The Portland daily press., 1871-03-20
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UNITE D. S ATES
PASSED AT THE
THIRD SESSION OF THE FoRrf-FiRST
CONGRESS-.

lGESiRAL MATURING. 49,
AN ACT maku an appropriation Tor the contin-
seul fund OF the House OF Relrest natives.
Be 1t enacted By The Senate and House of Repre-
sentatpes Of the United Std'es Of america IL, Cpn-
gr.ss assembled, That the sum of fifteen thousand
liars tie, ami til same il hereby, a"pl oprated out
OF aay MONEY in t. .asufy noe otherwise appro-
ira ed. for mscoIl tneou items under the bead OF
cont Geut expenses ct The touse OF Representa-
lives.
Approved. February IS, 1911.
[iEsEnAL NATUnE-No. 1871
ilu,s Of tbs y ar OF eigh cen hundred and twelve
and the y idows OF deceased soldiers.
Re it enacted by The Senate and House Of Repre-
ssatltivss Of me ba he SECRETARY OF he m eGn
y. ana he 8 hereby, authorized and directed to
tiae on The pension ioli the nam,s OF the surviving
ofioers and enlisted and drafted men. incudiag nj
lia and vJiuOteers, oi the military and naval ser
vice ,hs United States, who served sixty days IN
the with Great Britain of eighteen hi ndred aud
twelve, and were honoranly discharged. and TO such
other officers and soldiers as may haze been eftoh-
iy n,med 10 any resolution OF Congress ior my
specific service III said war, although their term OF
service may have been less than sixty days. and who
at ine dur hg the aie rebellion against the au-
thoity Of Inc Uuited S,ates aiheeh To the cause Q,
The enemies Of the government giving the ID aiu anu
c,mOrf. exercised the functions OF any once
Whatever under any authority or pretended utnor,
ity 10 hostility to tile United States and who shan
take and subscribe an oath support the Consitu-
lion Of The Unued states, and the surviving WIDOWS
of such officers aud en- listed ai ufaHet ineu' fTo-
vided that such widows shall have been married,
mr. or 10 .be treaty OF peace which terminated saM
war to an officer, enlisted or drafted man, who
seryeu as afvresa in said war, ana shall not have
remarked. ,
SEC 4 And be it, further enacted, That this ac
shall not apply 10 any person who is receiving pen
sisu the rate OF eight dollars or more per month
to any person receiving pension less Than eign
dollars per month"; except for the dei ence bet weel
the pension now received and eight dollars De
month. Pensions under this act shall be at The RAJ
OF eight do lars Per monh except herein provide,
WREN pei ron is RECEIVING pension OF less thai
eight dollars ptr month, and shall be paid to nh
persons enltled thereto from and after the passao
OF this act ior and during the term OF their natuIa
lives.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted That before th
name OF any person shall De placed upon the
ioil under III &C proof shall be mads under sue
rules and lie .uldions the Secretary of the Int
rior may prsscri e. tat the applicant is entitled
arension under the provisio, OF this act; ard an
persoa who shall falsely take an oath required to
taken under the provisions OF this act shall be gull
ty of peijury and the Secretary of the Interior sha
cause to be stricken from the pension roll the nam
OF anv person whenever it shall app ear, by pIoo
satisfactory to him that such name put upon sue
~ tnrvu, III 1alse rauuuient represeD tons a
tn the right OF such person TO a pensi n under tn
proyisfpns OF this act. Tie loss OF a certificate o
discharge shall not Deprive the applicant OF The ben
efts OF 'hs act, out other proof of services per
Ioimed and OF an horo' able discharge, il sasiacloi
shall tie deemed sufficient.
SEC. A And be it further enacted, That the bro
visions OF sections elve and thirteen of an act en-
titled IAN act supplementary to AN act to gran
pensi ns, approved July our, eighteen hundre
and sxty-iour, and OF sections two, three and ion
saot an &C entitled An act supplementary to sever;
act relating to tensions, approved June six, eiei
teen bundled anu sky six. ehal be applicable
the tensions granted by this act.
AnDruyeJ. February IA 1STI