Chapter 559. Granting a pension to Lucy D
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CHAP. 559.— An Act Granting a pension to Lucy D. Young. May 25, 1900. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Lucy D. Young. 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 Lucy D. Young, foster mother of W. Harlan Young, late of Company I, First Illinois Infantry Volunteers, war with Spain, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month: *Provided*, That in the event of the filing of an application for pension by the father of the deceased soldier, this pension shall be suspended pending the settlement of the said application, and if the father is granted a pension the allowance to the foster mother under this Act shall cease and terminate from the date of such suspension; otherwise payment of this pension shall be resumed from the date of such suspension, and shall continue in full force and effect.
Approved, May 25, 1900.