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 1530 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 232-236. 1899. sum double to the amounts, respectively, of the lost or destroyed bonds, and the interest which would accrue thereon until the principal thereof. becomes due or payable, with sufficient sureties to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, with condition to indemnify and save harmless the United States from any claim because of said lost or destroyed bonds. Approved, February 28, 1899. ’ February 28J899- CHAP. 233.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to \V. P. Snowden. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United W. P. Snpwdm- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the P°""°“'"°'”°°d' 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 W. P. Snowden, late private in Company C, First Missouri Mounted Volunteers, Mexican war, and grant him a pension at the rate of twenty' dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receivuig. Approved, February 28, 1899. U J February 28, 1899. CHAP. 234.-An Act Granting a pension to‘William J. Ford. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United William J.F•>rd· States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the P°"°‘°“‘ 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 William J. Ford, late of Captain E. G. B. McNutt’s provisional company of Monroe County (Missouri) Volunteer Militia, at a rate of pension proportionate to the degree of disability found to exist irom gunshot wound of left elbow. Approved, February 28, 1899. February 28.1899. CHAP. 235.-Au Act Granting an increase of pension to Sarah Gresham. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ‘ smh arssimmm States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the · P°"'*°“"‘°"°' ‘ 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 Sarah Gresham, widow of Benjamin Q. A. Gresham, late colonel Third Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the_rate of twenty dollars per month, in lieu of that she is now receiving. . Approved, February 28, 1899. February 28.1899. CHAP. 236.-—-An Act Granting a pension to Mary A. Thomas. · Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United i1£;r:;0·:·T¤w¤¤- 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 Mary A. Thomas, widow of Henry A. Thomas, late private in Company G, Fortieth Massachusetts Volunteers, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month. Approved, February 28, 1899.