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RESOLUTION 8.-Approved, August 16, 1842.-Vol. 5, p. 584.

A Resolution declarative of the Pension Act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.

That the benefits of the act' entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," approved the seventh day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, shall not be withheld from any widow whose husband died after the passage of the act of the seventh of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and before the act of the seventh of July, eighteen hundred and thirtyeight, if otherwise entitled to the same.

CHAPTER 52.-Approved, March 1, 1843.- Vol. 5, p. 604.

An Act making appropriations for the support of the Army and of the Military Academy, &c. &c., for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.

2. Appropriation, &c., for the military academy. Provisoes relative to the appointment of cadets.2

SEC. 2. Provided, That hereafter, in all cases of appointments of cadets to the West Point Academy, the individual selected shall be an actual resident of the congressional district of the state or territory, or District of Columbia, from which the appointment purports to be made: And provided, further, That the number of cadets by appointments hereafter to be made, shall be limited to the number of the representatives and delegates in Congress, and one for the District of Columbia, and that each congressional and territorial district, and District of Columbia, shall be entitled to have one cadet at said academy: Provided, That nothing in this section shall prevent the appointment of an additional number of cadets, not exceeding ten, to be appointed at large, without being confined to a selection by congressional districts.

1 Chap 189

3 A: 1 see see 8, chap 42,3 Aug 1×61, for cond ti -as - f readmission after discharge, eath, de, just.

CHAPTER 102.-Approved, March 3, 1843.-Vol. 5, p. 647.

An Act granting a pension to certain Revolutionary soldiers.

[Pensions to widows' under the acts of 1832, chap. 126, 1838, chap. 189, 1842, chap. 191, and Res. 8, continued for one year."]

CHAPTER 11.-Approved, April 4, 1844.-Vol. 5, p. 654.

An Act to repeal so much of the Act approved the twenty-third of August, one thơusand eight hundred and forty-two, as requires the second regiment of dragoons to be converted into a regiment of riflemen after the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three.

That so much of the act entitled “An act respecting the organization of the army, and for other purposes," approved the 23d day of August, 1842' as requires the second regiment of dragoons to be converted into a regiment of riflemen after the 4th day of March, 1843, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

SEC. 2. That the present regiment of riflemen, formerly the second regiment of dragoons, shall, as soon as it can be effected after the passage of this act, be remounted, and called the second regiment of dragoons, and shall in all things be governed by the same organization and regulations as are provided by the act raising the first regiment of dragoons, entitled “An act for the more perfect defence of the frontier," approved the 2d day of March, 1833, and shall, in all respects, be placed upon the same footing as the said first regiment of dragoons.

CHAPTER 15.-Approved, April 30, 1844.-Vol. 5, p. 656.

An Act making appropriations for the payment of Revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.

That no pension shall be hereafter granted to a widows for the same time that her husband received one; and that no person in the army, navy, or marine corps shall be allowed to draw both a pension as an invalid and the pay of his rank or station in the service, unless the alleged disability for which the pension was granted be such as to have occasioned his employment in a lower grade, or in some civil branch of the service.

1 Or who have become such: see res. No. 6, 3 March, 1851.

And four years more, by the 17 June, 1844, chap. 102, vol. 5, p. 680. 3 Chap. 186.

4 Chap. 76.

5 Unless her application shall have been filed, &c.: 23 Jan. 1845, res. 1, vol.

p. 796.

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CHAPTER 73.-Approved, June 15, 1844.-Vol. 5, p. 673.

An Act making an appropriation for the payment of horses lost by the Missouri volunteers in the Florida war.1

Sec. 1. $34,500 appropriated. Value of horses and settlement of claims to be made according to act of March 3, 1839. Acts relating to claims for horses, &c., of volunteers in Florida war, revived.

SEC. 2. Act of January 18, 1837, revived for two years. Proviso: not to extend to cases arising in a future war.

CHAPTER 102.-Approved, June 17, 1844.-Vol. 5, p. 680.

An Act to continue the pensions of certain widows,

SEC. 1. Act of March 3, 1843, granting pensions to widows, extended for four years from March 4, 1844.*

SEC. 2. Widows entitled to benefit of act of July 7, 1838, to have benefit

of this.

CHAPTER 15.-Approved, February 20, 1845.-Vol. 5, p. 724.

An Act restricting the grant of pensions in certain cases.

