Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representa-

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

^See Report^[THAT]the pensions for the period of five years

which have been heretofore granted or renewed

out of the naval pension fund, to the widows

of officers, seamen, and marines, who have

been killed in battle, or died by reason of

a wound received in the line of their duty,

or who have died by reason of disease, con-

tracted, or of a casualty by drowning or

otherwise, or of injury received while in

the line of their duty, and which pensions

were not renewed by the terms of the act

approved March third, eighteen hundred

and forty five, entitled “An act renewing cer-

tain naval pensions for the term of five

years,” nor by the terms of the second section

of the act approved March third eighteen

hundred and forty seven, entitled “An

act making appropriations for the payment

of navy pensions for the year eighteen hun-

dred and forty eight,” shall be continued

for another period of five years, to such of

the said widows as have remained un-

married; to commence from the day on

which such pensions respectively terminated,

and to be paid out of any money in the

treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provi-

ded, That every pension hereby renewed,

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shall cease on the death or intermarriage

of the widow to whom the same is hereby

granted.]

Sec. 2 And be it further enacted, That

engineers, firemen, and coal heavers, in

the navy, shall be entitled to pensions

in the same manner as officers, seamen,

and marines; and the widows of engineers,

coal heavers, and firemen, in the same

manner as the widows of officers, seamen,

and marines: Provided, That the pension of

a chief engineer shall be the same as that

of a lieutenant in the navy; and the pension

of the widow of a^n^Êngineer in chief &^ chief engineer, the same

as that of the widow of a lieutenant in

the navy; the pension of a first assistant

engineer the same as that of a lieutenant

of marines; and the pension of the widow

of a first assistant engineer, the same as

that of a widow of a lieutenant of ma-

rines; the pension of a second or third

assistant engineer the same as that of a

forward officer; and the pension of the

widow of a second or third assistant

engineer, the same as that of the widow

of a forward officer; the pension of a

fireman or coal-heaver the same as that

of a seaman; the pension of the widow

of a fireman or coal heaver, the same

as that of the widow of a seaman.

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And provided further, That an engineer, fire-

man or coal heaver shall not be entitled

to any pension by reason of a disability

incurred prior to the thirty first day of August,

eighteen hundred and forty-two, nor Shall

the widow of an engineer, fireman or

coal-heaver, be entitled to any pension,

by reason of the death of her husband,

if his death was prior to the said date.

1 ^[Strike out from this bracket to the one on the next page]^ Sec. 3 And be it further enacted, That

2 in all cases ^[^hereafter^/^ where the widow

3 of an officer Seaman or Marine, may

4 receive a pension, ûpon her death^ and may marry or

5 die before the expiration of the five years

6 for which it was granted^)^^(^the pension

7 for the remainder of the five years^)^

8 shall go to the child or children of

9 the officer seaman or marine for

10 whose service it was granted, if under

11 sixteen years of age; ûntil arrival at that age–^ and in case of the

12 death ^before or after the passage of this act^ of any Officer Seaman or Marine

13 in the Navy by drowning, or of a wound,

14 disease or injury received while in

15 the line of his duty, ôr while absent on leave^ leaving no widow,

16 but a child or children under sixteen

17 years of age, then the child or children

18 shall have such pension as would have

19 been awarded to the widow under the

20 act of March the fourth one thousand

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21 eight hundred and fourteen^]^. The amount

of pension in every case arising under

this law, not to exceed the half pay

of the deceased officer, Seaman or Ma-

rine, as it existed in January eighteen

hundred and thirty five, or such rate

of pension as is allowed by this act.

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05/16/1848
Passed the Senate
May 16. 1848
Attest
Asbury Dickins.–
Secretary

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For Senate Committee Report

The committee of Conference on the part of the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill of the Senate (Nô 246) entitled “An act renewing certain Naval Pensions for the term of five years and extending the benefits of existing laws respecting naval pensions, to engineers, firemen, and coal heavers, in the Navy and to their widows,”

Report,êd^ That they have met the conferees on the part of the House of Representatives and after free and full conferences on the subject of the disagreeing votes, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses, as follows: viz;

