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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 5 STAT. · Aug. 26, 1842 · Chapter XXVII

Chapter XXVII. *making appropriations for pensions for the half calendar year beginning the first day if January and ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three; and for the fiscal year beginning the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, and ending the thir

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Chap. XXVII.— An Act *making appropriations for pensions for the half calendar year beginning the first day if January and ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three; and for the fiscal year beginning the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, and ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four.*(*a*)(*a*) An Act to define and establish the fiscal year of Lite treasury of the United States, Aug. 26, 1842, chap. 207.Feb. 14, 1843. *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, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of pensions for the half calendar year beginning on the first day of January and ending on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three; and for the fiscal year beginning on the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, and ending on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four:
Invalid pensions. For invalid pensions for the said half calendar year, eighty-six thou sand two hundred and forty dollars; and for the said fiscal year, one hundred and fifty-eight thousand four hundred dollars. Revolutionary pensions. 1818, ch, 19. For revolutionary pensions under the act of the eighteenth March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, for the said half calendar year, seventeen thousand six hundred dollars; and for the said fiscal year, one hundred and ninety-two thousand dollars.
Pensions to widows and orphans. 1338, ch. 363. For pensions to widows and orphans, under the act of fourth of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, for the said half calendar year, four thousand five hundred dollars; and for the said fiscal year two hundred and twenty-two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Five years’ pensions to widows. 1838, ch. 189. For five years’ pensions to widows, under the act of seventh of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, for the said half calendar year, ten thousand dollars; and for the said fiscal year, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars.
TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 30. 1843. 599 For arrearages prior to July, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, Arrearages and half-pay pensions. payable through the Third Auditor, for the said half calendar year, one thousand dollars; and for the said fiscal year, two thousand dollars. For arrearages and half pay pensions, through the Second Auditor, for the said fiscal year, five hundred dollars. For half pay pensions, payable through the Third Auditor, for the said fiscal year, three thousand dollars.
Approved, February 14, 1843.
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