Chapter 404. granting a pension to Mary WilkesFebruary 28, 1891. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Mary Wilkes
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CHAP. 404.— An Act granting a pension to Mary WilkesFebruary 28, 1891. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Mary Wilkes.Pension increased. 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 Mary Wilkes, widow of Charles Wilkes, late rear admiral, United States Navy, and pay her a pension at the rate of one hundred dollars per month from the passage of this act, in lien of the pension now received by her. Approved, February 28, 1891.