Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-09-24

since the fourth day of March, eighteen
hundred and sixty-oue, or shall hereafter
De. disabled by reason of any wound re-
ceived or disease contracted while ia the
service OF the Uuited States, and IN the
line of duty, he shall, upon mtking due
proof CT the fact according TO such form
auI regulations as are or may be provided by
or in pursuance OF law, be placed upon tie
list OF invalid pensions of the United
States, and be entitled to receive, for the
highest rate OF disability, such pension as
IS hereinafter provided in such cases, and
for al inferior disability an amount pro-
portionate 10 the highest disability to COM
/ mence as hereinafter provided, and coutIu-
ue during the ex steuce of such disability.
The pension for a total disability for off
GERS, uon-commissioued officers, m musicians,
and priyateS etnployed'iu the military ser
vice of the Cailed States, whether regu
lars, volunteers or militia, and ia the
| riue corps, shall be as follows, viz LIeut
colonel, and all officers of high rank,
thirty dollars per mouth; major. twenty
| i've dollars per mouth; captain, twenty
| dollars per month; first lieutenant, seven
/ teen dollars per month second lieutenant,
I fifteen dollars per month; And nou-eOmmIS-
stoned officers, musicians, and privates,
( eight dollars per mouth The pension for
total disability fer officers, warrent, or petty
officers, aud others employed IN the naval
service OF the United States, shall be as
follows, viz Capttin, commander, surgeon,
pavmaster, and chief engineer. respectively
ranking with commander By law, iieuten-
ant commanding, and master commaniiug.
thirty dollars per month; lieutenant, sur
geou paymasrer, aud chief engineer, res
pec:iveIy, ranking with Lieutenant by law,
and passed assistant surgeon, twenty Eve
dollars per month; professor Of matL emaI-
les, master, assistant surgeon, assistant
pavnaster. and chaplain, twenty dollars
per month; first assistant engineers and pi-
lots. fifteen doll RS per month; passed mid
shipm IN. n 4 shipm an, captains and pay
masters clerk, second AMI third assistant
engineer masters mate, and all warrant
ficers, ten dollars per mOnth; all petty
officers, and all other persons before nam
ed employed in the naval service, eight
dnIIars per month; and all commissioned
officers, of either service, shall receive such
aud oaIy such pension "a is herein provided
tor the rank n which they hold cOmms
sions.
Sec .. And be it further enacted, That
if any OTTER or other person now IN the first
section of this act has died since the fourth
dav of March. eighteen hundred and six
" oue, or shall hereafter die, b. reason of
anv wound received or disease contracted
while in the service of the United States
aud in the line Of duty, his widow, or, II
ttere be no widow, MS child or children
under sixteen years Of age, snail De emit
tied TO receive the same pension as the
husband or father would bave heen entitled
to had he been totally disabled, to COM
meuce from the death OF the husband or
father, and continue 10 The widow during
her widowhood, or 10 the child Or children
until they seyerally attain 20 the age Of
va,rs
Sec ). And De il further enacted, That
where auy Officer or other person named n
the first section of this act shall have died
subsequ uenLly to the fourth day ef Marcu,
eighteen hundred and sIIty-oue, shall
hereafter die br reason of any wound re-
ceived or disease contracted while IN the
service Of the United, and IN the line Of
duty, aud has not left or shall not leave
widow or legitimate CHILD, hut has left or
shall leave a mother snail be entitled TO
receive the same pension as such officer o :
other person would have been entitled 10
had he been totally disabled which pen
sion shall commence from the date of the
officer or other person dying as atOTe-
said: PrJyd ID, however, That II SUCH
mother shall herself be in receipt of a pen
sion as a widow, in virtue OF the provisions
of the second section of this act, in that
case DO pension or allowance shall be
granted 70 QtT on ACCOUNT VI urE sou- Au .
less she gives up the other pension or al
lowauce: And provided further, That the
pension given to mother on account OF
sou shall terminate on her marriage: And
pro viled further, That nothing herein snail
be so construed as to entitle the mother OF
IN officer or other person dying, as afOre-
said to more than one pension at the same
: time under the provisions of this act.
Sec. !. And be it further enacted. That where any
ia a
This shall haze died subsequently, 70 the fourth day
" lrct. eighteen hundred and sixty-One or snail
disease contracted while the -ervcs of the a!ted
states and the line Of duty and has not left or
I Al! leave 4 SidJw- nor leg1tin ,re child, nor
mother, but has lett or may leave an orphan u
sisters, under years Of age who we're depen
dent upon him for support, IL whole or In p II
such sister sisters slA be entitled 20 receive te
! same pension a such officer other person would
have been entitled TO had he been totally sAoIed
which pensi N 20 said orphan shhii co.hheuce Eoh
the deAUh OF the officer other person dying As 'iore
said, aud snail continue TO the said orphans untii
they ssverIily arrive t the age Oh sixteen a'li
Z ma longer: provided however, fhat thing herein
Z snail be so consirue entitle said Orphtns 70
/ more than pension at the same time, under the
mr. visions OF this Ard provide. further That no
noueys shall paid rhe widow. or childi en-, or
.ry hers ofanv deceased soldier on of boun-
~ back pay. or pension, who have IN any way been
engaged in OF who have aided aOstted the existing
CJIIr in the iTnirei srases but the right Of such
dslyaI widow children heir heirs Of such sol
der snail be vested in the loyal heir or heirs OF the
dece tsej, Il any there be-
. sec. D. And De II enaCtrus L-Iat
/ which may be granted, in pursuance Of the provis-
ions Of this acr 10 persons who may have been or
shall be- employed the military naval service Of
the UnteI States shall commence on the day Of the
discharge such persons in all cases in which the Hp
picAtiUu for such provisions hled within one year
| after the date Of said discharge and in Cases IN
which the application is not fled during said year
pensions granted to persons employed as Aforesaid
shalt commence on the day Of The ming oil the aPP-
cation.
sec 6. And be it further enacted That the fees Of
agents AMT alto neys, making and eausing to
be executed tAs papers necessary estIblih ann
for a pension, bouuty, and oth@r allowance. before
the Pen lion udicc under rhis act sIal not exceed tn
fiIIoEing rates: For makiug out and causing 70 be
duly executed a declaration Oy tbe applicant with
the necessary m iaviIs and iOI wariing the same to
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