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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 24 STAT. · May 8, 1886 · Chapter 259

Chapter 259.

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CHAP. 259.— An act to place the name of William G. Schoonover on the pension-roll.May 8, 1886. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,William G. Schoonover.Pension. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William G. Schoonover, father of James C. Schoonover, late of Company E, One hundred and fourth Illinois, who died of wounds at Chattanooga on the twenty-seventh day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty- four, in general hospital ward numbered six.
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, has become a law without his approval.] Chapter 260: granting a pension to C. W. I. Pugh. Chapter 260 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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