Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-06-07

Of his full pay in the said line, according
to his rank, but not exceeding, in any
case, tho pay of captain in the said line
such pay TO commence from the fourtl
day of March, 1881, and shall continue
during his natural life; and that any such
officer, non-commissioned officer, musi'
clan or private, as aforesaid, who shall
have served in the contiEcniil line, State
troops, volunteers or militia, term Ol
terms in the whole less than the above
period, but not less than six months shall
be authorized to receive, out Of any I'M
appropriated money in the Treasury dur
ing his natural life, each, according to
his term Of service, an amount, bearing
the same proportion to the annuity grant
ed to the same rank for the service o
two years, as his term of service did to
the term aforesaid; to commence from
the fourth day Of March, 1881.
Sec. 9. .4,,d be Il further enacted, That
no person receiving an annuity or pen
sion under any law Of the United States
providing for revolutionary officers and
soldiers, shall be entitled to the benefits
Of this act, unless he shall first relinquisll
his further claim to such pension; and, in
all payments under this act, the amount
which may have been received under
any other act as aforesaid, since the date
at which the. payments under this act
shall commence, shall first be deducted
from such payment.
Sec. 8. .and be itGtrther enacted, That
the pay allowed by this act shall under
the direction of the Secretary Of the
Treasury, be paid to the officer, ,non-com-
missioned officer, musician, or private,
entitled thereto, or his or their authorized
attorney, at such places and times as the
Secretary Of the Treasury may direct;
and that no foreign officer shall be enti-
tied to said pay, nor shall any officer, nom
commissioned officer, musician, or pri-
vate, receive the same until he furnish
the said Secretary satisfactory evidence
that he is entitled to the same in conform
ity to the provisions of this act; and the
tpay hereby allowed shall not be in any
way transferable, or liable to attachment,
levy, or seizure, by any legal process
whatever, but shall enure wholly to the
personal benefit of the officer, non-com-
missioned officer, musician, or soldier, en-
titled TO the same.
Sec. 4. find be dfwiher enacted, That
so much Of the said pay az accrued be-
fore the approval of this act shall be paid
to the person entitled to the same as soon
as may be, in the manner and under the
provisions above mentioned; and the pay
which shall accrue thereafter shall be
paid semi-annuaIIy, in the manner above
directed; and, in case of the death ofany
persons embraced by the provisions ofthis
act, or ofthe act to which it is supplement
tary, during the period intervening be-
tween the semi-annual payments direc-
ted to be made by said acts, the proper
tionatc amount of pay which shall accrue
between the last pre- ceding and semi-a an
nual payment and the death Of such per-
son, shall be paid to his widow or, if he
leave no widow, to his children.
Sec. 5. lind be Il further enacted, That
the officers, non-commissioned officers,
mariners, or marines, who served for a
like term in the naval service, during the
revolutionary war, shall be entitled to
the benefits of this act, in the same man.
ner as is provided for the officers and
soldiers Of the army Of the revolution.