Chapter 289. To pension James L
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CHAP. 289.— An Act To pension James L. McKinney for services in Oregon Indian wars. February 22, 1897. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of theJames L. McKinney.Pension. Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension roll of the Government the name of James L. McKinney, of Captain W. W. Chapman’s Company I, Second Regiment Oregon Mounted Volunteers, for meritorious service, and for injuries received in the Indian wars in Oregon, then a Territory, and allow him a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month.
Received by the President, February 10, 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 which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.]