Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-06-13

pntable physicians or surgeons, to be au-
thorised by commission from the Judge
OF the district, where such invalid resides
who shall report in writing, on oath or af.
hrmation, their opinion of the nature of
the applicants disability, and in what de-
.gvee it prevents him from obtaining a
subsistence by manual labor. Which re-
port shall be transmitted by said physici-
ans or surgeons, TO the secretary for the
department. of war; who shall compare,
the same wish the documents in his Office,
and shall make statement of all such ca
SEES, which together with the original re-
port, he shall from time to time transmit,
to Congress, with such remarks as he
may think proper, that they may be ena-
bled to do justice to such pensioners.
Sec. 6. Ind be il further enacted. That
atull pension given by this aci to a com.
missioned officer, shall be one half Of the
monthly pay legally allowed, at the time
OF mourning said disability, to his grade
IN the forces raised BY the United States;
and the proportions less than a full pensi-
on, shall be the, correspondent proporli.
ons OF said half pay; and full pension to
a non-commissioDed officer, musician,
soldier, marine, or seaman, shallbe 1--we dol-
lars pionth and the proportionsle less than
full pension, shall be the like proporti.
ons of five dollars month but no pen.
sion Of a commissioned officer shall be
calculated at higher rate than the half
pay of lieutenant colonel.
Sec. 7. IND be if fisrther enacted, That
Af.o FL. =. L u.
may be allowed by this act, shall be paid in
the same manner as pensions 10 inyalids,
who have. been heretofore placed on-,he
pension list, are now paid, and under such
festriclions and regulations, in all res
peel, as are prescribed by law.
Sec. 8. Ind be ii further enacted, Tha,
from and after the passage of this aG,no
sale, transfer, or mortgage Of the whole
or airy part OF the pension, payable TO a.
ny non. commissioned officer, musician,
soldier, narne, or seaman, before the
same become due, shall be valid. And
every person claiming such pension or
any part thereof, under power of attorney
OR substitution, shall, before the same is
paid, make oath or aflirmatlop, before
some magistrate legally authorised TO
take the same, copy Of which altesled
by said magistrate, shall be lodged with
the person who pays said pension: that
such power or substitution is not given by
reason of any transfer Of such pension, or
part thereof. And any person who shall
swear or affirm falsely in the premises,
and be thereof convicted, shall suffer as
for wilfui and corrupt perjury.
Sec. 9. Hnd be H. further enacted, That all
laws Of the United States heretofore pas
sed so far as they authorize persons 10 be
placed on the pension list of the United
States, for and in consequence of, disabili-
ties derived from known wounds received
in the revolutionary war, shall be and they
are hereby repealed Provided, That no
thing in this repeating clause shall injure
Or in any way afiect those persons already
upon the pension list Of the United
States and that the secretary for the
Department of war, shall proceed upon
the testimony which has been transmitted
10 him by any claimant, before the pas
sage OF this ACT, in the same manner as
though this a6t had never passed.
Sec. 10. IND be il further enacted, That
this act, so far as it au,horises the adj
mission of persons upon the pension
list OF the United States, shall remain in
force for and during the space of six years,
from the passage thereof, and no longer;
Provided, That this limitation shall
not aEec or impair the right Of a.
ny invalid who may have completed his
testimony in the manner prescribed by
this ael before this limitation commences
its operation, but which has not been
transmitted to the secretary for the depart-
ment of war.
NATHL MACON,
SPEAKER Of ibs House Of Representatives,
S. SMITH, President
Of the Senate, Pro tempore.
April 10, 1so6.--APrRovEp.