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 424 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 377 — 380. 1868. July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCLX.XVII.—An Act granting a, Pension to Harriet E. Shears, Widow __?' of John T. Shears, deceased, late a Private in Company H, of ihc Fgfly-seventh Regiment of Illinois Volunteer I•y"an£ry. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pension to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Ing;;;? E‘ terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- ° sion roll the name of Harriet E. Shears, widow of John T. Shears, deceased, late a. private in company H, of the fifty-seventh regiment of Illinois infantry, to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the pension allowed widows of privates during widowhood, to be computed from the seventh day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and at her remarriage or death the same to be paid to the minor children of said John T. Shears, deceased, who may then be under the age of sixteen years, subject to the rules and regulations of the peusiou department. APPROVED, July 27, 1868. July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCLXXVIII.—-An Act granting a Pension to William HT Blair, late a ""`;""""— Private in Company G, oflhe Tweljlh Rqqiment ey"Main¢ Volunteers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United w¥;;{¤¤i<>¤£{¥¢ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Blifmterior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of William H. Blair, lute s, private in company G, of the twelfth regiment of Maine volunteers, on the pension roll, to be paid a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be computed from the twenty-seventh day of January, anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, subject to the rules and regulations of the pension department. Armovmo, July 27, 1868. Jvly 27, 1868- CHAP. CCCLXXIX. -—An Ac! granting a Pension to C/m'slop}'1cr M. Cornmcsser, late ___;'" a Private in the Independent Iowa Home Guards. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United C)¥;?s';;‘°l?u;°M States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Incommcgsoriterior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen sion roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Christopher M. Cornmesser, late a private in the Independent Iowa, Home Guards, and pn him such a pension as a private, injured as he is, may be entitled to unger existing laws, founded upon surgical examination, to commence on the twenty-first day of July, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-one. .APPRO`ifED, July 27, 1868. July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCCLXXX. —-An Act granting a Pension to Johanna}: Connolly. Bo it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United J }’onsl<;ng> States qf.Amcricq in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- ¤m;f‘“°‘ °“‘ ter10rbe,aud 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 Jolmnnuh Connolly, mother of Eugene Connolly, late a private in oompuny E, twentieth regiment Massachusetts volunteers, commencing November five, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Avrrzovma, July 27, 1868.