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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 139-143. 1898. 1413 CHAP. 139.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to R. A. Browning. APFU U. 1898- Be it enacted  the Senate and House of Representatives of the United , States oj America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the §g,"$g‘,,]?,§'}f,"§‘,§’,·'§g,d_ Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to increase the pension of R. A. Browning, late a private in Company I, Fourth Regiment Tennessee _Volunteers (Mexican war), from twelve dollars, the amount now received by said Browning under pension certificate 1 um- , bered twelve thousand six hundred and one, to twenty dollars per month. Approved, April 11, 1898. , CHAP. 140.-An Act To permit an increase of the pension of John A. Anderson. April 11, 1898. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the fggpugégpdsggggh Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to grant to John em. Im ’ A. Anderson, late of Battery I, Fifth United States Artillery, and Company A, Fifty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry, such an increase of his pension as he may, upon Bling an application therefor and upon medical examination, be found to be entitled to on account of disability » arising from disease of spine and general debility, the said allowance to be the same as if his original pension had been granted under the provisions of the general pension laws, and to be governed, as to date of commencement, by the provisions of section forty-six hundred and MQ- S·· ¤°°- **8%- P· ninety-eight and onehalf of the Revised Statutes of the United States: _ Provided, That this Act shall not be so construed as to give an increase gQ‘{',Q‘f,‘}¤,,,mm_ of pension from a date antecedent to the passage hereof. Approved, April 11, 1898. CHAP. 141.-An Act To place on the pension rolls the name of Minerva Sample, Aprjl1]’1898_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ ‘ States ty' America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the }Q;‘j$;§ “*""Pl°- Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls the name of Minerva Sample, widow of Kirk J. Sample, late an acting assistant surgeon in the United States \'olunteers,‘and pay her a pension at the rate of seventeen dollars per month. Approved, April ll, 1898. CHAP. 142.--An Act Granting an increase of pension to James H. Blakeman. ~hrAprilr1l,l89S. i N. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State.; of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the James H. Blake- [nterior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the ‘"‘}Q,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,m_ pension roll the name of James H. Blakeman, late private Company F, Ont- hundred and sixty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per month in lieu of the pension he is now receiving. Approved, April ll, 1898. CHAP_ 143,-An Act Granting an increase of pension to Barbara Miller, APH] U1898- Re it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ,5*mm; of Amerie: in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the {$::2;*;;* gilggggdp Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the ·