^Sec. 1^1. That the Senate agree to the amendments of the House of Representatives striking out all of the first section after the enacting clause, and agree to the substitute proposed by that House modified to read as follows: —
That all those widows and such child or children as âre now receiving^ have received ^[ôr might have been entitled to receive,^]^ a pension under any of the laws of Congress passed prior to the first of August, eighteen hundred and forty one (excepting the law passed the 3^d of March, 1837,) and those widows and children who have received pensions for ât any time within^ 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 expired: Provided such act ceased on or after the first day of September eighteen hundred and

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forty five, or may hereafter terminate; and all such pensions as are now in force, 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 in case of the death before or after the passage of this act, of the widows, to the orphan child or children of the deceased parties until they respectively arrive at the age of sixteen years, and that the act approved 30^th April, 1844, shall not be so construed as to exclude Officers, Seamen, or marines from their pensions when disabled for sea-service, provided, that the whole amount received by the pensioner including pay for his service and pension, shall not exceed ^his lowest duty pay.^

That the orphan child or children of the deceased parties shall have a pension in case the widow has died after drawing a five years pension; to commence at the time when the widow dies, and to continue until the child or children shall respectively reach the age of sixteen years, and That any casualty by which an Officer, seaman, or marine ^has lost or^ my lose his life ^while in the line of his duty^ [~~...~~?], shall be considered sufficient to entitle the widow, child or children to all the benefits of this act.—

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And the committee recommend to the respective Houses, to amend the Third section of the bill to conform to the preceding modification of the first section, by striking out all after the enacting clause of the said Third section to the word “fourteen” inclusive, in the 21^st line thereof; and, that the title of the bill be amended to read as follows:—

An act renewing certain naval pensions, and extending the benefits of existing laws respecting naval pensions, to engineers, firemen, and coal heavers, in the Navy and to their widows.–
Hugh [White?]Geo. E. BadgerJ D BrightD. L. Yulee
Conferees in the part of the SenateHugh WhiteJ. D. CumminsE. C. Cabell
Conferees on the part of the House

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08/09/1848In the Senate of the U. States
Aug. 9, 1848
Resolved, That the Senate concur in the foregoing Report, and that the said Bill S. 246 be amended accordingly

Attest
Asbury Dickins—
Secretary.

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08/10/1848In the House of Representatives
August 10^th, AD 1848
Resolved, That this House concur in the foregoing Report, and that the said Bill (S. 246.) be amended accordingly

Attest
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk

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Naval Aff

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S_246
An act renewing certain naval pensions for the term of five years, and extending the benefits of existing laws respecting naval pensions, to engineers, firemen, and coal-heavers, in the navy and to their widows

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M 17

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07/17/1848
In the House of Representatives
July 17^th 1848.
Resolved, That this Bill do pass with amendments.
Attest.
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk

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July 28, House do move on amts & conference ordered—

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M^r [?]

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Concurred in (use the Original

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Badger [?]

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No Papers

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ex^d Aug 10

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ThirtiethCongress.
FirstSession.
Congress of the United States.
In the House of Representatives.

Resolved That the Bill from Senate (No. 246) entitled “An Actrenewing certain naval pensions for the term of five years, and extending the benefits of existing laws respecting naval pensions, to engineers, firemen, and coal-heavers, in the navy and to their widows.” do pass with the following

Amendment

Strike out the First section and insert.

“That all those widows and children who have received or might have been entitled to receive a pension, under any of the laws of Congress passed prior to the first of August eighteen hundred and forty-one (excepting the law passed the third 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 expired: Provided, such act ceased on or after the first day 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 child or 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

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at the age eighteen years, and that the act approved 16^th August 1841, shall not be so construed as ^to^ exclude officers, seamen or marines from their pensions when disabled for sea Service.”

Amend the Title by striking out the words
“for the term of five years”

Attest.
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk

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07/25/1848In the Senate of the United States
July 25, 1848.
Resolved, That the Senate disagree to the amendments of the House of Representatives to the aforementioned Bill (S.246.)

Attest
Asbury Dickins—
Secretary.

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07/28/1848In the House of Representatives, July 28^th AD 1848.
Resolved, That the House do insist on their Amendments to the Aforementioned Bill (S. 246.) and ask for a Committee of Conference, on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses, and ordered, That ^Mr White of N. Y. Cummins, of Ohio, Cabell (of Florida)^ be the Managers of Said Committee on the part of the House.

