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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 24 STAT. · August 3, 1886 · Chapter 856

Chapter 856.

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CHAP. 856.— An act for the relief of Margaret S. Fain.August 3, 1886. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Margaret S. Fain.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 Margaret S. Fain, widow of William C. Fain, who was killed while recruiting a regiment, about April sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, at Pitman’s Ferry, Hope County, Tennessee, and pay her the pension allowed to the widow of a captain.
Approved, August 3, 1886. Chapter 857: for the relief of Emma J. Halloway. Chapter 857 24 Stat. 864 1886-08-03 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
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