The National tribune., 1877-11-01

take epy oatl required be taken under the PROVISIONS
OF this acl shall hc guilty OF perjury. Aud the Secretary
of the Interior shall cause to b stricken from the rolls
the of any persons when Ii shall appear by proof
satisfactory him that such flames put on said rolls
by through false fraudulent representations
the right of such persons 10 pension under this act
The loss or lack Of certificate of discharge shall
deprive the applicant Of the benefit of this but other
proof Of the service performed and Of an honorable dis
charge. IL satisfactory, shall be deemed sufficient and
when there no record evidence OF such service and such
discharge the applicant may establish the same by other
satisfactory testimony Procided That when any person
has been granted land under any OF Con-
ges for and OF service In the said war OF 1872
such grant shall be 1RG ace evidence of his service and
honorable discharge, to entte him, IL living his
widow II he be dead, to pension under this act. But
such evidence shall not be conclusive, and may be
ery granted. l#
SEC That all applications for pensions under the act
TO which this is an amendment, heretofore which may
hereafter be made shall be considered and decided as
though made under this act and all laws now i'm force in
regard to the Of paying pensions and in reference
TO the punishment of frauds shall be applicable to all
claims under the provisions of this act
SEQ o. That the Secretary of the Interior be- and he
hereby authorized and directed restore the pension
rolls the names OF all persons surviving heretofore
pensoned account OF service of the of 1912 against
Great Britain, ana whose names were stricken from the
rolls III pursuance of the entitled An authorizing
the Secretary of the Interior strike from the pension
rolls the names OF such persons have taken up
against the Government, or who have IN any
couaged the rebels - approved February a. 1862, and
that the Joint resolution entitled Jont resolution pro
hbitihg payment by any officer OF the Government to
any not known to have been opposed the rebel
lion and in favor OF its suppression" approved March
1867 be- and the is hereby, far modified
authorize the payment of claimants under this act and
section 476 of the Revised Statutes Large OF the United
States is hereby repealed
SIC. 6. That the surviving widow OF any pensoner OF
the war OF 1912, where the OF said pensoner
stricken from the pension in pursuance of the
entitled An act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior
TO strike from the pensonros the names of such
have taken up against the Government, who
have in any encouraged the rebels approved
February A. 1862 and where said pensioner died without
his being restored TO the rolls, shall be entitled
the aeaages of pension due said pensioner the time
OF his decease and the marriage of such widow shall
prevent her from receiving such arTearages of pension
In there is surviving widow then such arrearaes
of pension shall upon similar proof go the minor chill
dren OF such penSioner.
This bill has been before Congress repeatedly.
1t is now introduced again and referred to the
Committee on Revolutionary Pensions of the
House. which has not now and is not likely to
have anv other business before it The mem-
bers of this committee are MIR Mackay, of Penn
sylvania; Mr. Bland. Of Missouri Mr. Ellis. of
Louisiana Mr. Benedict, of New York; Mr..
Steele, of North Carolina; Mr.. Martin, OF West
Virginia; Mr. Kinsnell. of Maryland Mr. Pat
terson, of New York; Mr. Gardner of Ohio;
MIR. Evans of Pennsylvania and MIR. Norcross,
of Massachusetts, A very little pushing on the
part of these gentlemen would hurry this bill
through.
THE EQUALIZATION OF BOUNTiEs BILL.