The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-05-28
The Pension Bill.
THE following is the Pension Bill as it
passed the House on Tuesday last:

The following is the Pension Bill as it
passed the House on Tuesday last
1t provides that officers and men of all
grades, in the army and navy and other
branches of the service, who have been,
since the 4th of March, 1861, or shall here
after be disabled by reason of wounds or
disease contracted in the line duty, shall be
placed upon the list of invalid pensioners.
Colonels and all others otEhigher rank are
to receive pension of $50 per month
Majors, $25 Captains, S2l First Lieuten-
ants, SIG; Second Licutenants, $l5 nom
commissioned officers, musicians and pri-
Yates, SO, In the naval service, Captains.
Commanders, Lieutenants Commanding and
Masters Commanding, $50 per month Lieut.
enants, Chief Engineers, Surgeons, and
Passed Assistant Surgeons, $25 Professors
of Mathematics, Assistant Surgeons, Pay
masters and Master, $40; First Assistant
Engineers, Pilots and Assistant Paymasters,
$l5 Teachers, SChoolmasters Passed Mid
shipmcn Captains and Paymasters' Clerks,
Second and Third Assistant Engineers, Mas
ters' Mates and warrant officers, $40; all
petty officers, So. All commissioned officers
of either service shall receive only such
pension as is thus provided for. If any
officer or other person not named in the first
section has died since the 4th of March,
1861, or shall hereafter die by reason of any
wound or disease, &C., his widow or his
children under eighteen years of age, shall
be entitled to the pension, which is to con-
tinuc to the widow during her widowhood,
or TO her children until they severally at
tain the age of eighteen years, and no
longer.
Where any officer or other person nam
hall o,Ihp fp kba
of March, 1861, or shall hereafter die, and
has not left or shall not leave a widow or
legitimate child, but leaves a mother who
was dependent upon him for support, in
wloe or in part, the mother shall be entitled
to receive the pension, prvided the pension
given to the mother on account her son
shall terminate on her marriage; and pro-
vided, that where an officer or other person
has not left or shall not leave widow, nor
ligimate child, nor mother, but has left or
may leave an orphant sister or sisters; un-
der eighteen years of age; who were depen-
dent on him for support, in whole Ur in
part, they shall receive the pension to con-
| tinue until they shall severally arrive at the
age of eighteen and no longer. The widow
of any volunteer who shall hereafter be
killed or die of wounds or disease contract
ed While in the military service during the
present reDellon, ana before receiving the
| bounty herein provided for, and ifno widow,
| the minor children, if there be any, and if
there be no minor children, then the mother,
then the father of such deceased soldier,
shall receive in addition to all arrears of pay
and allowances for bounty of one hundred
dollars, and no money shall be paid to such,
or to any heirs of any deceased soldier on
account of bounty, back pay or pension,
who have been in any way engaged in, or
who have aided or abetted the existing re-
bellion in the United States but the right
of such disloyal heir or heirs of such soldier
shall he vested in the loyal heirs of the de-
ceased, if any there be in the order named.
A special agent is to be appointed to detect
and prosecute frauds against the pension
| law.