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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 24 STAT. · August 3, 1886 · Chapter 878

Chapter 878.

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CHAP. 878.— An act granting a pension to Aretus N. Butler.August 3, 1886. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Aretus N. Butler.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 Aretus N. Butler, late a member of Company B. of the Twenty-seventh Iowa Infantry.
Approved, August 3, 1886. Chapter 879: granting a pension to Erastus W. Kennedy. Chapter 879 24 Stat. 868 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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