Nebraska advertiser., 1863-04-09
Char. CLPVI.-An Act to grant persons


BE It euacted BIZ the Senate and House of Repre-
s~enfattues ofthe United States a 4merico IN Congress
Assembled, That if any officer, non-commissiOned
o&cer, musician, or private Of the private of the
army, included regulars, volunteers, and militia, or
sny officer, warrant, or petty officer, musician, sea-
man, ordinary seaman, hOtilla-rnan, marine, clerk,
landsmanf pilot, or other person in the navy or ma
rine corps, has been, since the fourth day of March,
eighteen hundred and sixty one, or shall hereafter
be, disabled by reason of any wound received or
disease contracted while in the service of the Uni
States, and the line of duty, he shall upon making
due proof of the fact according to such forms and
regulations as are or may be provided by OF in puT-
suance of law, be placed upon the list Of invalid
pensions Of the United States, and De entitled to
receive, of the highest rate Of disability such pen
sion as ishcreafter provided in such cases, and for
on inferior disability an amount propOrtiOnate to
the highest disability, to as hereinafter
provided, and continue during the existence of such
disability. The pension for a total disability for
officers, n-commissioued officers, musicians, and
~privates employed in the military service Of the
United States, whether regulars, volunteers, militia
and in the marine corps shall be as follows, viz:
Lieutent-eolonel and all officers of a higher rank;
thirty dollars per month; major, twenty-five dollars
per month; captain twenty dollars per month; lieut.
ant, seventeen dOllBrs per month; second lieutenant
fifteen dollars per month; and non-cOmmissiOned
officers, musicians, and ~privstes, eight dollars per
month. The pension for total disability for officers
warrant or petty officers, and Others employed In
the naval service Of the United States, shall be as
follows. viz Captain, commander, surgeon, pay
master. and chief engineer, respectively, ranking
with commander lby law, lieutenant commanding,
and master commanding, thirty dollars per menth;
lieutenant surgeon, paymaster, and chei engineer,
respectively, ranking with l~ieutenat by law, and
passed assistant surgeon, twenty-five dollars per
month: professor os mathematics, master assistant
surgeon, assistant psymaster, and chpalian, twenty
dollars per month: first assistant engineers and pi-
l is, fifteen dollars per month; passed midshipman,
midshidman,c captains and paymast,rs, clerk, second
and third assistant engineer, mastecs' and all war
rant officers. ten dollars per month; all petty officers
and all other persons before named employed in the
naval service, eight dollOrs per month; and all COM
missioned officers, of either service, rhall receive
such and only such pension as is herein provided
for the rank in which they hold commissions.
Sec. 2. And be ir further enacted, mat IL any
officer or other person named in the first section eff
this act has died since the fourth day OF March,
eighteen hundred and sixty-One, or shall hereafter
die, by reasen Of any wound recflved or disease
contracted while in the service of the United States,
and in the line of duty, his widow, or, if there be 10
widow, his child or children under sixteen years OF
age. shall be entitled to receive tho same pension
AS the husband or father would have been entitled
to had he been totally disabled, 20 commence from
the death Of the husband or father, and no continue
To the widow during her widowhoOd, or TO the child
or children until they scverally attain to the age OF
sixteen years and no longer.
Sec. s. And belt further enacted. That where
any officer or other derSOn named in the hrst section
of this act shall have died subsequently to the
fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty
one, OF 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, and
has not left or shall not leave a widow nor legiti-
mate child. but has left or shall leave a mother who
was dependent udon him for SUPPORT, in whole or in
part. the mother shall be entitled to receive the
same pension as such officer OF other person would
bsve been entitled to had he been totally disabled;
which pension shall eOmmence from the death Of
the officer or other person dying as aforesaid Pro-
vided, however, That If snch mother shall herself
be in receipt Of a pension as a widow in virtue OF
the provisions of the second section of this act, In
that case no pension or allowance shall be granted
Is her on account Of her son. unless she gives up
the other pension or allowance: And provided, tur-
ther, That the pension given to a mother on account
of her son shall terminate on her remarrlage; And
provided, further, That nothing herein shall be 50
construed as to entitlo the mother Of an officer or
other person dying, as aforesaid to more than one
pension at the same time under the provisions OF
this actT
Sec. 4. And be il further enacted, That where
any officer or ether persons named in the first seq