The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-21

oEc. .. And be 1t further er,.t.1
Ihat section eleven Of an act eht;tlaJ
An act supplementary TO the sero
raj acts relating to pensions.n ar
proved June six, eighteen hnndra5
and sixty. six, be amended and "a
enacted SO as to read as follows
That IT any officer soldier. or sea
man shall have died of wounds re-
ceived or of disease contracted IN the
line of duty in the military or naval
service of the United States. leaving
a widow and child or children under
the age of sixteen years, and IL shall
/ be duly certified under seal, ty apv
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, to have the custody
OF the same, or on presentation of
satisfactory evidence thereof to the
Commissioner of Pensions, then no
pension shall be allowed to such Wild
oW until said child or children shall
nave sevsrally become sixteen years
u age, any previous enactment TO the
contrary notwithstanding; and the
chlid or children aforesaid shall tie
peusloned In the same manner as If
no "iuoW aad survived the said Off
cer' soluler, or seaman, and such peu-
sion may DC paid to the regularly au-
thorIzed guardian Of such child or
children. '~ "a
SEC. 9. Aud be it further enacted
Ihatsectlon SIX of an act entitled "a n
act supplementary to she several acts
relating to pensions, approved .Tune
six, eighteen hundred and sivtv-siv
be, and the same is hereby, amenfed
and re-enacted, so as to read as fol-
lows: That If any person entitled Ia n
pension has died since March fourth
eighteen hundred and sixty-oue s,or
shall hereafter die while an apphoa-
ton for such pension Is pending. lenv-
ing no widow or child under sixteen
years of age, his or her heirs
or legal representatives shall be
entitled to receive the accrued pen-
sion to which the applicant would
have been entitled had the certificate
been issued before his or her death.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted.
That the remarriage OF any widow or
dependent mother, otherwise entitled
to pension prior to the application
therefor, or to the issue of q pension
certificate to her, shall not debar her
right to a pension for tie period
from the death Of her hus-
band or son, on account of whose
and death she may claim
pension, to her marriage: Provided,
however, That nothing in this section
shall be construed to repeal or modify
the fourth section Of an act entitled
: An act supplementary to the sew
eral acts granting pensions" approx
ed March third, eighteen hundred
and sixty-fve.
SEC. II. And be it further enacted,
That the provisions of the ninth
section Of an act approved july
fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty
four, entitled An act supplementary
TO An act to grant pensions, arc
hereby continued in force for five
years from the fourth day of July,
eighteen hundred and sixty seven.
SEC. IL And be il further enactc5,
That section one Of an act entitled
An act supplementary to the several
acts relating TO pensions" approved
juno SIX, eighteen hundred and six
ty-six, shall be so construed as to Sc
cure to every person entitled by law
before the passage of said act to less
pension than twenty-five dollars per
month, who while in the military or
naval service and in the line Of duty,
or in consequence of wounds received
Or disease contracted therein, having
only one eye, shall have lost the
same, pension of twenty-five dollars
per month.
SEC. 13. And be it further enacted,
That the third section of an act enti-
tied IAN act increasing the pensions
of widows and orphans, and for other
approved July twenty
fifth, eighteen hundred and siXty-siX,
shall be so construed as TO place all
pensioners whose right thereto ac-
crued subsequently to the war Of the
and prior to the fourth
day of March, eighteen hundred aud
sixty-One, on the same footing, as 90
rate of pension, from and after the
of said act, as those who have
been pensioned under acts passed
since said fourth day of March, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-one; and the
widows of revolutionary soldiers and
sailors now receiving less sum shall
hereafter be paid at the rate of eight
dollars per month.
SEC II. And be it further enacted,
That all officers Ia the military or ma
val service, of the rank Of captain IN
the army or lieutenant IN the navy,
and of less rank, who haze lost leg
or arm in such serviceand 10 the line
of duty, or in consequence Of wounds
received or disease contracted there
in. shall be entitled to receive an arti-
fetal limb on the same terms as pri-
Yates in the army are now entitled to
receive the same.
SEC. Is. And be it further enacted,
That in all cases pensions heretofore
or hereafter granted by special acts
Of Congress shall be subject TO be vari-
ed in amount according to the pro-
visions and limitations Of the pension
laws.
SEC. 16. And be it further enacted,
That all acts and parts Of acts ineon-
sistent with the foregoing provisions
Of this act be, and the same are here
by, repealed.
Approved, July q, 1868.