United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/25th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 56
April 6, 1838.
1842, ch. 189, § 3.
All money after having remained in the hands of an agent unclaimed, eight months after having become due, shall be transferred to the Treas. and all pensions unclaimed, &c.
The transfer to be made by the draft of the Commiss’er of Pensions, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all money which has been, or may hereafter be, transmitted to the agents for paying pensions, which may have remained, or may hereafter remain, in the hands of said agents unclaimed by any pensioner or pensioners for the term of eight months after the same may have or may become due and payable, shall be transferred to the Treasury of the United States; and that all pensions unclaimed as aforesaid, shall be thereafter payable only at the Treasury of the United States, and out of any money not otherwise appropriated.
Chap. LVI.—An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States.
All money after having remained in the hands of an agent unclaimed, eight months after having become due, shall be transferred to the Treas. and all pensions unclaimed, &c.
The transfer to be made by the draft of the Commiss’er of Pensions, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all money which has been, or may hereafter be, transmitted to the agents for paying pensions, which may have remained, or may hereafter remain, in the hands of said agents unclaimed by any pensioner or pensioners for the term of eight months after the same may have or may become due and payable, shall be transferred to the Treasury of the United States; and that all pensions unclaimed as aforesaid, shall be thereafter payable only at the Treasury of the United States, and out of any money not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the transfer directed by the first section of this act shall be made by the draft of the Commissioner of Pensions upon the agents for paying pensions, and in favour of the Treasurer of the Untied States; and that the form of said draft shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War.
Approved, April 6, 1838.