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TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 127. 1832.

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All who haveserved not lessthan six months,to receive an an-nuity propor-tioned to termof service.

No one al-ready apension-erto receive be-nefits of this act,until he relin-quishes formerpension.

Where to bepaid.

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No foreign offi-cer entitled, &c.

Evidence oftitle.

Pay not trans-ferable, &c.

Payments whento be made.

In case of deathto widow orchildren.

Service in navyto entitle to be-nefits ofthis act.

Statute I.June 15, 1832.

authorized to receive, out of any money in the treasury not otherwiseappropriated, the amount of his full pay in the said line, according to hisrank, but not exceeding, in any case, the pay of a captain in the said line;such pay to commence from the fourth day of March, one thousandeight hundred and thirty-one, and shall continue during his natural life;and that any such officer, non-commissioned officer, musician, or private,as aforesaid, who shall have served in the continental line, state troops,volunteers or militia, a term or terms in the whole less than the aboveperiod, but not less than six months, shall be authorized to receive outof any unappropriated money in the treasury, during his natural life, eachaccording to his term of service, an amount bearing such proportion tothe annuity granted to the same rank for the service of two years, as histerm of service did to the term aforesaid; to commence from the fourthday of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.

Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted, That no person, receiving anyannuity or pension under any law of the United States providing forrevolutionary officers and soldiers, shall be entitled to the benefits of thisact, unless he shall first relinquish his further claim to such pension;and in all payments under this act, the amount which may have beenreceived under any other act as aforesaid, since the date at which the pay-ments under this act shall commence, shall first be deducted from suchpayment.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the pay allowed by this actshall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, be paid tothe officer, non-commissioned officer, musician or private, entitled thereto,or his or their authorized attorney, at such places and times as the Sec-retary of the Treasury may direct, and that no foreign officer shall beentitled to said pay, nor shall any officer, non-commissioned officer,musician or private, receive the same until he furnish the said Secretarysatisfactory evidence that he is entitled to the same, in conformity to theprovisions of this act; and the pay hereby allowed shall not be in any waytransferable or liable to attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal processwhatever, but shall inure wholly to the personal benefit of the officer,non-commissioned officer, musician, or soldier, entitled to the same.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That so much of the said pay asaccrued before the approval of this act, shall be paid to the person enti-tled to the same as soon as may be, in the manner and under the provi-sions above mentioned; and the pay which shall accrue thereafter shallbe paid semi-annually, in the manner above directed; and, in case ofthe death of any person embraced by the provisions of this act, or of theact to which it is supplementary, during the period intervening betweenthe semi-annual payments directed to be made by said acts, the propor-tionate amount of pay which shall accrue between the last precedingsemi-annual payment, and the death of such person, shall be paid to hiswidow, or, if he leave no widow, to his children.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the officers, non-commissionedofficers, mariners, or marines, who served for a like term in the navalservice during the revolutionary war, shall be entitled to the benefits ofthis act, in the same manner as is provided for the officers and soldiersof the army of the revolution.

Approved, June 7,1832.

Chap. CXXVII .—An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to permit awharf to be built near the site of the lighthouse on Stratford point, in the state ofConnecticut .

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled,'That the Secretary of the