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 750 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 368, 369, 374-377. 1896. J¤¤¤ 6. 18% CHAP. 368.-An Act For the relief of Solomon Hyams. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United gjggggiméa States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the °Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Solomon Hyams, of Charleston, South Carolina, Indian war survivor, to twenty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension now received by him, under certiiicate numbered thirteen hundred and fifty-two. Approved, June 6, 1896. June 6, 1896. CHAP. 369.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to Michael S. Pettit. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United }fi¤¤9¤l$·P¤****·, States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the mmInterior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Michael S. Pettit, First Mounted Riiles, regular service, who performed conspicuous service in the war with Mexico, to twenty dollar per month. - Approved, June 6, 1896. J¤¤¤ 8. 1896 CHAP. 374.--An Act Granting a pension to Mrs. Emily M. Van Derveer, widow of "‘—_""""'""'“ the late Brigadier-General Ferdinand Van Derveer. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 1¢¤¤¤yM·V¤¤ DM- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the '°i•`Q§¤r¤¤. Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll of the United States the name of Mrs. Emily M. Van Derveer, widow of the late Brigadier-General Ferdinand Van Dervcer, at the rate of ilfty dollars per month. Approved, June 8, 1896. Junes,1ss0. CHAP. 375.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. William Loring ———"‘i Spencer. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Willinm Lovins States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the S*’{3{,‘,‘§f,§,;, in,,,,,,,d_ Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to place upon the pension roll the name of Mrs. William Loring Spencer, as widow of George E. Spencer, late colonel First Alabama Cavalry Volunteers, and pay her a pension of fifty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension which she now receives. Approved, June 8, 1896. June 8. 1896. CHAP. 376.--An Act For the relief of George Hager. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United cm-ge H;€~;·.m_ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ,,,,(,Z,'{},§’,',,f',§f,,,,,'f,,,‘{‘,{€ Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed torevoke the v•»k¤·i- order of the Commissioner of Pensions of the date of April tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-ilve, to recover from George Hager, late a private of Company B, N inety-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the late war of the rebellion, by withholding from his current pension (certificate numbered two hundred and twenty-two thousand one hundred and seventy-two) the sum of two dollzus per mouth from July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to September fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, inclusive. lynriamcnr me re- Sec. 2. That said George Hager shall not, in any manner, be required `"' ‘ to refund or repay to the United States said sum of two dollars per month, or any part thereof; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby