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Q10 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. l. CHS. 358-362. 1884. July 7, 1884. CHAP. 358.-An act granting a pension to Martha Bastin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representaticrs of the United liartlw Baath- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- P‘“”‘°“· terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Martha Bastin, of Sullivan County, Indiana., dependent daughter of Bartlett Bastin, late a private in Company F, Thirty-tirst Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and pay her the pension to which she would be entitled if she had not reached the age of sixteen years. Approved, July 7, 1884. July 7, 1884, CHAP. 359.-An act granting a pension to Flavia A. Haskell. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Flavia A. Has. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inkell- _ terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the P°"S‘°“· pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Flavia A. Haskell, widow of Charles Haskell, late a private in Company H, Thirtieth Wisconsin Volunteers. Approved, July 7, 1884. Jniy 1, ;334_ CHAP. 360.-—Au act for the relief of the widow of Edward M. Wilkins Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Edward M, wu. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Ponki¤¤· _ _ sions be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to accept the appli- ,.R°h°f °f '"d°" cation of Edward M Wilkins. executed in his life time, for pension on ° ‘ account of disability contracted while serving as a. private in Company G, First Regiment Rhode Island Militia, tiled in the pension office December nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy nine, as though the same had been tiled during the life time of the soldier, and adjudicate the claim, numbered three hundred and thirty-three thousand one hundred and twenty-two, accordingly Approved, July 7, 1884. Ju],. 7, 1g8L CHAP. 361.-An act granting a pension to Asahel D. Whitcomb. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Asahel D. Whit- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- ¤¤,¤§},¤l>· _ terior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension-roll the °““‘°“‘ name of Asahel D. Whitcomb, late of Company E, First Regiment Missouri Engineers and Mechanics, on account of disease of spine. This pension is granted subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws in force at the time the said Whitcomb first presented a claim on account of said disability. Approved, July 7, 1884. ,;,,,5. 7, 1884, CHAP. 362.-—An act granting a pension to James King Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _;,,,,,,,, King. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Pension. terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension