United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/23rd Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 76
Chap. LXXVI.—An Act to provide for paying certain pensions at Jackson in the State of Tennessee.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby authorized and empoweredPension agency to be established at Jackson. to establish a pension agency at Jackson in the state of Tennessee, for the payment of pensioners of the United States resident in the counties of Hardin, McNairy, Hardiman, Fayette, Shelby, Tipton, Haywood, Madison, Henderson, Perry, Carroll, Gibson, Dyer, Obion, Weakley and Henry in the State of Tennessee.Proviso. Provided, that the establishment of such agency can be made without any charge to the United States.
Secretary of Treasury to make the arrangements.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is authorized to make the necessary arrangements for the payment of said pensioners.
To take effect June 1, 1835.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not take effect until the first day of June next.
Approved, March 3, 1835.