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 1252 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 11-15. 1888. December 24. I888- CHAP. 11.-An act granting a pension to Mrs. Louisa Ward. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the iggsliduwm United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension-roll, subject to th$`provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Louisa ard, mother of Edgar A. Ward, who served as a private in Company H, Twelfth Iowa nfantry. Approved. December 24, 1888. _ December 24. 1888- CHAP. 12.-An act granting a pension to Lemuel S. Skinner. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the {;;*:;(*18-8k*¤¤e*- 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 provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Lemue S. Skinner, late of Company I, ne hundred and twenty-third New York Volunteer Infantry. Approved, December 24, 1888. Dccemb¤r¤4, 1888. CHAP. 13.-An act granting a pension to Nancy A. Hayes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the iliytsne- H¤r¤¤· United States og America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior e and he is here y, authorized and directed to place on the pension—roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the ppnsion laws, the name of Nancy A. Hayes, widow of Josiah E. aiyes, late lieutenant-colonel of the Twelfth Regiment Kansas Volun eers. . Approved, December 24, 1888. Decemberu, 1888. CHAP. 14.-An act granting an increase of pension to Caroline M. McDougal. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the cmum m. Mc¤<>u— United States of merica in Conqress assembled, That the Secretary ¢°'1;mm mmm_ of the Interior be, and he IS hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension—roll, subject to the_ provisions and limitations o the ension laws, the name of Carolme M. McDougal, widow of the late Admiral David P. McDougal, United States Navy, at the rate of one hundred dollars per month on account of her total blindness and the necessity of constant personal attendance and assistance. Approved, December 24, 1888. Decemberm, im. CHAP. 15.-An act for the relief of George W. Graham. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Gs0f10W. ummm. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary ,,,?"“" ‘“"""°“ of the Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sum as will cover the regulation pa and allowances of a secondlieutenant of infantry from June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. to November first, eighteen hundredaud sixty-three, and of a captain of infantry from November first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to George