Chapter 909. Granting a pension to Maria V
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CHAP. 909.— An Act Granting a pension to Maria V. Sperry. June 7, 1900. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of the Maria V. Sperry. Pension. 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 Maria V. Sperry, widow of William Sperry, late private of Company K, Fifth Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, such pension, however, to cease upon proof that the soldier named in the bill is living. Approved, June 7, 1900.