The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-08-18
fPuBLIC-NO. S9.l

AN ACT renewing certain naval pensions and extending
the benefits of existing laws, respecting naval pensions
engineers fremen and coal-heavers In the navy and
to their widows.
the United States Of america in Congress assembled That all
those widows and such child children recev
ing pension under any of the laws of Congress passed
the first of August eighteen hundred and Urtyone
Excepting the law passed the third of March, eighteen hum
dred and hryseven and those widows and children who
have received pensions at any time within five years prior
to the passage of this act may and shall continue receive
the amount they have received urder any srecia
act from the time such special act expired Provided Such
ceased after the first day of September eighteen
hundred and oryfve may hereafter terminate And all
such pensions in force and such
ed by this act shall be paid out of any money the
not otherwise appropriated so long as the said widows
shall live as widows and in of the death, before
after the passage of this act of the widows, to the orphan
child children of the deceased parties, until they
spectvey arrive at the of sixteen years and to the child
orchdren said widows of marriage by said widows
until said child children shall respectively the
of sixteen years and that the approved hrieh April
eighteen hundred and four shall not be construed
exclude officers seamen marines from their pensions
when disabled for service Propded That the whole
received by the pensone including pay for his
That the orphan child children of the deceased parties
shall have pension in the widow has died after draw
ing five years. pension to the time when
the widow dies, and to continue until the child children
shall respectively reach the of sixteen years and that
any casualty by which an officer seaman marine has
lost or may lose his life while the line of his duty shall
be considered sufficient to cntle the widow, child child
rem to all the benefits ofthis act.
SEC 9 .qnd be il further enacted That engineers fremen
and coa-heavers in the navy shall be entitled to pensions
in the as officers, scamcn, and marines and
the widows of engineers coal heavens and remen, the
same manner the widows of officers, seamen and
rnes Provided That the pension of chief engineer shall
be the same that of LIEUTENANT in the navy and pen
sion of the widow of chief engineer the that of the
widow ola lieutenant in the navy; the pension of first
sisan engineer the that OF lieutenant Of marines
and the pension of the widow of first assistant engineer
tIn hat fnFf
the pension of second third assistant engineer the
as that of forward officer and the pension Of the widow
of second third assistant engineer the that of
the widow of forward officer; the pension ola fireman
oaheaver the that Of the pension of the
widow of fireman coaheaver the that of the
widow of .fnd propided further, That engineer,
fireman. coaheaver shall not be entitled any pension
by Of disability incurred prior to the thrsyr Of
August eighteen hundred and orty-two, shall the wild
ow of an engineer fremen coaheaver, be entitled
any pension by of the death Of her husband his
death prior to the said date.
SEc g. find be further enreted, That the amount of pen
sion every arising under this law not to exceed the
half pay of the deceased officer seaman, marne it
isted January eighteen hundred and thrtyfve such
rate of pension as is allowed by this act
APPROVED August III, l848.