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 1532 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 242-246. 1899. F¤b1'¤¤¥y 28.1899 CHAP. 242.-An Act Increasing the pension of George WV. Peters. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United gg;g=:nQ*;c1;§;·g{_g 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 George W. Peters, late captain of Company A, Twelfth Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of seventeen dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving. Approved, February 28, 1899. ` February 28, 1898. CHAP. 243.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jane V. Davidson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United gzgeixégtglgg 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 Jane V. Davidson, widow of Edward C. Davidson, late iirst lieutenant of Captain Caldwell’s Company, Third Regiment United States Dragoons, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. Approved, February 28, 1899. February 28, 1899. CHAP. 244.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to First-class Pilot Captain 1***-; James M. Herrington. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United James M. Herring- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the °°§;,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,d_ Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of First—c1ass Pilot Captain James M. Herrington, who was permanently disabled by gunshot wounds while serving in the Mississippi Squadron, United States Navy, in the late war, to thirty dollars per month. Approved, February 28, 1899. February 28.1899. CHAP. 245.-—An Act Granting a pension to John C.·Emery. - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ·{,•;*;,g;E¤¤¤· 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 John C. Emery, late assistant surgeon of the. · Thirteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month. Approved, February 28, 1899. Febmary 28, 1899. CHAP. 246.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to Emma V. Gile. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United -I*§¤Lm_¤V,Gi1e·wL 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 Emma V. Gile, widow of the late George W. Gile, colonel Eightyeighth Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry, and brevet brigadiergeneral volunteers, and colonel, United States Army, retired,