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Copper coinstransported atexpense of themint.
Disposition ofmoney receivedin exchange forcopper coins.
Former actsrepealed.
Revolutionarypensioners, &c.
May 15, 1828,ch. 53.
June 7, 1832,ch. 126.
July 4, 1836,ch. 362.
Invalid pen-sioners.
Widows andorpnans.
Widows andorphans.
Sec. 36. And be it further enacted, That the copper coins may, atthe discretion of the director, be delivered in any of the principal citiesand towns of the United States , at the cost of the mint for transportation.
Sec. 37. And be it further enacted, That the money received bythe treasurer in exchange for copper coins shall form a fund in hishands, which shall be used to purchase copper planchets, and to paythe expense of transportation of copper coins; and that if there be asurplus, the same shall be appropriated to defray the contingent expensesof the mint.
Sec. 38. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of actsheretofore passed, relating to the mint and coins of the United States ,which are inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be, and the sameare hereby repealed.
Approved, January 18, 1837.
Chap. IV. —An ad making appropriations for the payment of the revolutionaryand other pensioners of the United States , for the year one thousand eight hun-dred and thirty-seven.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the followingsums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of anymoney in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the pensioners ofthe United States , for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven :
For the revolutionary pensioners, under the several acts, other thanthose of the fifteenth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight; the seventh of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two;and the fourth of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six,seven hundred and twelve thousand five hundred and sixty dollars;
For the invalid pensioners, under various laws, three hundred andtwenty-five thousand three hundred and seventy-six dollars :
For pensions to widows and orphans, under the act of the fourth ofJuly, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, five hundred and fifty-two thousand dollars:
For pensions to widows and orphans, payable through the office ofthe Third Auditor, four thousand dollars.
Approved, January 18, 1837.
[Expired.]
Act of Feb. 19,1833, ch. 32.Act of June30, 1834, ch.153.
Officers andothers to be paidthe value ofhorses lost.
Chap. V.— An Act to provide for the payment of horses and other pyroperty lostor destroyed in the military service of the United States .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That any field, or staff, orother officer, mounted militiaman, volunteer, ranger, or cavalry, engagedin the military service of the United States since the eighteenth ofJune, eighteen hundred and twelve, or who shall hereafter be in saidservice, and has sustained or shall sustain damage, without any fault ornegligence on his part, while in said service, by the loss of a horse inbattle or by the loss of a horse wounded in battle, and which has diedor shall die of said wound or being so wounded shall be abandoned byorder of his officer and lost; or shall sustain damage by the loss of anyhorse by death, or abandonment, in consequence of the United States failing to supply sufficient forage, or because the rider was dismountedand separated from his horse, and ordered to do duty on foot at a stationdetached from his horse; or when the officer in the immediate com-mand ordered or shall order the horse turned out to graze in thewoods, prairies, or commons, because the United States failed or shallfail to supply sufficient forage, and the loss was or shall be consequent