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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 24 STAT. · May 8, 1886 · Chapter 257

Chapter 257.

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CHAP. 257.— An act to increase the pension of Joseph R. Cravens.May 8, 1886. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Joseph B. Cravens.Pension increased. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Joseph R. Cravens, who now holds pension-certificate numbered one hundred and seventy thousand seven hundred and thirteen, to twenty- four dollars per month, in lieu of the pension now received by him.
Received by the President, April 27, 1886. FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 257–260. 1886. 731 [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, has become a law without his approval.] Chapter 258: granting a pension to Henry S. Morgan. Chapter 258 24 Stat. 731 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.
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