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 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ons. 276-279. 1897. 811 CHAP. 276.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to George B. Custer. F¢b¤¤f! 9. 1997- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the m§- °¤¤*¤*,- Intemor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place,upon M ’ the pension roll the name of George B. Custer, late sergeant, Company H, Seventy-third Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension of twenty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving. Received by the President, February 10, 1897. {Nom nr nm Dnrsnrmnur or Brun,-'1'he tbregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States ior 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. 2'l'l.—An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Laura A, Nelson. Y¤l¤'¤¤'.v 22. 189*7- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ’ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the {,·;:{f,,{,· N°**°’*·, Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, the name of Laura A. Nelson, widow of the late Captain Theodore Nelson, Company E, Twenty-sixth Michigan Infantry, in lieu of the pension she is now receiving. Received by the President, February 10, 1897. _ {Nom nr rim DEPARTMENT or Srscrm.-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. 2'I8.—·An Act For the relief of Laura C. Dodge. 1¤'eb1-any 22, 1M;` Be it enacted In; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the lemfggkxga Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, subject to the ` provisions and limitations of the pension laws, to increase the pension of Laura C. Dodge, dependent widow of the late Captain Frederick Laighton Dodge, United States Army, from twenty to thirty dollars per mon th, said increase to take effect trom and after the passage of this Act. Received by the President, February 10, 1897. [Norm nv trim Dnraummnr or S:rAr1a.-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. 279.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to Nettie A. Cheeks. F°l’“”“'Y ?2· 18*1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the §gf“*g';:{nQ:;*:a_ Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon