Chapter 618. Granting a pension to Lydia Strang
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CHAP. 618.— An Act Granting a pension to Lydia Strang. June 2, 1900. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Lydia Strang. Pension. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Lydia Strang, dependent foster mother of William P. Lewis, late a private in Company E, First Nebraska Volunteer Infantry, and pay *Proviso*. —termination, etc. her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars a month: *Provided*, That in the event of the filing of an application for pension by the father or minor sisters of the deceased soldier this pension shall be suspended pending the settlement of the said application, and if the father or minor sisters are 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, June 2, 1900.