Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-04-02
WAR DEPARTMENT..

PENSION OFFICE. MARCH %, 1910.
An aet Of Congress of the third of the pre-
sent month. requires that AN examination shall
be had bieunially of all Invalid Pensioners of
the United States, except where the pension
shall have been originally granted for a total
dlsaniiify, In consequence Of a loss ola limb,
or IN part be mountaineering also, those
invalid pensioners of the revolution, who have
s,Hce the passage of the law OF the 18th OF
March, 1878. avliled themselves Of the provi-
bions Of that act.
Neticc is therefore given, that the smbjoiued
blank form of a certificate for the examining
physicians or surgeons to ascertain, by refer
ring to the certificate OF pension, the degree
OF disability for which the pension was orig
hally granted. Approved,
J. C. CALHOUN, Sec'ry of War.
we the subscribers, practising physicians
Tor SURGEONS, as The case may bel of the town
chat. after "A careful examiHation in the case of
.--who is now on tile Pension Roll of the
stare or I'VE are of opinion that his
disability does still, or not, as the case may be
continue. Here describe it'll
And further that the degree of disa biIity
nnder which he labors at present. is Zone half,
one third. as the case may be being There state
the degree or insert the word NOT less than
the original degree of disability for which lac
was placed on the pension roll.
sworn aud subscribed to before
me - this - day Of A. b.
Gertiiy that the deponents are
credltable persons. A. "A.
An act regulating the payments to Invalid
Pensioners.
He 1t enacted by the Senate and House Of Re-
presentatires of the United States Of america, in
Congress assembled That, in all cases OF appli
cation TOR the payment ofpensions to invaiids,
the affidavit of Two Surgeons or physicians,
whose credibility as such shall be certified by
tie magistrate before whom the affidavit is
made, stating the continuance Of the disability
Tor which the original pension was granted
describing it, and the rate of such disability
at the time of making the affidavit, shall &C.
company the application of the first payment
which shall fall due after the fourth of March
next, aud at the end of every two years there
alter; and 1t, in case of continued disability,
1t shall be stated at rate below that for which
the pension was originally granted, the appli-
cant shall only be paid al the rate stated in the
ai'idavit Frooidsi That where the pension
sl,ail have been originally granted for a total
disability, in consequence of loss of limb, or
Other cause which cannot either in whole or in
part be removed, the above affidavit shall not
De necessary TO entitle the applicant 20 pay
ineht lad prorided also, That this act shall
MOI eSiSpd to tbe invalids of the ressntion
WHO have been, or shall he, placed on the pen
sion list, pursuant TO an act OF Congress, enti-
Tied " An act 10 provide for certain persons
engaged IN the land aud naval service of the
Cnited States, la the revolutionary war"
approved the eighteenth day OF March, in the
year OF our Lord, one thousand eight hundred
aud eighteen.
speaker of the House OF Representatives.
JAMES BARBOUR,
President of the Senate, pro tcnipore.
MARGINS, lslo-Approved,
iAnJ,c HtONRGE