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732 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 265-269. 1896. Mw 28. 1891 CHAP. 265.-An Act Granting a pension to Elizabeth New, widow of Jethrow H New. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United §f,§:§“ N°“'· 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, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Elizabeth New, widow of J ethrow New, late captain of Company D, Twenty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, of the war of eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Approved, May 28, 1896. WY 28· Im CHAP. 266.-—A.n Act Granting an increase of pension to Sarah A. Bull. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United {’»§,’f}0*§;,{;‘}],f,;,,,,,_ 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, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, the name of Sarah A. Bull, widow of Hiram C. Bull, late a major and paymaster of volunteers in the United States Army, and grant her a pension at the rate of twenty-five dollars per month, in lieu of the pension of eight dollars per month which she is now receiving. Approved, May 28, 1896. my 28- "°°· CHAP. 26'l.—An Act Granting a pension to James Loyd Young, late of Company A, Sixth Regiment Kentucky Vo unteers. J dy Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United p:`,\'g°i‘],,,I‘°i{,,,,Q$," States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to grant a pension to James Loyd Young, late of Company A, Sixth Regiment Kentucky Volunteers, for injury to right hip, in addition to the pension by him now received, so that he shall receive seventeen dollars per month in lieu of -the pension he is now receiving. Approved, May 28, 1896. Mw 2% im- CHAP. 268.-—An Act Granting a pension to Elizabeth Watts Kearny, daughter of H the late Philip Kearny, majorqgeneral, United States Army. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United K,E',f,’;.‘f°‘“ w"“' States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the P¤¤¤i¤¤- Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the name of Elizabeth Watts Kearny, daughter of the late Philip Kearny, major·general, United States Army, and to pay her a pgnsion at the rate of twentydive dollars per month during her natural 1 e. Approved, May 28, 1896. _i__E¥ 28. WW- CHAP. 269.—An Act To increase the pension of Theodore V. Purdy. · Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United

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Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Theodore V. Purdy, late private Company F, First Michigan Sharpshooters, and pay him a pension of fifty dollars a month in lieu of the pension he is now receiving. Approved, May 28, 1896.