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 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 129, 130,131, 132. 1878. 533 CHAP. 129.—An act granting a pension to Ruth Isabelle Naylor, widow of Captain Mav 25, 1878. Charles Naylor, of the Second Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Mexican —¥—————-· WWII`. 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- Ruth I. Naylor. rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the P‘*“'°” *°· pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name of Ruth Isabelle Naylor, widow of Charles Naylor, late a captain of Company F, of the Second Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers in the war with Mexico, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, the amount of pension paid her late husband. Approved, May 25, 1878. CHAP. 130.-An act granting a pension to Louisa J. Guthrie and others. May 25, 1878. 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- _L<>¤i¤¤· J- Guthrior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the mi;. t pension-roll,subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, °°°'°° °' the name of Louisa J. Guthrie, widow of the late Captain John Julius Guthrie, superintendent of lite-saving stations in the sixth lifesaving district, who lost his life by drowning in attempting to render assistance to the crew of the United States ship of war Huron, wrecked on the coast of North Carolina, and pay her a pension from and after the passage of this act, as now provided by law for the widow of a deceased captain of the Navy. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, an- Ell9¤ S¤»X*<>¤- thorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provis- §:;°;£]‘;l‘Wa1k_ ions and limitations of the pension-laws, the names of Ellen Saxton, ,,,_ widow of the late James Saxton ; Celia Bell, widow of the late Stephen Pensions to. Bell; and Roxanna \`Valker, widow of the late Willis Walker, all of whose said late husbands volunteered to assist the late Captain John Julius Guthrie, and were drowned while attempting to render assistance to the crew of the Huron as aforesaid, and pay them, the said widows, the pensions provided by law for the widows of deceased seamen in the United States Navy, from and after the passage of this uct. Approved, May 25, 1878. CHAP. 131.-An act granting a pension to Mrs Emily H. Lyford May 26, 1878. 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- EmilyH.Lyford. rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to allow, from the P°¤¤*°¤ *°· date of the passage of this act, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, to Mrs Emily H. Lyiord, widowed mother ofWilliam O. Lytord, late second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers, the pension of a second lieutenant of infantry, in lieu of the pension now received by her. · · Approved, May 25, 1878. CHAP. 132.-An act providing for an increase of pension to Charles II. Day. May 25, 1878. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Pen- Charles H. Day. sions b, and he is hereby, directed to issue to Charles H. Day, late first PM ¤i<>¤ 1 ¤ · lieutenant of Company I, of the Second Regiment West Virginia Volun- ‘“`°“°d· teers, a. certiiicate for pension at the rate of twenty-four dollars per month, in lien of the one now held by him. This act shall be in i'orce from its passage. Approved, May 25, 1878.