The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11

We publish below the bill reported

VI elL1ef one feCelNlHS COuSlueIdtIOn
during the present session of Con-
gress. Special kilograms to the
Southern press in alluding to this
bill have created the impression that
it especially excludes Ex- President
Davis from its benfts. This is not
the case the exceptions are C overed
by Section S Of the bill, and apply
indiscriminately TO all persons "while
under the political disabilities impos-
ed by the Fourteenth Amendment
Years ago, when a similar bill was
being considered in the other Cham>
ber, Senator Lamar on behalf of Mr..
Davis waived all claims to pension,
and asked in the name of that distin-
guished statesman that his status, as
u soldier of the Mexican war, should
not be permitted to initiate against
the claims and rights of his needy
comrades in those arduous campaigns
and hard fought battles. II Mr..
Davis had cared for pension his
name would have gone upon the rolls
long before the late war, rs a wound
ed officer, for pension commensurate
with his rank and now he will be
happy to know that the claims of
others who served in that contest
are recognized, no matter how in
significantly, and is perfectly indjff
erent as to the shape, form or phras-
eology of the enactment that shall
compensate their services:
The following is the text of the
new bill:
Be it enacted by tie Senate and
House of Representative Of the Uni
ted States of America in Congress
assembled, That the Secretary of tho
Interior be, and he is hereby, authors
lied and directed 10 place on the
pension the names of the sur
viving officers and enlisted men, in>
militia and volunteers, of the
and naval service of the
United States, who served thirty
days in the war of eighteen hundred
and forty-six, eighteen hundred and
forty-seven, and eighteen hundred
and forty eight, with Mexico, in the
Greek war or disturbances Of eighteen
and thirty five and eighteen
and thirty six, or in the
Florida war, with the Scminoles, from
eighteen hundred and thirty five to
eighteen hundred and forty two, or
the Black Hawk war Of eighteen hun
dred and thirty two, and were hon
orably discharged; and to sucE other
officers and soldiers and sailors rs
may have been personally named III
nny resolution of Congress for any
specific service in said war, although
their term of service may have been
less than thirty days; and the sur,
viving widows of such officers and
men rs were married to such
officers or soldiers or sailors prior to
the discharge of such officers and
men: PROVIDED, That such
widows have not remarked.
SEC 2. That this act shall not
apply to any person who is receiving
4 pension at the rate of eight dollars
Or more per month, nor to any per-
son receiving pension for less than
eight dollars 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
per month, except "a herein provided,
as to persons now receiving a pen
sion for less than eight dollars per
month. All pensions under this act
shall be paid from and after the pas
sage of this act for and during the
natural lives of persons entitled
thereto: PROVIDED, hat the pension
to widows provided for in this act
shall cease when they shall marry
again.
Sec g. That before the name OF
any person shall be placed on the
pension roll under this act proof
shall be made, under such rules and
as the Secretary of the
Interior may prescribe, of the right
of the applicant to a pension and
any person who shall falsely and cor
ruptly take any oath required under
this act, shall be deemed 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 be made to
appear by proof satisfactory to him
that such name was put upon such
roll through false and fraudulent
representations,and that such person
is not entitled to a pension under
this act. The loss of certificate of
discharge shall not deprive any per-
son of the benefit of this act, but
other evidence of service performed
and of honorable discharge may be
deemed sufficient, under such rules
and regulations as the Secretary Of
the Interior may prescribe.
SEC. 4. That section forty.sevcn
hundred and sixteen of the Revised
Statutes is hereby repealed so far as
the same relates TO pensioners under
this act.
Sec. 5. That the provisions of this
act shall not apply to any person
while under the political disabilities
imposed by the Fourteenth Amends
ment to the Constitution of the Uni-
ted States
The railroad trains on the Nicksburg,
New Orleans and Natchczroads are doing
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