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266 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Szss. I. Ch. 121. 1848. their husbands during such widowhood, of equal amount per annum that their hu;.

,°‘;}‘}il;fnfg“"“°d bands would be entitled to, if living, under existing pension laws; fg

’ commence on the fourth day of March, €Igh(C€l1 hundred and {On)-. N .d eight, and to be paid in the same manner that other pensions are paid

ec;v¥,é°Qv;,’;,,_ to widows; but no widow now receiving a pension shall be entitled m

sioutobcenrnrled receive a further pension under the provisions of this act; and no ¤’~? W ‘*·‘* §"S§`“£"?fi$Z‘1Zf*2}L$h§,’l2Z£°.?§’f,£*E.$'.¥;,§L`f¤}.'5§`L2i"" act. I s a I ‘ I . Srlc. 2. And be it further erzaded, That any pledge, mortgage, No m°rtgage sale, assignment, or transfer of any right, claim, or interest, in any way sale, mignmeni, granted by this act, shall be utterly void and of no cflbct, nor shall the §;*t‘{£S°;°Q3;"g‘é annuities or pension granted by this act be liable to attachment, levy, valid. or seizure by any process of law or equity, but shall cnurc wholly to the personal benefit of the pensioner or annuitant entitled to the same Rules ¤f Sri- The same rules of evidence rc ulations, and rescri tions shall a I d » H P P PP l' °"°°' and govern the Commissioner of Pensions and pension agents under this act as now prevail under existing pension laws which relate to widows of revolutionary officcrs and soldiers. éfhésaqtivtnge Sm:. 3. And be itfurtluzr enacted, That this act shall take effec: im- 0 OC IIIIHIB l• ' td mednatcly. 3 y Armovnn, July 29, 1848. Aug, 3, 1848. Cru?. CXXI.—.f]n Ac! making Appropriatiorxs for the .M1zal Service, for Um ··""·——*—‘ Your ending the thirticlh June, one I/musand eight hundred andfvrly-nina. Bc it crzacicd bz {ke Senate and House 0 Rc rescntativ¢·s 0 the J P Qzztcd Smtcs of America in Congress assembled, That the following sunls be appropriated for the nuvul service for th a year ending June thnrtncth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-mnc, out of any unappropriatcd money in the treasury, in addition to the sum of one Part of unex- million five hundred thousand dollars of the unexpended balances of lgF"£°i£L l;“:“;g€ former appropriations for the naval service. The remainder of such P,.0P,.;am,,, to be uncxpendcd balances, after deducting the said sum of one million five c;:;i?_3;餤h<> SM- hundred thousand dollars, to be carried to the surplus fund. P P f m For pay of commission, warrant, and petty officers, and seamen, inmd w,,,,€,, cluding the engineer corps of the navy, two millions one hundred and eighty-ninc thousand two hundred and eleven dollars. Swrintendent For the pay of the superintendent of the Naval Observatory at Wash- Sins':: mgton city, who shall be a. captain, commander, or lieutenant in the ingt0£_ navy, three thousand dollars, which shall be the salary per annum of sand superintendent. And the provision in the act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending the 1947, ch- 48- rlgxmcth of J unc, 0nc thousand eight hundred and forty-eight," which is nn these words, v1z.: " including three thousand dollars for pay of the superintendent, who shall be either a. captain, commander, or lieuten-_ wrt m the navy," shall be construed to apply to the superintendent 0f said Naval Observatory, and shall take cffect from and after the passage of that act. Superintend- For pay of superintendents, naval constructors, and all the civil

·°h:c:°;';?';§;i cstabllshments at the several navy-yards, seventy-four thousand N0

’ hundred and twenty dollars. Provisions. For provisions for commission, warrant, and petty officers, and seamen! including engineers and marines, attached to vessels for sea $f?!`Vl03,HlX hundred and seventyseven thousand eight hundred md sixty dollars.

j;’J:¤;L lg; Fo! Sllfgeonsiucccssaries and appliauges {br the sick and hurt of

dck “d’w°;ud U18 I\¤.Vy, lllclllding the marine corps, twenty-eight thousand HVC hun' 6d_ drcd dollars.