Chapter CXX. *for the Relief of certain surviving Widows of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army.* July 29, 1848. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the widows of Certain widows of revolutionary officers and soldiers,
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Chap. CXX.— An Act *for the Relief of certain surviving Widows of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army.* July 29, 1848. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the widows of Certain widows of revolutionary officers and soldiers, &c., to be entitled to a pension of equal amount to that their husbands would be entitled to, if living.all officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, soldiers, mariners, or marines, and Indian spies, who shall have served in the Continental line, State troops, volunteers, militia, or in the naval service, in the revolutionary war with Great Britain, shall be entitled to a pension 266 THIRTIETH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 121. 1848.during such widowhood, of equal amount per annum that their husbands would be entitled to, if living, under existing pension laws; to commence on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and to be paid in the same manner that other pensions are paid No widow now receiving a pension to be entitled to a further pension under this act.to widows; but no widow now receiving a pension shall be entitled to receive a further pension under the provisions of this act; and no widow married aller the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred, shall be entitled to receive a pension under this act.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That any pledge, mortgage, No mortgage, sale, assignment, &c., of claims under this act to be valid.sale, assignment, or transferor any right, claim, or interest, in any way granted by this act, shall be utterly void and of no effect, nor shall the annuities or pension granted by this act be liable to attachment, levy, or seizure by any process of law or equity, but shall enure wholly to the personal benefit of the pensioner or annuitant entitled to the same Rules of evidence.The same rules of evidence, regulations, and prescriptions shall apply and govern the Commissioner of Pensions and pension agents under this act as now prevail under existing pension laws which relate to widows of revolutionary officers and soldiers.
This act to take effect immediately. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved, July 29, 1848.