Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 375.
(Report No. 444.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
March 30, 1848.
Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
state of the Union.
Mr. White, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported
the following bill:
A BILL
For the relief of widows and orphans of officers and seamen
of the navy of the United States.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That all those widows and children who have
received, or were entitled to receive, a pension, under any
of the laws of Congress, prior to the first of August,
eighteen hundred and forty-one, (expecting the law passed
the second March, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven,) and
those widows and children who have received pensions for
five years, prior to the passage of this act, may, and shall,
continue to receive the same amount as they have received
under any special act from the time such special act ex-
pired: Provided, Such act ceased on or after the first day

<Page 2>

13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22 of September, eighteen hundred and forty-five, or may
hereafter terminate. And all such pensions as now are in
force, yet having but a short time to run, and such as are
renewed by this act, shall be paid out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, so long as the said
widows shall live as widows, and to the orphan children
until they respectively arrive at the age of eighteen years;
and to the child or children of said widows, in case of
marriage by said widows, until said child or children shall
respectively arrive at the age of eighteen years.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all those widows and children who have received, or were entitled to receive, a pension, under any of the laws of Congress, prior to the first of August, eighteen hundred and forty-one, (expecting the law passed the second March, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven,) and those widows and children who have received pensions for five years, prior to the passage of this act, may, and shall, continue to receive the same amount as they have received under any special act from the time such special act ex- pired: Provided, Such act ceased on or after the first day
<Page 2>
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22	of September, eighteen hundred and forty-five, or may hereafter terminate. And all such pensions as now are in force, yet having but a short time to run, and such as are renewed by this act, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, so long as the said widows shall live as widows, and to the orphan children until they respectively arrive at the age of eighteen years; and to the child or children of said widows, in case of marriage by said widows, until said child or children shall respectively arrive at the age of eighteen years.