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 744 FOBTY-N IN TH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 303-306. 1886. May 8, 1886. CHAP. 303.-—·An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel Baker. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the United Samuel Baker- States of America in Congress assembled, That the pension of Samuel dP"”S*°“ ’“‘”`°°“' Baker, a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, be, and ° ‘ the same is hereby, increased to twenty dollars per month, on account of wounds received in the line of duty while a volunteer in said war. Received by the President, April 27, 1886. [N ern nr run Dnrsnmmmr or Sure.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] May 8, 1886. CHAP. 304.-An act to provide increase of pension to James Waters. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives d the United James Waters. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- Pcnsicn incms- terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the °d· pension of James Waters, formerly a member of Captain Weatherhyds company of Pennsylvania militia, and who was in the military service in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, to twenty-tive dollars per month, in lieu of the eight dollars per month he is now receiving under his pension-certiiicate numbered twenty-five thousand five hundred and six. Received by the President, April 27, 1886. [Nom; BY run Dnriuzcmnur or S·n·rn.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] May 8, 1886. CHAP. 305.-An act to increase the pension of Patsey Jackson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pntsey Jackson- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the IndP°”¤*°¤ *¤°’°”· terior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension ° ‘ of Patscy Jackson, widow of James S. Jackson, late a brigadier-general in the volunteer forces of the United States, to ilfty dollars per month. Received by the President, April 27, 1886. [Nom: nr run Dnmnrmzucr or Sum.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of theUnited States, has become a law without his approval.] May 8, 1886- CHAP. 306-—An act granting a pension to Elmira M. Dorman. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Elmira M. Doi-- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Iu- ¤¤{;¤· _ terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the "“'°“· pension-roll the name of Elmira M. Dorman, minor child of James Dorman, late of Company A, First Regiment Kansas Volunteers, and to pay to her legally constituted guardian, for the sole use and benefit of