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 1180 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 985-989. 1888. upon the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws of the United States, the name of Elizabeth A. South, the widow of John B. Wills, late private in Company B, Twenty- first Kentucky Volunteers in the late civil war, and be paid a pension as though she had not again married. Approved, September 6, 1888. September 6,1ss8. CHAP. 986.-An act for the relief of M. M. Gibson Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the M. M· Gibson- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the I’ostmaster· P°ym°”° °°' General is hereby authorized to adjust and settle the claim of M. M. Gibson, postmaster at Clio, Texas, for the sum of fifty-three dollars and seventy-ii ve cents, on account of loss sustained m the_destruction of postage stamps, and stamped paper, by fire on the ninth of November, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and to pay said Gibson said sum, or so much thereof as said Postmaster-General may find to be just and proper. Approved, September 6, 1888. September 6, iw. CHAP. 987.-An act for the relief of Samuel E. Wilson. · Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the S¤muc1E. wilson. 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 the name of Samuel E. Wilson, late a memberof Company G, Fifty-sixth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, and pay him in pension, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension aws. Approved, September 6, 1888. September 6, ms. CHAP. 988.—An act for the relief of Nathan Cook. · Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Cwk United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary ' of the Interior be. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to lace on the pension—rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations ol? the pension laws, the name of Nathan Cook, late of Captain Vincient’s company, Georgia Volunteers, Cherokee war, and pay him a nsion from lthe date o his application, at the rate of twenty-five dolldrs per mont . Approved, September 6, 1888. September 0, im. CHAP. 989.-An act for the relief of Emanuel H. Custer. Re it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the {,>e¤;;¤;¤¤ H·€¤¤¤¤|r· United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension—roll the name of Emanuel H. Custer, dependent father of Thomas W. Custer, who was a captain in Company C. Seventh United States Cavalry, subject to the provisions and limitations of pension laws, and pay to him a pension of fifty dollars a month in ieu of the pension he is now receiving. Approved, September 6, 1888. ‘