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Alaska, insane. An act supplemental to and amendatory of an act entitled “An act making further provision for a civil government for Alaska, and for other purposes," approved June sixth, nineteen hundred. April 28, 1904..

Public lands, Bull Run Forest Reserve. An act for the protection of the Bull Run Forest Reserve
and the sources of the water supply of the city of Portland, State of Oregon. April 28,
1904....

United States courts, Oregon district court. An act to expedite business in the district court of the
United States for the district of Oregon. April 28, 1904

Public lands, second homestead entries. An act providing for second and additional homestead
entries, and for other purposes. April 28, 1904

Bridge, Missouri River. An act authorizing the construction of a wagon, toll, and electric railway bridge over the Missouri River at Lexington, Missouri. April 28, 1904..

Alaska, municipal corporations. An act to amend and codify the laws relating to municipal corporations in the district of Alaska. April 28, 1904...

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District of Columbia, extending Albemarle street. An act for the extension of Albemarle street.
April 28, 1904...

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Public lands, forestry grant to Minnesota. An act to grant to the State of Minnesota certain lands
for forestry purposes. April 28, 1904....
Bridges, Spuyten Duyvil Creek and Harlem River. An act to authorize the Spuyten Duyvil and
Port Morris Railroad Company and its lessee, the New York Central and Hudson River
Railroad Company, to build and maintain bridges or other structures for their railroad
across the Spuyten Duyvil Creek and the Harlem River north of the Harlem River pier
and bulkhead lines as now established in the city of New York. April 28, 1904...
Public lands, Northern Pacific Railway. An act validating certain conveyances of the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company and the Northern Pacific Railway Company. April 28, 1904..
Customs, assistant appraiser, Boston. An act to provide for the appointment of an additional
assistant appraiser at the port of Boston. April 28, 1904..

Trinity River, Texas, improvement. An act to amend an act making appropriations for the construc-
tion, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors and for other
purposes, approved June thirteenth, nineteen hundred and two, making appropriation for
improving Trinity River, Texas. April 28, 1904.....

Port of entry, Lewes, Del. An act making Lewes, Delaware, a subport of entry. April 28, 1904..
White Earth Reservation Indians, allotments. An act to provide allotments to Indians on White
Earth Reservation in Minnesota. April 28, 1904

Indian Territory, care of insane. An act to provide for the care and support of insane persons in
the Indian Territory. April 28, 1904..

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Bridge, Mississippi River. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the counties of

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Sherburne and Wright, Minnesota, to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River," approved March twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and four. April 28, 1904. Bridge, Connecticut River. An act to authorize the board of county commissioners of the county of Hampden, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to construct a bridge across the Connecticut River between Chicopee and West, Springfield, in said county and Commonwealth. April 28, 1904.. An act to amend an act entitled "An act granting a charter to the General Federation of Women's Clubs," approved March third, nineteen hundred and one. April 28, 1904...

District of Columbia, Federation of Women's Clubs.

Public printing, Department of Commerce and Labor. An act to amend an act entitled "An act
providing for public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents."
April 28, 1904 .

New Mexico, additional judge. An act to provide for an additional associate justice of the supreme
court of the Territory of New Mexico. April 28, 1904.
Bridge, Mississippi River. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the construction

of a bridge across the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tennessee," approved April twenty-
fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. April 28, 1904..
Choctaw Nation, coal and asphalt lands. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to add to
the segregation of coal and asphalt lands in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, Indian
Territory, and for other purposes. April 28, 1904 .

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District of Columbia, titles, square 979. An act to confirm the title to lots three, four, and five in square numbered nine hundred and seventy-nine, in Washington, in the District of Columbia. April 28, 1904

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Public lands, mining claims. An act to amend section twenty-three hundred and twenty-seven of
the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to lands. April 28, 1904.
United States courts, Knoxville, Tenn. An act to change and fix the time for holding the district
and circuit courts for the northern division of the eastern district of Tennessee. April 28,
1904..

Bridge, Red River, La. An act to revive and amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the
Shreveport Bridge and Terminal Company to construct and maintain a bridge across Red
River, in the State of Louisiana, at or near Shreveport.' April 28, 1904..
Bridge, Choctawhatchee River. An act to authorize the courts of county commissioners of Houston

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and Dale counties, Alabama, to construct a bridge across the Choctawhatchee River
between Houston and Dale counties, Alabama. April 28, 1904..

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United States courts, Davenport, Iowa. An act to create a new division of the southern judicial district of Iowa, and to provide for terms of court at Davenport, Iowa, and for a clerk for said court, and for other purposes. April 28, 1904..

