Chapter LIV. *for the Relief of Mrs
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CHAP. LIV.— An Act *for the Relief of Mrs. Elizabeth Fletcher*. Feb. 18, 1867. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Fletcher. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Elizabeth Fletcher, widow of Captain L. W. Fletcher, late of company A, thirteenth regiment Tennessee cavalry, on the list of invalid pensioners, and pay or cause to be paid to her during widowhood, the stun of twenty dollars per month from the date of the death of her late husband;
If she dies or remarries, pension to be paid to the guardian of the children of Capt. L. W. Fletcher, until, &c.and in the event of the death or remarriage of Elizabeth Fletcher, the Secretary of the Interior is then authorized and directed to pay to the legally appointed guardian of the orphan children of Captain L. W. Fletcher, the pension awarded to Elizabeth Fletcher, until they shall respectively attain the age of sixteen years. Approved, February 18, 1867.