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"The Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from December, 1883, To March, 1885, and Recent Treaties, Postal Conventions, and Executive Proclamations"; Volume XXIII; Washington, Government Printing Office; 1885; Page 547:
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Forty-Eighth Congress. Sess. I. Chs. 186-191. 1884.

CHAP. 187.--An act granting a pension to Patrick Droney.

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 and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Patrick Droney, son of Mathew Droney, late a private marine in the United States Navy, and pay him a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, to take effect from and after the passage of this act.
Approved, July 4, 1884.