Chapter 208. for the relief of Thomas H
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CHAP. 208.— An Act for the relief of Thomas H. Bruce.February 14, 1891. Whereas, Thomas H. Bruce, of Lewis County, Kentucky, was anPreamble. engineer on steamboats employed by the United States Government in transporting troops and supplies during the late war of the rebellion, said position being dangerous, on account of the enemy often firing from the banks of the rivers at the men on the boat; and Whereas Said Bruce was shot and wounded so as to unfit him for work ever since:
Therefore *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*Thomas H. Bruce.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 Thomas H. Bruce, of Lewis County, Kentucky. Approved, February 14, 1891.