Chapter CXCVIII. *granting an Increase of Pension to Mrs
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CHAP. CXCVIII.— An Act *granting an Increase of Pension to Mrs. Mercie E. Scattergood*. July 13, 1866. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Pension to Mrs. Mercie E. Scattergood, in lieu of present one. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the name of Mrs. Mercie E. Scattergood, widow of Edward Scattergood, to be placed on the roll of naval pensioners, at the rate of fifteen dollars per month, to continue during her widowhood, and to be continued to the children of said Edward Sealtergood, who are under sixteen years of age, in the event of the death or marriage of the said Mercie E.
Scattergood; the pension herein granted to be in lieu of that now received by her. Approved, July 13, 1866.