750 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Rss. -12. 43. 1902. J¤1yr190P- _ T10. 42.] Joint Resolution Construing the Act approved June twentyéseventhé "{IT,, eig teen hundred and_ninety, entitled An Act gmnting pensions to so ie; ap)!. sailors who are mcapacitated for the performance of manual labor, and provid g pensions to widows, minorchildren, and dependent pments, and for other purposes." Resobved the Senate and House of Reaentattfves of the United _ D*¤¤¤¤**Y· °**=-» P°¤· States of An?/e2·ioa in Oon ress aaaembgd, mt the Act approved June miilliezy days' sm- twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, GDhIt1Cd "An Act grant-
- °$,=,,, ,6 ,,_ m_ ing pensions to soEliers and sailors who are incapacitated for the per-
` ’ formance of manual labor, and providing for pensions to widows, P¢*¤<>¤¤ °¤*m•*’· minor children, and delpendent parents," is construed and held to include all persons and the widows and minor children of all deceased rsons, subject to the limitations of said Act, who served for_ ninety ddys in the military or naval service of the United States during the late war of the rebellion, and who have been honorably discharged 9,}*-u§;,u’,§°°;, *7**- P· therefrom, and section forty-seven hundred and sixteen, Revised Stat- Mw, I utes United States, is amended accordingly: Provided, hmvever, That Ex°°°"°"' ‘ the fore ing shall not ap l to those who served in the First, Second, Third, lgdurth, Fifth, and) Sixth regiments United States Volunteer Infant who had a prior service in the Confederate army or navy and who erldsted in said regiments while confined as prisoners of warunder a sti ulation that they were not to be pensiona le under the laws of the United States, nor to those who, having had such prior service, enlisted in the military or naval service of the United States after the iirst day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-tive. ,,,,E§‘f§,‘,}§,,{',',,f',_"°"‘ Sec. 2. That in the administration of the pension laws any enlisted man of the Army, including regulars, volunteers, and militia, or any appointed or enhsted man of the Navy or Marine Corps, whowas honorably discharged from the last contract of service entered into by him durin the late war of the rebellion, shall be held' and considered to "have Seen honorably discharged from all similar contracts of service previously entered into by him with the United States during said war:
Buwided, That such enl1sted or appointed man served not less than
six months under said last enlistment or appointment, that his entire service under said last enlistment or appointment was faithful, and that he did not receive by reason of said last enlistment or appointment any bounty or gratuity other than from the United States in excess of that to which he would have been entitled if he had continued to serve faithfully until honorably discharged under any contract of service revious y entered into by him, eit er in the Army, Navy, or Marine gorps, during the war of the rebellion. Approved, July 1, 1902. J¤1!1.1902- [No. 43.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretxy of War to furnish con-
nclapnon for a statue of the late Mqor-General exander Macomb, United
_ Resolved by the Senate and House of Rvipreeentattees of the United _,§,‘§,§‘g$,§{ §}§g;,§’,i,'}· States ofAme¢~tea in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War mgondemned ¤¤¤¤¤¤ be, and is hereby, authorized to deliver to mayor of the city of Detroit, ` Michigan, if the same can be done without detriment to the public service, such condemned bronze cannon as he may deem roper, not to exceed seven thousand pounds in weight, to be used in Sie erection of a monument to the memory of the late Major-General Alexander Macomb. United States Army. Approved, July 1, 1902.
