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FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Srzss. IH. Ch. 48, 49, 50. 1871. 411 Received by the President, February 1, 1871. [Norm nr run Drrrxnrmsur or STATE. -— The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the House of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a. law without his approva .] CHAP. XLIX. -— An Act making an Appropriation for the contingent Fund of the House Feb 13, 1g7L of Representatives. *——— Be it enacted by lite Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of fifteen thou- Appropriation sand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money ;g;3°;‘m18·’“* in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for miscellaneous items under House 0;- igepm. the head of contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. ¤<>¤¢¤tiv¢¤· Approved, February 13, 1871. CHAP. L.-An Act granting Pensions to certain Soldiers and Sailors of the Wlzrof Feb. 14, 1871. eighteen hundred and twelve, and the Widows of deceased Soldiers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 5m` States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Y¢¤Si<>¤¤ Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the §;`$‘;:°}dE2r;8;1d pension roll the names of the surviving officers and enlisted and drafted sailors erm war men, including militia and volunteers, of the military and naval service of Wl? ’““ld*h° of the United States, who served sixty days in the war with Great Brit- ;l;,;vQ¥·¥yv€1;€}°. ain of eighteen hundred and twelve, and were honorably discharged, and Oil to such other officers and soldiers as may have been personally named in any resolution of Congress for any specic service in said war, although their term of service may have been less than sixty days, and who at no time, during the late rebellion against the authority of the United States, adhered to the cause of the enemies of the government, giving them aid and comfort, or exercised the functions of any office whatever under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States, and who shall take and subscribe an oath to support the Constitution of the United States, and the surviving widows ofsuch officers and enlisted and drafted men: Provided, That such widows shall have been married, prior Proviso to the treaty of peace which terminated said war, to an officer, or enlisted or drafted man, who served as aforesaid in said war, and shall not have remarried. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not apply to any This actnvt to person who is receiving a pension at the rate of eight dollars or more ggfggugf °°"”‘“' per month; nor to any person receiving a pension 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 Pensions to be of eight dollars per month, except as herein provided when a person is “* Wim ”·°°· receiving a penson of less than eight dollars per month, and shall be paid to the persons entitled thereto from and after the passage of this act for and during the term of their natural lives. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That before the name of any person Proofs required Shall be placed upon the pension roll under this act, proof shall be made, ““d°" um “°t‘ under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, that the applicant is entitled to a pension under the provisions of this act; and any person who shall falsely take any oath required to be Perjury. taken under the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of perjury; and the nakmesfmsybe S00i‘€tary of the Interior shall cause to be stricken from the peHSi0D ggggioglgfg roll the name of any person whenever it shall appear, by proof satisfactory to him, that such name was put upon such roll through false or fraudulent Yépresentations as to the right of such person to a pension under the pro- L S 0N2mm_ Visions of this act. The loss of a certificate of discharge shall not deprive catcfydischarge the applicant of the benefits of this act, but other proof of services per- not to, &¤.