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their influence and to make all proper exertions to prevent the introduction and sale of such liquor in their country. [Approved, March 3, 1847.]

RESOLUTION 5.-Approved, March 2, 1847.—Vol. 9, p. 206.

Resolutions giving the thanks of Congress to Major-General Taylor, and the officers and men under his command in the late military operations at Monterey.

Thanks of Congress tendered to Major-General Taylor, his officers and meh.

A gold medal to be struck and presented to General Taylor.

Swords to be presented to Generals Butler, Henderson, Twiggs, Worth, and Quitman.

A sword to be presented to the nearest male relative of General Hamer. The President to cause the foregoing resolutions to be communicated to General Taylor, and, through him, to the army under his command.

RESOLUTION 7.-Approved, March 3, 1847.-Vol. 9, p. 206.

A Resolution to refund money to the States which have supplied volunteers and furnished them transportation during the present war, before being mustered and received into the service of the United States.

That the secretary of war be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to cause to be refunded to the several states, or to individuals for services rendered acting under the authority of any states, the amount of expenses incurred by them in organizing, subsisting, and' transporting volunteers previous to their being mustered and received into the service of the United States for the present war, and for subsisting troops in the service of the United States, without waiting for deductions to be made from the pay of said volunteers."

CHAPTER 6.-Approved, January 26, 1848.-Vol. 9, p. 210.

An Act to provide clothing for volunteers in the service of the United States. That in lieu of the money which, under existing laws, is allowed to volunteers as a commutation for clothing, the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause the volunteers to be furnished with clothing in kind, at the same rates, according to grades, as is provided for the troops of the regular army

1 See 2 June, 1848, chap. 60, sec. 1.

2 All claims under this resolution supposed to have been settled.

3 $3.50 per month by sec. 6, chap. 29, 18 June, 1846; and see sec. 5, chap. 9, 25 July,

CHAPTER 8.-Approved, February 2, 1848.-Vol. 9, p. 210.

An Act making further provisions for surviving widows of the soldiers of the revolution.

1. Provision for widows of revolutionary soldiers. Pension to cease on marriage. 2. This act extended to widows who are pensioners by special acts.

That if any person who served in the war of the revolution in the manner specified in the act passed the seventh day of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, entitled "An act' supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution," have died, or shall hereafter die, leaving a widow, whose marriage took place before the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, such widow shall be entitled to receive, for and during her natural life, from and after the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred2 and forty-eight, the annuity or pension which might have been allowed to her husband, in virtue of said act, if living at the time it was passed, under the same rules, regulations, and3 restrictions as are prescribed in the act approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:" Provided, That in the event of the marriage of such widow, such annuity or pension shall be discontinued.

SEC. 2. That such widows as have been admitted by special acts of Congress to the benefit of the pension act, approved the seventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirtyeight, or to the benefit of the act approved the seventeenth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, shall be entitled and shall be admitted to the benefit of this act; subject, however, to the rules, limitations, and restrictions in and by said acts prescribed.

1 Chap. 126.

3 See Res. No. 13, 1 July, 1848.

2 See Res. No. 6, 3 March, 1851.

4 Chap. 189, 7 July, 1838; for new pension act, see chap. 166, July, 1862.

CHAPTER 49.-Approved, May 27, 1848.-Vol. 9, p. 232.

An Act explanatory of the Act entitled "An Act to raise, for a limited time, an additional military force, and for other purposes," approved eleventh February, eighteen hundred and forty-seven.

1. Who shall be considered as "relatives," as used in the act of 11 February, 1847, chapter 8, to raise, for a limited time, an additional military force, &c. 2. Benefits of said acts shall not be forfeited by privates who have been promoted. Proviso.

That the term "relatives," as used in the ninth section of the act entitled "An act to raise, for a limited time, an additional military force, and for other purposes," approved eleventh February, eighteen hundred and forty-seven,' shall be considered as extending to the brothers and sisters of those persons whose services, under that act, may have entitled them to the land therein provided: the order or priority of right, however, shall remain as declared in that act; and, those failing, the right shall accrue, fourthly, to the brother or sister, or in equal proportions to the brothers and sisters of the deceased, as the case may be.

SEC. 2. That the benefits of the said act of eleventh February, eighteen hundred and forty-seven,' shall not be construed as forfeited by the privates and non-commissioned officers who have been, or may be, promoted to the grade of commissioned officer during their service in Mexico, and who shall have subsequently fulfilled the condition of their engagements: Provided, Such promotion shall have been made subsequent to the original organization of the company, corps, or regiment to which such privates and non-commissioned officers may have belonged.

CHAPTER 60.-Approved, June 2, 1848.-Vol. 9, p. 236.

