The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-02-18
Pensions 10 Soldiers OF lsf2-Text of
the Act as Passed by Congress-.

Pensions 10 Soldiers OF 1Sa2-Text of
the Act as Passed by Congress.
The following is the text of the net grant
ing pensions to certain soldiers and sailors
of the war Of 1872, and the widows of de-
ceased soldiers, agreed upon by both
Houses, and now in the hands of the Presi.
dent:
Be at enacted By the Senate and House of
Representatives. Of the United States Of
america IN Congress assembled, That the
SSecretaZyy>of the Interior be, and he Is here
by, authorized and directed to place on the
pension roll the names of the surviving
officers and enlisted and drafted men, in
Guiding militia and volunteers, of the mill
| tary and naval forces Of the United States
who served sixty days in the war with
| Great Britain of 1912, and were honorably
discharged, and to such 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 during the late
rebellion 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 SUBJ
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 widows
shall have been married prior to the treaty
of peace which terminated said war to an
| officer or enlisted OF drafted man, who
served rs aforesaid in said war, and shall
| not have remarked.
Sec. .. and be at 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 per-
son receiving pension less than eight dol
lars per month, except for the difference
between the pension now received and
eight dollars per month. Pensions under
this act shall be at the rate Of eight dollars
person is 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 natural lives.
Sec. 3. And be at 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 emit,
| tied to pension under the provisions of
ILLS oSV thho ALs lSiooh INV oAA"ii sN'Sit
take any oath required to be taken under
| the provisions of this act shall be guilty Of
perjury, and the Secretary Of the Interior
| Shall cause to be stricken from the pension
! ] oil the name off 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 person to a pension under the pro-
visions Of this act. The loss Of a certificate
of discharge shall not deprive the appli-
cant of the benefits of this act, but other
proof of services performed, and of an
honorable discharge, if satisfactory, it shall
be deemed sufficient.
Sec. 4. And be ii further enacted, That
the provisions of sections II and II of an
act entitled can act supplementary to AN
act to grant PENSIONS" approved July 4,
1864, and Of sections ., s, and 4 Of an act
eutiled "An act supplementary to several
acts relating to pensions" approved June
6, 1866, shall be applicable to the pensions
granted by this act,