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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 10 STAT. · Jan. 20, 1853 · Chapter XXI

Chapter XXI. *for the Relief of Elizabeth Armistead.* Jan. 20, 1853. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Interior Elizabeth Armistead to be placed on the pension roll.be directed to place the name of Elizabeth

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Chap. XXI.— An Act *for the Relief of Elizabeth Armistead.* Jan. 20, 1853. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Interior Elizabeth Armistead to be placed on the pension roll.be directed to place the name of Elizabeth Armistead, widow of the late General Walker K. Armistead, upon the list of pensioners, and to pay to her a pension at the rate of one-half the pay per month to which her said husband was entitled at the time of his death; said pension to commence on the first day of November, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and continue during her natural life or widowhood.
Approved, January 20, 1853.
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