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 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 44-46, 51. 1886. 687 CHAP. 44.-An act granting a pension to Mrs. E. A. Bonham. Apr. 5, 1886. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Mrs- E. A. Ben- Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the h“f,”·. pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension °°"°°‘ laws, the name of Mrs. E. A. Bonham, wife of the late General Henry W. Benham, at the rate of fifty dollars per month. Approved, April 5, 1886. . CHAP. 45.-An act granting a pension to Margaret B. Harwood. Apr. 5, 1886. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretaryof the Interior M 8 1-, 1- 6 4, 3, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension- Hemeogi. roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the P°°°*°°· name of Margaret B. Harwood, widow of Rear-Admiral Andrew A. Harwood, late of the United States Navy, and pay her a pension of nfty dollars a month from and after the passage of this act. Approved, April 5, 1886. CHAP. 46.-An act for the relief of David W. Jones. Apr. 5, IE6. ‘ Whereas, the United States pension agent at Washington, District Preamble. of Columbia, August twenty-third, eighteen hundred and eighty, issued a check, numbered sixty-three thousand six hundred and thirty-two, drawn on the Treasury of the United States, in favor of David W. Jones, a pensioner residing at Hagerstown, Maryland, for one thousand five hundred and forty-nine dollars and thirty-three cents, in payment of pension then due said David W. Jones; and Whereas, said check was lost while being transmitted by mail in course of collection between the National Park Bank of New York and the National Metropolitan Bank of Washington, District of Columbia: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the pension agent at \Vash- David W. Jones. ington, District of Columbia be, and is hereby, instructed to issue dupli- _D¤I>l¤¢¤¤> P¤¤· cate check numbered sixty-three thousand six hundred and thirty-two, “‘°“ °h“°k t°· for one thousand five hundred and forty-nine dollars and thirty-three - cents, in favor of David W. Jones, for one lost in the mail on the thirty- nrst day of August, eighteen hundred and eighty: Provided, That said Praveen. David W. Jones, shall first execute a bond, with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, to hold the United States harmless against the double payment of said check. Approved, April 5, 1886. . CHAP. 51.-An not to increase the pension of Florence Murray. Apr. 15, 18%. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Florence Mur- Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, subject to the my- _ provisions and limitations of the pension laws, to increase the pension m·:c‘a“‘°“ i“' of Florence Murray, widow of the late Rear·Admiral Alexander Murray, ’ from thirty to fifty dollars a month, said increase to take effect from and after the passage of this act. t Approved, April 15, 1886.