Chapter CCCXXXI. granting a Pension to Mary Ann Montgomery, Widow of Wm
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CHAP. CCCXXXI.— An Act granting a Pension to Mary Ann Montgomery, Widow of Wm. W. Montgomery, late Captain in Texas Volunteers. June 7, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of the InteriorPension to Mary Ann Montgomery. be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary Ann Montgomery, widow of William W.
Montgomery, late captain in Texas volunteers, and to pay her a pension, from the passage of this act, as a captain’s widow, and in respect to her minor children under sixteen years of age. J. G. BLAINE, *Speaker of the House of Representatives.* SCHUYLER COLFAX, *Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate.* In the Senate of the United States, *May* 17, 1872. The President of the United States having returned to the Senate, in which it originated, the bill entitled “An act granting a pension to Mary Ann Montgomery, widow of Wm.
W. Montgomery, late captain in Texas volunteers,” with his objections thereto, the Senate proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the same, and *Resolved,* That the said bill do pass, two-thirds of the Senate agreeing to pass the same. GEO. C. GORHAM, *Secretary of the Senate.* 678 FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 331, 370, 371. 1872. In the House of Representatives, *June* 7, 1872. The House of Representatives having proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the bill entitled “An act granting a pension to Mary Ann Montgomery, widow of Wm.
W. Montgomery, late captain in Texas volunteers,” returned to the Senate by the President of the United States, with his objections, and sent by the Senate to the House of Representatives, with the message of the President returning the bill— *Resolved,* That the bill pass, two-thirds of the House of Representatives agreeing to pass the same. Attest: EDW’D McPHERSON, *Cleric.*