Chapter II. making appropriations for the payment of the Revolutionary and the other pensioners of the United States, for the year eighteen hundred and forty
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Chap. II.— An Act making appropriations for the payment of the Revolutionary and the other pensioners of the United States, for the year eighteen hundred and forty. Feb. 22, 1840.[Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, in addition to former appropriations, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the pensioners of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty.
For the Revolutionary pensioners, under the act of the eighteenthRevolutionary pensioners.1818, ch. 19. of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, one hundred and twelve thousand one hundred and thirty-two dollars. For pensions to widows, and orphans, under the act of the fourth ofWidows and orphans.1836, ch. 362. July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, twenty-three thousand six hundred and seventy-six dollars. 367 368 TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3. 1840.
Five years’ pensions to widows.For five years’ pensions to widows, under the act of the seventh of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, eight hundred and sixty-three thousand five hundred and forty dollars. Half-pay pensioners.For half-pay pensioners, payable through the office of the Third Auditor, ten thousand dollars. Arrearages.For arrearages, payable through the Third Auditor’s office, fifteen hundred dollars. Sec. 2. Pension agents authorized to administer oaths.*And be it further enacted*, That the several agents for paying pensions, now in office, or hereafter to be appointed, shall be, and they are hereby, authorized to administer all oaths required to be administered to pensioners, attorneys of pensioners or others, in the course of the preparation of papers for the payment of pensions under any of the laws of Congress; and that the said agents, for the administration of every oath and the proper certificate thereof, shall be, and are hereby, Compensation.authorized to charge, and shall be entitled to receive, from the person to whom the oath is administered, the same compensation which, by the laws of the State in which the agent is located, is allowed to State officers for administering similar oaths and certifying the same.
Approved, February 22, 1840.