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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 11 STAT. · August 18, 1856 · Chapter CLVII

Chapter CLVII. for the Relief of Eliza B

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Chap. CLVII.— An Act for the Relief of Eliza B. McNeill.August 18, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatEliza B. McNeill to be placed on the pension roll at her husband’s half-pay for five years, from April 25, 1856. the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to place the name of Eliza B. McNeill upon the pension list, and to allow her a pension equal in amount to half the pay her husband, F.
B. McNeill, was entitled to as captain in the United States marine corps at the time of his death, for five years, from April twenty-five, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, payable semi-annually. Approved, August 18, 1856. Chapter CLVIII: for the Relief of Ambrose Lanfear, of Louisiana. 11 Stat. 473 1856-08-18 Chapter CLVIII 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.
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