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716 FIFTYFOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 126-130. 1896. Apri124.1896- CHAP. 126.-—An Act To fix the date of the discharge of Thomas Johnson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United f,}’_‘L$g‘g‘Q,’;'}:f,Y· States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to iix the date of the discharge of Thomas Johnson, Company L, Seventh Kentucky Cavalry, at November twen- _ ideth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Approved, .April 24, 1896. · April·24, 1890. I 12 7.-AnAet Granting a pension to Annie J. Corbett, of Providence, Rhode W; S B11 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United A¤¤¤= J- C·>¤‘l>•¤· States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the md"' Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the v01_ ,,_ ,,_ M_ pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the Act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, the name of Annie J. Corbett, widow of William Corbett, late of Company K, Second Regiment Condition. of Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry; this pension to cease in case it be shown that the soldier is alive. Approved, April 24, 1896. Aprll24.1896. CHAP. 128.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to Andrew B. Keith. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United i,4::l_¤;¤°:;’_·K¤i*¤,· States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Andrew B. Keith, late private in Company F, One hundred and twentieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him thirty dollars per month, the same to be paid him in lieu of the pension now paid him of twelve dollars per month, upon pension certificate numbered two hundred and twenty-two thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, the same to be subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws. Sec. 2. That this Act shall take effect and bein force on and after its passage. . Approved, April 24, 1896. April 24. 1896- CHAP. 129.-An Act Granting a pension to Kate A. Pitman. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 1*5;:,:1; P**¤=··¤- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ' Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Kate A. Pitman, widow of George Pitman, late a private in Company C, One hundred and second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and to pay her eight dollars per month, the same to be subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws. Approved, April 24, 1896. April 24. nm. 130.-An Act To grant an increase of pension to Elizabeth Deshler Whiting, —·—— ·#·· ····—i widow of Lieutenant Henry Whiting. Be it enacted ln; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Wfmgznh D°•N°*‘ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the remsh summa. Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Elizabeth Deshler Whiting, widow of Lieutenant Henry Whiting, United States Marine Corps, and pay her a pension of twenty-five dollars per month hom and after the passage of this Act; and this pension shall bein lieu of that which she is now receiving. Approved, April 24, 1896.