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Public lands, entries on arid lands, Nebraska. An act to amend the homestead laws as to certain unappropriated and unreserv-1 lands in Nebraska. April 28, 1904 United States courts, Lewisburg, W. Va. An act establishing a regular term of the United States circuit and district courts at Lewisburg, West Virginia. April 28, 1904.. Bridges, Calumet River, An act to amend section six of "An act to authorize the construction of a bridge by the New York, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad Company and the Chicago and Erie Railroad Company across the Calumet River at or near the city of Hammond, Indiana, at a point about one thousand two hundred feet east of the Indiana and Illinois State line and about one hundred feet east of the location of the present bridge of the New York, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad Company across said river; also to authorize the construction of a bridge by the Chicago and State Line Railroad Company across said river at the point where said company's railroad crosses said river in Hyde Park Township, Chicago, Illinois, being at the location of the present bridge of said company across said river in said township," approved July first, nineteen hundred and two. April 28, 1904..

Bridge, Saint Andrews Bay. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the navigable
waters of Saint Andrews Bay. April 28, 1904.

United States courts, East Saint Louis, Ill. An act establishing a regular term of the United States
circuit and district courts at East Saint Louis, Illinois. April 28, 1904 ..
Indian Territory, pharmacy regulations. An act in relation to pharmacy in the Indian Territory.
April 28, 1904..

Port of entry, Juneau, Alaska. An act providing for the removal of the port of entry in the cus-
toms collection district in Alaska from Sitka, Alaska, to Juneau, Alaska. April 28, 1904..
District of Columbia, mortgaged personal property. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to
establish a code of law for the District of Columbia." April 28, 1904 ..
District of Columbia, sales of goods in bulk. An act to prevent the fraudulent sale of merchandise
in the District of Columbia. April 28, 1904..

Public lands, New Mexico. An act for the relief of small-holding settlers within the limits of the
grant of land to the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company in the Territory of New Mexico.
April 28, 1904..
Arizona, bond issue. An act to ratify and confirm act numbered forty-seven of the legislative
assembly of the Territory of Arizona. April 28, 1904...
Bridge, Catalla Creek. An act authorizing the Union Pioneer Mining and Trading Company to
construct and maintain a bridge across the Catalla Creek, in the district of Alaska. April
28, 1904
Merchant Marine Commission. An act creating a commission to consider and recommend legislation
for the development of the American merchant marine, and for other purposes. April 28,
1904.
An act to provide for the construction of a light-house and fog
the coast of North Carolina, at Cape Hatteras. April 28, 1904..
An act to amend the law relating to taxation in the District

Light-house, Diamond Shoal, N. C.
signal at Diamond Shoal, on
District of Columbia, personal taxes.
of Columbia. April 28, 1904
Puyallup Indian allottees. An act confirming the removal of restrictions upon alienation by the
Puyallup Indians of the State of Washington of their allotted lands. April 28, 1904..
Oklahoma, school bonds. An act to amend an act to prohibit the passage of special or local laws in
the Territories, to limit the Territorial indebtedness, and for other purposes. April 28,

1904..

Louisiana Purchase Exposition, sale of exhibits. An act amending an act approved March third,
nineteen hundred and one, entitled "An act to provide for celebrating the one hundredth
anniversary of the purchase of the Louisiana Territory by the United States, by holding an
international exhibition of arts, industries, manufactures, and the products of the soil, mine,
forest, and sea, in the city of Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri." April 28, 1904..
Colville Indian Reservation, Wash. An act to permit the construction of a smelter on the Colville
Indian Reservation, and for other purposes. April 28, 1904...
Grande Ronde Indian Reservation, Oreg., cession. An act to ratify and amend an agreement with
the Indians located upon the Grande Ronde Reservation, in the State of Öregon, and to
make an appropriation to carry the same into effect. April 28, 1904.
Dam, etc., Missouri River. An act to authorize the Ox Bow Power Company, of South Dakota, to
construct a dam across the Missouri River. April 28, 1904..

Choctaw and Chickasaw funds. An act authorizing the payment of the Choctaw and Chickasaw
town-site fund, and for other purposes. April 28, 1904.

Bridge, Saint Francis River. An act to authorize the Paragould and Memphis Railroad Company
to construct a bridge across Saint Francis River. April 28, 1904..
Indian Territory, additional judges. An act to provide for additional United States judges in the
Indian Territory, and for other purposes. April 28, 1904

Immediate transportation, Coal City, Ill. An act constituting Coal City, Grundy County, Illinois,
a port of delivery. April 28, 1904..

