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 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. CHS. 209-211, 228, 229. 1896. 727 pension roll the name of Albert Ellis, late of Company K, Twelfth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, at the rate of twenty-four dollars per month, in lieu of the pension that he is now receiving under certificate numbered three hundred and one thousand three hundred and fifty-eight. Approved, May 20, 1896. CHAP. 210.-An Act To increase the pension of John S. Cochenour. 1{ay2),1896. Be it enewted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the John S. 9¤¤=h¤¤·»·u-. » Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the P“"“*°“ “‘°'“‘°"‘ pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John S. Cochenour, late captain of Company H, Sixtieth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension of fifty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving. Approved, May 20, 1896. CHAI'. 211.—AnAct Granting an increase of pension to Ebenezer G. Howell, 1by20,1B98. late a private Company F, One hundred and sixtieth New York Volunteers. “;;"·‘— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ¤b¤¤¤w:G-H¤w¤¤L Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the P°"°i°""°`°“°°' pension roll of the United States the name of Ebenezer G. Howell, late a private in Company F, One hundred and sixtieth New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per month in lieu of all other pensions. Received by the President, May 8, 1896. [Norm nv rm: Dmrmrmnnr or Swim.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] CHAP. 228.-An Act To correct the records of the War Department in the case of Mn: 21.1890. Captain Henry S. Pratt. " "“`“` " Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United - States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, gear: S- Pr=~ly;· and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue, in the name of ,mL,f"’ ”°° °°° Henry S. Pratt, late captain of Company A, Tenth New York Cavalry, an honorable discharge as of date the eighteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and that so much of Special Order, Numbered Two hundred and sixty-three, of the War Department, dated May fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, in conilict with his honorable discharge be, and the same is hereby, annulled and set aside, said order having been issued under a misapprehension of the facts in the case: Provided, however, That nothing in this Act Shall be construed so a to Produ. authorize the payment to the said Henry S. Pratt, or to his heirs or N° *“*`·°‘°· legal representatives, of any pay or allowances to which he was not entitled at the date of his original discharge from the military service. Approved, May 21, 1896. May 21, 1896. CHAP. 229.-An Act For the relief of F. Alberts and Company, Muskegon, "’_"’t"‘ Michigan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representires of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Secretary of the F.Alb¤¤-¤¤¤¤dG¤¤» Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of "‘;'}§,;,,.,,, ,,,_