Chapter 79. For the relief of Lydia Boynton Ferris
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CHAP. 79.— An Act For the relief of Lydia Boynton Ferris. January 20, 1897. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of theLydia Boynton Ferris.Pension. Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Lydia Boynton Ferris, daughter of John Boynton, who was a soldier in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve in Captain Joseph 776 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess.
II. Chs. 79–82. 1897. Morrill’s Company, Vermont Militia, from September twelfth to November thirtieth, eighteen hundred and twelve, on the pension roll and pay her a pension of twelve dollars per month. Received by the President, January 8, 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.]