The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-10-11
opyIo'AL.l
LAWS or THO UNITED STATES,
pa.sed al NE Fgsi Session Of the Thirty A'Hth
C0Rgress.
(PuBLlc-No. 1927
Nv Acr iners..alng Tie pensions Of widows


and oruhans. aud Tor other purposes
! n, n epoeied bg The Senate aud Hogse Of Fep-
l.,ntafirss Of ne Tnil,d Siaies of 1n'e''cd ~
I,nor,sa ossembisd, That the provisions 81
do pension laws are hereby eXtehdch '" anu
,aade 10 include provost mafshhls' hePu'9
''.,.4 ,aayst,als and enrolling officers vino
ll,,,, I,ecu killed or wounded IN the discharge .
IL thedr dntiea; and for the purpose o. &c I
krmining the amount VI pension 70 "n'su
| Arch persons and their dependents shalI
| entitled, provost marslals shan 10 iapN' 49,
| CAPTAINS, deputy provost natsha'n a. l,
| ls,ntenants, aud enrolling 0I'ice'' ~
! llautenants ,.J That the
,,onsiona IN widows Of deceased soldiers ana
sailors. having children by such deGeaSHu
| soldierH or sailors be- increased ~ lhe iate VI
two dollars per month for each emo % suoh
4otIior or sailor under the age OF sixteen
| g,,,,,. Aud ia all caseA in which there shhii
X. moro than one child Of any deceased SOL
der or sailor leaving no WIDOW, VI "H'io
i his widow has died or nafflel again' "
lSyhere she hna been deprived "t net pehs'oh
Uunder the provisions OF section sieFu" VI ~. ~
w., o,,titled "kn act supplementary 10 the
Iseyeral acts relating to pensions, approve"
Ituc sixth, eighteen hundred ana alAty-e,A'
III. nension granted to such children unheI
A sixteen wears of age by existing laws shiiil
bn Increased Ia the same ainolnt per h'i'Vi
that would be allowed under the foregoing
,,,0,,i.tnua 10 the widow If living ana en-"
,itl.d Ia a pension Pr0rided, That III no
case shall more than one pension be ailo"eo
10 the same person. M. a.,
= SrG. 3. And be- IL further enacted, mat tho
2. pfoyisions of an act entitled An acs W
I Grant PENSIONS approved JhIy loui eo ~
ni,hteru buudsed aud sixty-twO, ana OF the
u IN. complementary thereto and amendatory
. fhereof are hereby, 80 far IA applicable, eA'
- tended 10 the pensioners under previous
. laws exccpt revolutionary pei aionefs.
grr 4 Ind BE- il further enacted, -lat u
i ony uer,on during the pendcnc, = ms ap
a nIiration for an invalid pension, aud aitei
"a t,a conpletion of the proof showing ms
- rioht thereto, has died, OF shall hereafter
, dir bnt not in either ease by reason oi
" yyouud received, or disease cohtfactod III th'
G. service of the United States ana III tne ''l''
"a ~ ,intv his widow, or if he left no widow
:, ~ In ia event of her death or marriage, hi
y ralativrs in the same order in which they
n ,yould have received pension, II they hat
NJ l,ean thereunto entitled under existing law
20 ou areoupt of the services and death IN I'M
-. line of duty Of such person, SHAH nave th'
" right TO demand and receive the accTue'
nension 10 which he would have been emu
G. lied had the certificate issued before III
, death; and in all eases where such peIsoi
= 40 entitled to IN invalid ponson has died'
~ ahnll hereafter die, under circumstance
ks hnrcinhcfore mentioned, whether by reaso
he of n wound received or disease contracts
"a Ia the service of the United States and i
The line of duty or otherwise, without leaN
~ ing a widow OF such relatives, then such ~
of ,rUed pcnsoli shall be paid TO the execute
N ar administrator of such person IN INK
= manner and effect ms If such pension WEI
90 much assets belonging 10 the estate OF I'll
OF deceased at the time of his death.
to Src b. and bf II further enacted, That tn
of repeal by the act entitled " An nct srpp
Io mentary to tho several acts relating TO pei
w lions - auproved June sixth, eighteen hun
~ dred and sixty-six, of parts OF certain acl
nd mentioned in the first section OF SAID ac
Id shnil NOT work n forfeiture of any rights a.
rrmed under or granted by such parts
:" such acts so repealed but such rights shl
ss be reco,uized and allowed in the same MAJ
lp- ner and to all intents and purposes as II sal
Int net had never passed, except that the my
~, lid pensionor shall be entitled TO draw iro
and after the taking effect OF SAID act u
ng increased pension thereby granted in lieu
,w that granted by such parts OF snch acts
le- repealed 81 ..,,t m,
40 lnothinp in the fourth section of an act Q
ld' titled " An act supplementary to the sever
so acts relating to pensions, approved Mar
nt third, eighteen hundred and siXty,hye, or
~, any other supplementary or amendatory a
~ relating to pensions, shall be so c0nstruSl
nj TO impair the right of a widow who
no. claim for pension was pending at the di
ion of her rc-marriage to the pension 10 "hi
- She would otherwise bo entitled, had her
ho ceased husband left no minor child or CHI
OF rem under the age of sixteen years
The Approved, July 20, 1866.