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 IDA! 6 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Srzss. I. CHS. 617. 618. 624. 625. 1900. ig ·l*¤11fi§@-WW, QtC;HA§. 617.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary La Tourrette s, —(. SCH U.I`g. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re wesmtatiyes of the Z/mited S,,;l{§§jb{;§g_r"“"°"° States of America in- Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the P¢¤¤¤i¤¤i¤¤<·r¤=¤S¤¤· Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to lace upon the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of die pension laws, the name of Mary La Tourrette Stotsenbur, widow of the late Colonel John M. Stotsenburg, of the First Nebraéaa Volunteer Infantry, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and pay her a pension of fifty dollars per month. Approved, June 2, 1900. Jun? 2- 1900- CHAP. 618.-An Act Granting a pension to Lydia Strang. _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re resentatives of the United j4§g§0fQ""“g‘ States of America in Congress assembled, Tfidt the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Lydia Strang, dependent foster mother of Vi illiam P. Lewis, late a rivate in Company E, First Nebraska Volunteer Infantr, and pay _f;Q‘j,§§§m0“ em iier a pension at the rate of twelve dollars a month: Provided, That in i the event of the Bling of an application for pension by the father or minor sisters of the deceased soldier this pension shall be suspended pending the settlement of the said application, and if the father or minor sisters are granted a pension the allowance to the foster mother under this Act shall cease and terminate from the date of such suspension; otherwise payment of this pension shall be resumed from the date of such suspension, and shall continue in full force and effect. Approved, June 2, 1900. J mw 4. 1900- CHAP. Act To remove the charge of desertion from the military record '_'_H__—_ of James. aters. Be it enacted by the Senate and }[0ase of Re Jresentatices 0 f the Cbzited §§§,f§€§· §§;f§,§§j,,c States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War discharge be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the char e of desertion from the military record of James H. Waters, late of Company D, Sixteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and to grant him an honorable discharge to date the eighth day of Decem- Ifyvmi- ber, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-two: Provided, That no 0 pa) . etc. pay, bounty, or other emolument shall become due or payable by virtue of the passage of this Act. Approved, June 4, 1900. J um 4. 1900- CHAP. 625.-—An Act Granting a pension to George Bunce. Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 f Rriegresentatives of the United §§gQfnB"““"· 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 provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of George Bunce, late private, Com any A, One hundred and forty-third Re iment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, also corporal, Company B, One gundred and fifty-fifth Illinois Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month. Approved, June 4. 1900.