Year: 1877

THE BILL TO AMEND THE PENSION LAWS FOR THE


BENEFIT OF SURVIVORS OS THE WAR OF 1912, AND


PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT OF ARREARS OF PENSIONS.


The following is the bill amending the pension laws,
as to give pensions the soldiers and sailors of the of
1S12 and their widows it amended in the Senate
after passing the House Of representatives at the last
session OF Congress-
An act amending the Las Creating pensions to the soldiers


and sailors of the Of eighteen hundred and taeUe,


and their sDdoaos, and for oAer purposes


BE 1t enacted By the Senate cnd House Of Representatives.
of the United States of AmercG Congress assembled,
that the Secretary of the nerior be- he is hereby
authorized and directed to phce the pensonros the
OF the surviving Offices and enlisted and drafted
men, without regard TO color including militia and vou
teers OF the military and naval service OF the United
States served for fourteen days in the with Great
Britain OF eighteen hundred aad twelve and who were in
any engagement and honoraby discharged and the
surviving widows of such officers and enlisted and drafted
Propided hoceUer Tha such widows We're married
to the husbands account of whose services the pension
is claimed prior TO the treaty peace which terminated
the of eighteen hundred and twelve, and have not
remarked


SEC g. That this act shall not apply to any person who
is receiving pension the of eight dollars per month
more any receiving pension OF less than
the pension received Gf less than eight dollars per
month"; and eight dollars per month; pensions under this
act Shall be at the rate OF eight dollars per mouth except


titled thereo from and after the passage OF this act for
and during their natural lives ProUided That the PEN
widows provided for In this act shall cease when
they shall marry again.


SEQ 3. That before the of any person shall be
placed upon the pensonros under this act proof shall
be made under such rules and Regulations as the Com


missioner of Pensions with the approval OF the Secretary
Of the Interior, shall prescribe that the applicant is
entitled To pension under this and any person who
shall falsely take any oath required to be taken under the
provisions OF this act shall be guilty OF perury and the
Secretary of the Interior shall to be stricken from
the rolls the name of any person when shall appear, by
proof satisfactory him, that such name put OH said
rolls by through false fraudulent representations or
by mistake to the right OF such person to pension
under this act The loss lack OF certificate OF dis
charge shall deprive the applicant OF the benefit OF this
act but other proof OF the service performed and OF
honorable discharge, II satisfactory shall be deemed sut
cent; and when there is recorieylence OF such serv
ice aud such discharge the applicant may establish the
same by other satisfactory testimony.


Sec A. That all applications for pensions OF the classes
provided for in this heretofore which may hereafter
be made shall be considered and decided though made
under this and all laws in force in regard to the
of paying pensions, and In reference to the pun
shment of frauds shall be applicable to all claims under
| the provisions OF this act.


SEQ 8. That the Secretary Of the Interior be, and he
hereby authorized and directed 70 restore TO the pension
rolls Che names OF all persons surviving heretofore
pensoned account OF service in the war OF eighteen