Chapter XIII. making Appropriations for the Payment of revolutionary and other Pensions of the United States, for the Year ending the thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight
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Chap. XIII.— An Act making Appropriations for the Payment of revolutionary and other Pensions of the United States, for the Year ending the thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.Feb. 20, 1847. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatAppropriations. 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 year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.
ForRevolutionary pensioners. revolutionary pensions, under the act of the eighteenth of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, sixty-seven thousand two hundred dollars. ForInvalid pensioners. invalid pensions, under various acts, one hundred and sixty-six thousand dollars. TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 16. 1847.127 ForPensions to widows and orphans.1836, ch. 362. pensions to widows and orphans, under the act of the fourth of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, two hundred and fifty-eight thousand dollars.
For1838, ch. 189. pensions to widows, under the act of the seventh of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and the acts supplementary thereto, two hundred and seventy thousand dollars. For1843, ch. 102. pensions to widows, under the act of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, fifty-six thousand dollars. For1844, ch. 102. pensions to widows, under the act of the seventeenth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, four hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
ForHalf-pay pensions to widows and orphans. half-pay pensions to widows and orphans, payable through the third auditor’s office, five thousand five hundred dollars. ForArrearages. arrearages prior to July first, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, payable through the third auditor’s office, one thousand dollars. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* ThatCompensation to pension agents, &c. from and after the passage of this act, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to make such compensation to agents for paying pensions as may be just and reasonable, to be paid out of the fund appropriated for the payment of revolutionary pensions, but in no case to exceed two per centum on moneys disbursed by them; the said compensation to be in full for all their services, and any contingent expenses that may arise in the discharge of their official duties, books, printing, and stationery excepted: *Provided,*Proviso.
That the amount of compensation allowed to any one pension agent shall not exceed one thousand dollars per annum: *And provided further,*Balances not to accumulate. That the Secretary of War shall so regulate the remittances made to pension agents as to prevent an undue accumulation of balances in their hands. Approved, February 20, 1847.