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Statute I.April 9, 1824.[Obsolete.]
Acts of March4, 1814, ch. 20,and April 16,1818, ch. 65,extended.
Act of May26, 1824, ch.190.
Proviso.
Proviso.
Statute I.April 9, 1824.
Official actsof James Mil-ler as governorof Arkansas ,from March 3,
1822, to Jan. 3,
1823, declaredvalid.
Statute I.April 22, 1824.
Chap. XXXIV .—An Act extending the term of pensions granted to persons dis-abled and to the widows and orphans of those who have been slain, or who havedied, in consequence of wounds or casualties, received while in the line of theirduty, on board the private armed ships of the United States , during the lateivarja )
lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That, the pensions of allpersons, who now are in the receipt thereof, under the provisions ofthe following laws of the United States , or either of them, to wit: anact passed March fourth, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, en-titled “ An act giving pensions to the orphans and widows of personsslain in the public or private armed vessels of the United States andan act passed April sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen,entitled “ An act in addition to an act giving pensions to the orphansand widows of persons slain in the public or private armed vessels of theUnited States :” so far as regards persons receiving pensions from thefund arising from captures and salvage, made by the private armed ves-sels of the United States , be, and the same are hereby, continued, underthe restrictions and regulations in the said acts contained, for and duringthe additional term of five years, from and after the period of the expira-tion of the said pensions, respectively; Provided, however, That the saidpensions shall alone be paid from the proceeds of the privateer pensionfund so called, and without recourse to the United States for any defi-ciency (should such occur,) which may hereafter arise thereon: Andprovided, further , That no pension shall be paid to any such widow afterher intermarriage, nor to any orphan children of such officer, seamen,or marines, after they shall have attained the age of sixteen years.Approved, April 9, 1824.
Chap. XXXV .—An Act confirming certain acts of James Miller, as governor ofthe territory of Arkansas , and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That, the official acts andproceedings of James Miller, as governor of the territory of Arkansas ,from the third day of March, A. D. one thousand eight hundred andtwenty-two, to the third day of January, A. D. one thousand eight hun-dred and twenty-three, be, and the same are hereby, declared to havethe same validity, force and effect, as if the said James Miller had beenduly appointed and commissioned for and during the said term, by thePresident of the United States, as governor of the territory of Arkansas ;and he is hereby authorized to have and receive the same salary, payand emoluments, as he would by law have been entitled, during the sameperiod, to receive, if he had been so appointed and commissioned as afore-said.
Approved, April 9, 1824.
Chap. XXXVI .—An Act to change the terms of the circuit and district courts ofthe United States in the state of Ohio , and one of the terms of the circuit court inKentucky .(b')
Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the circuit court of theUnited States, within and for the district of Ohio , instead of the time
{a) This act was revived by the act of May 26, 1824, ch. 190.
(6) See vol. ii. 420, 516.