1396 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 413,421,42S, 429. 1916. Womack, the sum of $657.30, in full compensation for injuries received by him on July twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, Wh1l8 in the performance of duties as an employee of the United States Government m connection with the construction of roads withm the Crater Lake National Park, in the State of Ore on. S Approved, August 26, 1916. __imf§t6§94bd916- CHAP. 421.-An Act To correct the military record of Matthew C. Butler, junior. [mw"' Nm mi] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ty the United il_M¤¤¤•w G- Bw-. States og Amergsa ig Congress assembled,) 'lsat llizliigthew C. Izutleri .Military rd umor ecease w 0 was a major in the ixt eviment, Lnite '°“°"· mu mi States’Cavalry, sind who was nominated by the Presidgnt for appointment as lieutenant colonel of Cavalry, to rank from the first d)ay of July, ‘nmeteen hundred and sixteen, said nomination being confirmed by the Senate before the death of said Butler, which occurred on the twentieth day ofJu1_y,_nmeteen hundred and sixteen, before titer: tz. sa zi.; :z:;;a$:;a¤crd°:rg he *i.>m;;6m°2*· im} 1 av ecome a eu nan co one of Cavalry in the service of the United States on the first day of July, 4 gmeteeinhl updreld andisilxftegn, and to hive laeld that office until the issue oiwmmmsmu. ate o `s eat ; an t resident is ere y authorized to issue a commission as lieutenant colonel of Cavalry in the name of Matthew C. (Butler, jumor, with rank to date from July first, nineteen hundred an sixteen. Approved, August 29, 1916. August 31, 1916.
cmu?. 42s.-an Act For me must or Halvor Nilsen.
V8 , . O. . _ Be it enacted bytlte Senate and House of Representatives of the United gglggsftgaigstnmtmt States of Ame·r·1.ca an Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the m. Interior is hereby authorized to issue a patent to Halvor Nilsen, of Wabamca, Minnesota, for the northwest quarter of northwest quarter section twenty-four, township one hundred and sixty-one north, range thirty-two west, fifth principal meridian, Minnesota, regardless of R S the fact that said Halvor Nilsen commuted a former homestead entry mj ‘* ‘°°· “°‘1 °· under the provisions of section twenty-three hundred and one, Re- V¢¤~¤M>·¤¤°· vised Statutes, subsequently to the ate of the Act of June fifth, PWM nmeteen hundred (Thirty-first Statutes, [page two hundred and sixty- ¤.,,,.m;,,,_ seven): Prmgzded, 'llhat said Halvor Ni sen make satisfactory proof of his comphance with the homestead law and pay any amounts due under the entry for the land herein described. Approved, August 31, 1916. A1 st31, wm.
_CKAP. 4_29.——An Act Granting pensions and increase of (pensions to certain sol-
[Priv=1te,No.144.] gpxegin pé glgxzgavil War and certain widows and ependent children of W3!`. Om Be it enacted by the Semte and House of Re esentatives of the United mm “States of Amerika tn_Oo»ngress assembled, Tiiiit the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on P in the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the ans nincruased. p€I1SlOI1 !1WS— ¤,{,’?"” E' H°°°‘“g‘ The name of Laura E. Headington, widow of John W. Headin ton, late of Company H, and major, One hundredth Regiment Indiana Volunteer _Infantry, and pay her a_pension at the rate of $25 per month m lieu of that she is now receiving.
