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 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 75-79. 1897. 775 pension roll at twelve dollars per mouth, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of George William Hodgdon, permanently helpless son of George W. Hodgdon, late of Company D, Fourteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. Approved, January 20, 1897. CHAP. 76.—A11 Act Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Anna Wedel. ·l°¤¤¤*'5’ 2°·1B97· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the {}§,§‘S‘§,Y,V{’,§*§,}g,,sB,L Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place upon the pension roll the name of Mrs. Anna Wedel, widow of the late Doctor Henry R. WVedel, assistant surgeon of the Fourth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, at the rate of twenty dollars a month, and to pay her a pension at that rate, in lieu of the pension she is now receiving. Approved, January 20, 1897. CHAP. 'I'I.—An Act To grant a pension to Mrs. Keturah Wilson, widow of James J“”“”’Y 2*1 1891 Wilson, deceased. W Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the I]$§§§§§’,]{ W‘1°°"‘ Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the name of Mrs. Keturah Wilson, formerly of Madison County, Kentucky, and widow of James Wilson, deceased, late a private in Captain Stone’s company Mounted Volunteers, First Kentucky Regiment, Mexican war, and allow her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month. Approved, January 20, 1897. CHAP. 78.-An Act Granting a pension to Mary Collins. ·T¤¤¤¤¤‘Y Flig- Be it enacted by the Senate and H ouse of Representatives of the United _ _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the }‘{,",Q,,f,,'fm“"· 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 Mary Collins, mother of John Collins, late of Company D, Sixteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, at the rate of twelve dollars per month. - Received by the President, January 8, 1807. [Nor}; mr THE DEPARTMENT or STATE.—Tll0 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. 79.-An Act For the relief of Lydia Boynton Ferris. _Jannary 20, 1897. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ,_,Qj>""‘* B°Y”“°“ *`°'· Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the Pension. name of Lydia Boynton Ferris, daughter of John Boynton, who was a soldier in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve in Captain Joseph