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 l 134 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 684-689. 1888. pension laws, the name of M1'S. Catharine K. Whittlesey, widow of the late Major J. H. Whittlesey, United States Army, and pay her a pension at the rate of twenty-tive dollars per month in lieu of the pension she is now receiving. Approved, July 19, 1888. July 19, 1888. CHAP. 685.-An act grant'ng a pension to Mrs. Loanda Sherman. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the g=*;d¤ S*··=¤'¤¤¤¤· United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary D °° of the Interior be, and he is here y, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations o the nsion laws, the name of Mrs. Loanda Sherman, widow of Urial Sherman, who was a private in Company A, of the One hundred and eighteenth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Approved, July 19, 1888. July 19, 1888. CHAP. 686.-An act granting a pension to Abel G. Rankin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the $ebe1_G.3=¤-¤¤kinbd United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary m"" mmmof the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension—roll, subject to the provisions and limitations o the §nsion laws, the name of Abel G. Rankin, late of Company F, Tenth aine Volunteers, and pay him a pension at the rate of seventy-two dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving. Approved, July 19, 1888. July 19, 1888. CHAP. 687.-An act granting a pension to Carrie V. Miller. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 1gé•·Ti¤V-Mi11¤r- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary °”‘ of the Interior be, and he is here y, authorized and directed to place on the pension—roll, subject to the Vprovisions and limitations of the pension laws the name of Carrie. Miller, a volunteer nurse in the ate war, and pay her at the rate of twenty-five dollars per month. Approved, July 19, 1888. J¤|y 19, IB. CHAP. 688.-An act increasing the pension of Jeptha A. Jones. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rgpresentatires of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of ' the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to place on the pensionroll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of J eptha A. Jones, late lieutenant and captain in the Eighty- fourth and One hundred and thirty-ninth New York Volunteers, and increase the pension paid tohim to seventy-two dollars per month. Approved, July 19, 1888. July 19, 1888. CHAP. 689.—-An act for the relief of Lewis Davis, a soldier of the war of eight- " "€"""“‘ een hundred and twelve _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereb, authorized and required to place the name of Lewis Davis, of Laclede County, Missouri, a soldier of