Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 44 Part 2.djvu/846

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806 SIXTY-NlN'1`H CON(il?.ESS. I. Cris. 728, 733. 1926. Rf,*g§§,*gf; =*§,§,£*;~§;;fg of Congress is hereby granted to the Jackson and Eastern Railway m¤y_.¤¤;rige,¤eazJaek- Company, 1ts successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and "”"’m" operate a railroad bridge and approaches theretoacross the Pearl River aa; a. point suitable to the 1nteresEsJofknav1gat1on gag? and _ south 0 waterworks plant of the city o ac son State o issis— $§RS§§f’§§t“§2‘ sippi, in accordance with the provisions of an Actientitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," R, hz V H approved March 23, 1906. _ ’ e,,¤{§ma_" S° ’ °°°" so. 2. The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the

··?ghts,§owers, andfrivileges conferred by this Act 1S hereby granted

to the ackson an Eastern Railway Company, its successors and assigns, and any corporation to which such rights,_powers, and priv- ileges ma be sold, assggned, or transferred, o1·_which shall acquire the same y mortgage oreclosure or otherwise is hereby authorized to exercise the same as fully as though conferred herein directly upon _ such corporation. Amwdmm Sno. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby ex- pressly reserved. Approved, July 2, 1926. July 3, 1925. A A li?-‘*"§$Ll....... CHAP. 733.--—An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain iP“bl‘“·I"°·‘*“·l soldiers, sailors, and marines of the Civil and Mexican Wars, and to certain widows of said soldiers, sailors, and marines, and to widows of the War of 1812, and Army nurses, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and H cuss of Represemtatwes of the h?{{;i°!ii3m.Sai_ mr U nited States of America in Congress assembled, That every person °“’“ Wm °‘ M°“°*‘“ who served ninety days or more m the Army Nav , or Marine Corps VOL ,1, pl 585,amm d_ 0 t e_ nite tates during t ie iv _ar, an ww io nas een onor— W“"‘°""°°‘ thirds ‘ iouw Riili t h ed. ably discharged therefrom, or who, having so served loss than ninety days, was discharged for a disability incurred in the service and in the line of duty, and every person who served sixty days or more in the war with Mexico, or on the coasts or frontier thereof, or en route thereto, during the war with that nation, and was honorably discharged therefrom, and who is now in receipt of hor entitled to receive, under existing law, a pension of less than $42 per month, shall be ent1tled_to and shall be paid a pension at the rate of $65 bQI,;$’fj"‘u" h°1"”“ we per month; that in case such person now, or hereafter may become totally helpless or blind shall be entitled to and shall be paid a pen- widows sion at the rate of $90 per month. {Emma fo, Cm; Sno. 2. The widow or remarried widow of an erson who served f;;$,_5°"*°° °' ‘““· in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the Uiiiged States during vm 41 58Mmmd_ the C1v1l War for ninety days or more and was honorably discharged od, ‘ ’°‘ from such service, or regardless of _the_length of seryice was dis- charged for or died 1n service of a disability 1ncurred in the service and in the_l1ne of duty, such widow or remarried widow having been_ the wife _of such soldier, sailor, or marine during the period R V, of his service in said war, she _shal1 be paid $50 a month. oriitiritgil witmm Sno. 3. That the rate of pension for the widow of an person who Vol. 41, p. 587, amend- ’ · y - ,,d_ served m the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States in the War of 1812, or for sixty days or more in the war with Mexico, on the coasts or frontier thereof, or ei route thereto, during the war gvith that natppn, and was honorably discharged therefrom, shall be _ 50 per mont . w‘§,'f'“’ ““”°$ °‘C"’“ Sig:. 4. All Armly nurse? of the Civil War whose names are now mw- _ on t e pension rol or w o are now entitled to pension under any e¤Y°l`41’p`m’nmwd existir%g$%aw, shall behentitled to and shall be paid a pension at the rate 0 0 per mont .