Chapter 332. Granting a pension to Joseph R
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CHAP. 332.— An Act Granting a pension to Joseph R. West, brigadier and brevet major-general, United States Army Volunteers. June 5, 1896. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of theJoseph R. West.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 Joseph R.
West, brigadier and brevet major-general, United States Volunteers, at the rate of seventy-five dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving. Received by the President, May 25, 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.]