Chapter 130. granting a pension to Louisa J
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CHAP. 130.— An Act granting a pension to Louisa J. Guthrie and others.May 25, 1878. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Louisa J. Guthrie.Pension to. That the Secretary of the lnterior lie, 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 Louisa J. Guthrie, widow of the late Captain John Julius Gutbrie, superintendent of life saving stations in the sixth lifesaving district, who lost his life by drowning in attempting to render assistance to the crew of the United States ship of war Huron, wrecked on the coast of North Carolina, and pay her a pension from and after the passage of this act, as now provided by law for the widow of a deceased captain of the Navy.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Ellen Saxton.Celia Bell.Roxanna Walker.Pensions to.authorized and directed to place-on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the names of Ellen Saxton, widow of the late James Saxton; Celia Bell, widow of the late Stephen Bell; and Roxanna Walker, widow of the late Willis Walker, all of whose said late husbands volunteered to assist the late Captain John Julius Guthrie, and were drowned while attempting to render assistance to the crew of the Huron as aforesaid, and pay them, the said widows, the pensions provided by law for the widows of deceased seamen in the United States Navy, from and after the passage of this act.
Approved, May 25, 1878.