Chapter 101. To amend an Act entitled “An Act granting an increase of pension to Francis M
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CHAP. 101.— An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act granting an increase of pension to Francis M. Thompson,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and one. February 27, 1902.[[Private, No. 76](/us/pvtl/57/76).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Francis M. Thompson.Pension increased.Vol. 81. p. 1808. That a certain Act entitled “An Act granting an increase of pension to Francis M. Thompson.” approved March third, nineteen hundred and one, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the word “sixty.” where the same appears in said Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the words “seventy- two,” so that said Act, after the enacting clause, shall read:
“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 Francis M. Thompson, late of Company D, Twenty-first Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of seventy-two dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Effect“Sec. 2. That the increase of pension provided for by this amendment shall relate back to and take effect from the date of the passage of said original Act.
” Approved, February 27, 1902.