Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-05-16
TIL E DAILY CHRONICLE.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed at the Third Session of the Forty
Second Congress.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
GENERAL NATURE-No. 621
An Act to revise, consolidate, and amend the
laws relating to pensions. ffs-

an hCt W TeVISci COuSOiiudIc, anu tiiC
laws relating to pensions.
Sec. 9. That the pensions of widows shall be increas-
ed from and after the twenty fifth day Of July egn.
per month for each child under the age of sixteen
of the husband account of whose death the
case in which the deceased husband has left or shall
leave. no widow or where his widow has died or mar.
sion under the provisions of the pension law the
sion granted to such child children shall increased
under ~ der t the foregoing Provisions to the widow living
and entitled to pension Provided. That the addi.
of the child or chdred of the husband by a. former
wife shall be paid to her only for such Ierod q her
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Rod during which she has not been she shall not be-
so charged, it shall be granted and PAID 10 the
guardian of such child or children: Provided
further, That widow or guardian to whom in
crease of pension has been, or shall hereafter be-
granted on account ofminor children shall not be
deprived thereof by reason of their being main-
tame in whole or in part at the expense of
State or the public in any educational institu-
ton organized for the care of soldiers orphans.
Sec 10. That in the administration of the pen-
ton laws, children born before the marriage of
their parents if acknowledged by the father be-
fore or after the marriage, shall be deemed le>
Ultimate.
Sec H. That the widows of colored or Indian,
soldiers and sailors who have died, or shall here
after die, by reason of the wounds or injuries
received, or casualty receive d or disease con-
tracted, in the military or naval service of the
United States, and in the line of duty, shall be
entitled to receive the pension provided by law
without other evidence of marriage than salts
factory prOofthat the parties were Joined in
marriage by some ceremony deemed by them
obligatory, or habitually recognized each other
as man and wife, and were so recognized by
their neighbors and lived together as such up
to the date of enls: ment, when such soldier
died in the service. Or if otherwise to the date of
death and t. G children born of any marriage
so proved shall be deemed and held to be lawful
children of such soldier or sailor: Provided,
That this section shall not be applicable to any
claims on account of persons who have enlisted
after the passage of this act
Sec. r. That if any person has died or shall
hereafter die, leaving a widow entitled to
pension by reason Of his death, and a child or
widow, and it shall be duly certified under seal
by any court having probate jurisdiction. that
satisfactory evidence has been produced before
such court that the widow afores
said has abandoned the care of such child or
children, or that she is an unsuitable person, by
reason of immoral conduct to have the custody
of the same or on presentation of satisfactory
evidence Thereon to the Commissioner of PEN
sions, then no pension shall be allowed to such
widow until such child or children shall have
attained the age of sixteen years, any provisions
of this act or ofany previous act to the contrary
notwithstanding; and the said child or children
aforesaid shall be pensioned in the same man.
ner and from the same date, as if no widow had
survived such person, and such pension shall be
paid to the guardian of such child or childred
have been made to the widow, the pension to
the child or children shall commence from the
date to which her pension has been paid.
Sec. Is. That if any, person embraced within
died since the fourth day of March, eighteen
hundred and sixty one, or shall hereafter die,
by reason of any wound, injury, casualty or
disease, which, under the conditions and limi-
tations of said section, would have entitled him
to an invalid pension as has left or shall
leave other relative or relatives who were de-
pendent upon him for support at the date of his
death, such relative or relatives shall be enti>
tied in the following order ofprecedence to re-
celve the same pension, as such person would
have been entitled to had he been totally disa-
abled, to commence from the death ofsuch per-
son, namely, first, the mother; secondly, the
father; thirdly, the orphan brothers and sisters
under sixteen years ofage, who shall be pen>
stoned jointly Provided, That where orphan
children of the same parent have different guar
dams, or a portion of them only are under
guardianship, the share of the joint pension to
which each ward shall be entitled shall be paid
to the guardian of such ward Provided, That
if in any case said person shall have left father
and mother, who are dependent upon him. then,
on the death of the mother the father shall be-
come entitled to the pension, commencing from
and after the death of the mother; and upon the
death of the father and mother, the dependent
brothers and sisters under sixeeen years of age
shall jointly become entitled to such pension
until they attain the age ofsixteen years respec-
lively, commencing from the death or remar-
riage of the party who had the prior right to the
pension Provided, That a mother shall be as
sumed to have been dependent upon her son,
within the meaning of this act if, at the date of
his death, she had no other adequate means of
orf fhap tho 0rdi ,,roooodc Of hor
manual labor and the contributions of said son
or of any other persons not legally bound to aid
in her support; and if, by actual contributions or
in any other way, the son had recognized his
obligations to aid in support of said mother, or
was by law bound to such support, and that
father or q minor brother or sister shall, in like
manner and under like conditions, be assumed
to have been dependent, except that the income
which was derived or derivabe from his actual
or possible manual labor shall be taken into ac-
count in estimating fathers means of indie
pendent support: Provided further, That the
pension allowed to any person of his or her de-
pendence as hereinbefore provided shall not be
paid for any period during which it shall not be
necessary as means of adequate subsistence.
Sec. a. That the remarriage of any widow,
dependent mother, or dependent sister, entitled
to pension, shall not bar her right to such PEN
sion to the date of her remarriage, whether an
application therefor was filed before or after
such marriage; and that on the remarriage of.
any widow, dependent mother, or dependent
sister, having pension, such pension shall
cease.
Sec. Is. That all pensions which have BEEN or
which may hereafter be, granted in consequence
of death occurring from a cause which originated
in the service since the fourth day of March,
eighteen hundred and sixty one, or in conse-
quence of wounds or injuries received or dis
ease contracted since said date shall COM
mence from the death or discharge of the per-
son on whose account the claim has been or
shall hereafter be granted, or from the termina-
ton of the right of party having prior title to
such pension Provided, That the application
for such pension has been, or shall hereafter be,
filed with the Commissioner of Pensions with
in five years after the right thereto shall have
accrued; otherwise the pension shall CONS
mence from the date of filing the last evidence
necessary to establish the same Provided fur
Their, That the limitation herein prescribed shall
not apply to claims BY or in behalf of insane
Sec. IL. That it shall be the duty of the Com,
missioner of Pensions, upon any:application by
letter or otherwise by or on behalf of any pen.
siOner entitled to arrears of Dension up6or fbo