5 January 1893 c. 18 27 Stat. 413

CHAP. 18.- An act granting increase of pension to soldiers of the Mexican war in certain cases.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to increase the pension of every pensioner who is now on the rolls at eight dollars per month on account of services in the Mexican war and who is wholly disabled for manual labor, and is in such destitute circumstances that eight dollars per month are insufficient to provide him the necessaries of life, to twelve dollars per mouth.

Approved, January 5, 1893.

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