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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 40-43. 1889. 1257 CHAP. 40.-A.n act for the relief of John Sweeney. January 15, 1889. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary J¤h¤_Sw•=*£‘.H<6W¢- is hereby, granted, relinquished, and confirmed unto Motier Howe, it-meii min r°g°°r° , of Oregon, his heirs and assigns, the interest of the United States in and to the west half of the northwest quarter and northeast quarter of the Northwest quarter, and northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section twenty»two, in township twelve south, of range twenty-three east, of Wi lamette meridian, in the State of Oregon. SEC 2. That in accordance herewith the Secretary of the Interior Pmutwissrwis hereby directed and authorized to issue to said Motier Howe a patent in due form to said lands. - Approved, January 15, 1889. CHAP. 42.-An act for the relief of William R. Rodgers. January 15.1889. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary William n.n»ug»¤. of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to increase P°““‘°“ *“""°*"‘°°· the rate of pension now allowed to Williaxii R. Rodgers, late a rivate of Company F, of the Twenty-seventh Regiment of Ohio Voliinteer Infantry, war of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, under certificate numbered two hundred and fifty-two thousand four hundred and four, from the sum of eight dollars per month to the sum of fifty dollars per month. Approved, January 15, 1889. CHAP. 43.-An act granting an increase of pension to Francis De Freitas. J=muary15,1SS9. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary g;¤¤s>i¤ D<¤Fr¤·i¢¤S· of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on “S‘°" “`°”°°“d‘ the pension-roll, subject to all the conditions and limitations of the ension laws, the name of Francis De Freitas, who was a private in Com any G, One hundred and fourteenth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of forty-five dollars per month from and after the passage of this act in lieu of the pension he is now receiving. Approved, January 15, 1889.