Chapter 195. Granting an annuity to Jennie Carroll and to Mabel H
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CHAP. 195.— An Act Granting an annuity to Jennie Carroll and to Mabel H. Lazear. May 23, 1908. [[H. R. 21884](/us/bill/60/hr/21884).] [[Private No. 57](/us/pvtl/60/57).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of WarWar Department.Recognition of eminent services. be and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the rolls of the War Department— The name of Jennie Carroll, widow of James Carroll, major andJennie Carroll, widow of Major James Carroll, placed on rolls of and granted an annuity.*Ante,*p. 499. surgeon, United States Army, and pay her for and daring the time of her natural life, in lieu of all pensions, the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month, in special recognition of the eminent services of said James Carroll in discovering the means of preventing, as well as the cause and method of transmission and propagation of, yellow fever, and demonstrating on his own person the truth of the theory of the transmission and propagation of yellow fever infection by mosquitoes, and The name of Mabel H.
Lazear, widow of Doctor Jesse W. Lazear, late Mabel H. Lazear, widow of Doctor Jesse W. Lazear, placed on rolls of and granted an annuity.*Ante*, p. 499.acting assistant contract surgeon, United States Army, and pay her for and during the time of her natural life, in lieu of all pensions, the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month, in special recognition of the eminent-services of said Jesse W. Lazear in discovering the means of preventing, as well as the cause and method of transmission and propagation of, yellow fever, and demonstrating on his own person the truth of the theory of the transmission and propagation of yellow fever infection by mosquitoes, and the sacrifice of his life in proving the same.
Approved, May 23, 1908.