The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-08-11
gEIl9II rI0A.lRY CLAIMS.
AN ACT Tor The relief ii certain surviving o''
6cers and Soldiers OF the Army oi
the Revolution.

HnEfr ENACTED By IA Senate q Hohie
Bb Of Rfpr,sHtaiiet Of ne Uniite satt'
~ .Jatgica "a CvngTtss assembled, lhat ehnh
AZ the surviving olheefs 81 he army oil I've
Revolution infhe Continental Line, "bo was
.uiitledfe fsif pay nv the resolve oi oetober
iVrniy.lirsi, seventeen hundred and eigh'N
he autho5iged Ia received aut oil any monty IN
The treasury not otherwise appropriated me
amount u lis iuli pay ~ said me, aeeeia''s
n ms rank ia the liar, Ia hrgin wtlhihs lhltu
Jav OF Mach. one thousand eighi hundfehhh
tveniy-six. and 70 continue dGrIns III hhth
raj lie Proridod. Thu. under this act, 40
officer shall be entitled 10 receive larger
sum Than the fnll pay ofaGaptain IN satn me.
see .. Ind be Further enncted, iaa',
Whaaeyef any OF said officers has reeeiFtn
money Of the umted Staics, as pensionei
sinca the third day of March, one thenshno
eight hnndrednnd tweuiy.sn, ai"fesh'a' ,n'
spfn ~ feeeiyed shall be deducted from WHAT
All oaiep, would, otherwise, he entitled 10,
,nd..r lie lrsl section nf this act ana every
neusionto which said officer is nov entitled,
shall cease alter The passage Of this act.
Sec, 3 Ind be II further euncied, that every
snrVivIng nun-commis,ioned officer, musie'
40 or privAfe, in said army, who eniistrd
therein fer and during the VA, and eohiihh-
81 IN lis service until IL TERMINATION, anu
taereby beeame entitled 10 receive reward
-of eighty dollars, nnder resolve al 'oh'
gress, passed May fifteenth, seventeen nun
drcd an1 srpeniy-eighi, shall be entitled 10 re-.
rriye his full monthly pay IN said service
nat of any money in the Treasury not eihtr
ayise appropriated to begin on the lhifa day
OF March, one thousand eight hundred anu
fwcniy.six, aud 10 COZ llune during MS hhih'
val life ProPiitd, That no non-commi sstn6-
ed 0lioer, musician or private, IN setd army
who is now on Ia pension Isl NJ lhe tn'fu
States, shall be entitled 10 the benefits oi lh's
act.
Sec. 4 Ind BE- il further enacted, That The
pay allowed by this aci shall under tho direc-
iiou of the Secretary of the Treasury, be pad
80 the Officer or Soldier entitled thereto, or
10 their authorized attorney, at such places
and dnyaas The Secretary may direct aud
that no foreign officer shall he entitled "a
said pay nor shall any Oticrr or Soldier rr-
ceive the same, until he furnish To said seefe
iary satisfactory evidcnce TINT be- IS emitted
10 The same, in conformity y tnn provisions
n this Act aud the pay allowed by this net
ihall not in any way be transferable, or llabto
% attachment levy, or SEIZURE, by any legal
process whatever, but shnll enurG wholly 10 |
he personal benefit OF the Oaeer or Soldier
,nttled TO the sanle by this ar'.
Sec, 3. Ind be il further ennc'ed, Tint so
much of said pay as acesaedby the provisions
i ibis act, aafore the thirdday OF March, one
housand elfh hundred and tweHfT- right
hall be paid H. tho Officers and Soldiers en-
iilod tn the same, rs soon ~ mnY be, ~ The
manner and under the provisions before men
toned aud the pay which shall accrue alter
I'D day. shall be paid spontaneously, in like
manner, and under he sanle provisions.
4. STEVENSON.
Speaker of the HOUSE al Representatives,
: SMITH,
President Of the SENATE, pro tempore.
Anproved-l5ih May, 1925.
JOIN QUINCY ADAMS.