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 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 290-295. 1896. 737 captain Company M, Fourteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry Volunteers, and pay her a pension of twenty dollars a month in lieu of her present pension. Approved, May 30, 1896. CHAP. 291.-An Act To amend the military record of John S. Evans. Nl! 30. 1896- 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, 'é‘f,2,2;,E{,f,',,f,;._bh and is hereby, authorized and directed to restore to the muster rolls of di¤¤h¤rs¤· Company E, Twenty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the name of John S. Evans, and to grant him an honorable discharge from the service: Provided, That the passage of this Act shall not serve to §;¤·j=·•·m entitle him to any pay, bounty, or allowances. P y' ' Approved, May 30, 1896. CHAP. 292.-An Act Granting a pension to Thomas Holaday. phy gg_ my; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqvreseatatires of the Uniwd States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ;¤·>¤;•¤ H¤M·y- Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the invalid °°° °”' pension roll the name of Thomas Holaday, late a private in Company C, Kimbal1’s regiment Missouri Volunteer State Militia, subject to the limitations of the pension laws, at the rate of twenty-four dollars per month : Provided, That the pension herein granted shall be paid to said {MM-t Thomas Holaday, and that no part of it shall be retained by any °"°° ` authority to reimburse the Government for any pension. heretofore paid. Approved, May 30, 1896. CHAP. 293.-An Act Granting a pension to Martha McNeil. May 30. 1896- Be it enacted ln; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United l States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the l*,¤B=g£];M¤N·=il- Interior be, 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 Martha McNeil, widow of John McNeil, late brigadicr-general and brevet major- general United States Volunteers, and to pay her a pension of fifty dollars per month. Approved, May 30, 1896. M_ CHAP. 294.-An Act Granting an increase of pension toEugenia R.Sweeny,widow May eo, ism. of Brigadier-General Thomas W. Sweeny, deceased. ‘ " _* Be it enacted ln; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Eugenia n.sw¤my. Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the P““"°“’“°""“°‘L pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Eugenia R. Sweeny, widow of Thomas W. Sweeny, deceased, late a brigadier-general, United States Army, and pay her a pension at the rate of fifty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension she is now receiving. Approved, May 30, 1896. CHAP. 295.-An Act Gran ting increase of pension to Georgianna C. Hall, depend- MAF 3°· *899 ent mother of Major John W. Williams, deceased, late surgeon United States Army. -__ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the United _ States of America in. Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension allowed under the Act of January twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, to Georgianna C. Hall, as the widow of William Hall, of Company B, Third Louisiana Volunteers, in the Mexican war, to twelve dollars por month. Approved, May 30, 1896. STAT L-VOL 29-47