5B THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 106, 110. 1866. Pensions when Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That if any odiwr, soldier, or sew Wt “u°"°d"° man shall have died of wounds received or of disease contracted m the £g§,wz€g?2i,q. line of duty in the military or naval service of the United States, leaving d¤’F;£‘**lh<=§ ¤¤- a widow and a child or cgildren Lupder the agp lp? eixteen lyearauapdilét °°‘ ° ° "° shall be dul certided un er sea an cou aving pro a e _] s 1 - wsmdyof mam. tion, that sairisfactory evidence has geenyproduced before such court that the widow aforesaid has abandoned the care of such child or children, or is an unsuitable person, by reason of immoral conduct, to have the custody of the same, then no pension shall be allowed to such widow until said minor child or children shall have become sixteen years of age, any previous enactment to the contrary notwuhetanding; and the minor phild Gnildreuto or children aforesaid shall be pensroned in the same manner as if no ’?°°iY° um P°“' widow had survived the said officer, soldier, or seaman, and such penmns" sion may be paid to the regularly authorized guardian of such minor or minors. when Orphan Sec. 12. And be it_/itriher enacted, That section four of an act entitled brother or sister "An act to grant pensions," approved July fourteen, eighteen hundred
- ¤¤>'_’°°°i"° and sixty-two, is hereby so amended that the provisions thereof shall ap-
{§§;“:,'f,' 166 S 4 ply bound include the orphan brother or brothers, as well as sister or I ° 7 - . Vol. xii· p- 567- sisters, under sixteen years of age, and the father as well as mother of a deceased officer or other person named in section one of the above entitled act, who were dependent upon him for support in whole or in part, subject to the same limitations and restrictions. e · _ 1864,oh.247,§6. SEC- 13. And bcilfurther enacted, That nothing in this or any other V0!- xiii; P· $$8, act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify the sixth section of an "°° m°d‘6°d' act entitled "An act supplementary to ‘An act to grant pensions} ap- No person to proved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," approved July
- °°*V° m°'° . fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, or to entitle a person to receive
- t°,;`§¥,,?°°°`°n more than one pension at the same time, and in every case in which a
1t‘_c1aim for claim for pension shall not have been filed within three years after the £f:;‘;:‘,fr::° discharge or decease of the party on whose account the claim is made, years, pension the pension, if allowed, shall commence from the date of tiling the last
- 0 °°¤¤¤¤°¤°° paper in said case by the party prosecuting the same.
mm what dm' Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That the fourteenth section of an Repea1of1864, act. entitled “An act supplementary to an act entitled ‘An act to grant Qglzizhi Mm pensions] approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," `p`approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be, and the same Widows, Sec., is hereby, repealed, and that the widows and children of colored soldiers gijjkgjd Egg; and sailors who have been or may be hereafter killed, or who have died mc,;},cpQ},,;0,§, or may hereafter die of wounds received or of disease contracted in the &¢·,¤P¤¤ Wim military or naval service of the United States, and in the line of duty, lH_°f mm" shall be entitled to receive the pensions, bounty, and back pay provided by law, without other evidence of marriage than proof, satisfactory to the Commissioner of Pensions, that the parties had habitually recognized each other as man and wife, and lived together as such; and the children born of any marriage so proved shall be deemed and taken to be the children of the soldier or sailor party thereto. Approved, June 6, 1866. Jrmb 8, 1666- CHAP. CX.—An Act maki A ro 'ations or lhe Su rt 0 the M1'Zita2 Academ _____" for the Year ending thentgairzgcgh {}`*LJune, eighteen hugiiged {nd sixty-sw;/ve. y Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the I/him! fo-:§>E*§:j¤*i°¤* States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, Audemyy and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven: PW. &¤ For pay of officers, instructors, cadets, and musicians, one hundred and fifty-four thousand eight hundred and forty dollars.
