H. Bald- States of America in Congress assembled, That the charge of desertion win, _ resting upon the military record of William H. H. Baldwin, late private M‘l‘“”Y *°°‘·“`d· in Company K, Sixteenth Regiment of Kansas Volunteers, be, and the same is hereby, removed, and the said William H. H. Baldwin shall be entitled to receive all back pay and such bounties as though he had never left his command. Approved, March 3, 1879. March 3, 1879. CHAP. 280.-An act to increase the pension of Mrs. Elizabeth S. Roberts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Elizabeth S- States of America in Congress assembled, That the pension now allowed Rggftion .u_ by law to Mrs. Elizabeth S. Roberts, widow of the late Benjamin S. cmu6d_ 1 Roberts, lieutenant-colonel of the United States Army and brigadiergeneral of volunteers, be, and the same is hereby, increased to the sum of thirty dollars per month at which rate she shall be borne upon the pension-rolls of the United States from and after the passage of this act. Approved, March 3, 1879. Mm-ch 3, 1Q1Q_ CHAP. 281.-An act granting an increase of pension to Caroline Hawley. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Caroline Haw- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Icy, _ _ rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue to Caroline m_,,;;f,“‘°“ ‘“' Hawley, widow of William Hawley, late first lieutenant in the United ` States Army, a pension-certiiicate at the rate of thirty dollars per month, instead of the certificate for seventeen dollars per month she now holds. Approved, March 3, 1879.