Chapter 57. To increase the pension of Mary L
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CHAP. 57.— An Act To increase the pension of Mary L. Bacon, widow of the late George B. Bacon, late lieutenant-commander of the United States Navy. January 16, 1897. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That from and after the passageMary L. Bacon.Pension increased. of this Act there be allowed and paid to Mary L. Bacon, widow of the late George B. Bacon, lieutenant-commander, United States Navy, a pension at the rate of forty dollars per month during her widowhood, in place of thirty dollars per month, which she is now receiving.
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, 772 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 57–60. 1897. 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.]