596 THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 25. 1851. by the Secretary of War, on the recommendation of the board of commissioners. Who entitled Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the following persons, 3 £g‘{g;§°“ members of the army asylum, according to secgon ipe, shag be enti· ' tled to the rights and benefits herein conferre , an no others, viz; every soldierif the army of the United States who shall have served, or may serve, honestly and faithfully twenty years in the same, and every soldier, and every discharged soldier, whether regular or volunteer, who shall have suffered by reason of disease or wounds incurred in the service and in the line of his duty, rendering him incapable of further military service, if such.disability has not been occasioned by P¥°Vi¤¤· his own misconduct: Provided, That no deserter, mutineer, or habitual drunkard, shall be received without such evidence of subsequent service, ood conduct and reformation of character as the commissioners shall deem sufficient to authorize his admission. Discharge on Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That any soldier admitted into
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health, so as to fif him again for military service, (he being under fifty Pcmaanm Lg years of age,) shall be discharged: Provided, That any pensioner on l’°_°{3*m°*l*? t2é account of wounds or disability incurred in the military service, al- E;.i:,§§?,,°;,,,E,; though he may not have contributed to the funds of the institution, ferringghpir neg- shall be entitled to all the benefits herein provided, upon transferring
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_Sot;1ie;·sf lcon- Sec. 6. ·And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the fore-
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- going sections_ shall not be extended to any soldier m the regular or
graceful ,,,;,,5,. volunteer service, who shall have been convicted of felony, or other m°¤$ ¤¤'i¥¤€» Q4- disgraceful or infamous crimes of a civil nature since he shall have ggfjgggigm md begn admitgpdlgtgto thxeryice of th;U'r£i};ed Statis. f d Funds £¤i·sup· nc. . n e it rl er erzacte , at fort e support o the sai fs`: °f °h° *5* institution the following funds shall be et apart, and the same are Balance of hereby appropriated: any unexpended balance of the appropriation f¤¥¤¤¤ ¤ppr<>pri— made March second, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, now remaining a°Q‘§,;L[ 0h_ 3_5_ in the treasury, for the benefit of discharged soldiers disabled by $11d,791,IE} of wounds ; the sum of one hundred and eighteen thousand seven hundred
- l‘° °‘f}“"bE" and ninety-one dollars and nineteen cents, levied by the commanding
ions levied in . . . . Mute, general of the army of the United States in Mexico, during the war with that republic, for the benefit of the soldiers of the United States army, regulars and volunteers, engaged in that war, but taken posses- Fluesaua step- sion of as funds of the United States and placed in the treasury; all Wg9s °f P“Y °f stoppages or lines adjudged against soldiers by sentence of courts marsoldlers, after . . 0,,,,,,,, dcduc- tial, over and above any amount that may be due for the reimbursetion. _ ment of government, or of individuals; all forfeitures on account of d,E;Q€Q:“'°“f°' desertion, all moneys, not exceeding two thirds of the balance on Pm of hospi- hand, of the hospital fund, and of the post fund of each military sta-
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fgfgyaimzd ,,,,1,, moneys blelonging hte thelestatg of dtipeased spldier? which now gre, ¤_ eceasg so- or may erea ter e unc aime or the perio o t ree years, su se—- €;°:;f;g:§f t° quent to the de_ath of said soldier or soldiers, to be repaid by the commissioners of the institution, upon the demand of the heirs or legal Deductions representatives of the deceased: And provided, also, That from the mm lm" first day of the month, next after the passage of this act, there shall be deducted from the pa of every non-commissioned officer, musician, artilicer, and private, df the army of the United States, the sum of twenty-tive cents per month, which sum so deducted shall, by the pay department of the army, be passed to the credit of the commissioners Commissioners of the army asylum, who are hereby also authorized to receive all do-
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' benetit of the institution, and hold the same for its sole and exclusive