Philippine export bonds. An act to relieve obligors on bonds given to the United States upon the exportation to the Philippine Islands prior to November twentieth, nineteen hundred and one, of articles subject to internal-revenue tax. April 28, 1904..

District of Columbia, outstanding checks. An act to provide for the settlement of certain outstanding checks drawn by the disbursing officers of the District of Columbia. April 28, 1904... District of Columbia, Carnegie Institution. An act to incorporate the Carnegie Institution of Washington. April 28, 1904

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District of Columbia, extending Wyoming avenue. An act for the extension of Wyoming avenue-to
Twenty-third street west. April 28, 1904
Hawaii, right of way, Kahauiki. An act to ratify and confirm the present right of way of the
Oahu Railway and Land Company through the military reservation of Kahauiki, Territory
of Hawaii. April 28, 1904..

Klaw and Erlanger. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to cancel a certain bond
of Klaw and Erlanger. April 28, 1904...

Rifle contests, medals, etc. An act making appropriation for national trophy and medals for rifle contests. April 28, 1904..

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Nary commuted rations. Joint resolution in relation to commuted rations for, midshipmen.
December 17, 1903
Congressional employees, December salaries. Joint resolution to pay the officers and employees of
the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of Decem-
ber, one thousand nine hundred and three, on the eighteenth day of said month. Decem-
ber 17, 1903....
District of Columbia, overhead wires. Joint resolution authorizing the Commissioners of the Dis-
trict of Columbia to permit the erection of certain poles and overhead wires in connection
with the work of eliminating grade crossings in the city of Washington. January 7, 1904.
Monument to President Harrison. Joint resolution authorizing the erection and maintenance of a
monument in memory of the late President, Benjamin Harrison, upon land owned by the
United States in the city of Indianapolis, State of Indiana. January 25, 1904
Smithsonian Institution regents. Joint resolution to fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the
Smithsonian Institution. January 27, 1904

District of Columbia, ice and snow. Joint resolution to provide for the removal of snow and ice
from the streets, cross walks, and gutters of the District of Columbia. February 5, 1904..
Porto Rican teachers. Joint resolution for the transportation of Porto Rican teachers to the United
States and return. February 12, 1904.

Library of Congress reports. Joint resolution providing for the editions to be printed of the annual
and special reports of the Librarian of Congress. February 24, 1904.
Division of Soils reports. Joint resolution amending public resolution numbered eight, Fifty sixth
Congress, second session, approved February twenty-third, nineteen hundred and one,
"providing for the printing annually of the report on field operations of the Division of
Soils, Department of Agriculture." March 14, 1904.

Creek and Cherokee land expenses. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to use
five thousand dollars of the amount appropriated by the act approved February eighteenth,
nineteen hundred and four (Public Numbered Twenty-two), for clerical work and labor
connected with the sale and leasing of Creek lands and the leasing of Cherokee lands in
Indian Territory. March 17, 1904

Horse and cattle reports. Joint resolution authorizing the reprinting of certain documents to be
sold by the superintendent of documents. March 28, 1904.
Maps of the United States. Joint resolution to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to print an
extra edition of the map of the United States for nineteen hundred and four, and making
the appropriation for maps made in the acts of April seventeenth, nineteen hundred, and
of March third, nineteen hundred and one, available for that purpose. March 28, 1904...
New Mexico, governor's report. Joint resolution for the printing of five thousand copies, with
accompanying maps and illustrations, of the report of the governor of New Mexico to the
Secretary of the Interior for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three,
and the printing of one thousand copies of the latest map of said Territory. March 28, 1904.
Ethnology reports. Joint resolution providing that the bulletins of the Bureau of American Eth-
nology be printed in octavo. March 29, 1904 ..
Volunteer Soldiers Home reports. Joint resolution providing for the publication of the reports of
the Board of Managers and Inspectors of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Sol-
diers for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three. March 31,
1904.
Irrigation in Utah. Joint resolution authorizing the printing of additional copies of Agricultural
Bulletin Numbered One hundred and twenty-four, being a report on irrigation in Utah.
April 1, 1904.

