Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-03-14
Pensioners Of the War Of 1919.

Inc IoliOWlng ACT 10 grant PEN
sions TO certain soldiers OF the war
of 1912, and the widows of deceased
soldiers, has become law:
BE it enacted, by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Con-
gress 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
surviving officers and enlisted and
drafted men, including militia and
volunteers, of the military and nav
al service Of the United States, who
served sixty days in the war with
Great Britain of eighteen hundred
and twelve, and were honorably dis
charged, and TO such other officers
and soldiers as may have been per-
sonally named 10 any resolution of
Congress for any specific service in
said war, although their term of SER
vice may have been less than sixty
days, and who at no time, during the
late rebellion against the authority
of the United States, adhered to the
cause of the enemies of the govern
ment, 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 draf-
ted men: Provided, That such wild
ows shall have been married, prior to
the treaty of peace which termina-
ted said war, to an officer, or enlis-
ted or drafted man, who served as
aforesaid in said war, and shall not
have remarked.
SEC. 2. And 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
pension less than eight dollars per
month, except for the difference be-
tween the pension now received and
eight dollars per month. Pensions
under this act shall be at the rate OF
eight dollars per month, except as
herein provided when a person in
receiving pension of less than eight
dollars per month, and shall be paid
to the persons entitled thereto from
and after the passage of this act for
and during the term of their natur-
al lives.
SEC. 3 And be il 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 en-.
titled 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 oil
this act, shall be guilty of perjury
and the Secretary of the Interior
shall cause TO be stricken from the
pension 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 to a pension under
the provisions of this act. The loss
OF certificate of discharge shall not
deprive the applicant of the benefits
of this act, but other proof of servi-
ces performed aud of an honorable
discharge, if satisfactory, shall BE-
deemed sufficient.
SEC. 4. And be ii further enacted
That the provisions ofsections twelve
and thirteen of an act entitled Ar
act supplementary to "An act &c
grant PENSIONS approved July
four, eighteen hundred and sixty
four, and of sections two, three and
four of an act entitled "An act sup
Elementary to several acts relating
to pensions, approved June six, eigh
teen hundred and sixty-six, shall bt
applicable to the pensions granted
BY this act.