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 820 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 305-307, 309. 1897. 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!'¤¤¤‘Y 22, 1897- CHAP. 306.-An Act To increase the pension of Joseph E. Vantine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United {,';1°3f]uE,;`;';_‘j‘·j,',f· States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ` Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Joseph E. Vantine, late first-class fireman on the United States steamer Richmond, United States Navy, on the pension roll at the rate of seventy-two dollars per month, in lieu of his present pension. Received by the President, February 10, 1897 [N OTE nr THE DEPARTMENT 01-* STsTn.—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¤*¤·¤¤v 22- 18***- cnn. ao-:.-An Act To correct md amend the mnsmymcni of Jenn img, late private Company H, Thirty-first Regiment Missouri Volunteers. Joh Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representati»ves of the United mu’{,I,§."*,,,,,,,;,,,,,. State: of America in Congress assembled, That John Long, who was MM- duly enlisted and rendered service as a private in Company H, Thirty- iirst Regiment of Missouri Volunteers, shall be held and considered to have been mustered into the military service of the United States as a private of said company and regiment on the twenty-second day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to have served continuously as such private in said service until the thirtieth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and to have been honorably discharged, on the date hereinbefore last named, on account of disabilities incurred dgmf h°'*°'*u° while in line of duty in said service, company, and regiment, and that the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue to said Long a certificate of discharge in accordance with the terms of this Act. Received by the President, February 10, 1897. [Norm nr THE Dnrnnrnmzr or STATE.-The foregoing set 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. 309.-—An Act For the relief of John J. Guerin. _,°,mJ Guam was Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Jnmci-m.States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the dfcqggf **°¤°’*"'° Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to amend the record in the case of Corporal John Grant, discharged as corporal of the Marine Corps at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, December twenty- sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and grant him an honorable discharge in his rightful name, John J. Guerin. Approved, February 24, 1897.