An Act to refund money for expenses incurred, subsistence or transportation furnished, for the use of volunteers during the present war, before being mustered into the service of the United States.3

That the provisions of the joint resolution approved March third, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, entitled "A Reso

1 Chap. 8.

3 This act related exclusively to the Mexican war.

2 Chap. 8. 4 No. 7.

lution to refund money to the States which have supplied volunteers, and furnished them transportation, during the present war, before being mustered and received into the service of the United States," be, and the same are hereby, extended, so as to embrace all cases of expenses heretofore incurred in organizing, subsisting, and transporting volunteers, previous to their being mustered and received into the service of the United States for the present war, whether by States, counties, corporations, or individuals, either acting with or without the authority of any States: Provided, however, That proof shall be made, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, of the amount thus expended, and that the same was necessary and proper for the troops aforesaid.

SEC. 2. That an amount sufficient to refund said expenses so incurred be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 3. That in refunding moneys under this act, and the resolution which it amends, it shall be lawful to pay interest at the rate of six per centum per annum on all sums advance [advanced] by States, corporations, or individuals, in all cases where the State, corporation, or individual paid or lost the interest, or is liable to pay it.

[Approved, June 2, 1848.]

[By chap. 71, sec. 2, 26 June, 1848, vol. 9, p. 239, the proviso1 in the second section of the act of 7 May, 1846, chap. 13, was repealed.]

CHAPTER 99.-Approved, July 10, 1848.-Vol. 9, p. 246.

An Act to extend the provisions of existing pension laws to enlisted men of the ordnance corps of the United States army.

Provisions of all pension laws extended to enlisted men of the ordnance

corps; and

SEC. 2. Bounty lands granted to those of them who have served in Mexico.

1 "That upon a revision of the testimony in the case of the deceased husband, the commissioner shall be satisfied that the pension was properly granted."

CHAPTER 104.-Approved, July 19, 1848.-Vol. 9, p. 247.

An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act1 supplemental to an Act entitled 'An2 Act providing for the prosecution of the existing war between the United States and the republic of Mexico,' " and for other purposes.

That the proviso of the first section of an act, approved 18 June, 1846, in the following words, [for which see chap. 29, ante,] be, and the same is hereby, repealed: Provided, That no vacancy happening in the grade of general officer shall be filled up until the number is reduced to one majorgeneral and two brigadier-generals.

SEC. 2. That so much of the existing laws as require the discharge at the close of the war with Mexico of one additional major to each of the regiments of dragoons, artillery, infantry, and riflemen in the army of the United States, who were appointed or promoted under the third section of the act passed on the 11th day of February, 1847, entitled "An act to raise, for a limited time, an additional military force, and for other purposes," be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

SEC. 3. That so much of said act passed on the 11th February, 1847,5 as requires the discharge at the close of the war with Mexico of two additional surgeons and twelve additional assistant surgeons, as authorized by the 8th section of said act, four quartermasters and ten assistant quartermasters, as authorized by the 10th section of said act, and so much of the act of the 3d March, 1847, as requires the discharge at the close of the war with Mexico of an assistant adjutant-general, with the rank, pay, &c. of a lieutenant-colonel of cavalry, and two assistant adjutants-general, with the brevet rank, pay, &c. of a captain of cavalry, as authorized by the second section of the said act of the 3d of March, 1847, and the two deputy paymasters, as authorized by the 12th section of the last-mentioned act, the two principal musicians allowed to each regiment of artillery by the 18th section of the said lastmentioned act, be, and the same is hereby, repealed: Provided, That no vacancy happening under the provisions so repealed shall be filled up until further authorized by law: And provided, further, That the ten additional paymasters appointed in virtue of the said foregoing act of 3d March, 1847, shall be retained in service until the 4th day of March, 1849.7

SEC. 4. That all the officers of the old army who received appointments in any of the additional regiments raised for the war with Mexico shall be restored to their former regiments or corps, and rank as additional officers of the respective grades to which they would have succeeded, and to which they shall now succeed, in virtue of their former commission: Provided, That such officers so restored shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the senate: And provided, That the next vacancy happening in such grade of such regiment or corps to which they succeed shall not be filled.

SEC. 5. That the officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates engaged in the military service of the United States in the war with

1 Chap. 29, 18 June, 1846.

3 Chap. 61, sec. 1, 3 March, 1847.

5 Chap. 8.

2 Chap. 16, 13 May, 1846.
4 Chap. 8.
6 Chap. 61.

7 So much of the proviso to the 3d sec. of this act as relates to the adjutantgeneral's department is repealed by sec. 4, chap. 83, 2 March, 1849.

8 This proviso as to vacancy is not to apply to the adjutant-general, by 2 March, 1849, chap. 83.

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