St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-10

mas remained unmarried. and who has
not heretofore been granted pension,
snail be entitled TO receive a pension for
herself and her minor children. if any,
NJ the rate allowed by law to such
widow and children, upon it only being
maze 10 appear that her deceased huS-
Dand enlisted, was accepted, and mus
! tered into the aforesaid military or
| naval service of the United States; and
thal ne served therein, as aforesaid, and
was honorabiy discharged therefrom, or
uleu therein; and the fact and date of
his death. and that she was lawfully
married to him, and has not remarried;
anu the date and birth of their children,
II any; and upon showing, by her affi-
| daVlt, or other competent proof, that
| such pension was and is necessary to
the proper support of herself and their
SAID minor children, if any. Provided,
that in case such widow or mother is
mentally Incapable of caring for herself
or said children, the pension due to her,
! or them, shall be allowed and paid to
! their lawful guardian upon his proving
as this section requires, to be proved by
the widow.
Sec. Z. In case any person who has
| served in said military or naval service
has died, or may hereafter die. leaving
minor children of penSionable age,
| whose mother is deceased, which chill
| dren are not now receiving pensions;
| such children shall be allowed Il pension,
| during the period of penSionable age
liked by law, upon it being made to ap-
| pear: by satisfactory evidence, that they
are the children of such deceased per-
! son who so served in the military OF
naval service, and was honorably dis
| charged. and that such pension is neces-
sary TO their proper support and main
| tenance.
Sec. s. In all cases where it is neces-
Sary to prove the marriage of any per
| son who served in the military or naval
services of the United States, and it is
made to appear that the applicant for a
pension is unable to produce the certifi-
cate of such marriage, properly exc
cuted by the person who performed the
ceremony of such marriage, or his atfi-
| davit or disposition of the fact; it shall
| be competent to show by affidavit of
! persons who were acquainted with
them, that the parties to such alleged
marriage were married, or that they
| lived together as man and wife, and the
length of time known to them that they
represented themselves to be man and
wife, that they had children born to
them, and that they raised children
which they represented to be theirs in
| lawful wedlock born; that they exc
| cuted deeds or other instruments Jointly
and as man and wife; or any other facts
reasonably tending to prove such mar
| rage. And when any marriage is thus
proved beyond reasonable doubt, the
| fact of such marriage shall be deemed
established. and any pension claim de-
| pendent thereon shall be decided ac-
cOrdingly.
See. 8. This act shall apply to all
eases where such pensions have hereto
fore been applied for and have not yet
| jected: and to all cases where the right
| TO pension exists pursuant to this act.
but which have not yet been applied
! for: where the applicants are shown to
| be entitled to the same, under the rules
of evidence established by this act; and
all such cases shall be deemed pending
from the time when such respective
claimants would have been entitled to
the same if this act had been in force
when the disability was incurred, or the
death took place, for which such pen
sion is granted.
Sec. 10. Any person who shall will
fully. and with criminal intent, make
any false statement in any application
for pension, or affidavit provided for by
this act, which is material to the allow
ance of such application, shall be guilty
of perjury, and liable to a penalty of
not more than $1,000, or Imprisonment
of not more than two years, in the dis
cretion of the court; and it shall be the
duty Of the commissioner of pensions,
whenever it shall be made to appear to
his satisfaction that this Offense has
been committed, to cause the person so
offending to be arrested and prosecuted; :;
and upon the final determination of the
guilt of such person. he shall cancel the
order allowing such pension to such
convicted party, and such pension shall
thereafter cease.
See. IL. All acts or parts of acts, and
| all rules or regulations relating to the
/ granting of pensions, inconsistent with
this act, in SO far as they relate to the
class of pension cases in this act speci-
fled or mentioned, are hereby repealed; :;
and the commissioner of pensions, with
the approval of the secretary of the in
terror, is authorized to adopt such rules
or regulations, not inconsistent with the
letter and spirit of this act, as may be
| deemed necessary to carry this law into
effect.
TIE NATURALIZATION BILL.
The second bill is as follows:
| Be 1t enacted by the senate and house
of representatives of the United
| States of America in congress assem-
| bled:
Section1. That sections 2166 and 2172
of the Revised Statutes of the United
| States be amended so as to read as fol-
| lows:
Sec. 2166. ANY alien of the age of
twenty-one years and upward. who,
| having become bona fide resident of
the United States, enlisted, or NAV here
after enlist. in the armies of the United
States, either the regular or volunteer
| forces, and who has been, or may here
after be. hOnOrably discharged there
from, shall, by such enlistment and hon
Orable discharge, be and become a citi-
zen of the United States, and held to be
such from the date of such honorable
discharge.
Sec. 2l72. The children of persons
who have been duly naturalized under
any of the laws of the United States, or
who previous to passing of any law on
that subject by the government of the
United States may have become citi-
Zens of any one of the states, under the
laws thereof, being under the age of
twenty-one years at the time of the nat
uraliZatlOn of their parents, or whose
father enlisted, or may enlist in the
armies of the United States, either the
regular or volunteer forces, and has
been. or may be hereafter honorably
discharged therefrOm, or whose father
died while in said armies of the United
States, shall, if dwelling in the United
States, be citizens from the date of such
enlistment; and the children of persons
who now are or have been citizens of
the United States shall. though born
out of the limits and jurisdiction of the
United States, be considered as citizens
thereof; but no person heretofore pro-
ScIibed by any state, or who has been
legally convicted of having joined the
army of Great Britain during the revol-
utionary war shall be admitted to be-
come citizen without the consent of
the legislature of the state in which
such person was prescribed.