United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/28th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 15
Feb. 13, 1845.
Chap. XV.—An Act restricting the grant of pensions in certain cases.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Widows’ pensions limited. That from and after the passage of this act a pension shall not be granted to any widow for or during any part or portion of the time her husband may have received one, whose declaration therefor shall not have been made on or before the thirtieth day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, and shall not have been received at the pension office on or before the twenty-third day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.
Approved, February 20, 1845.