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 '1‘rr1.n Lvn.——PENSIONS. 923 Sec. 4737. Pensions, under the preceding section, shall be at the rate P¤¤¤i¢>¤¤ to be of eight dollars per month, and shall be id to the persons entitled E[‘*l‘E"“t°·&°· thereto for the term of their lives, from angtlnfber the fourteenth day of Ibid., s. 2. February, eighteen hundred and seventy-one. But that section shall not apply to any person who is receiving a pension at the rate of eight dollars or moregxer month: nor to any person who is receiving :1 pension less than eight ollnrs per mouth. except for the difference between the pension now received and eight dollars per month. Sec. -1738. The surviving widows of such persons ns are embraced I{e¤sion¤ to surwithin the provisions of the two preceding sections, shall be allowed, on "'Y‘“g “`“l°“`” °f the conditions and limitations therein expressed. the same pension that &°"°fw" such persons themselves would have been entitled to receive thereunder —- _ '—————— if living on the fourteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sev- U"d‘* F' L enty-one: 1*;-m•z'(IedQ /um·ev··r, Such widows were married to the husbands. on account of whose services the pension is claimed, prior to the treaty of peace which terminated the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, and have not remarried. Sec. 4739. Before the name of any person is laced upon the pension- Proof ¤`¢q¤i¤‘¤·<l; roll under the three preceding sections, proof sliall be made, under such ual"? ;““Y bc regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, that the appli— ;i;I§_,2“, mm pen` cant is entitled to 11 pension under the provisions of the sections herein ··+ ·· · cited; and the Sec1·f<‘¤¤iH<‘¤¤¤ applicant of the benefits of sections forty-seven iundred and thirtv-six, ‘ZE[@‘Lrgl&";- forty-sevenhundredand thirty-seven, and forty-seven hundred and thirty- Ibid. eight, but other roof of services performed and of un honorable discharge, if deemei) satisfactory, shall he suffcieut,. Sec. 4741. The officcrs and seamen of the revenue-cutters of the United Pensions to crili- Stntes, who have been or may be wounded or disabled in the discharge °°{“ "”d **3**6** of of their duty while cooperating with the Navy by order of the President, rife? Y";. shall he entitled to be laced on the Navy pension-list, nt the same ratie l8A P¤'il» l8U»¢· of pension and under tilne same regulations and restrictions as ure pro- 6* v' 3* P' 121 vided by law for the officers and seamen of the Navy. S1-nc. -17-L2. From and after the second day of April, eighteen hundred C°'°¤iP°l°·i¤¥¤¤f*>¤‘ and sixty-two, no claim for a pension, or for an increase of pension, shall ;;;';’;"t;3E?;¥t£§“' be allowed in favor of the children or other descendants of any person » L-4. who served in the war of the Revolution, or of the widow of such person, ,32 AEL 18,;% °· when such person or his widow died without having established sn claim 0 ’ v' ’ P'' ' to a pension. Sec. 4743. In all cases where ai pension has been granted to any oiicer Evidfmvé 1I9f??- or soldier of the Revolution in his life—time, the evidence upon which SQ;?' if "“:l3}E$"‘l‘ such pension was granted shall be conclusive of the service of such gw 20],;;,8 to oflicer or soldier in the application of any widow, or woman who may pension. have been the widow, of such officer or soldier, for u. pension; and upon proof by her that she was married to any such officer or soldier, and No. 13, (-. 9, #336. that she is a widow, she shall thereupon be laced upon the pensionrolls at the same rate that such officer or soljdier received during his life-time. Sec. 4744. The Commissiouergf Pensions is authorizedgzo detail, m§P¤€ii;;g$;'izzH ¤ rom time to time, clerks in his 0 ce to investi be sus ecte attem ts '°° at fraud on the Government, through and by §lrtue oi? the provisi<il1s   mcmptnt of the pension-laws, and to aid in prosecuting any person so offending, —§T·ié$:;— with such additional compensation as is customary in cases of special 234 s °g6’ ‘. ]7’; service; and any person so detailed shall have the power to administer 575: ’ ` oaths and take affidavits in the course of any such in vestigation. Sec. -1745. Any pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment, or transfer of any An; pledge  or right, claim, or interest in any pension which as been, or may hereafter Q%$“ °" °f!"’““'°“ be, granted, shall be void and of no effect; and any person acting as M   attorney to receive and receipt for money for and in behalf of any per- "”‘l·» ¤· 32- son entitled to a pension shall, before receiving such money, take and