Chapter 52. To grant a pension to Mrs
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CHAP. 52.— An Act To grant a pension to Mrs. Lucy A. Allen. January 16, 1897. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Lucy A. Allen.Pension. That the Secretary of the 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. Lucy A. Allen, widow of Captain William R. Allen, late of Company C, Third Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of twenty dollars per month from the approval of this Act.
Received by the President, January 5, 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.]