Chapter XC. for the Relief of Anne Penny
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CHAP. XC.— An Act for the Relief of Anne Penny. Feb. 1, 1873. *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 Anne Penny. is hereby authorized and required to place the name of Anne Penny, mother of Alexander Bruce, who was a private in company I, eleventh regiment Pennsylvania reserves, and who died at Andersonville, on the pension roll of the United States, at the rate of eight dollars per month: *Provided,* That if hereafter the widow of the said Alexander Bruce shall establish her right to a pension as his widow, then the right of said Anne Penny to receive the pension shall cease.
Approved, February 1, 1873.