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 812 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sxsss. II. CHS. 279-282. 1897. the pension roll the name of Nettie A. Cheeks, widow of Peter C. Cheeks, late a private Company D, Thirteenth Regiment United States Infantry, and a private United States Marine Corps, and pay her a pension of twenty dollars per month. _ Received by the President, February 10, 1897. [N OTE BY THE DEPARTMENT on STATE.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been return ed 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.] February 22, 1897- CHAP. 280.-An Act For the relief of Henry F. Thornton. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United §j;?£,n£§;';P;‘f‘· States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, directed to issue to Henry F. Thornton, late of First Virginia Volunteers in Mexican war, a certificate of pension at the rate of sixteen dollars per month in lieu of certificate numbered ninety-six hundred and twenty-three now held by said Thornton as a survivor of said war. Received by the President, February 10, 1897. [Nom nr THE Dnrnnrmnnr on Srnn.-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.] · - F°`”"““¥ 21 mm CHAP. 281.-An Act To increase the pension of Josiah P. Hill, late of Company F, Eighty-first Regiment of Illinois Volunteers, in the war of the rebellion. J my Hu Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United p‘§,,,,,,,§,,,,}.,,,,,,;_ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Josiah P. Hill, late of Company F, Eighty-first Regiment of Illinois Volunteers, in the war of the rebellion, to fifty dollars per month. Received by the President, February 10, 1897. [Norm nr THB DEPARTMENT or STATE.--Tl1B 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.] F¤b¤‘¤¤fy 21 1997- CHAP. 282.-An Act To grant a pension to Uriah Andricks, Fifty-fourth Illinois "*"*"""'"’" Volunteer Infantry. _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United }?§f,‘Q,,’,}§‘,‘};‘,Qlj:éd_ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the 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 Uriah Andricks, late private of Company H,