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 [Hois*: Bill, No. 2G.] 
 
 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, May J. I8t>4.— Read fir^t 
 autl second times, referrod to th(? Oommitteo*(>n Military Affair.- ;m<i 
 ordered to be printed. 
 
 [Bj Mr. IV.Rk-i.vs.] 
 
 To be entitled An Act to provide r» fund to be employed for the ralief 
 
 oWidabled .^soldievi* ;ind ."^.-flvnen. ufter the tcnninarjon of the exirJt- 
 
 intr war. 
 
 1- Si-.«:>ii">.\ 1. T/tr Citn.;.[nss i)f' thr (kmfiihriitr Sfntest of Anurira tie 
 
 'i enact . Tliiit fm- tnery»non-couuDi.».'^ioned officer, nnisioian, fsohlier, 
 
 .> marine or ^t-vntan, who,<se names may be borne on the roll;^ of the 
 
 4 army or navy, cu tlie lir.^t day of Apvil list, or whose names 
 
 5 shall hereafter be placed on the rolls for service during the wht, 
 
 6 there shall be, :jnd i,s hereby, appropriated the ^uiu of three dol- ' 
 T lars for each month that such persons .^hall continue in the .scr- 
 
 8 vice, until their le;^al discharge, winch 8um sljall remain in the^ 
 
 Treasury, to <;«)n>ititute a fund tu b^' herejtflcr employed in ac- 
 H> cordancc witli the provisions of this act. 
 
 1 Sec. 2. That it .shall be the duty of Congress, after the tcrmi- 
 l nation of the war, to opply the interc-stof this fund, and so much 
 i of the principal .K-may b*^ n^ccsv«ai-y. to tjie making of ;i suitable 
 
I provision tor sueli iioji-^ftmraissioued oflicor^*. uiii.vici.'ins, soldiers, 
 
 ."> marhaeh arnl sciiiji'-n, :m inav ;<t any tiiui.' liuring tlif war have he*- 
 
 6 come disabled in the actual service of the CoufediMa\e Stat ea, in 
 
 7 the line of diitv, Uy wamids received in ?ieivice, or who have he- 
 .S come permftnentJy 'lisHhled l»y disease coutmeted while in ser- 
 !> vice, in the lint* ot duty : Provided^ Thtit no person fihall be en- 
 
 10 titled to tlie btnefit nf this act wIjo shall hereafter desert the 
 
 11 service, or sh;ili ^b^ient himself therefrom without leave, for one 
 
 12 month durin.i^ the term of his enlistment: And p/ovided furffier, 
 1:3 That the benefits of tlie net shrill be contined to thonc whose dis- 
 
 W ability shall prevent them from obtaininjir a reasonable support 
 
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 l.> bv their own labor, and who stand in .need of assistance from 
 
 lb' their coi:intry iu eonReqnence thereof. 
 
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