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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.2]

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of dragoons to be converted into a regiment of riflemen after the 4th day of March, 1843, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.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 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 widow 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.

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, 1844.2

Sie. 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, 1×45, vol. 5, p. 742, from and after the 30th June, 1845, the pay of a cadet shall be $24 per month, in lieu of the present pay and emoluments.*]

1. See chap. 129, 3 March, 1×49, and note

* Extended to those whose husbands died after the passage of these acts, by rea. 6, 3 March, 151

■ Unless fed on or before 23 Jan. 1945, see res 1, 23 Jan 1×45.

• Formerly $16, but increased t› $20 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.3]

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 thonsand 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, 18421 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 widow 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.

2 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, 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.*j

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

3 Extended to those whose husbands died after the passage of these acta, by res. 6,

3 Mar 5, 1851.

* Un'ess 51-d on or before 23 Jan 1845, see res 1, 23 Jan 1845.

Formerly $16, but increaseit 80 by net 3 March, 1×57, chap. 119

CHAPTER 65.-Approved, March 3, 1845.-Vol. 5, p. 745.

An Act making appropriations for the support of the army, for the year ending on the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six.

[SEC. 1. For commutation of forage for officers' horses. Provided, That general and field officers shall not be entitled, in time of peace, to draw forage, or money in lieu thereof, for more than three horses each, to be owned and actually kept in service; officers of the regiments of dragoons below the rank of field officers, for two horses each; and all other officers now entitled to forage, for one horse each, to be owned and actually kept in service.]

CHAPTER 3.-Approved, January 12, 1846.-Vol. 9, p. 2.

An Act to repeal the Act which abolished the office of one of the inspectors-general of the army, and to revive and establish said office.

That so much of the fourth section of an act, approved the 23d day of August, 1842, entitled "An act respecting the organization of the army, and for other purposes," as directs that the office of one inspector-general of the army shall be abolished, and the inspector discharged, shall be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and all acts and parts of acts so repealed shall be, and the same hereby are, revived and continued in force.*

CHAPTER 13.-Approved, May 7, 1846.-Vol. 9, p. 5.

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-seven, and for other purposes.

SEC. 2. That no widow entitled to a pension under existing laws, and claiming a pension, whose husband was drawing a pension at the time of his decease, shall be required, in any such

1 This modifies 5 July, 1838, sec. 24, if it modifies any thing.

2 And see (for its injurious operation on assistant surgeons) Surgeon-General's Report, Sen. Doc., p. 146, 1853. And see act of July, 1862, chap. 200, for forage and commutation.

3 Chap. 186.

4 For increase in inspector's department, see sec. 2, chap. 42, 3 Aug. 1861, and sec. 4, chap. 57, 6 Aug. 1861.

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