March 2, 1849.
Chap. LXXIX. — An Act to allow Subsistence to certain Arkansas and other Volunteers, who have been
Prisoners of War in Mexico.
Money, in lieu of subsistence, to be paid to certain volunteers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the army of the United States be, and they
are hereby, required to pay, in money, to each volunteer of the Arkansas regiment,
and to each volunteer of any other corps that has been in the military service of
the United States, who has been prisoner of war in Mexico, the sum of forty cents
a day, in lieu of subsistence, during the whole time of his imprisonment.
Benefits of this act to be extended to legal representatives.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the benefits provided by
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the first section of this act extend to the legal representatives of said volunteer.
What evidence shall be sufficient.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the same evidence as is now required to establish the fact of ordinary service
shall be sufficient to establish the face of imprisonment, and to authorize and require
said accounting officers to make the payment provided by the first section of this
act, upon application of said volunteer, his authorized agent, or legal representative.
Approved, March 2, 1849.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Public Acts, 30th Cong., 2nd sess., George Minot, Statutes at Large 9, 349-50