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ment to any person not known to have been opposed to the
rebellion and in favor of its suppression," approved March
second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and Section four
thousand seven hundred and sixteen of the Revised Statutes
of the United States, shall not apply to the persons provided
for by this Act; provided, that no money shall be paid to any
one on account of pensions for the time during which his
name remained stricken from the rolls.

Sec. 6. That the surviving widow of any pensioner of
the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, where the name
of said pensioner was stricken from the pension-rolls,
in pursuance of the Act entitled an Act authorizing
the Secretary of the Interior to strike from the pension
rolls the names of such persons as have taken up arms against
the government, or who have in any manner encouraged the
rebels," approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and
sixty-two, and where, under the existing provisions of law,
said pensioner died without his name being restored to the
rolls, shall be entitled to make claim for a pension as such
widow after the passage of this Act; Provided, That no such
arrearages shall be paid for any period prior to the time of
the removal of the disability of the pensioner, as provided in
Section 5; And provided further, That under this Act any
widow of a Revolutionary soldier who served fourteen days or
was in any engagement, shall be placed upon the pension-
rolls of the United States, and receive a pension at the rate
of eight dollars per month.

Sec. 7. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with
this Act be, and they are hereby, repealed,
Approved, March 9, 1878.

Which was read, and adopted.

The President presented to the Senate the following com.
munication from the Comptroller of the Treasury:

COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Annapolis, March 25th, 1878.

Hon. Edward Lloyd, President of the Senate:

Dear Sir :—I have just been served with a copy of an order
passed by the Senate to-day, in these words :

"Ordered, That the Comptroller of the Treasury be, and
he is hereby, requested to inform the Senate of the cause or
causes of the large reduction in the March distribution to the
Free Schools of the State, and also, what arrangement has
been made, if any. for the payment of the sum of $306.850.