Chapter C. granting a Pension to Mrs
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Chap. C.— An Act granting a Pension to Mrs. Olivia W. Cannon, Widow of Joseph S. Cannon, late a Midshipman in the United States Navy, now deceased.August 16, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatPayment to Mrs. O. W. Cannon. the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Mrs. Olivia W. Cannon, widow of Joseph S. Cannon, late a midshipman in the United States navy, now deceased, a sum equal to five years’ half-pay of her deceased husband’s grade in the navy, estimated according to his pay for active sea service, under act of second March, eighteen hundred and thirty-five:Proviso. *Provided,* That said half-pay pension shall be paid from any money appropriated, or to be appropriated, to pay the half-pay pensions of widows and orphans of the navy, and that no sale, transfer, or mortgage of the whole or any part of the sum granted by this act, made prior to the taking effect hereof, shall be valid.
Approved, August 16, 1856. Chapter CI: for the Relief of Isaac Adams. 11 Stat. 462 1856-08-16 Chapter CI Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 1 private
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