Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, That the fifth section of the act approved July 19, 1848, be so construed as to
authorize the payment of three months’ extra pay for each term of service performed
by each officer, non-commissioned officer, musician, and private, in the war with
Mexico, if otherwise entitled to the same, according to the provisions of said section.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Cong. Globe , 30th Cong., 2nd Sess., 697 (1849)