Military Academy, Alfonso Zelaya. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to receive
for instruction at the Military Academy at West Point Alfonso Zelaya, of Nicaragua. April
5, 1904..
Fur-seal regulations. Joint resolution requesting the President of the United States to negotiate
and, if possible, conclude negotiations with the Government of Great Britain for a review
and revision of the rules and regulations which now.govern the taking of fur seals in the
open waters of the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, and so forth. April 8, 1904..........
Interparliamentary Union Congress. Joint resolution to extend the invitation of Congress to the
Interparliamentary Union, and making an appropriation for the entertainment of its mem-
bers. April 9, 1904 ..

Statutes at Large, marginal references. Joint resolution amending the law relating to the printing
of the Statutes. April 12, 1904.......

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District of Columbia, highway system. Joint resolution to enlarge the scope of an act entitled "An
act to provide a permanent system of highways in that part of the District of Columbia
lying outside of cities," approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. April
12, 1904...
Dam, etc., Bayou Lafourche. Joint resolution providing for the extension of the time for the
removal of the temporary dam and construction of locks in Bayou Lafourche, State of Lou-
isiana. April 13, 1904..
Duplicate medals. Joint resolution authorizing the issue of duplicate medals where the originals
have been lost or destroyed. April 15, 1904...
Kosciuszko statue. Joint resolution for the acceptance of a statue of General Thaddeus Kosciuszko,

to be presented to the United States by the Polish-American citizens. April 18, 1904... Public lands, refunding fees. Joint resolution as to the provisions of "An act for the relief of certain settlers on the public lands, and to provide for the payment of certain fees, purchase money, and commission paid on void entries of public lands," approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty. April 18, 1904 ...

Dams, Illinois River. Joint resolution to authorize the lowering of the height of the Government
dams in the Illinois River at Kampsville and Lagrange. April 21, 1904..
Vermont convention records. Joint resolution authorizing the Librarian of the Library of Congress
to deliver to the governor of the State of Vermont a record or records of certain conventions
held in Vermont in the years seventeen hundred and seventy-six and seventeen hundred
and seventy-seven for the purpose of organizing a State. April 22, 1904..
Experiment stations reports. Joint resolution providing for printing annually the Report of the
Director of the Office of Experiment Stations, Department of Agriculture. April 27, 1904.
Beet-sugar report. Joint resolution providing for the printing of Senate Document Numbered Two
hundred and forty, relating to the beet-sugar industry in the United States. April 27,
Minnesota steering wheel donated. Joint resolution to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to donate
to the Minnesota Historical Society the steering wheel of the former ship Minnesota.
April 28, 1904..
Washington, accepting bust of Joint resolution accepting a reproduction of the bust of Washington
from certain citizens of the Republic of France, and tendering the thanks of Congress to the
donors therefor. April 28, 1904..

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Irrigation, Colorado River. Joint resolution directing the Secretary of the Interior to institute an investigation relative to the use of the waters of the Colorado River for irrigation, and to report to Congress thereon. April 28, 1904 ....

Immigration laws, powers transferred. Joint resolution amending an act entitled "An act to regulate the immigration of aliens into the United States," approved March third, nineteen hundred and three. April 28, 1904...

Army records. Joint resolution providing for the transfer of certain military rolls and records from the Interior and other Departments to the War Department. April 28, 1904 Private property at sea. Joint resolution relating to the exemption of all private property at sea, not contraband of war, from capture or destruction by belligerent powers. April 28, 1904.. Volunteer Soldiers' Home, managers. Joint resolution for appointment of members of Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. April 28, 1904 Right of way, Saint Louis Arsenal. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to allow to the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association a right of way through the eastern limits of the arsenal grounds at Saint Louis, Missouri. April 28, 1904..

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Cattle diseases report. Joint resolution providing for the publication of fifty thousand copies of the Special Report on the Diseases of Cattle. April 28, 1904.

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Army, credit for Marine Corps service. An act to fix the rank of certain officers in the Army.
December 20, 1904..

Bridge, Thief River, Minn. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to authorize the build-
ing of a bridge across Thief River, in the State of Minnesota. December 21, 1904
Yakima Indian Reservation, Wash. An act to authorize the sale and disposition of surplus or
unallotted lands of the Yakima Indian Reservation, in the State of Washington. Decem-
ber 21, 1904.

American National Red Cross. An act to incorporate the American National Red Cross. January
5, 1905..
Appropriations, urgent deficiencies. An act making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in

certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five,
and for other purposes. January 5, 1905
Dam, Tennessee River. An act to amend an act approved April twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred
and four, entitled "An act to enable the Secretary of War to permit the erection of a lock
and dam in aid of navigation in the Tennessee River near Chattanooga, Tennessee, and for
other purposes." January 7, 1905....

