The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-09-18

wrongfuiIy withhold frd,A pension OF ether claim.
ant the whole any part of the pension or claim
allowed and due to such pensioner OF claimant,
shall beredmes guilty of high inisdemeanor, and
upon' conviction thereof shall, for every such Of
fence be fined not exceeding tnFeohundred dollars,
or imprisoned at hard labor not exceeding two
years OF both, according to the circumstances and
,aeeravations of the eflence.
SEC 8. And be IT, further eRGcted, That the Commif.
sioner Of Pensions be and he Is hereby empowered
to appoint, at his discretion civil surgeons to make
the biennial examinations of pensioners which are
or may be required to be made by law, and 70 ex-
anime applicants for invalid pensions, where he
shall deem examination by a surgeon to be ap-
pointed by him necessary and the fees for each of
such examinations, and the requisite certificate
thereof shall be one dollar and fifty cents, which
fees shall be paid to the Surgeon by the person
amined, for which he shall take receipt, and for
ward the same TO the Pension Office and upon the
allowance Of the claim of the person examined, the
Commissioner Of Pensions shall furnish to such
person order on the pension agent of his State
for the amount of the surgeons fees.
SEC. 9. And be Il further elsacfed That the Com
missioner of Pensions, on application made to him
in person or by letter by any claimants or appli-
cants for pension, bounty, or other allowance re-
quired by law to be adjusted and paid by the Pen
sion OH e. shall furnish such claimants free of all
expense or charge TO them, all such printed instruc
tions and forms may be necessary in establishing
and obtaining said claim and in case such claim
is prosecuted BY agent or attorney ofsuch claim
| ant applicant, the issue of certificate ofpen
| sion or the granting of bounty or allowance, TIN
Commissioner of Pensions shall forthwith motif,
the applicant claimant that such certificate ha
been issued or allowance made, and the amour
thereof.
SEC. TO- aud be further enacted, That the ri
lots, engineers, sailors, and crews upon the getn
boats and war vessels of the United States, VIII
have not been regularly mustered into the service
the United States, shall be entitled to the sam
bounty allowed to persons of corresponding ran
| in the naval service, provided they continue i
service to the close of the present war; and all pei
sons serving as aforesaid, who have been ma
be wounded or incapacitated for service, shall
entitled to receive for such disability the pensio
allowed by the provisions of this act, TO those
like rank and each and every such person shall re
ceive pay according to corresponding rank in tn
naval service: ProVided, That no person receivin
pension or bounty under the provisions Of this a.
shall receive either pension bounty for any oths
service in the present war.
SEC. IL. ARd be IL further eHacted, That the wi,
ows and heirs of all persons described in the la
preceding section who have been may be en-
ployed as aforesaid, who have been or may
killed in battle or of those who have died or sha
die of wounds received while employed, shall
paid the bounty and pension allowed by the prov
si0ns of this act, according to rank, as provided
the last preceding section.
Sec. IL And be Il further enacted, That the SecI
tary of the Interior be and he is hereby authoriz
to appoint a special agent for the Pension Office,
assist in the detection Of frauds against the Pc
sion Laws, to cause persons committing such frau
to be prosecuted, and to discharge such other d
ties as said Secretary may require him to perforr
which said agent shall receive for his services
annual salary of twelve hundred dollars, and
actual travelling expenses incurred in the dischar
of his duties shall be paid by the Government.
Sec. 10. Aad be IL further enacted, That all az
and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisio
of this act be and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved, July IA, 1866.