Attest,
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk

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07/29/1848In the Senate of the United States
July 29^th, 1848
Resolved, That the Senate insist upon their disagreement to the amendments of the House of Representatives to the aforementioned Bill (S. 246.); and agree to the Conference asked by the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on said amendments.

Ordered, That Mr. Badger, Mr. Yulee, and Mr. Bright, be the managers of the said conference on the part of the Senate.

Attest,
Asbury Dickins—
Secretary.

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S 246.
Amendments.

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Yulee
disagree

	BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representa-
	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
	^See Report^[THAT]the pensions for the period of five years
	which have been heretofore granted or renewed
	out of the naval pension fund, to the widows
	of officers, seamen, and marines, who have
	been killed in battle, or died by reason of
	a wound received in the line of their duty,
	or who have died by reason of disease, con-
	tracted, or of a casualty by drowning or
	otherwise, or of injury received while in
	the line of their duty, and which pensions
	were not renewed by the terms of the act
	approved March third, eighteen hundred
	and forty five, entitled “An act renewing cer-
	tain naval pensions for the term of five
	years,” nor by the terms of the second section
	of the act approved March third eighteen
	hundred and forty seven, entitled “An
	act making appropriations for the payment
	of navy pensions for the year eighteen hun-
	dred and forty eight,” shall be continued
	for another period of five years, to such of
	the said widows as have remained un-
	married; to commence from the day on
	which such pensions respectively terminated,
	and to be paid out of any money in the
	treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provi-
	ded, That every pension hereby renewed,

	shall cease on the death or intermarriage
	of the widow to whom the same is hereby
	granted.]
	Sec. 2 And be it further enacted, That
	engineers, firemen, and coal heavers, in
	the navy, shall be entitled to pensions
	in the same manner as officers, seamen,
	and marines; and the widows of engineers,
	coal heavers, and firemen, in the same
	manner as the widows of officers, seamen,
	and marines: Provided, That the pension of
	a chief engineer shall be the same as that
	of a lieutenant in the navy; and the pension
	of the widow of a^n^^Engineer in chief &^ chief engineer, the same
	as that of the widow of a lieutenant in
	the navy; the pension of a first assistant
	engineer the same as that of a lieutenant
	of marines; and the pension of the widow
	of a first assistant engineer, the same as
	that of a widow of a lieutenant of ma-
	rines; the pension of a second or third
	assistant engineer the same as that of a
	forward officer; and the pension of the
	widow of a second or third assistant
	engineer, the same as that of the widow
	of a forward officer; the pension of a
	fireman or coal-heaver the same as that
	of a seaman; the pension of the widow
	of a fireman or coal heaver, the same
	as that of the widow of a seaman.

	And provided further, That an engineer, fire-
	man or coal heaver shall not be entitled
	to any pension by reason of a disability
	incurred prior to the thirty first day of August,
	eighteen hundred and forty-two, nor Shall
	the widow of an engineer, fireman or
	coal-heaver, be entitled to any pension,
	by reason of the death of her husband,
	if his death was prior to the said date.
1	^[Strike out from this bracket to the one on the next page]^ Sec. 3 And be it further enacted, That
2	in all cases ^[^hereafter^/^ where the widow
3	of an officer Seaman or Marine, may
4	receive a pension, ^upon her death^ and may marry or
5	die before the expiration of the five years
6	for which it was granted^)^^(^the pension
7	for the remainder of the five years^)^
8	shall go to the child or children of
9	the officer seaman or marine for
10	whose service it was granted, if under
11	sixteen years of age; ^until arrival at that age–^ and in case of the
12	death ^before or after the passage of this act^ of any Officer Seaman or Marine
13	in the Navy by drowning, or of a wound,
14	disease or injury received while in
15	the line of his duty, ^or while absent on leave^ leaving no widow,
16	but a child or children under sixteen
17	years of age, then the child or children
18	shall have such pension as would have
19	been awarded to the widow under the
20	act of March the fourth one thousand

21	eight hundred and fourteen^]^. The amount
	of pension in every case arising under
	this law, not to exceed the half pay
	of the deceased officer, Seaman or Ma-
	rine, as it existed in January eighteen
	hundred and thirty five, or such rate
	of pension as is allowed by this act.