Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-02-23
pensions to Soldiers Of lSl2-TeXt
ofthe Act rs Passed by Congress

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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 soldiers, agreed upon by both
houses, and in the hands of the President /:
Be it enacted the Senate and House Of
Representatives. Of tie United States Of
america In Congress 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
viving officers and enlisted and drafted
men, including militia and volunteers, of
the military and naval %rervice of the Uni
ted States who served sixty days in the
war with Great Britain of eighteen humid
red and twelve, and were honorably dis
charged, and to such officers and soldiers
as may have been personally named in any
resolution of Congress for any specific
service in said was, although their term of
service may have been less than sixty days,
and who at no time during the late rebell-
ion 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 whatever under any authority or
pretended authority in hostility to the
United States, and who shall take and sub
scribe an oath to support the constitution
of the United States, and the surviving
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 enlisted or drafted man, who
served as aforesaid in said war, and shall
not have remarked.
Section 2. Ind be it further enacted
That this act shall not apply to any person
who is receiving a pension at the rate of
eight dollars or more per month, nor to
any person receiving a pension less than
eight dollars per month, except for the di-
ference between the pensions now received
and eight dollars per month. Pensions
under this act shall be at the rate of eight
dollars per month, except as herein provid-
ed when a person is receiving a pension of
less than eight dollars per month, and
shall be paid to the persons entitled there
to from and after the passage of this act
for and during the term Of their natural
lives.
Section 3. Ind be it further 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 a pension under the provisions
of this act and any person who shall false
ly take any oath required to be taken I'M
der the provisions of this act shall be gull
ty of perjury, and the Secretary of the In
terror shall cause to be stricken from the
pension roll the name of any person when
ever it shall appear by proof satisfactory
to him that such name was put upon such
roll through false or fraudulent represen-
tations as to the right of such person to a
pension under the provisions 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 per-
formed and of an honorable discharge, if
satisfactory, shall be deemed sufficient.
Sec. 4. Ind be IL further acted, That
the provisions of sections II and Is of an
act entitled g An act supplementary to can
act to grant PENSIONS" approved July 4
1864. and of sections ?, 3 and 4 of an act
entitled An act supplementary to several
acts relating to PENSIONS" approved June
6, 1866, shall be applicable to the pen
sions granted by this act.