Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-03-03
Pensions for the Veterans of 1912

We are under obligations to the Hon. E. D
PECK for the copy of an act approved on the 14tt
OF last month granting pensions to the soldier
and sailors o! the war of 1912, and the widow.
of deceased soldiers.
There are some Of these old veterans yet liv.
ing in this county to whom this benefit may be
available, and the widows of others to whom thi:
auxiliary help in the last stages of life will
prove comfort and blessing. The law reads
as follows:
AN ACT granting pensions to certain soldiers
and sailors of the war Of eighteen hundred
and twelve, and the widows Of deceased sol,
diers.
he IL enacted by The Senate aud House of Repre-
setiCes of the United States Of America IN Conqres,
assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be
and he is hereby, authorized and directed to
place on the pension roll the names of the sur
vining officers and enlisted and drafted men, IN
cluding MALTA and volunteers, of the military
aud naval service of the United States, who
served sixty days in the war with Great Britain
of eighteen hundred and twelve, and were honor
ably discharged, and to such other officers AID
soldiers as may have been personally named in
any resolution of Congress for any specific sci :
vice in said war, although their term of service
may have been less than sixty days, and who at
no time, during the great rebellion against the
cause Of the enemies Of the government, giving
them aid and comfort, or exercised the functions
of any Office whatever under any authority or
pretended authority in hostility to the United
States, and who shall take and subscribe an
cath to support the Constitution of the United
States, and the surviving widows Of such officers
and enlisted and drafted men; ProUided, That
such widows shall have been married, prior TO
the treaty of peace which terminated said war,
to an officer, or enlisted or drafted man, who
served as aforesaid in said war, and shall mt t
have remarked.
SEC. 2. And be II further enacted That this az t
shall not apply to any person who is receiving &
pension at the rate of eight dollars or more
per month nor to any person receiving a PEN
sion less than eight dollars per month, except
for the difference between the pension and eight
dollars per month. Pensions under this act
shall be at the rate Of eight dollars per month,
except as herein provided when person is re-
oeieving pension of less than eight dollars rer
month, and shall be paid to the persons entitled
thereto from the passage of this act for and du,
ring. the term of their natural lives.
SEQ. 3. Aadbe h further enacted, That befnre
the name OF any person shall be placed on the
pension roll under this act, proof shall be made,
under such regulations as the Secretary of the
Interior may prescribe, that the applicant Is en-
allied to 4 pension under the provisions Of this
act; and any person who shall falsely take any
oath required tO be taken under the provisions of
oSt5 nuo'. W 6u'Nl huu ule oeC-
Tstary Of the Interior shall cause to be stricken
IRON the pension roll the name of any person
whenever II shall appear, by proof satisfactory
90 him, that such name was put upon such roll
through false or fraudulent representations rs to
the right Of such person to a pension under the
provisions of this act. The less Of certificate
Of discharge shall not deprive the applicants the
benefits Of this act, but other proof of services
perfOrmed and Of an honorable discharge, if
satisfactory, shall be de med sufficient.
SEQ. 4. And be IL further enacted, That the pro-
visions Of sections twelve aud thirteen of an act
entitled "An act supplementary TO 'An act to
grant PENSIONS" approved July four, eighteen
hundred and sixty -four, and Of sections two,
three and four OF an act nt!led San act supple
approved June six. eighteen hundred and sixty
SIX, shall be applicable to the pensions granted
BY this act.