Copper coins transported at expense of the mint.Sec. 36. And be it further enacted, That the copper coins may, at the discretion of the director, be delivered in any of the principal cities and towns of the United States, at the cost of the mint for transportation.
Disposition of money received in exchange for copper coins.Sec. 37. And be it further enacted, That the money received by the treasurer in exchange for copper coins shall form a fund in his hands, which shall be used to purchase copper planchets, and to pay the expense of transportation of copper coins; and that if there be a surplus, the same shall be appropriated to defray the contingent expenses of the mint.
Former acts repealed.Sec. 38. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts heretofore passed, relating to the mint and coins of the United States, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved, January 18, 1837.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. IV.—An Act making appropriations for the payment of the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the pensioners of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven:
Revolutionary pensioners, &c.
May 15, 1828, ch. 53.
June 7 1832, ch. 126.
July 4, 1836, ch. 362.For the revolutionary pensioners, under the several acts, other than those 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;
Invalid pensioners.For the invalid pensioners, under various laws, three hundred and twenty-five thousand three hundred and seventy-six dollars:
Widows and orphans.For pensions to widows and orphans, under the act of the fourth of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, five hundred and fifty-two thousand dollars:
Widows and orphans.For pensions to widows and orphans, payable through the office of the Third Auditor, four thousand dollars.
Approved, January 18, 1837.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
[Expired.]
Chap. V.—An Act to provide for the payment of horses and other property lost or destroyed in the military service of the United States.
Act of June 30, 1834, ch. 153. Oct. 14, 1837, ch. 5.
1842, ch. 185.
1843, ch. 103.
1838, ch. 178.
Officers and others to be paid the value of horses lost. That any field, or staff, or other officer, mounted militiaman, volunteer, ranger, or cavalry, engaged in the military service of the United States since the eighteenth of June, eighteen hundred and twelve, or who shall hereafter be in said service, and has sustained or shall sustain damage, without any fault or negligence on his part, while in said service, by the loss of a horse in battle or by the loss of a horse wounded in battle, and which has died or shall die of said wound or being so wounded shall be abandoned by order of his officer and lost; or shall sustain damage by the loss of any horse by death, or abandonment, in consequence of the United States failing to supply sufficient forage, or because the rider was dismounted and separated from his horse, and ordered to do duty on foot at a station detached from his horse; or when the officer in the immediate command ordered or shall order the horse turned out to graze in the woods, prairies, or commons, because the United States failed or shall fail to supply sufficient forage, and the loss was or shall be consequent
