Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-05-10

SEC. 8. That the rate OF eigoteen dollars per
month may be ProportionAteiy divided tyr any
second section Of this act mskes no provision.
SIC g. That officers absent on sick-leave, md
enlisted mon absent on eick furt0ueh, OF on set.
which they Ss,sne. shs Be- REGARDED In the &c
administration Of the pension laws in the same
manner e II they were in the field or hospita'.
,oSs the period Of service o. a.
or on account of whose death any person m ~
become entitled to . pension, shall be construed
to extend to the time Of dlsbanding the organi-
ration to which such person belonged, or until
their actual discharge for other cause than the
expiration Of the service Of such organization.
a. SIC. 8. That II any person emerae I'd wit ain
the provisions Of the FIRST section Of this act has
died since the fourth day Of March, eighteen
hundred and sixty one, or shall hereafter die,
by reason of any wound, injury. or disc ace
said sectien, would have entitled him to an in
valid pension had he been disabled, his widow,
or II there be NO widow or I'm case OF her dea |,
sion nersiSafssr mentioned, his child OF Or child
rem, under sixteen years Of age, shall be enti-
tied to receive the same pension as the husba nd
been totally disabled, to commence from the
death of the husband or father, to continue to
the widow during her wldOwhood, and to his
child or children until they severally attain the
age of sixteen years and no longer, and that IL
the widow remarry, the child or children sh all
be entitled from the date Of remarriage. That
the provisions of this act are hereby extended
to and made to embrace the officers and pri-
Yates of the Missouri State militia, and the
provisional Missouri militia, disabled by rea .on
OF injury received or disease contracted in the
line Of duty while such militia was co operating
with United States forces, and the widow or
children Of any such person, dying Of I'M Try
received or disease contracted under the cir
fo inst asTe set set forth shall be entitled
pensions on account Of such militia SIN all not
commence Prior.to the date Of the passage Of
this act. That the provisions of this sec ion
shall be 90 interpreted as to apply to the wild.
ows, child or children of officers and priyates OF
the Missouri State militia, and the provisional
Missouri militia, If the husband or father was
wounded, or contracted the disease of which he
the United States.
SEC. 8. That the pensions of widows shalt BE-
increased from and after the twenty-Hfth day
of July, eighteen hundred and six,y-six at the
rate Of two dollars per month for each child
under the age OF sixteen years, Of the hush and
on account OF whose death the claim has been,
or shall be, granted. And in every case in
which the deceased husband has left, or shall
leave, no widow, or where his widow has died
or married again, or where she has been de-
prived Of her pension under the provisions of
the pension law, the pension granted to such
child or children shall be increased to the same
amount per month that would be allowed under
and entitled to q pension: Proyidsd, That the
additional pension herein granted to the widow
on account of the child or children of the hus-
Odnu Dy FORMER vile snail be paid to her only
for such period of her widowhood as She has
been, or shall be, charged with the mainte-
nance of such child or children; for any period
during which she has not been, or she shall not
be, so charged. 1t shall be granted and paid to
the guardian of such child or children: PROVIDED
furtAcr, That a widow guardian to whom in.
crease OF pension has been, or shall here after
be, granted on account of minor children, shall
not be deprived thereof by reason Of their being
maintained in whole or in part at the expense
OF state or the public in any educational in
stitution, or In any Institution organized for
the care of soldiers orphans.
SIC. 10. That In the administration of the
pension laws, children born before the 10 .rriaye
OF their parents, If acknowledged by the father
before or after the marriage, shall be deemed
legitimate.
SEC. II. That the widows of colored or In liam
soldiers and sailors who have died, or shah
hereafter die, by reason of wounds or injuries
received, or casualty received or disease con-
tracted, in the military Or naval service of the
United States, and in the line of duty, shall be
without other evidence Of marriage than salts.
factory proof that 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
10 the date OF enlistment, when such soldier or
date Of death; and the children born of any
marriage SO proved shall be deemed and held to
be lawful children Of such soldier or sailor:
Prorided, Than this section shall not be appli-
caoie 10 any claims on account OF persons who
shall have enlisted after the passage OF this act.
SEC IL That II any person has died, or shall
hereafter die, leaving widow entitled to PEN
sion by reason of his death, and child or child
rem under sixteen years of age by such widow,
and 1t shall be duly certified under seal by any
court having probate jurisdiction, that satisfac-
court upon due notice to the widow that the
widow aforesaid has abandoned the care of such
child or children, or that she is an insult able
person, by reason OF immoral conduct, to have
ANA mr. mi <.r
satisfactory evidence thereof to the Com mis-
sioner of Pensions, then no pension shall be
allowed to such widow until such childor child
rem shall have attained the age OF sixteen wears,
any provisions of this act or Of any previous act
to the contrary notwithstanding; and the said
child or children Aforesaid shall be pensoned
as II no widow had survived such person and
such pension shall be paid to the guardian of
such child or children: Provided That IL i'm any
case payment OF pension shall have been made
rem shall commence from the date to which her
pension has been paid.
SIC 1s. That if any person embraced within
died before the fourth day OF March, eighteen
hundred and sixty-one, or shall hereafter die,
ey reason Of any wound, injury, casualty, or
tions Of said section, would have entitled him
to an invalid pension, and has not left or shall
not leave widow or legitimate child, but has
lett OF shall Leave other relative or relatives who
date OF his death, such relative or relatives
shall be entitled in the following order of pre-.
cedence to receive the same pension, as such
person would have been entitled to had he been
totally disabled, to commence from the death Of
such person, namely, first, the mother; second
~, the father; thirdly, orphan brothers and sis
tiers under sixteen years Of age, who shall be
pensioned Jointly: Provided, That where orphan
children OF the same parent have different guar
dams. or a portion Of them only are under guar
diansdip, 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 sny
case said person shall have left father and
mother who are dependent upon him, then, on
the death of the mother, the father sh all be-
come entitled to the pension, commencing from
and after the death Of the mother; and upon tae
death of the mother and father, or upon the
death Of the father and the remarriage Of the
mother, the dependent brothers and sisters UNI
der sixteen years OF age shall jointly become
entitled to such pension until they attain the
age OF sixteen years respectively, commencing
from the death or remarriage Of the party who
had the prior right to the pension: Prorided,
That mother shall be assumed to have been
dependent upon her son, within the meaning of
THIS act, IL, at the date OF his DEATH she had no
other adequate means Of support than the ordi-
nary proceeds Of her own manual labor and the
conTibqdons Of said son or Of any persons not
legally bound to aid in her support; and If, by
actual contributions or In any other way, the