Chapter 1158. increasing the pension of Richard Porter
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CHAP. 1158.— An Act increasing the pension of Richard Porter.October 15, 1888. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Richard Porter.Pension increased. That the Secretary of the Interior be. and he hereby is, authorized and directed to pay to Richard Porter, late a private in Company B. One hundred and ninth Regiment United States Colored Troops, a monthly pension of forty dollars, instead of four dollars, the amount now paid, the said Richard Porter being totally blind. Approved, October 15, 1888.