Chapter LXV. to pay to each of the surviving Soldiers of the Revolution, five in Number, whose Names are on the Pension Roll, three hundred Dollars annually, as a Gratuity, in Addition to the Pension now paid them
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Chap. LXV.— An Act to pay to each of the surviving Soldiers of the Revolution, five in Number, whose Names are on the Pension Roll, three hundred Dollars annually, as a Gratuity, in Addition to the Pension now paid them.Feb. 27, 1865. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That, from and after the passageGratuity to each of the five surviving soldiers of the Revolution. of this act, there shall be paid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three hundred dollars, to be paid annually, to each of the persons hereinafter named, five in number, during their natural lives, as a gratuity on the part of the government; the five persons hereinafter named being the sole survivors of the army of the Revolution whose names are enrolled on the books of the pension-office—said gratuity to be paid to them by the commissioner of pensions, in addi-598THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 65, 66, 128, 129. 1865.tion to the pensions now paid them, under former acts of congress; said payment to each of the persons hereinafter named to cease on the death of such person:— To Lemuel Cook, enlisted at Hatfield, Massachusetts, is now aboutLemuel Cook. ninety-eight years of age, and resides in Clarendon, Orleans County, New York, three hundred dollars. To Samuel Downing, enlisted in Carroll County, New Hampshire, isSamuel Downing. now about ninety-eight years of age, and lives in Edinburg, Saratoga County, New York, three hundred dollars.
To William Hutchings, enlisted at Newcastle, Maine, (then Massachusetts,)William Hutchings. is now one hundred years old, and resides in Penobscot, Hancock County, Maine, three hundred dollars. To Alexander Maroney, enlisted at Lake George, New York, as aAlexander Maroney. drummer-boy, is now about ninety-four years old, his residence is Yates, Orleans County, New York, three hundred dollars. To James Barham, substitute for a drafted man in South HamptonJames Barham. County, Virginia, lives in the State of Missouri, and is in his one hundred and first year, three hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That it shall be the duty of the commissionerCopy of this act to be sent each soldier. of pensions, as soon as this act has been passed by both houses of congress, and approved of by the President, to have made out five copies of the same, each signed by the speaker of the House, the president of the Senate, and the President of the United States, and to send a copy of the same to each of the Revolutionary soldiers in this act above mentioned.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That this act take effect and be inWhen act takes effect. force from and after its passage. Approved, February 27, 1865.