to be settled by the Secretary of War, agreeably to third section of an act making appropriations for the military service of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight; approved twenty-first of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight.
Appropriations to be paid out of the treasury.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the several sums, hereby appropriated, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 2, 1829.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XXVII.—An Act authorizing the subscription of stock in the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, and in the Dismal Swamp Canal Company.
Secretary of Treasury to subscribe for 750 shares Chesapeake and Delaware canal.
For 200 shares Dismal Swamp canal.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to subscribe, in the name and for the use of the United States, for seven hundred and fifty shares of the capital stock of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company; and, also, for two hundred shares of the capital stock in the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, and pay for the same, at such times, and in such proportions, as may be required by the said companies respectively; to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Secretary to vote for president and directors.
To receive dividends.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall vote for president and directors of the said companies respectively, according to such number of shares, and shall receive upon the said stock the proportion of the tolls which shall, from time to time, be due to the United States for the shares expended.
Approved, March 2, 1829.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XXVIII.—An Act making provision for the payment of pensions to the widow or children of pensioners, in certain cases, and for other purposes.
Entitled representatives of deceased invalid pensioner to arrears of pension.
Act of March 3, 1819, ch. 81.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in case of the death of any invalid pensioner, before the certificate of the continuance of his disability, required by the act, entitled “An act regulating the payments to invalid pensioners,” passed March third, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, was obtained, it shall be lawful for the Secretary of War, and he is hereby directed, to pay to the legal representatives of such deceased invalid, the arrears of pensions due at the time of his death, at the rate at which it was fixed at his last examination: Provided, Such last examination was within two years from the time of his death.
Arrears due to deceased revolutionary pensioner, to be paid to his widow, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever any revolutionary pensioner shall die, the Secretary of War shall cause to be paid the arrears of pension due to the said pensioner at the time of his death; and all payments, under this act, shall be made to the widow of the deceased pensioner, or to her attorney, or if he left no widow, or she be dead, to the children of the pensioner, or to their guardian, or his attorney; and if no child or children, then to the legal representatives of the deceased.
Testimony regarding wounds received in revolutionary war.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in all cases of applications for pensions, for wounds received in the revolutionary war, the testimony to establish the facts may be authenticated in the same manner with those who apply for pensions for wounds received in the late war with Great Britain.
Approved, March 2, 1829.
