Private Law 18–LIV

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby,

To be placed on the pension list.

directed to place Noah Smith, an insane person, one of the revolutionary soldiers, on the pension list of the United States, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the fourth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, which shall be paid as other pensions, by the agent for that purpose, in the state of Maine:

Proviso.

Provided, That the said pension shall be paid to the wife of the said Noah Smith during his life, and that the said agent shall require evidence, at each payment, that the said Noah Smith is alive, and that the person applying for the pension is duly authorized by the wife of said Noah Smith to receive it, under such forms and regulations as the Secretary of War may direct; and should the wife of the said Noah Smith die previous to the death of the said Noah Smith, upon proof of that fact, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, he is hereby directed to authorize the payment of the said pension to be continued and paid to the legal representative of the said Noah Smith, and for his use, under such regulations as he may think proper.