Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-08-26

making out aud causing to be duly executed
declaration by .lhe applicant with the necessar r
afidavits, and forwarding the same to the Pen
sion Office, with the requisite correspondence
five doll0rs In cases wherein additional teati
mOny is required by the Commissioner of Pen
sions, for each affidavit so required and executed
and forwarded, Except the afidavits of sur
goons. for which such agents and attorneys shal
not be entitled to any fees one dollar and fifty
cents.
Sec. T. And be il FURTHER enacted, That any
agent or attorney who shall directly or Indirect
y demand or receive any greater compensation
for lis services under this act than s prescribed
IN tho preceding section of this act, or who shall
contract or agree TO prosecute any claim for o
pension, bounty, or other allowance under this
act, on the condition that he shall receive per
centum upon, or any portion Of the amount Of
such claim, or who shall Rronglully withhold
from pension or other claimant, the whole or
any part Of the pension or claim allowed and due
to such pensioner or claimant shall be deemed
guilty Of high mslemeanor, and npon convic-
tion thereof shall, for every such offence, be
lined not exceeding three hundred dollars, or
imprisoned at hard labor not exceeding two
year7, or botn, according to the circumstances
nnd aggravatOns of the offence.
Sec. & And bs il FURTHER eHacted, That the
Commissioner Of Pensions he and he Is hereby
empowered to appoint, Mt his discretion, civil
surgeons to make the biennial examinations of
pensioners which are or may he required to be
made by law, and TO examine applicants for in
valid peneons, where he shall deem an examina-
tiOn by n surgeon to be appointed by him neces-
sary and the fees for each of such examina-
tiona. and the requisite certificate thereof, shall
he ono dollar and fifty cents, which fees shall be
paid to the surgeon by the person examined, for
which he shall take receipt, and forward the
same to the Pension Office; and upon the al
owance Of the claim of the person examined, the
Commissioner OF Pensions shall furnish to such
PERSON M nrdnr on th' .eA f'0n agent uf lis
s,atc ior ,he amount OF the surgeons foes.
Sec. .. And 5su further enactsd, That the
Commissioner Of Pensions, on application made
TO him in person or by letter claimants or appf-
cants for pension, bounty, OF other allowance
required by law TO be adjusted and paid by the
Pension Office, shall furnish claimants, free Of
all expense OF charge to them, all such printed
instructions and forms as may be necessary in
establishing and obtaining said claim and in
case such claim is prosecuted by an agent Or
attorney Of such claimant or applicant, on the
issue OF q certificate of pension or the granting
of a bounty or allowance the Commissioner OF
Pensions shall forthwith notify the applicant or
claimant that such certificate has been issued or
allowance made, and the amount thereof.
Sec. 10. 1ad be il tflrtder endeted, That the
pilots, engineers, Sailors aud crews upon the
gunboats and war vessels of the United States,
who have not been regularly mustered into the
service OF the United States, shall be entitled to
the same bounty allowed to persons of corres-
ponding rank in the naval service, provided they
continue in service TO the close of the present
war and all persons serving os aforesaid, who
have been or may be wounded or incapacitated
for service, shall be entitled to receive for such
disability the pension allowed by the provisions
Of this act, to those of like rank, aud each and
every such person shall receive pay according
to corresponding rank in the naval service: Pro-
Vided, That no person receiving pension or
bounty under the provisions Of this act shall re-
oeive either pension Or bounty for any other |
in the present war.
Sec. IL. And be Il further enacted, That the |
widows aud heirs of all persons described in the |
last preceding section who have been or may be
killed in battle, or of those who have died or
shall die Of wounds received while 80 employed, |
shall be paid the bounty and pension allowed by |
the provisions Of this act, according to rank, as
provided in the last preceding section.
Sec. II. And BE- IL further enacted, That the
Secretary of the Interior be and he is hereby
to appoint q special agent for tho
Pension Office to assist in the detection Of frauds
against the pension laws, TO cause persons COM
hitting such frauds to be prosecuted, and to
such other duties US said Secretary
may require him to perform; which said ageut
shall receive for his services an annual salary of
Of twelve hundred dollars, aud his actual travel
ling expenses incurred in the discharge Of his
duties shall be paid by the Government
Sec. 2. Ana be il further enacted That all acts
and parts Of acts Inconsistent with the provisions
If this act be and the same are hereby repeale L.
Approved, July IA, 1862.