The Footprints of Time: And a Complete Analysis of Our American System of Government, with a Concise History of the Original Colonies and of the United States, in Chronological OrderBancroft, Charles
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The Footprints of Time: And a Complete Analysis of Our American System of Government, with a Concise History of the Original Colonies and of the United States, in Chronological Order
Bancroft, Charles
United States -- History; United States -- Politics and government
SECT. 7.—_Arrears._—In which notification of title to arrears of pension,
under the foregoing section is provided for; and also that no claim agent
or other person shall be entitled to compensation for services in making
application for such arrears.
SECT. 8.—_Widow’s Pension to Children, etc._—In which the requirement
of the certificate of the court that satisfactory evidence has been
adduced of the abandonment of the care of the minor child or children of
a deceased soldier by his widow, or of her unsuitableness to have custody
of them is dispensed with. The furnishing of satisfactory evidence
thereof to the commissioner shall be sufficient to cause the suspension
of said widow’s pension.
SECT. 9.—_Pending Claim may be Completed by Heirs._—In which if any
person entitled to a pension has died since March 4, 1861, his heirs or
legal representatives shall be entitled to receive the accrued pension;
provided no widow or minor child survives the applicant.
SECT. 10.—_Remarriage._—This section provides for pension to the widow
or dependent mother, from the death of soldier to the date of claimant’s
remarriage, (provided no children under sixteen survive.)
SECT. 11.—_Extension of Time._—This section provides for the continuance
in force of the Act of July 4, 1864, from the 4th July, 1867, for five
years.
SECT. 12.—_Loss of an Eye._—This section allows twenty-five dollars
as a pension for total loss of sight from wounds received or disease
contracted in the service, though the pensioner may have had only one eye
when entering the service.
SECT. 13.—_Pension by reason of Right Accrued since Revolution._—By this
section all persons pensioned by reason of services rendered since the
war of the Revolution, and prior to March 4, 1861, are placed on the same
footing with those pensioned under Acts passed since that time; and
grants eight dollars per month to the widows of revolutionary soldiers
and sailors now pensioned at less than that amount.
SECT. 14.—_Limbs to Officers._—By this section captains in the army and
lieutenants in the navy, and those of less rank, who have lost a leg or
an arm in such service, shall be entitled to receive an artificial limb
upon the same terms as privates in the army.
SECT. 15.—_Special Acts._—By this section all pensions granted by special
Acts shall be subject to be varied in amount, according to the provisions
and limitations of the pension laws.
SECT. 16.—_Repealing Clause._—By this section all Acts and parts of Acts
inconsistent with the foregoing provisions of this Act be and the same
are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
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