Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-09-18

month first assistant engineers ant
pilots, fifteen dollars per month pas
scd midshipman, midshipman, cap
tains' aud paymasters clerk, SECOND
and third assistant engineer masters
mate, and all warrant officers, ten dol
lars per month all petty officers, ant
all other persons before named EN-
ployed in the naval service, eight dol
lars per month and all commission
ed officers, of either service, shall re
! ceivc such and onl y such pension al
; herein provided for the rank in which
they hold commission.
SEC. 2. And be u further enacted, That
if any officer or other person named il
the first section of this act has died
since the fourth day of March, eight
cen hundred aud sixty-one, or shall
hereafter die, by reason of any wound
received or disease contracted while
in the service of the United States,
and in the line of duty, his widow. or,
if there be no widow, his child or
children, under sixteen years of age,
shall be entitled to receive the same
pension as the husband or father
would have been entitled to had he
been totally disabled, to commence
from the death of the husband or IA
thcr, and to continue to the widow
during her widowhood, or to the child
or children until they sevcrally attain
to the age Of sixteen years, and no
longer.
Sec. g. And be IL further enacted, That
where any officer or other person ma
med in the first section Of this act
shall have died subsequently to the
fourth day Of March, eighteen hun
drcd and sixty-one, or shall hereafter
die, by reason Of any wound receiv-
ed or disease contracted while i'm the
service of the United States, and in
the line of duty, and has not left or
shall not leave widow nor legitimate
child, but has left or shall leave a
mother who was dependent upon him
for support, in whole or in part, the
mother shall be entitled to receive the
same pension as such officer or other
person would have been entitled to
had he been totally disabled which
pension shall commence from the death
Of the officer or other person dying as
aforesaid: Proraded, hotcerer, That if
such mother shall herself be in re-
ceipt Of pension as widow, in vir-
tue of the provisions Of the second
section of this act, in that case no
pension or allowance shall be granted
to her Oh account Of her son, unless
she gives up the other pension or al
iowance Aaa y,rnridsd, fnrske,, That
the pension given TO n mother on ac-
count of her son shall terminate on
her re-marriage And preceded, further,
That nothing herein shall DC SO con-
strued as to entitle = mother of an
officer or other person dying, as afore.
said, to more than one pension at the
same time under the provisions of this
act.
SEC. 4. And BE- IL further enacted, That
where any officer or other person ma
med in the first section Of this act
shall have died subsequently to the
fourth day Of March, eighteen hundred
and sixty-one, or shall hereafter die,
by reason of any wound received or
disease contracted while in the SER.
vice of the United States and in the
line OF duty, and has not left or shall
not leave a widow, nor legitimate
child, nor mother, but has left or may
leave an orphan sister or sisters, un-
der sixteen years of age, who were
dependent upon him for support, in
whole or in part. such sister or sisters
shall be entitled to receive the same
pension as such officer or other person
would have been entitled to had he
been totally disabled which pension
to said orphan shall commence from
the death of the officer OF other per-
son dying as aforesaid, aud shall con-
time to the said orphans until they
sevcraliy arrive at the age Of sixteen
years, and no longer: Prorided, hop-
erT, That nothing herein shall be SO
construed as to cntitle said orphans to
more than one pension at the same
time, under the provisions Of this act:
Aad prorided, further, That no moneys
shall be paid to the widow, or chill
dren, or any heirs of any deceased
soldier on account of bounty, back
pay, or pension. who have in any way
been engaged in or who have aided
or abetted the existing rebellion in
the United States but the right of
such disloyal widow or children, heir
or heirs of such soldier, shall be vest
ed in the loyal heir or heirs Of the de-
ceased, if any there be.
SEC. 5. And be IL further enacted, That
pensions which may be granted, in
pursuance Of the provisions Of this
act, to persons who may have been,
or shall be, employed in the military
or naval service Of the United States,
shall commence on the day Of the
discharge Of such persons in all ca
ses in which the application for such
provisions is filed within one year af-
ter the date of said discharge /; and
in cases in which the application is
not filed during said year, pensions
granted to persons employed as afore.
said shall commence on the day Of the
filing Of the application.
4 GEC. Y. INA Ot ~ /uFtAcF Sud(t<U, lOat
the fees of agents and attorneys, for
making out and causing to be execu
ted the papers necessary to establish
q claim for pension, bounty, and
other allowance, before the Pension
Office under this act, shall not exceed
the following rates For making out
and causing to be duly executed u de.
claration by the applicant, with the
necessary ailidavits, and forwarding
the same to the Pension Office, will
. the requisite correspondence, five dol
lars. In cases wherein additional
testimony is required by the Commits
sioner of Pensions, for each affidavit
SO required and executed and forward
ed, Except the affidavit Of surgeons
for which such agents and attorney
shall not he entitled to any fees, on,
dollar aud fifty cents.
SEC. I. And be IL further enacted, Tina
/; any agent OF attorney who shall, di