Lige 108. ealed by bill proLe act of KER regiment, th regi line of he Gor aily, one y of of nestead. nd cold almost labor; be au Or, late ard of and to Treas ars, so om the ed and No. 44. AN ACT Granting a pension to Edwin Hatch, of Erie county, fa Hatch, who died in military service of the state during sand eight hundred and seventy-seven, while a member teenth regiment infantry, National Guard of Pennsylva Whereas, Ryland Hatch, a private soldier in manded by Captain Isaac B. Brown, of the Sey Infantry, National Guard of Pennsylvania, die the State, on the third day of August, one thou and seventy-seven, as a result of exposure and march from Corry to Franklin, Pennsylvania, posure at Pittsburg, while in the service of the to military orders by the Governor; and Whereas, The said Ryland Hatch was the or pendence of his father, Edwin Hatch, who from was unable to maintain himself, and who is no and needy circumstances, having no home nor an and relying entirely upon the charity of others; Whereas, A gratuity of two hundred dollars w Edwin Hatch, on account of the death of his so appears by the act of Assembly of one thousand seventy-nine (Pamphlet Laws page one hundr therefore, Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the State is hereby authorized and required to pay, out State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a q twenty-four dollars as a pension to the said Edwi of the death of his son in the service of the Stat pension to continue during the remainder of Edwin Hatch, and to be paid on warrant of the the usual form; said pension to commence from proval of this act. Commonwealth of t. Executi Harrisbur I file herewith in the office of the Secreta wealth, with my objections, House bill No. 43 granting a pension to Edwin Hatch, of Erie co late Ryland Hatch, who died in military service No. 45. AN ACT sion to Charles H. Knox, of Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, endent Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, "Emergency Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-three." Charles H. Knox, a private in Independent Regiment, Volunteer Cavalry, "Emergency Men of one thousand d and sixty-three," mustered into the service of the sylvania July second, Anno Domini one thousand eight sixty-three, and served in such capacity until Septem; 1, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty eas, By reason of advanced age and nearly total loss of is nearly incapacitated for the performance of manual aving no property, is devoid of means of support; eas, By reason of the length of the term of his service, an be granted him under the existing laws of the United fore: Be it enacted, &c., That the State Treasurer is hereby ay, out of any moneys appropriated for the payments of out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise apto the said Charles H. Knox, of Philadelphia county, nnsylvania, a monthly pension, during life, of twelve mencing on January first, Anno Domini one thousand 1 and five. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ewith in the office of the Secretary of the Common my objections, House bill No. 244, entitled "An act pension to Charles H. Knox, of Philadelphia county, , late of Independent Regiment Pennsylvania Volun"Emergency Men of Ono Thousand Eight Hundred and asons which are set forth in the message accompanying o. 490, this bill is not approved. SAML. W. PENNYPACKER. ton, in Washington county, Pennsylvania, or which afterwards became Company K, Eighth R nia Volunteer Reserve Corps, of which company Wishart was subsequently commissioned by the sylvania as Captain, the commission to date from And whereas, On April twenty-second, one t dred and sixty-one, after tendering to the Gover the services of said company, the said Captain W by the Governor to hold the said company toge enter into the service of the Commonwealth pursuance of which direction the said Captain gether, and drill the said company at Washin furnishing to members thereof at his own exper ing, maintenance and clothing, from the date the fifth day of June, one thousand eight hund which latter date the said company, in accorda ceived by authority of the Governor, proceeded Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, and thereaft service of the State of Pennsylvania until must of the United States, in July of the same year; And whereas, In the year one thousand eight two or one thousand eight hundred and sixty-th der Wishart presented and filed with the Audit sylvania a claim for reimbursement of the expe incurred, for the maintenance of the said con fifth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-on itemized account thereof, exhibiting expenditu aforesaid aggregating more than nine hund panied by vouchers therefor, which papers ha stroyed, and no part of the said claim has been Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the Audit authorized and directed to compromise and claim of Captain Alexander Wishart, at and hundred dollars; and upon the acceptance of s the said Alexander Wishart, and the execution of a proper release of said claim, to draw a wa Treasurer for the sum of nine hundred dollars, Alexander Wishart, in payment of said claim hundred dollars is hereby appropriated for th propriation to revert to the State Treasury if not accepted, as aforesaid, on or before the cl commencing June first, one thousand nine hun rovides for an appropriation of $900.00, to be paid to Wishart for a claim against the Commonwealth, which 1861, forty-four years ago. If the facts, which are set various preambles of this bill, are correct, it would ape claimant has a just demand against the Commonhich he ought to be reimbursed; but proper care ought ed to prevent the Commonwealth from being imposed ist and belated demands. The proper course would be slature to pass an act permitting the claimant to bring the Commonwealth in the courts, and then there may be rtainment of the facts and determination of the justice reasons the bill is not approved. SAML. W. PENNYPACKER. No. 47. AN ACT Making an appropriation to Charles H. Knelley. During the year one thousand eight hundred and ninetyame necessary to impress into service the National State of Pennsylvania, for the purpose of preserving mserving the peace in and around the city of Hazelton, , and the Twelfth Regiment of the National Guard of Pennsylvania was among those detailed to perform such To subserve the convenience of the said regiment, and nd afford proper conveniences for said regiment, lumding material to the value of four hundred and eight ourteen cents were utilized by said regiment, from the of Charles H. Knelley, in the said city of Hazelton, mber-yards were in close proximity to the site selected he National Guard, for which said lumber no compensaent has ever been received by the said Charles H. Knel-refore, Be it enacted, &c., That the sum of four hundred eight one-hundredth ($408.14) dollars, or so much thereof as ssary, be and the same is hereby specifically approharles H. Knelley, of Hazelton, Pennsylvania, in com paid to - which are set uld ap mmon - ought posed uld be - bring may be Fustice Commonwealth of Per Executive Harrisburg, I file herewith in the office of the Secretary wealth, with my objections, House bill No. 725, enti ing an appropriation to Charles H. Knelley." For the reasons which are set forth in the messa House bill No. 726, this bill is not approved. SAML. W. PE ER. No. 48. AN ACT Relative to the settlement of a certain military claim due 1 Whereas, Among a number of military claims, filed in the Auditor General's office in one thousa and sixty-four, is that of Edward Monahan, seco Company G, Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, service, amounting to three hundred sixteen and fif dollars, which claim remains unpaid, but which am was authorized to be settled under the act of the C approved the sixteenth day of April, Anno Dom eight hundred and sixty-two, and the several supp And whereas, When this claim is settled and pai fied to the Government of the United States, the under existing laws, is reimbursed for the money s And whereas, Previous appropriations made for said claims have been exhausted, on claims heret fore, Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the sum of t teen and fifty-one hundredth dollars be and the sa propriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury propriated, for the payment of said claim, now on tor General's office, under and in pursuance of th eral Assembly, approved the sixteenth day of Ap one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and th ments thereto. |