Chapter 431. To pension Mrs
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CHAP. 431.— An Act To pension Mrs. Martha M. Gibson. June 11, 1896. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of theMartha M. GibsonPension. Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Martha M. Gibson, widow of William H. Gibson, late colonel of the Forty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry and brevet brigadier-general United States Volunteers, and pay her a pension at the rate of fifty dollars per month.
Approved, June 11, 1896. RESOLUTIONS. No. 15: To authorize the Attorney General to transfer to William Henry Clifford a portrait of the late Mr. Justice Clifford, now in the Department of Justice. Private Resolution 15 29 Stat. 758 1896-02-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-10-30 54 1 private [No. 15.] Joint Resolution To authorize the Attorney General to transfer to William Henry Clifford a portrait of the late Mr.
Justice Clifford, now in the Department of Justice. February 7, 1896. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Attorney General of the United States is hereby authorized to transfer to William Henry Clifford of Portland, Maine, a certain portrait, of the late Mr. Justice Clifford, painted by Charles Cole, and now in the building of the Department of Justice. Approved, February 7, 1896. No. 21: To authorize Lieutenant Sidney S.
Jordan. Fifth United States Artillery, and Captain Edward C. Carter, assistant surgeon, United States Army, to accept medals from the British Government. Private Resolution 21 29 Stat. 758 1896-03-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-10-30 54 1 private [No. 21.] Joint Resolution To authorize Lieutenant Sidney S.
Jordan. Fifth United States Artillery, and Captain Edward C. Carter, assistant surgeon, United States Army, to accept medals from the British Government. March 7, 1896. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Sidney S. Jordan and Edward C. Carter.May accept medals from Great Britain. That Lieutenant Sidney S. Jordan, Fifth United States Artillery, and Captain Edward C. Carter, assistant surgeon, United States Army, be, and they are hereby, authorized to accept from the Government of Great Britain the medals awarded to them, respectively, for their humane services to the shipwrecked crew of the British ship Strathblane.
Approved, March 7, 1896. No. 37: Providing for the disposition of certain property now in the hands of the receiver of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Private Resolution 37 29 Stat. 758 1896-03-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-10-30 54 1 private [No. 37.] Joint Resolution Providing for the disposition of certain property now in the hands of the receiver of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
March 28, 1896. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. That all of the real estate now in the hands of the receiver of the late corporation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and all the rents, issues, and profits arising therefrom, which includes all the money held by him, be, and the Transfer of property from receiver.same are hereby, granted and conveyed to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the expenses of the receivership to be allowed by the supreme court of the State of Utah, being first paid, and said receiver, after the payment of said expenses, is hereby required to deliver the said property and money to the person or persons constituting the first presidency of said Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or to such person or persons as he or they may designate.
Approved, March 28, 1896. 758 No. 39: To authorize Benjamin Harrison to accept certain medals presented to him while President of the United States. Private Resolution 39 29 Stat. 759 1896-04-02 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-10-30 54 1 private FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 39, 54, 61. 1896. 759 [No. 39.] Joint Resolution To authorize Benjamin Harrison to accept certain medals presented to him while President of the United States.
April 2, 1896. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That Benjamin Harrison be, and heBenjamin Harrison.Acceptance of medals from Brazil and Spain authorized. is hereby, authorized to accept certain medals presented to him by the Governments of Brazil and Spain during the term of his service as President of the United States. Approved, April 2, 1896. No. 54: For the relief of ex-Naval Cadet Henry T. Baker.
Private Resolution 54 29 Stat. 759 1896-05-18 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-10-30 54 1 private [No. 54.] Joint Resolution For the relief of ex-Naval Cadet Henry T. Baker. May 18, 1896. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of the Navy be, andHenry T.
Baker.May be reappointed naval cadet. he is hereby, authorized to reappoint Henry T. Baker as a naval cadet to fill the vacancy in the engineers’ division of his class caused by his resignation*Proviso.*No pay while out of service. of March seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, with the same standing, rights and privileges in all respects as if such resignation had not been tendered: *Provided,* That he shall not receive pay while out of the service. Approved, May 18, 1896.
No. 61: For the relief of James P. Veach. Private Resolution 61 29 Stat. 759 1896-06-10 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-10-30 54 1 private [No. 61.] Joint Resolution For the relief of James P. Veach. June 10, 1896. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of War be, and heJames P.
Veach.Granted honorable discharge. hereby is, empowered, authorized, and directed to cause record to be made in the military history of James P. Veach, a private of Company I of the One hundred and nineteenth (Seventh Cavalry) Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, in the service of the United States, that the said James P. Veach, having received from the President of the United States a full and unconditional pardon of all military offenses for which he was tried and convicted by court-martial, and sentence of which court was promulgated January eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, in General Orders, Numbered Six, Department of Texas, is thereby absolved from said offenses and from all the penalties of such offense and sentence, and is therefore entitled to an honorable discharge ; and thereupon to discharge said Veach as of the date October eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.
Approved, June 10, 1896. 54 2 1896 1897 PRIVATE ACTS OF THE FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES *Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the seventh day of December, 1896, and was adjourned without day on Wednesday, the third day of March, 1897.* Grover Clevel and, President; Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice-President and President of the Senate; William P. Frye, President of the Senate, pro tempore;
Thomas B. Reed, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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