The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-02-28
Pensions for Soldiers of 1912.


The following is the text of an act
which passed both houses of Congress and
been approved by the President, granting
pensions to certain soldiers and sailors
Of the war of eighteen and twelve, and
tha-widnws of deceased soldiers: --..-.
Of Representatives ofMe United State,
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 service of the
United States, who served sixty days in
the war with Great Britain of eighteen
hundred and twelve, and were honorably
discharged, and to such other officers and
soldiers as may have been personally
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, dur
ing the late rebellion against the author
ity 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 subscribe an oath to SUP.
port the Constitution of the United
States, and the surviving widows of such
officers and enlisted and drafted men -
Prorided, That such widow shall have
been married, prior to the treaty of peace
which terminated said war, to an officer
or enlisted OF drafted man, who served as
aforesaid in said war, and shall not have
remarked.
Sec. 2. And 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 to any
person receiving a pension less than 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 receiving 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
tor and during the term OF their natural
lives.
SEC. 8. And 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 pension under the provis.
ions 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 Sec.
rotary of the Interior shall cause to be
stricken from the pension roll the name of
any person wherever 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 pension under the
provision of this act. The loss of a GER
liicate Of discharge shall not deprive the
applicant Of the benefits of this act, but
other proof of services performed and of
IN honorable discharge, if satisfactory,
shall be deemed sufficient.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted That
The provisions of sections twelve and thir-
cen OF an act entitled "An act supple
nentary to An act to grant pensions, ,"
'Pproved July four, eighteen hundred and
ixty-four, and of sections two, three, and
our Of an act entitled Gan act supple
aentary to several acts relating to pen.
IONS" approved June six, eighteen hun.
red and sixty-six, shall be applicable to
he pensions granted by this act.