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 l562 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Siess. III. Cns. 515-519. 1899. Merch 3. 1899· CHAP. 515.-An Act To authorize John R. Williams, first lieutenant, Third Artil- ·*‘—"""" lery, United States Army, to accept the decoration of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor from the President of the French Republic. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United QQ; £cgj‘1‘f,"§•'j:g_ States of America in Congress assembled, That John R. Williams, first tion num rmce. lieutenant, Third Artillery, United States Army, military attaché to the legation of the United States at Berne, Switzerland, be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept from the President of the French Republic the decoration of the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, awarded to him at the conclusion of the grand maneuvers in northern France last ihll. Approved, March 3, 1899. . Mlwb 3. 1899- CHAP. 516.-An Act Authorizing Lieutenant-Commander Raymond P. Rodgers, ‘*’_‘°"—""_ glnitéad Stgiliées Nzyry, to accept a decoration of the Cross of the Legion of Honor rom 0 BPH 0 0 81100. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United g°§:¥¤°¤° Y- R°‘*· States of America in Congress assembled, That Lieutenant-Commander uigogeepc deeora- Raymond P. Rodgers, United States Navy, be, and he is hereby, author- "'°" F'““°°· ized to accept a decoration of the Cross of the Legion of Honor; con- _ferred upon him by the President of the French Republic, in June, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, while on duty at Paris as naval attaché to the United States embassy there. Approved, March 3, 1899. lnmh  IM-CHAP. 51'l.-An Act For the relief of John Clyde Sullivan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United vn-L•>l=¤ 01y¤¤ §¤1li- States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the ply. United States be, and is hereby, authorized to nominate, and, by and ’””°°’ “*°N“Y· with the advice and consent of the Senate, to reappoint John Clyde `- Sullivan a paymaster in the Navy with the relative rank of lieutenantcoménainder at the foot of the list of paymasters having the relative ran o ieutenant-commander. Approved, March 3, 1899. ‘ lamb s, ine. CHAP. 518.-An Act Granting a pension to Olivia T. Worden. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United pmay wmien. Sizes of in Eonggess aslzembleél, Tgat the Secretary of the · n rior an e is ere y authorize an directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Olivia T. Worden widow of the late John L. Worden, an, admiral of the United States Navy, and pay her a pension, from the passage of this Act, at the rate of fifty dollars per month. Approved, March 3, 1899. N¤¤‘¤b 8. 1899- CHAP. 519.-Au Act Granting a pension to Elizabeth J. Cook. Be it enacted  the Senate and Hoeosc of Representatives of the United @35*5-Gwk 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 Elizabeth J. Cook, widow of Roger E. Cook, late colonel of the Thirteenth Regiment of Maryland Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per month. Approved, March 3, 1899.