Chapter 171. Granting an increase of pension to Mrs
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CHAP. 171.— An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Sarah B. Leet. February 6, 1897. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of theSarah B. Leet.Pension increased. 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 Mrs. Sarah B. Leet, widow of the late Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George K.
Leet, United States Army, at the rate of twenty-five dollars per month, which rate of twenty-five dollars per month shall be in lieu of the pension she is now receiving. Received by the President, January 26, 1897. [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 w hich it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.]