Bridge, Monongahela River. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize Washington and Westmoreland counties, in the State of Pennsylvania, to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River, in the State of Pennsylvania," approved February twenty-first, nineteen hundred and three. January 11, 1905...

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Sarah E. Wheeler. An act granting an increase of pension to Sarah E. Wheeler. February 26,
1904.

Mariah Kuechler. An act granting a pension to Mariah Kuechler. February 26, 1904
A. Marion Gamble. An act granting an increase of pension to A. Marion Gamble. February 26,

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Maria Lindhorst. An act granting a pension to Maria Lindhorst. February 26, 1904..
Marvin Nash. An act granting an increase of pension to Marvin Nash. February 26, 1904.
Adaline Shaw Lovejoy. An act granting an increase of pension to Adaline Shaw Lovejoy.
ruary 26, 1904..
Jane Elizabeth Bullock. An act granting a pension to Jane Elizabeth Bullock. February 26, 1904.
Benjamin F. Grigsby. An act granting an increase of pension to Benjamin F. Grigsby. February
26, 1904.

William P. Hereford. An act granting an increase of pension to William P. Hereford. February
26, 1904..

Robert L. Miles. An act granting an increase of pension to Robert L. Miles. February 26, 1904.
James P. Johnson. An act granting an increase of pension to James P. Johnson. February 26,
1904..
Adolph Heiser. An act granting an increase of pension to Adolph Heiser. February 26, 1904.
William T. Filler. An act granting an increase of pension to William T. Filler. February 26,
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David Warentz. An act granting an increase of pension to David Warentz. February 26, 1904.. 1364
Edward A. Wilbur. An act granting an increase of pension to Edward A. Wilbur. February 26,

1904.

George B. Davis. An act granting an increase of pension to George B. Davis. February 26, 1904.
William P. Conner. An act granting an increase of pension to William P. Conner. February 26,

1904.

Charles Wigert. An act granting an increase of pension to Charles Wigert. February 26, 1904
Anson Heffron. An act granting an increase of pension to Anson Heffron. February 26, 1904.
Charles S. Bellows. An act granting an increase of pension to Charles S. Bellows. February 26,
1904.

John Shafer. An act granting an increase of pension to John Shafer. February 26, 1904 .
Alpheus D. Brown. An act granting an increase of pension to Alpheus D. Brown.

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John Holzer. An act granting a pension to John Holzer. February 26, 1904.
Frances A. Thompson. An act granting an increase of pension to Frances A. Thompson. Febru-
ary 26, 1904.

James H. Cummings. An act granting an increase of pension to James H. Cummings. February
26, 1904.

John A. Reed. An act granting an increase of pension to John A. Reeds. February 26, 1904.
Joseph H. Cooper. An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph H. Cooper. February 26, 1904.
Theresa Nebrich. An act granting an increase of pension to Theresa Nebrích. February 26, 1904.
Harrison H. Hakes. An act granting an increase of pension to Harrison H. Hakes. February 26,

1904

Henry Barrett. An act granting an increase of pension to Henry Barrett.
Jabez Perkins. An act granting an increase of pension to Jabez Perkins.
Helen M. Bates. An act granting an increase of pension to Helen M. Bates.
William Bailey. An act granting an increase of pension to William Bailey.
Mary McCall. An act granting a pension to Mary McCall. February 26, 1904..
Rebecca A. Mathias. An act granting a pension to Rebecca A. Mathias. February 26, 1904
Charles H. Miller. An act granting an increase of pension to Charles H. Miller. February 26,
1904.
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Mary Chenowith. An act granting an increase of pension to Mary Chenowith. February 26, 1904.
Charles Schroder. An act granting an increase of pension to Charles Schroder. February 26, 1904.
Cyrus Davidheiser. An act granting an increase of pension to Cyrus Davidheiser. February 26,
1904.
Andrew Black. An act granting an increase of pension to Andrew Black. February 26, 1904..
John O. Rice. An act granting an increase of pension to John O. Rice. February 26, 1904.
Eliza S. Smith. An act granting a pension to Eliza S. Smith. February 26, 1904..
George Jeffrey. An act granting an increase of pension to George Jeffrey. February 26, 1904.
Charles Johnson. An act granting an increase of pension to Charles Johnson. February 26, 1904.
Horace E. Davis. An act granting an increase of pension to Horace E. Davis. February 26, 1904.
Henry Edwards. An act granting an increase of pension to Henry Edwards.
Matilda Lafferty. An act granting a pension to Matilda Lafferty. February 26, 1904..
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