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 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 317 -320. 1868. 411 CHAP. CCCXVII. —- An Act granting a Pension to Martin Burke. July 27, 1868. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- MP°P’l°¤ *1: tericr be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension mm Bur °’ roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Martin Burke, late a sergeant in company K, of the fifteenth regiment of New York heavy artillery, and pay him a pension from August twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-Eve, to December thirty- first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. Approved, July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCXVHI. —— An Act granting a Pension to Prescott Y. Hdwland. July 27, 1868. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Pension to rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension §‘;)°\j‘f§;E,Y‘ roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the ` name of Prescott Y. Howland, late a corporal in company D, of the twelfth regiment of New Hampshire volunteer infantry, commencing October thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Approved, July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCXIX.—-An Act granting a Pennon to Stephen T. Carver, Jilly 27, l8$8· Bc it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Pension to rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension §;?h°° T' G"` roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the nume of Stephen T. Carver, late a private in company D, of the forty- ninth New York volunteers, and pay him a pension subject to the report from an examining surgeon, commencing February fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. Approved, July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCXX.—An Act granting a Pension to Esther C'. C'. Van ilder, Widowof July 27, 1868- Charles F. Vangilder, deceased, late a Private in Company M, first Regiment Wrmont M- IIeavy Artillery Volunteers. Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Inte- Pension to rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension €s*h°SdO· G- d roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the c,;?};,,,,? °° name of Esther C. C. Vangilder, widow of Charles F. Vangilder, late a private in company M, first regiment of Vermont heavy artillery volunteers, who died May sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-ibur, leaving surviving said widow and issue by her, three children, to wit : Charles Adelbert, born November thirticth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, Martha Rosell, born June eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and Hosea Roscll Vangilder, born February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and that she be paid during her widowhood the sum` of eight dollars per month, to commence on the sixth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and also, under the provisions of the act of Congress relating to pensions, approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, \}g?6&§,h· 2%,, the further sum of two dollars per month for each of said children, until'p' they shall respectively arrive at the age of sixteen years. Approved, July 27, 1868.