570 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 234. 1873. had he been totally disabled, be commence from the death of the husband or father, to continue to the widow during her widowhood, and to his child or children until they severally attain the age of sixteen years, and no longer, and that if the widow remarry, the child or children shall be entitled from the date of remarriage. That. the provisions of this act are Act extended hereby extended to and made to embrace the officers and privabes of the £c°°'“}"E"°B‘;Ts• Missouri State militia, and the provisional Missouri militia, disabled by ,05}-; (§t,t,,i,,;;;iS` reason of injury received or disease contracted in the line of duty while tim but pensions such militia was co-operating with United States forces, and the widow or
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ue. under the circumstances herein set forth, shall be entitled to the benefits of this uct: Provided, That the pensions on account of such militia shall not commence prior to Lhe date of the passage of this act,. That the provisions of this section shall be so interpreted as to apply to the widows, child, or children. of officers and privates of the Missouri State militia, and the provisional Missouri militia, if the husband or fe2.ther was wounded, or contracted the disease of which he died while in the service of the government of the United States. Pensions of Sec. 9. That the pensions of widows shall be increased from and after
- 'r;*£;';;a(R_€J$‘ the twenty-fifth dey of July, eighteen hundred and sixtytsix, at the rate
25, 1866, and My of two dollars per month for each child under the age of sixteen years, of what rate; the husband on account of whose death the claim has been, or shall be, granted. And in every case in which the deceased husband has left, or shall leave, no widow, or where his widow has died or married again, or where she has been deprived of her pension under the provisions of the or child or pension law, the pension granted be such child or children shall be in- °hlld’°“· creased be the same amount per month that would be allowed under the foregoing provisions to `the widow, if living and entitled to a pension: `Additiqwmlpeu. Provided, That the additional pension herein granted to the widow on g31g5g1g2W to account of the child or children of the husbnnd by :1 former wife shall be wmuugonly paid to her only for such period of her widowhood as she has been, or while she is _ shall be, charged with the maintenance of such child or children ; for any l’£‘;“;lu;‘; period during which she has not been, or she shall not be, so charged, it shall ` be granted and paid to the guardian of such child or children: Provided Proviso. further, That a widow or guardian to whom increase of pension has been, or shall hereafter be, granted on account of minor children, shall not be deprived thereof by reason of their being maintained in whole or in part at the expense of a. State or the public in any educational institution, or in any institution organized for the care of soldiers’ orphans. What children Sec. 10. That. in the administration of the pension laws, children born l><¤¤ Wt of W€d· before the marriage of their parents, if acknowledged by the father before ig;l;§,£,;`}°°m°d or after the marriage, shall be deemed legitimate. Widows of m1_ Sec. 11. That the widows of colored or Indian soldiers and sailors who cmd or Indian_ have died, or shall hereafter die, by reason of wounds or injuries received,
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pension upon of the United States, and in the line of duty, shall be entitled to receive
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manmgm sa.t.isfacb0ry proof that the parties were joined in marriage by some ceremony deemed by them obligatory, or habitually recognized each other as man and wife, and were so recognized by their neighbors, and lived together as such up be the date of enlistment, when such soldier or sailor their children died in the service, or, if otherwise, to date of death; and the children
l*°ldl““f“l born of any marriage so proved shall be deemed and held to be lawful
° i>,;$,?g°_ children of such soldier or sailor: Provided, That this section shall not be applicable to any claims on account of persons who shall have enlisted after the passage of this act. No pension to Sec. 12. ’l.`l1a.c if any person has died, or shall hereafter die, leaving l><3¤ll¤W¤d!><> a widow entitled to a pension by reason of his death, and a child 01* “"d°" °”m°d children under sixteen years of age by such widow, and it. shall be duly
