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 1516 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 285-289. 1900. April 23. 1900- CHAP. 285.—-An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frederick Higgins. _ _ _ Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Re resentatives of the United §§,‘;§§;°}§,§§‘,§,§‘E§Q§· States of America in Congress assembled, 'lqiat 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 Frederick Hig ins, late of Company G, Thirty-first Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Tnfantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of twenty-five dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Approved, April 23, 1900. AI>fi123»1900- CHAP. 286.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eudora S. Kelly. Be it enacted by the Senate and House Q f Re esentatives of the United §gg§f,"{,§,,§@§éd_ States of America in Congress assembled, 'lqiaat the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the ension roll, subject to the rovisions andlimitations of the pension laws, the name of Eudora  Kelly, widow of James R. Kel y, late captain, Third Artillery, United States Army, and pay her a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per month in lieu o that she is now receiving. Approved, April 23, 1900. April 23. 1900· CHAP. 287.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph W. Skelton. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Riegresentatives of the United ·{,‘;§;’g§¤Vih§,lf,‘;l,*§,§{· States of America in Congress assembled, at the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the ension roll, subject to the rovisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Joseph   Skelton, late first lieutenant, Company F, Seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Approved, April 23, 1900. April 23, 1900. CHAP. 288.-An Act Granting a pension to Mary A. Russell. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Regresentatices of the United giggi Kumi]- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ` Interior be, and he is hereby, author1zed and directed to place on the ension roll, subject to the Erovisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary A. ussell, hel less and de endent daughter of HBPbBI`t C. Russell, of Company C, Sixty-eighth Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month. ‘ Approved, April 23, 1900. Apri123, 1900. CHAP. 289.--An Act Granting a pension to Maria A. Thompson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re€resentati*ves of the United mgiaria A- Th°mP· States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Pension. S 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 Maria A. Thompson, widow of Charles A. Thomp-