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 l 166. FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 918-922. 1888. August 27, lssa CHAP. 918.-An act granting a pension to William Kelsey. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Qfliem  j United States cg America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary umn Mof the Interior e, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William Kelsey, late of Company G, Sixth Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension ot fourteen dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving. Approved, August 27, 1888. l August sr, 1m. CHAP. 919.-—An act granting a pension to Richard H. Van Dorin, _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the _Rich¤¤1 H. vm Dv United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary ""1s.,,,,,,;,,,,_ of the Interior be, and he hereby is, directed to place on the pensionroll the name of Richard H. Van Dorin, of airfield, Iowa, who served with the United States forces in the war with Mexico, and actually participated in the battle of Buena Vista and one other engagement, and pay him a pension of eight dollars per month, as pro- "Vol. 24, p. sn. vi ed in section two of the act approved January twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled "An act granting pensions to the soldiers and said ors of the Mexican war, and for other purposes." Approved, August 27, 1888. August 27, 1888. CHAP. 920.-An act granting a pension to Gertrude K. Lyford. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the orggmqx. nyma. United States of Amerika in Congress assembled, That the Secretary °" “‘°'l’“°d‘ of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Gertrude K. Lyford, widow o the late Major and Brevet Lieutenant—Colonel Stephen C. Lyford, United States Army, at the rate of forty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension which she now receives. Approved, August 27, 1888. Auzust 2r, im. CHAP. 921.-An act granting a pension to Caspar Blanke, of Portland, Oregon. _Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the gg·¤n1;i¤gn§¤¤k¤· 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 grovisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Caspar B anke, of Portland, Oregon, late of Company C, Fourteenth Regiment United States Infantry, at the rate of seventy-two dollars per month. Approved, August 27, 1888. A“€“$* 27- *68* hg%f;b?g;;£1n   13:2 Sgelpief of Perez Dickinson, surviving partner of the Pam mm n Be it enacted by the Senate and House (Z Representatives of the Payment mf**° · United States of America in Congress assem led, That the Secretary — of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay t0_ Perez Dickinson. surviving partner of the late firm of Cowan and Dickinson, of Knoxville, Tennessee, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ninety-six thousand one hundred and mnety-two dollars, being the amount found due him by the