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 56 THIRTY—-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 104, 100, 106. 1866. Property ex- so held by said corporation, shall be exempt from all taxes and assessments °'PP° ’°"‘ m' levied under act of Congress, or by authority of any municipal corporation Mm' or board within the District of Columbia. _ Act may be Sec. S. And be it further enacted, That Congress may at any time °·l““'°d· S"- hereafter alter, amend, or repeal this act. Approved, June 1, 1866. ·l¤¤¤ L 1866- CHAP. CV.-—An Act to protect American Citizen! engaged in Zumbcrfng an the St, ""_""" . Croix River, in the State ¢y"Mazne. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United C°¥`*·°l'* P*‘°d· States of America in Congress assembled, That the produce of the forests
 * ,1;; Y{,_th$,;"°;,]_ of the State of Maine upon the St. Croix river and its tributaries, owned

matted flee of by American citizens, and sawed in the province of New Brunswick by d“tY· American citizens, (the same being unmanufactured in whole, or in part,) and having paid the same taxes as other American lumber on that river, shall be admitted into the ports of the United States free of duty, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall from time to time prescribe. When act Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect from Approved, June 1, 1866. Jung 6, 1365, CHAP. CVI. — An Act supplementary to the several Acts relating to Pensions. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United R°P€¤l of W1 States of America in Congress assembled, That section five of an act en- °“b°mut° f"' titled “An act supplementary to an act entitled ‘An act to grant pen- 1862,_ch. 166. sions,' approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,", ap- ;é75‘g°é proved July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixtyiour, and section three of v01_ ’X,;§_ p_ hgyf an act entitled "An act supplementary to the several acts relating to pen- 1865,qi}_- 84, § 3- sions," approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, be, and v°l‘ xl"' P‘ 4W' the same are hereby, repealed, and the tbllowing shall stand in lieu there- Persons losing of: That, from and after the passage of this act, all persons by law en- 5)*3; ;£§s°‘ém titled to a less pension than hereinafter specified, who, while in the milito have perisio; tary or naval service and in line of duty, shall have lost the sight of both ¤f $25 R month; eyes, or who shall have lost both hands, or been permanently and totally disabled in the same, or otherwise so permanently and totally disabled as to render them utterly helpless, or so nearly so as to require the constant personal aid and attendance of another person, shall be entitled to a pension of twenty-five dollars per month; and all persons who, under like losing both circumstances, shall have lost both feet, or one hand and one foot, or been $20} ullmh, as to be incapacitated for performing any manual labor, but not so much so as to require constant personal aid and attention, shall be entitled to a pension of twenty dollars per month; and all persons who, under like circumstances, shall have lost one hand or one foot, or been totally and cme;.] calm, permanently disabled in the same, or otherwise so disabled as to render 5: ***;;*5 $15 ¤ their inability to perform manual labor equivalent to the loss of a hand on ° or a foot, shall be entitled to a pension of fifteen dollars per month. Any pledge or Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That any pledge, mortgage, sale, as- m.m,,}e,.,,,,,, has been, or may hereafter be, granted, shall be void and of no effect; vvg-th f t- and any person acting as attorney to receive and receipt for money for wmzy tgmtcivc and in behalf of any person entitled to a. pension shall, before receiving money my pen-I said money, take and subscribe an oath, to be filed with the pension agent, °¤°¤· and by him to be transmitted, with the vouchers now required by law, to the proper accounting officer of the Treasury, that he has no interest iu said money by any pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment, or transfer, and that he does not know or believe that the same has been so disposed of
 * “·k“ °E°°”· and after its passage.
 * gg¥•‘gcl‘“;:31‘;‘;‘; totally and permanently disabled in the same, or otherwise so disabled
 * ":!;??; QL  signment, or transfer of any right, claim, or interest in any pension which