American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-06-20


ted, That enlisted men employed as team.
sters, wagoners, artificers, hospital stew.
ards, farriers, saddlers and all other en-.
listed men, however employed in the ser.
vice of the army or navy, not specifically
mentioned in the first section of IN aci
entitled sAn act to grant pensions, ap-
proved July ii, 1862, shall be regarded
in the ADMINISTRATION of the pension laws
as non commissioned officers or priyates
SECTION II. And be it further ensc.
ted, That if any officer, soldier, or seaman
shall have died of wounds received OF
disease contracted in the line of duty in
the military or naval service of the Uni
ted States, leaving a widow and child
or children under the age of 16 years,
aud it shall be duly certified under seal,
by any court having probate jurisdiction,
that satisfactory evidence has been pro
duced before such court that the widow
aforesaid has abandoned the care of such
child or children, or is an unsuitable
person, by reason of Immoral conduct, tc
have the. custody of the same, then nc
pension shall be allowed to such widow
until such minor child or children shall
have become sixteen years of age, any
/ previous enactment to the contrary not
withstanding; and the minor child OF
children aforesaid shall be pensioned il
the same manner as if no widow had sur
vived the said officer, soldier, or seaman
and such pension may be paid to the reg
ularly authorized guardian of such minol
| or minors. ea g
SECTION IL And be it further enac-
| ted, That section four of an act entitled
''An act to grant pensions" approved
July l5, 1862, is hereby so amended thai
the provisions thereof shall apply to and
include the orphan brother or brothers
as we'll as sister or sisters, under sixteen
years of age, and the father as well as
mother of deceased officers or other
person named in section one of the above
entitled act, who were dependent upor
him for support in whole or in part, sub
| ject to the same limitations and restric
tions.
| SECTION 13. And be it further enac
ted, That nothingin this or any other ac
shall be so construed as to repeal or mod
ify the sixth section of an act entitled
"An act supplementary to "Ani act sup
Elementary to AN act to grantpensions,
approved July IA, 1862" approved July
4, 1864, or to entitle person to receive
more than one pension at the same time
and in every case in which claim fol
pension shall not have been filed within
three years after the discharge or deceasC
of the party on whose account the claim
was made, the pension, if allowed, shall
commence from the date of filing the last
paper in said case by the party prosecut-
ing the same.
SECTION IA And be it further enac
ted, That the fourteenth section of an act
entitled "An act supplementary to an act
entitled 'An act to grant pensions, ap
proved July l3, 1882" approved July
4, 1864, be and the same is hereby re-
pealed, and that the widows and children
Of colored soldiers and sailors who have
been or may be hereafter killed, or who
have died or may hereafter die of wounds
received or of disease contracted in the
military or naval service of the United
States, and in the line OF duty, shall be
entitled to receive the. pensions, bounty
and back pay provided by law, without
other evidence of marriage than proof
satisfactory to the Commissioner of Pen
sions, that the parties had habitually rec
oguized each other as man and wife, and
lived together as such and the children
born of any marriage so proved, shall bC
deemed aud taken to be the children oI
the soldier or sailor party thereto,
Approved June 6, 1866,