The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-06-28

msdemeanor, and SHALL, on conviction thereof. b G
punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dol
lars, or by Imprisonment for term not exceedinp
three years. by boh at the discretion of the
before whom such conviction shall be had and no
sum of money due, or to become due to any pension
under the laws aforesaid shall be liable to attach
ment levy seizure by under any legal or ennita
BILE process whatever whether the same remains with
the Pension office or any officer or agent thereof or
in course of transmission to the pensioner entitled
therefor but shall nure wholly to the benefit of such
pensioner
/ Sec A. 1nd be IL further ennc,ed Tbo+ no ,i,
agent or other person shall hereafter CHARGE or receive
more than twenty-five cents for preparing the papers
necessary 10 enapie pensoner to receive semian
nua payment OF his pension, nor shall any pension
agent charge or receive than fifteen cents for ad
mlnisterng an oath to pensioner or his attorney in
fact, under penalty of five dollars in each case
Sec. s. And be further enacted That section ono
OF an act entitled IAN act supplementary to the sew
era acts relating opensions, approved March three
eighteen hundred and siXtyfve, is hereby repealed
Ssc. g. A4d be tJurLter enacted That il any per-
son entitled to an invalid pension has died since
March four, eighteen hundred and sxtyone or shall
hereafter die While an application for such pension is
pending, and after the proof has been completed
leaving no widow and no minor child under sixteen
years of his heirs or legal representatives shall be
entitled to receive the accrued pension to which the
applicant would have been entitled had the certi-
cate been issued before his death
Sec. q And be it JUrtber enacted That in all cases
when commission shall have been regularly issued
to any person in the military or naval service who
shall have died or been disabled while in the line of
duty, after the date of such commission and before
being mustered, such officer or other person entitled
to pension for such death disability by existing
laws shall receive spension corresponding to his
rank, determined by such comniSsio the same
he had been mustered; PyOEided That this sec
ton shall not apply to any officer who shall have will
fully neglected or refused to be so mustered
Sec. g. And be ii further enacted That officers alb
sent on sick leave, and enlisted men absent OH sick
furlough shall be regarded in the administration of
the pension laws in the manner as ifthey were
in the field or hospital.
Sec. 8. And be 1Jwrther enacted, That the period
of service of all persons entitled to the benefits of the
nj Xph aaaf
son may become entitled to pension shall be con
srued to extend to the time of disbanding the organ
Zaton 10 Wnich such persons belonged until their
actual discharge for other cause than the expiration
| of the service of such organization
Sec. III. ana De ~ FURTHER enacted, That enlisted
men employed as teamsters wagOners artifcers hos
pta stewards arriers, saddlers and all other enlist
ed men, however employed in the service of the army
or navy not specifically mentioned in the first sec
tlon OF an act entitled AN act to grant pensions
approved July fourteen, eighteen hundred and sixty
twos shall be regardedn the administration ofthe pen
sion laws as officers or prvates.
Sec. IL. A1d be itturther enacted, That if any
officer soldier, or seamen shall have died of wounds
received or ofdisease contracted in the line of duty
IN the military or naval service of the Uuited States
leaving widow anda child or children under the
age OF sixteen years. and it shall he duly certified un-
der SEAL by any court having probate Jurisdiction,
that satisfactory evidence has been produced before
such court that the widow aforesaid has abandoned
the care of such child or children or an unsuitable
person, by reason OF immoral conduct to have the
CUSTODY OF the same then no pension shall be al
lowed to such widow until said minor child or child
rem shall have become sixteen years of age any pre
ylous enactment to the contrary outstanding: and
the minor child or children aforesaid shall be men
stoned IN the same manner as if no widow had arr
vYed the SAID officer, soldier or seamen, aud such
pension may be paid TO the regularly authorized
guardian of such minor or minors.
Sec. II. And be 1Lurther enacted, That section
four ofa act entitled San act to grant pensions
approved July fourteen, eighteen hundred and six
ty-two, is hereby SO amended that the provisions
thereof shall apply to and include the ORPHAN broth
er or brothers, well as sister or sisters under
teen years 15ags ana the father as we'll as mother
ton one of the above entitled act who were denend
ent upon him for support in whole or in part sinh.
Ject to the same limitations and restrictions.
Sec. IL. and 90 1further enacted That nothing
IN this or any other act shall be so construed as tC
repeal or modify the sixth section of an act entitled
IA act supplementary to An act 10 grant pensions
approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred an d
and sixtyfonr or to enttle person TO receive more
than ON pension at the same time and every case in
winch claim for pension shall not have been filed
within three years after the discharge or decease nj
the party whose account the claim is made tha
pension If allowed, shall commence from the date
OF filing the last paper in said case by the party pros
ecuting the same, - f
Sec, IA. And be ii further enacted That the four
teenth section of an act entitled IAN act supplement
ttry to an act entitled An act to grant pensions
approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and
slxty,two, approvedJuly fourth, eighteen hundred
ana sixty four, be, and the same is hereby repealed
and that the widows and children of coored Soldiers
ana sailors VINO have been or may be hereafter kill
ed, or who have died or may hereafter die of
received disease contracted in the military or no
val service OF the United States and in the line of
duty shall be entitled to receive the pensions bonn
W ana DaoK pay provided by law, without other ey-
idence of marriage than proof satisfactory to tho
Commissioner of Pensions that the parties had ba
oltualy recognized each other as man and wife and
lived together as such; and the children born of anv
marriage so proved shall be deemed and taken to
be the children of the soldier or sailor party thereto
Approved, June g. 1866