Year: 1877

bill amending the laws granting pensions to the sol


diers and sailors OF the war of 1912 and their widows


BE enacted 6y the Senate and House of Represetctires
Of the United States Of Atncrica in Congress assembled
That the Secretary of the Interior be- and he hereby
authorized and directed to place the pensonros the
names of the surviving officers and enlisted and drafted
men, without regard to Color including militia and volun
who served for fourteen days in the with Great Brit
tain of eighteen hundred and twelve and who any
engagement and honorably discharged and the
v1vng widows of such officers and enlisted and drafted
men Prooided That such widows shall have been


ed prior to the year eighteen hundred and fifty to such
officers enlisted or drafted men,.


SEC 2. That this shall apply to any person who
is receiving pension at the rate of eight dollars pernonth
or more nor to any receiving pension Of less than
eight dollars per month except for the difference between
the pension received Git less than eight dollars per
month and eight dollars mouth Pensions under this
act shall be at the rate of eight dollars per month except
as herein provided and shall he paid to the person entitled
thereto from and after the passage of this for and
ing their natural lives Prooided That the pensions to
widows provided for in this act shall when they shall
marry again


SEC. 8. That before the of any person shall be
placed upon the pension-ros under this act proof shall
be made under such rules and regulations the Com
missioner Of Pension with the approval of the Secretary
OF the Interior shall prescribe at the applicant entitled
to pension under this act and any person who shall
falsely take any oath required to be taken under the pro-
visions of this act shall be guilty of perjury and the Sec
rolls the of any person. when shall appear proof
satisfactory to him, that such put said rolls
by through false and fraudulent representations by
mistake to the right of such person to pension under
this act The loss lack of certificate of discharge
shall not deprive the applicant of the benefit of this
but other proof service performed and of an honor
able discharge if satisfactory, shall be deemed sufficient
and when there record evidence of such service and
such discharge the applicant may establish the by
other satisfactory testimony Pr6gfded That when any
person has been granted landwarrant under any
Congress for and OF service in the said
eighteen hundred and twelve such grant shall be pma
ace evidence Of his service and honorable discharge
to ente him, if living his widow, if he be dead to
pension under his act but such evideuce shall be
elusive and may be rebuted by evidence that such land
warrant was improperly gras-sd.


SEC That all applications for pensions of the classes
provided for in this act heretofore which may hereafter
be made shall be considered and decided though made
under this act and all laws force in regard the
of paying PENSIONS and in reference to the punish
men of frauds shall be applicable to all claims under the
provisions of this act.


SEC 5. That the Secretar the interior be- and no is
hereby authorized and directed restore to the pension
rolls the names OF all surviving heretofore
stoned account OF service in the of eighteen hum
ded and twelve against Great Britain for service any
of the Indian wars and whose stricken from
the rolls in pursuance of the entitled An author
izing the Secretary of the Interior to strike from the PEN
sion rolls the OF such persons have taken
against the Government who have IN any manner
couraged the rebels approved February fourth eighteen
hundred and slxtywo and that the joint resolution
of the Government any person known to have been
opposed to the rebellion and in favor OF its suppression
approved March second eighteen hundred and
and section four thousand hundred and sixteen OF the
Revised Statutes at large of the United States shall
apply to the persons provided for by this act Provided
That money shall be paid to any account OF al
rears during his term of disability.


SEC g. That the surviving widow of any pensioner of
the of eighteen hundred and twelve having married
prior the year eighteen hundred and fifty, where the
of said pensoner stricken from the pensourols
in pursuance of the entitled An authorizing the
Secretary of the Interior to strike from the pesonrols
the of such persons have taken up against
the Government, who in any encouraged the
rebels approved February fourth eighteen hundred and
sixtywo and where under the existing provisions of law,
said pcnsioner died without his being restored to the
rolls shall be entitled TO make claim for pension such
widow after the passage of this act Procdsd That
such aearages shall be paid for period prier to the
time OF the removal Of the disability of the pensione
provided in section five Aad proptdsd Further, That
der this act any widow OF revolutionary olderw served
sixty days shall be placed upoa the penscn-os of the
United States and receive pension at the rate OF eight
4 dollars per month.


Sec Z That all laws and clanses of laws in conflict with
this act be- and they are hereby, repealed,


Soldiers of the War of 1912, and the widows
of such soldiers, should subscribe for The Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE.