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 28 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 28. 1878. What persons SEO. 2. That this act shall not apply to any person who is receiving °“*m°*‘· a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month or more, nor to any person receiving a pension of less than eight dollars per mouth except for the difference between the pension now received (if less than eight Rate and term of dollars per month) and eight dollars per month. Pensions under this l‘°““*°“· act shall be at the rate of eight dollars per month, except as herein pro. . vided, and shall be paid to the persons entitled thereto._from and after the passage of this act, for and during their natural lives: Provided, Willows. That the pensions to widows provided for in this act shall cease when they shall marry again. Prooh Sec. 3. That· before the name of any person shall be placed upon the pension·rolls under this act, proof shall be made, under such rules and regulations as the Commissioner of Pensions, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, shall prescribe, that the applicant 18 entitled False oath. to a pension under this act; and any person who shall falsely take any oath required to be taken under the provisions of this act shall be guilty Striking frlom of perjury; and the Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be stricken ¤‘°U¤· from the rolls the name of any person, when it shall appear, by proof satisfactory to him, that such name was put on said rolls by or through false or fraudulent representations, or by mistake as to the right of such L<>¤¤ of vertiii- person to a pension under this act. The loss or lack of a certificate of gif? ‘"““ of "°°' discharge shall not deprive the applicant of the benefit of this act, but ' other proof of the service performed and of an honorable discharge, if satisfactory, shall be deemed sufficient; and when there is no record evidence of such service and such discharge, the applicant may establish Leinl-warrant the same by other satisfactory testimony: Provided, That when any rrivve facie wi- person has been granted a land-warrant under any act of Congress for d°“°°· and on account of service in the said war of eighteen hundred and twelve, such grant shall be prima-facie evidence of his service and honorable discharge, so as to entitle him, if living, or his widow, if he be dead, to a pension under this act; but such evidence shall not be conclusive, and may be rebutted by evidence that such land-warrant was improperly granted. Ast applied. Sec. 4. That all applications for pensions of the classes provided for Existing acts. in this act heretofore or which may hereafter be made shall be considered and decided ns though made under this act; and all laws now in force in regard to the manner of paying pensions, and in reference to the punishment of frauds, shall be applicable to all claims under the provisions of this act. Restoration or Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the Interior be. and he is hereby, authorl>¤¤¤i_¤¤¤F¤ _<·>¤· ized and directed to restore to the pension-rolls the names of all persons g“g“‘l "‘ “’b"“'°"‘ now surviving heretofore pensioned on account of service in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve against Great Britain, or for service in l:4li2,ch. 18, any of the Indian wars, and whose names were stricken from the rolls lz! Stat-,337- in pursuance of the act entitled "Au act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to strike from the pension-rolls the names of such persons as have taken up arms against the government, or who have in any _ _ _ manner encouraged the rebels./’ approved February fourth, eighteen {j*géJ;*¤=’,#;*» hundred and sixty-two; and that the joint resolution entitled “Joint K t,,};},   69,, resolution prohibiting payment by any officer of the government to any R_ S__ jm,·,,’,,_92,;; person not known to have been opposed to the rebellion and in favor not to apply, of its suppression/’_ approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixtyseven, and section four thousand seven hundred and sixteen of the Revised Statutes of -the United States, shall not apply to the persons Proniso. provided for by this act: Provided, That no money shall be paid to any ope in apcounlzbof pgpsions for the time during which his name remained · s ricren rom ero s. _Widows of pen- Sec. 6. That the surviving widow of any pensioner of the war of eight- lm) ch IB from the pension—rolls_ ln pursuance of the act entitled “An act author- N QM,-,,,,5,. lzlng the Secretary of the Interior to strike from the pension-rolls the ’ names of such persons as have taken up arms against the government,
 * j0<;;l;>0¤;;:’.¤¤F¤¤k¤¤ een hundred and twelve where the name of said pensioner was stricken