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PRIVATE ACTS 0F THE FIFTYSIXTH CONGRESS or me UNITED STATES Passed at thejtrst session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday the fourth day of December, 189.9, and was adjourned without day on Thursday the seventh day of June, 1900. WILLIAM McK1NLI·:Y, President; WILLIAM P. FRYE, President of the Senate, pro temporeg DAVID B. Hmuyuuson, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHAP. 32.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to J ohh C. Fitnam. Mimh 1-1900 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rriaqlresentatices of the United States of America in Congress assembled, at the Secretary of the {_<>h¤_G-1§i¤¤¤m- d Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the mmn m°r°lS° ‘ pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pgnsion aws, the name of John C. itnam, late corporal in Company , One hundred and fifty-sixth Illinois Volunteers, and pay him a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Approved, March 1, 1900. CHAP. 40.-An Act For the relief of John Anderson, a Pottawatomie Indian, March 10,1900. and his adult children. ""_"i"""` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re€resentatices of the Mzited States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the g}<>h¤Agd?rwqet¤31. Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue a fee p,,t§§€€§ce,$i§1}§§d? simdple patent to John Anderson and the following adult children of sai ·Jo n Anderson, to wit, Julia Anderson, John Anderson, junior, Thomas Anderson, Eliza Anderson, and Maggie Anderson, to all the land now held by them and (purchased from the United States under the Act of May twenty-thir , eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and V°1-17·P·159· located in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma Territory. ‘ Approved, March 10, 1900. CHAP. 42.-An Act For the relief of W. W. Riley. March 14,1900. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rrlzfresentatices of the United States of America in Congress assembkd, at the Treasurer of the w. w. Busy. United States is hereby authorized and directed to pay to W. W. Riley P“Ym°”° °°· of Ackerman, Mississigpi, four hundred and fifty-eight dollars, being the amount of United tates money-order funds whic was stolen from 1469