The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-02-06
10y AUTHORITY

PUBLIC AcTa.
AZ act authorizing the Commissioners Of
ilte sinking nnd u pHrelinsr the seseuper
rfnt stock of the United states, in The err
I 1R3I
Be II ENACTED by The .Senate and House q
Representatives, II the Uaifcd Statts Of n
mtt1ea IN Congress as@nibi,d, THAI the
, commissioners of thr Sinking Fuud b..
and thy nr,s h,r by, anlhn,iz Il In pnf-
chase, during the yrar one thousand eight
hundred aud twrniy four. any stotR ofihe
/ United States bearing IN int,rrsf of seten
/ per cenfnfn per annuun, upt ,Scredng The
sum nj eight miltans six hundred aud TN
! Thousand dollars, upon such terms ~ They
my ,I,iok proper, MI exceeding THE fol-
lowing iatos above the principal sum pur-
chased, that J. {" say /:
/ For all such stock ns they may purchase
before The Gr-t day nf April nrXt al rate
MT exceeding too dollars fpr r,rly suiu
of one bundled dollars. in addition Ia I'll.
interest nhirh would have accrued ON that
day upon the said stock
For al surh stock which they may pnr-
chnse between the first day of Aplil ard
| III. frst day of July next, NJ a rate not tx
e.rdipa seventy five cents on every sum of
, one bundled dollars, in addition Ia the IN
terost which would have accrued on the
day Lat mentioned
For al the stock which tkry may pnr-
chase between the first day oG July and the
first day of October NEXT, 1T a rate not ex
ccsJing, on every sum If one hundred
dollars, the amount of interest which
would have accrued Oh the day last men
TONED; aud
For all such stock which they may pnr-
chase between the frat day Of october
next aud the first day Of January, one
thousand eight hundred and twenty five, ut
u ratr not exceeding the principal and the
interest which shall have accrued at. the
day Of purchase.
Sec. .. ind be IL further enacted, That
the said commissioners are hereby autho-
rizcd Ia make such purchases, under The
/ foregoing restrictions, 1T such times and
places rs they may deem most cxpediept,
out any moneys IN the Treasury, here
toiore appropriated for thr redcmriioh
al the public debt, or ont of any money
Ia The Treasury, not otherwise npproptia=
ted
Washington, January 30, 1924.
Approved JAMES MQNRof
SEQ.
AN AT making n partial appropriation To-
the 5ehr one thousand eight hundred nnd
twenty tour.
BE II endcicd Lu The Senate md House of
me,ied IN Congress assembled. Tint the
sum nf two hundred nud sixty Eve thou
sand one hundred aud fori, doIlars be, aud
the shmo ~, hereby appropriated, for the
compensation granted by law 10 the ST.
natr and House of Rrpfes,'piaii, cs, and io
the officers, clerks, and servants of both
Houses of Congress, aud for d,'traying the
contingent expenses thereof; and that
the same be- paid .oui Of any moneys
III the Treasury, not otherwise approprla.
| ted.
Washington, Jan 10, ieet
Approved JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT further extending The term Of hhlf
pr. pfnsiuns 10 the widows aud children OF
Officers, sehmen, aud marines who died ia
the public service.
BE II enacted By the Senate and House Of
Representatives. QfMe United States Of II
msricd in Congress assembled, That, in all
cases whcre pro, islon has been made by
law for fisn years half pay to the widows 3
and children Of officer, seamen, and ma
rlnes, who were Killed IN battle, or who
died in the naval service Of the United
! States, during tho late war and, also, in
AL casrs where provision has been made
for extending the Term for five yenrs. the
said provision sl.all BIZ further extended for
an additional term Of FIVE years, In COM
4 uenet nj the end of the second term Of
five years, IN each ease, respectively, ma
king the provision equal 10 fifteen years
halfpay which shall be paid ont Of the.
fund heretofore provided by law nnh tho
said pensions shall cease, from the causes
mentioned in the laws providing the same, ,.
respectively.
Sec. 2. IND be IL further enacted, That
from and after the passing of this act, the
aci, entitled "An act 10 amend and explain
an act giving pensions to the orphans and
widows of persons slain IN the public or
private armed rssrls of the United States,
passed March The third one thousand eight
hundred aud seventeen, be, and the same
is hereby, repealed: Prorided, homertr,
That nothing IN this act contained fhall be-
construed TO prevent the payment of any
pension nj eady granted, until the full ex-
piralion ofthe period thereof; nor to affect
or impair The rights of any person or per
sons which may have accrued during the
existence OF the act hereby repealed as "a
forrsaid.
Washington, Jan. %, 1924,
Approved JAMES MONROE
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