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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 24 STAT. · May 8, 1886 · Chapter 239

Chapter 239.

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CHAP. 239.— An act granting a pension to Amelia M. Green.May 8, 1886. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Amelia M. Green.Pension. That the Secretary of the Interior 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 Amelia M. Green, widow of Reverend John M. Green, late a chaplain in the Army of the United States.
Received by the President, April 27, 1886. [Note by the Department of State.—The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, bas become a law without his approval.] Chapter 240: granting a pension to Fidelia A. Cheney. Chapter 240 24 Stat. 726 1886-05-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-24 43 1 private FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 240–243. 1886. 726
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