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FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ons. 562-566. 1888. 1111 CHAP. 562.-An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas Benson. July 5. 1888- Be it enacted by the Senate and House og Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem led, That the Secretary },"*°*¥·¤S P·°*=*°¤·I of the Interior be. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place mm m° _on the pension—roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Thomas enson, late a private in Company A, Thirty-second Regiment Maine Volunteers, and pay him a pension at the rate of thirty-five dollars per month, in lieu of the amount he is now receiving. Approved, July 5, 1888. CHAP. 563.-An act granting an increase of pension to Elias Shafer. July 5, 1888. Be it enacted. by the Senate and House of Representatives of the · United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary §§;•gk§;*g¤=· md of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place cm ` on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of law, the name of Elias Shafer, late of Company K, Twenty-third Michigan Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of forty-five dollars per month, in lieu of the sum he now receives. Approved, July 5, 1888. CHAP. 564.-An act granting an increase of pension to Mary L. Cleveland. July 5. 1888. Be it enacted by the Senate and House og Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem led, That the Secretary F”¤'°*¤*¤] · of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the nsion laws, the name of Mary L. Cleveland, wi ow of John H. Cleveland, a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve. at the rate of twenty-five dollars per month, in lieu of the amount now received by her under the law. Approved, July 5, 1888. CHAP. 565.-An act to increase the pension of Lucius B. Vamey. July 6, 1888. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States og America rin Congress assembled, That the Secretary l1;g;¤gn¤ih;`¤r¤<·r· of the Interior e, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to increase ' the pension of Lucius B. Varney late aprivate of Company E, Fourth Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, to forty-ive dollars per month. . Approved, July 5, 1888. CHAP. 566.-—An act to increase the pension of John R. Stiles. July mass. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o£0America ·i n Congress assembled, That the Secretary atmof the Interior _ and he is here y, authorized and directed to place the name of John R. Stiles, of the city of Rochester, New Stork, late a private in Company G, One hun ed and forty-eighth Regiment of New York olunteers, upon the invalid pension-rolls and pay him at the rate of forty-five dollars per month, in lieu of the pension now received by him. Approved, July 5, 1888.