Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-08-26
fPuBLIc-No. So.

AN ACT renewing certain naval pensions and extending
the benefits of existing laws respecting naval pensions to
engineers remen, and coaheavers in the navy, and to
their widows.
Be enacted By the Senate and House of Representatives
ofe United Siatesof america Congress assembled That
all those widows and such child children receiv
ing pension under Of the laws Of Congress passed
prior the first Of August eighteen hundred and forty one
excepting the law passed the third of March, eighteen hun
dred and thirty and those widows and children who
have received pensions any time within five years prior to
the passage of this act may and shall receive the
amount they have received under any special act
from the time such special EXPIRED Prordd Such act
ceased after the first day Of September eighteen hun
dred and forty-fve may hereafter terminate And all
such pensions in force and such renewed
by this shall be paid of any money the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated long the said widows shall
live widows and in of the DEATH before after the
passage OF this act Of the widows, the orphan child
children Of the deceased parties until they respectively arrive
at the age Of sixteen years and the child children of
said widows in Of marriage by said widows. until said
child children shall respectively arrive at the age of sixteen
years. and that the act approved hiItieth April, eighteen
hundred and forty -four, shall be construed
cude officers, seamen marines from their pensions when
disabled for seasevice Provided That the whole amount
received by the pensone including pay for his service and
pension shall exceed his lowest duty pay That the
phan child children of the deceased parties shall have
pension in the widow has died after drawing five years
pension to at the time when the widow dies, and
TO continue until the child children shall respectively reach
the Of sixteen and that any casualty by which
officer seaman, marine has lost lose his life while
in the line of his duty, shall be considered sufficient ente
the widow, child, children to all the benefits Of this
Sec 2. And be further enacted, That engineers fire.
men, and coaheavers in the navy shall be entitled pensions
in the officers seamen and marines and
the widows Of engineers, coaheaves and remen in the
the widows Of officers seamen, and
Prorded That the pension Of chief engineer shall be the
that of lieutenant in the navy and pension of the
widow Of chief engineer the that Of the widow Of
lieutenant in the navy the pension Of first assistant eng
the that Of lieutenant Of marines and the
pension Of the widow Of first assistant engineer the
that Of the widow Of lieutenant Of marines the pension Of
second or third assistant engineer the that of for
ward officer and the pension Of the widow Of second
third assistant engineer the that Of the widow Of
forward officer; the pension Of fireman coaheaver the
same as that OF seaman the pension Of the widow Of fire.
HEAVIER the that Of the widow Of
man And prorided further That engineer fireman,
coal HEAVIER shall not be entitled any pension by Of
disability incurred prior to the hiryst Of August eighteen
hundred and orytwo shall the widow Of engineer,
fireman. coaheaver be entitled 10 any pension by
Of the death Of her husband il his death prior the said
date
Sec. 3. And be further enacted That the amount Of
pension in every casesng under this law exceed the
half pay Of the deceased officer seaman, marne as
sted in January, eighteen hundred and thiyfve such
rate Of pension is allowed by this act.
Approved, August III, IS4S.