The North-Carolina standard., 1849-03-07
TPURLIC-No. 1851

PUBLIC-NO. 100.
An Act renewing certain naval pensions and extend
ing the benefits of existing laws, respecting naval
pensions, to engineers fremen, and coal-heavers
in the navy, and to their widows.
SEC l. Be it enacted by The Senate and House Of Rep
resenatiues of the United States of 4nericG IN Congress
assembled That all those widows and such child OF
children as are receiving pension under any oil
the laws of Congress passed prior to the first of Au-
gust eighteen hundred and fortyone, excepting the
law passed the third of March, eighteen hundred and
tbirtrseven and those widows and children who have
received pensions at any time within hve years prior
to the passage of this act may and shall continue to
received the same amount as they have received I'M
der any special act from the time such special act
expired Provided, Such act ceased on or after the
first of September. eighteen hundred and fortyhVe,
or may hereafter terminate. And all such pensions
as are in force and such as are renewed by this
act shall be paid out of any money In the treasury
not otherwise appropriated so long as the said Wild
ovs shall live as widows and in of the death,
before or after the passage of this act of the widows,
to the orphan child children of the deceased par
ties until they respectively arrive at the age OF SIX
teen wears; and to the child children of said
widows in case of marriage by said widows, until
said child children shall respectively arrive at the
age of sixteen years. and that the act approved thr-
teth APRIL eighteen hundred and forty -four, shall
not be so construed to exclude officers, seame, or
marines from their pensions when disable for ser
vice Provided, That the whole amount received by
pensoner including pay for his service and penslon
Shall not exceed his lowest duty pay. That the or
u6C6dS0u
have pension in case the widow has died after draw
ing five years pension, to commence at the time
when the widow dies and to continue until the child
or children shall respectively reach the age OF sx=
teen years; and that any casualty by which an ON
GER seaman or marine has lost may lose his life
while in the line of his duty, shall be considered
sufficient to entitle the widow, child or children to
all the benefits of this act.
Sec q find be 1T further enacted, That engineers
fremen and coaheavers in the navy shall be entitled
in he officers,
and marines and the widows OF engineers, coal-heaF
ers, and fremen in the same manner as the WldoWs
of officers seamen. and marines PrOpded, That the
pension of chief engineer shall be the same as that
of a lieutenant, in the. navy; and pension OF the
widow of chief engineer the same as that OF the
widow of lieutenant in the navy the pension OF
first assistant engineer the same as that OF lleuen-
ant of marines; and the pension OF the widow OF a
first assistant engineer the as that OF the widow
of lieutenant of marines the pension OF second
assistant engineer the as that OF forward OH
and the pension of the widow OF second or third
assistant engineer the as that OF the WIDOW OF
forward officer the pension OF hrenan OF eoalc
HEAVIER the same as that of seaman; the pension OF
the widow of fireman or coal-heaFer the same aS
that of the widow of seaman ind promoted tnTt1er
That engineer, fireman, or coal-heaver snail not
be entitled to any pension by reason OF disability
incurred prior to the thirtyst of August, eighteen
hundred and fory-two, shall the widow OF an en-
gneer, fireman. coal-heaver be entitled to any pen
sion by reason of death of her husband, If his death
was prior to the said date. -
Sec g. find be it further enacted, That the amount
pension in every arising under this law not to
exceed the half pay of the deceased Officer seaman
OR marine, it existed in January, eighteen hundred
and thirtyye. or such rate of pension as is allowed
by this act. Approved August IL, l94s.
TPUBLIc-No. 4. .. ~, =
Joint Resolution relative to the evidence which shall
be considered satisfactory in applications for boun
ty land.
Be Resolved 5y the Senate and House Of Repre-
'entaUes of the United States Of America in Congress
assembled, That in all cases of application for bounty
land Warrants nnder the act approved February lth,