That, from and after the passage of this act, a pension shall not be granted to any widow for or during any part or portion of the time her husband may have received one, whose declaration therefor shall not have been made on or before the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, and shall not have been received at the pension office on or before the twentythird day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five

By chapter 47, sec. 2, March 3, 1845, vol. 5, p. 742, from and after the 30th June, 1×45, the pay of a cadet shall be $24 per month, in lieu of the present pay and emoluments.]

1 Nee chap 129, 3 March, 1849, and note.

* Extended to those whose husbands died after the passage of these acts, by rea. 6, 3 Mar-b, 1×51

* Unless fled on or before 23 Jan 1945, see res. 1, 23 Jan. 1×45.

Formerly $16, but increased t $ 0 by act 3 March, 1×57, chap. 119

CHAPTER 102.-Approved, March 3, 1843.-Vol. 5, p. 647.

An Act granting a pension to certain Revolutionary soldiers.

[Pensions to widows' under the acts of 1832, chap. 126, 1838, chap. 189, 1842, chap. 191, and Res. 8, continued for one year."]

CHAPTER 11.-Approved, April 4, 1844.-Vol. 5, p. 654.

An Act to repeal so much of the Act approved the twenty-third of August, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, as requires the second regiment of dragoons to be converted into a regiment of riflemen after the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three.

That so much of the act entitled "An act respecting the organization of the army, and for other purposes," approved the 23d day of August, 1842' as requires the second regiment of dragoons to be converted into a regiment of riflemen after the 4th day of March, 1843, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

SEC. 2. That the present regiment of riflemen, formerly the second regiment of dragoons, shall, as soon as it can be effected after the passage of this act, be remounted, and called the second regiment of dragoons, and shall in all things be governed by the same organization and regulations as are provided by the act raising the first regiment of dragoons, entitled "An act for the more perfect defence of the frontier," approved the 24 day of March, 1833, and shall, in all respects, be placed upon the same footing as the said first regiment of dragoons.

CHAPTER 15.-Approved, April 30, 1844.-Vol. 5, p. 656.

An Act making appropriations for the payment of Revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.

That no pension shall be hereafter granted to a widow3 for the same time that her husband received one; and that no person in the army, navy, or marine corps shall be allowed to draw both a pension as an invalid and the pay of his rank or station in the service, unless the alleged disability for which the pension was granted be such as to have occasioned his employment in a lower grade, or in some civil branch of the service.

1 Or who have become such: see res. No. 6, 3 March, 1851.

And four years more, by the 17 June, 1844, chap. 102, vol. 5, p. 680. 3 Chap. 186.

4

Chap. 76.

Unless her application shall have been filed, &c.: 23 Jan. 1845, res. 1, vol.

p. 796.

CHAPTER 73.-Approved, June 15, 1844.-Vol. 5, p. 673.

An Act making an appropriation for the payment of horses lost by the Missouri volunteers in the Florida war.1

SEC. 1. $34,500 appropriated. Value of horses and settlement of claims to be made according to act of March 3, 1859. Acts relating to claims for horses, &c., of volunteers in Florida war, revived.

Skc. 2. Act of January 18, 1837, revived for two years. Proviso: not to extend to cases arising in a future war.

CHAPTER 102.-Approved, June 17, 1844.-Vol. 5, p. 680.

An Act to continue the pensions of certain widows.

SEC. 1. Act of March 3, 1843, granting pensions to widows, extended for four years from March 4, 1844.1

SEC. 2. Widows entitled to benefit of act of July 7, 1838, to have benefit

of this.

CHAPTER 15.-Approved, February 20, 1845.-Vol. 5, p. 724.

An Act restricting the grant of pensions in certain cases,

That, from and after the passage of this act, a pension shall not be granted to any widow for or during any part or portion of the time her husband may have received one, whose declaration therefor shall not have been made on or before the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, and shall not have been received at the pension office on or before the twentythird day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five

By chapter 47, sec. 2, March 3, 1845, vol. 5, p. 742, from and after the 30th June, 1845, the pay of a cadet shall be $24 per month, in heu of the present pay and emoluments,*]

3 Nee chap 129, 3 March, 1849, and note

1 Exter, jed to those who as husbands died after the passage of these acts, by rea. 6, 3 March, 1851.

* Unles 41 d on or bef re 2% Jan 1845, see res. 1, 23 Jan 1×45.

• Formerly $16, but increase it - 8.0 by act 3 March, 1×57, chap 119

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