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l].5O FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 815, 825-828. 1888. that he had the legal right so to do, and has since resided upon, im— proved, and cultivated the same in good faith, and now has a claim for entry thereof pending in the Lpnd Departmelnt, whlichl this said de artment has refused to approve or paten an to w ic there is nopadverse claimant: Therefore, , Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the lg ;£;¤, m1__ United States of America in Congress assembled, That the said Jesse mm endmcolimao. A. Corn be, and he is hereby, authorized to pre-empt the said land now claimed by him on making the proofs required by the provisions. of the pre-emption law. Approved, August 8, 1888. ` August 9, 1888. C 825.-—An act to restore the homestead right of M. F. Vance of Akron,. H 0 01'3 0. Be it enacted by the Senate and House y Repvilgesentatives of the FL F- *;:3 bpm_ United States of America in Congress assem led, at the homestead segiliyeum. right of M. F. Vance, of Akron, Colorado, be restored, and that he cfg} gh Xml be entitled to all the privileges accruing under sections twenty-two _ e hundred and eightyinine to twenty-three hundred and seventeen, ghapter five, tit e t irty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United tates. _ Approved, August 9, 1888. August 9. 1888- CHAP. 826.-An act restoring to the pension-roll the name of Cynthia J. Carlton. . Be it enacted b the Senate and House of Representatives of the

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' o the n rior e authoriz an irec to restore to the sionroll the name of Mrs Cynthia J. Carlton, widow of Hen Clalflton, late captain in the Twenty-second Regiment of Michigan Vlblunteers, and pay her a pension, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, from and after the passage of this act. Approved, August 9, 1888. August 9, 1888. CHAP. 827.-—An act to increase the pension of Mrs. Minerva Eagle. _THe it enacted by the Senate and House 'of Representatives of the ‘ gg}: L nited States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is herebgi authorized to increase the pension to thirty dollars per month of rs. Minerva Eagle, widow of Commodore Henry Eagle, who was an officer of the avy of the United States from eighteen hundred and eighteen to eighteen hundred and eighty-two. Approved. August 9, 1888. August 9.1%- CHAP. 828.-An act increasing the pension of William J. Heady. · _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the $9f;% $02%; United States of America in Congress assembled. That the pension of ven. 24, p. sw. William J. Heady, who was pensioned b act of Congress, approved July sixth. anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-six, be increased to the sum of fifty dodars a month, from and after the passage of this act, owing to increased disability. Approved, August 9, 1888.