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FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 137-141. 1897. 785 late firm of Burditt and Fisk, the sum of five thousand one hundred and thirty dollars, being for the services of the steamboat Mattie, owned by said firm of Burditt and Fisk, and used in the military serv- 1ce of the United States from the fifth day of January, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-five, to the thirty-first day of January, in said year eighteen hundred and sixty-five, both days inclusive, at the rate of one hundred and ninety dollars a day, as found by the Court of Claims in its finding of facts dated the ninth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety, House Miscellaneous Document Numbered Two hundred and thirty-six, Fifty—iirst Congress, first session. Approved, February 3, 1897. CHAP. 138.-An Act Granting a pension to Isabella Morrow. February?. 1897. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the §,¤¤*••2u¤M·>¤<·*- Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to place upon the pension rolls °°"°°' the name of Isabella Morrow, widow of the late Henry A. Morrow, colonel of the Twenty-iirst Regiment United States Infantry, colonel and brevet major-general of the United States Army, and pay her a pension of fifty dollars per month. Approved, February 3, 1897. CHAP. 139.-An Act To pension Hannah Yazell. pcbrury 3_1m_ Be it enacted ln; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the H·¤¤a¤¤ Ymu- Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- P°"°'°“‘ sion rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the general pension laws, the name of Hannah Yazell, of Hardin County, Ohio, as the widow of James Yazell, deceased, late of Company G, Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Approved, February 3, 1897. CHAP. 140.-An Act For the relief of Bluford Reeder. February 3.1m. Be it enacted M; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United states of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the {1m;;;: ¥<¤¤<l¤r- Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the ' pension roll the name of Bluford Reeder, subject to the limitations and regulations of the pension laws of the United States for pensioning the survivors of the war with Mexico, and pay him a pension rated at eight dollars per month. Approved, February 3, 1897. CHAP. 141.-An Att Granting a pension to Emily Elliott. February :,1sm. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the §;Ql{u$m°*¤· 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 Emily Elliott, the permanently helpless daughter of Joseph Elliott, late quarter gunner United States Navy in the Florida war, private Company E, First Regiment Voltiguers in the Mexican war, scrnr 1.-vox. 29---50