United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/27th Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 4
Chap. IV.—An Act to continue the office of Commissioner of Pensions.
1835, ch. 46.
1837, ch. 43.
1840, ch. 4.
1849, ch. 20.
Office continued until 4th March, 1846.
A commissioner to be appointed―his duties.
1846, ch. 4.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the office of Commissioner of Pensions shall be, and the same is hereby continued until the fourth of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That a Commissioner of Pensions shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and that he shall execute, under the direction of the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy, such duties in relation to the various pension laws as may be prescribed by the President: and also such duties in relation to the laws granting military bounty lands as may be assigned by him by the Secretary of War with the sanction of the President.
Salary, &c.
Act of March 3, 1845, ch. 43, sec. 6.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioner shall receive an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars, and shall have the privilege of sending and receiving letters and packets by mail free of postage.
Approved, January 20, 1843.