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Pensions to Soldiers of 1872.


The following is the text of the act granting
pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the
war of 1912 and the widows of deceased SOL
diers, agreed upon by both houses, aud now in
the hands of the President;
be Il enacted by the Senate and House Of
/ REPRESENTATIVES Of The United States Of AmeIl-
ca IN Congress assembled, That the Secretary
of the Interior be, aud he is hereby authorized
and directed to place on the pension roll the
names of the surviving officers and enlisted aud
drafted men, including militia aud volunteers,
/ of the military and naval service Of the United
States who served sixty days in the war with
/ Great Britain of eighteen hundred and twelve,
/ and were honoraby discharged, and to such
/ officers and soldiers as may have been person.
ally named in any resolution of Congress for
any specific service in said war, although their
term of service may have been less than sixty
/ days, and who at no time during the late re-
beiUn against the authority OF the United
States adhered to the cause Of the enemies Of
the government, giving them aid and comfort,
or exercised the functions Of any office what
ever under any authority or pretended author
ity in hostility 10 the United States, and who
/ shall take and subscribe an oath 10 support the
constitution of the United States, aud the sur
/ vving widows of such officers and enlisted and
drafted men; provided that such widow shall
have been married prior to the treaty of peace
which terminated said war to an officer or en-
! listed or drafted man, who served as aforesaid
in said war, and shall not have remarked
Section . ARd be ii further enacted That
this act shall not apply to any person who is
receiving pension at the rate Of eight dollars
or more per month, nor 10 any person receiy-
ing a pension less than eight dollars per
month, except for the difference between the
pension now received and eight dollars per
mouth. Pensions under this act shall be at
the rate OF eight dollars per month, except as
herein provided when person is receiving
pension of less than eight dollars per month,
and shall be paid to the person entitled thereto
from and after the passage Of this act for and
| during the term of their natural lives.
Section 3. AHd be Il .fjUther enacted, That
before the name of any person shall be placed
upon the pension roll under this act, proof
shall be made under such rules and regulations
| as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe,
that the applicant is entitled to pension I'M
der the provisions Of this act and any person
who shall falsely take any oath required to be
taken under the provisions Of this act shall be
guilty of perjury, and the Secretary of the h.
terror shall cause to be stricken from the pen
sion roll the name of any person whenever it
shall appear by proof satisfactory to him that
such name was put upon such roll through
false or fraudulent representations as to the
right of such person to a pension and the pro-
visions Of this act. The loss of a certificate of
discharge shall not deprive the applicant Of the
benefits Of this act, but other proof of services
performed and of an honorable discharge, if
satisfactory, shall be deemed sufficient
Section 1. And be Il .frrthcr enacted, That
the provisions of sections - and - Of an act
entitled An act supplementary to An act
to grant pensions" approved July 4, 1864, aud
of sections ., 8 and / Of an act entitled " An
act entitled An act supplementary to several
acts relating to pensions, approved June G.,
1866, shall be applicable to the pensions
granted by this act.