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982 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 28, 42-44, 50. 1894. · according to the laws regulating selections of other land of equal area, to be taken and held by said State in lieu of theland hereby_ authorized to be entered, and such selections shall be a waiver of any right of said State to the land above described as indemnity school lands. Approved, February 10, 1894. Merch 19. 1994- CHAP. 42.-An Act To remove the charge of desertion standing against John W. "—"_" Wacker. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United a,;£;“;‘v_}’{é,_W“*°’· States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, cmvrge of dwnion and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the charge of '°"'° ‘ desertion standing against the name of John W. Wacker, who enlisted under the name of John Walker, as aprivate in Company L and transferred to Company I, Ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, and now of Company F, Second.United States Infantry, absent without leave from Company I, Ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, after September ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, he having had twenty-tive years of faithful service since his absence without leave under his origmm. inal enlistment: Provided, No back pay or pension shall be granted by N° W" m' virtue of the passage of this Act. · Approved, March 19, 1894. _ Mmh 1°· ls"' CHAP. 43.+An Act Granting an increase of pension to Andrew Franklin, alias Andrew McKee. _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United a1_j;¤<,}[r;•§BoF¤¤k¥*¤» States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interamen increased. rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Ig}-  ;·fg‘Q;,_ roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the ` ’name of Andrew Franklin, alias Andrew McKee, late private in Captain M. Armstrong’s company of Ohio Militia, from August twenty-second, eighteen hundred and twelve, to February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and thirteen, and from July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and thirteen, to August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and thirteen, in the war eighteen hundred and twelve, and pay him a pension of fifty dollars per month in lieu of the pension he is now receiving. Approved, March 19, 1894. M,,,,,}, 2z_ 189* CHAP. 44.-An Act Granting an pension to Hannah Lyons. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United naman 1.,-tm. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- F¤¤¤i<>¤- rior be, and is hereby, authorized anddirected to place upon the pension roll the name of Hannah Lyons, daughter of John Russell, deceased, late a private in Captain John Selman’s company in the Fourteenth Continental Regiment, commanded by Colonel John Glover, in the war of the Revolution, and allow the said Hannah Lyons a pension rated at twelve dollars per month. Approved, March 22, 1894. March 30, 1894. CHAP. 50.-An Act For the relief of Brigadier-General John R. Brooke, United ————·——— States Army. ,,,,,,0w C, cmu Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ¤¤g_·¥¤h¤ Smit?. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the mprgéiiiiingt. hw Treasury of the United States be authorized and directed to pay to the