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 926 '1‘rr1.n Lvu.—-PENSIONS. 26June, 1812, c. ear oes recaptured by the private armed vessels of the United States, 107. v- 17. v· 2. p- shall be secured and paid over to the collector or other chief officer of 763- the customs at the port or place in the United States at which such captured or rcca atured vessels may arrive; or to the consul or other public a ent of the bnited States residing at the port or lace, not within the ignited States, at which such captured or recapturcd) vessels may arrive. And the moneys arising therefrom are pledged by the Government of the United States as a tund for the support and maintenance of the widows and orphans of such persons as may be slain, and for the sup mort and maintenance of such persons as may be wounded and disabled on board of the private armed vessels of the United States, in any engagement with the enemy, to be assigned and distributed in such manner as is or may be provided by law. To be paid into Sec. 4760. The two per cent-um reserved in the hands of the collectors ih? T"°“”'“}’» and consuls by the preceding section, shall be paid to the Treasury, under 13 Feb., 1813, c. the like regulations provided for other public money, and shall constitute Y?. S- l.*‘·2»P· 799- a fund for the ur oses provided for by that section. Wounded, &c., Sec. 4761. Tlhe Secretary of the Interior is required to place on the }*FiV¤'»<>€*‘¤m€¤ to pension-list, under the like regulations and restrictions as are used in rela- Hlinhlfstm °" p°”` tion to the Navy of the United States, any officer, seaman, or marine, `-—+.- who, on board of any private armed vessel bearing a commission of letter M13 g°b-b181%§— of marque, shall have been wounded or otherwise disabled in any engage- "‘f;h;;‘ igia C; ment with the enemy, or in the line of their_duty as officers, seamen, or 58, ,._ 3,  gg_ ’ marines of such private armed vessel; allowing to the captain a sum not exceeding twenty dollars per month; to lieutenants and sailin -master a sum not exceeding twelve dollars each per month; to marine officer, boatswain gunner, carpenter, masters mate, and prize-masters, a sum not exceeding ten dollars each per month; to all other officers a sum not exceeding eight dollars each per month, for the highest rate of disability, and so in >roportion; and to a seaman, or acting as a marine, the sum of six dollhrs per month. for the highest rate of disability, and so in proportion; which scrcral pensions shall be paid from moneys appropriated for the payment of ensions. Commanding Sec. 4762. The cgmmanding omcer of every vessel having a commis- 0fl‘i¢¢¤¤ of privu- sion, or letters of marque and reprisal, shall enter in his journal the name “’°"" *1 °’l*°" and rank of an officer, and the name of any seaman, who, during his ?:,°Q,°;j_ °" m °’ cruise, is wounds or disabled, describing the manner and extent, as far __.._..._ -. as practicable, of such wound or disability. 13 Feb., 1813, c. 22, s. 3, v. 2, p. 800. Transcript of Sec. 4763. Every collector shall transmit quarterly to the Secretary i0¤¤¤Ql¤ed¢<> SEN of the Navy atranscript of such journals as may have been reported to
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W ‘- of wioundz and disabilities, the better to enable the Secretary to decide 1 ·» F- · on c sums or nsions. Pension-agents Sec. 4764. within fifteen days immediately preceding the fourth day if Wild <%¤¤’*€*lK of March, June, September, and December in each year, the several Lgggicyer °&§_°° agents for the payment of pensions shall prepare a quarterly voucher for él——_ every {person whose pension is (payable at his agency, and transmit the 222 ·2“l¥» :8;% °· same y mail, directed to the a dress of the pensioner named in such wsj ‘ ’’ p' voucher, who, on or after the fourth day of March, June, September, and December next succeeding the date of such voucher, may execute and return the same to the agency at which it was prepared, and at which the pension of such person is due and payable. Check to be Sec. 4765. Upon the receipt of such voucher, roperly executed, and <l¤"¤W¤ te prder 0i the identity of thegmnsioner being established and proved in the manner prescribed by the ecretary of the Interior, the agent for the payment Ibid.,s. 2, p. 194. of pensions shall immediately draw his check on the proper assistant treasurer or designated depositarv of the United States for the amount due such pensioner, payable to his order, and transmit the same by mail, directed to the address of the pensioner entitled thereto; but any ensioper may be required, if thought proper by the Commissioner of pen sions, to appear personally and receive his pension.