Chapter 15. Granting a pension to Mrs
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CHAP. 15.— An Act Granting a pension to Mrs. Eva Davis Cogswell, widow of Brigadier-General William Cogswell. February 8, 1896. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Eva Davis Cogswell.Pension.That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the general pension laws, the name of Mrs. Eva Davis Cogswell, widow of Brigadier-General William Cogswell, at the rate of seventy-live dollars per month.
Received by the President, January 28, 1896. [Note by the Department of State.—The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.]