Public Law 40–CXXXIII

That when a soldier’s discharge states that he is discharged by reason of “expiration of term of service,” he shall be held to have completed the full term of his enlistment and entitled to bounty accordingly.

Sec. 2.

Widow, minor children, &c. of soldier who has died after an honorable discharge may receive the additional bounty.

1866, ch. 296, §§ 12, 13.

Vol. xiv. p. 322.

And be it further enacted, That the widow, minor children, or parents, in the order named, of any soldier who shall have died, after being honorably discharged from the military service of the United States, shall be entitled to receive the additional bounty to which such soldier would be entitled if living, under the provisions of the twelfth and thirteenth sections of an act entitled “An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other purposes,” approved July twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and the said provisions of said act shall be so construed.

Sec. 3.

Claims for the additional bounty after May 1, 1869, to be adjusted and settled by whom.

And be it further enacted, That all claims for the additional bounties granted in sections twelve and thirteen of the act of July twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, shall, after the first of May next, be adjusted and settled by the accounting officers of the treasury under the provisions of said act; and all such claims as may on the said first of May be remaining in the office of the paymaster-general unsettled shall be transferred to the second auditor of the treasury for settlement.

Sec. 4.

Claims for such bounty to be void unless presented before December 1, 1869.

And be it further enacted, That all claims for bounty under the provisions of the act cited in the foregoing section shall be void, unless presented in due form prior to the first day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.