Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-02-10


States aud in the line of duty, shall be entitled
TO II pens on Of twenty dollars per month and
thohe Wh. under the same conditions have lost
DJth hanus or both eyes shall be entitled to
peusien OF twenty 1--WE dollars per mouth.
sec u. And be 1t further enacted, That no
| ptnsion claim now on file, unless prosecuted 10
u successful Issue within three years from the
passage OF this act, and no claim hereafter filed
not thus prosecuted to a successful Issue within
hve years from the date Of such filing, shall be
admitted without satisfactory record evidence
from the War Department to establish the same;
hnl IN every cuse in which claim for pension
shall have been filed more than three years after
tue ditehnrge or decease of the party on whose
account the claim is made, tho peus ion, il al
lowed, shall commence from the date Of filing
the last paper in eaid case by the party prosecu-
ting the same
Sec. :. And he it further enacted, That on
the remairiage N any widow receiving pen
sion, such pension shall terminate, and shall not
be renewed should she again become a widow.
Sec. g. And be 1t further enacted, That ex-
aiming Surgeons duly appointed by the Commits
sioner ot Pensions, may be required by him
from time To lime as he shall deem for he inter-
ess Of the Government, TO make special exami-
nations ot pensioners on the rolls Of their re-
specnye districts, and ouch examinations sh all
have precedence over previous examinations
is alleged to have been done by any examination
10 ordored, the Commissioner Of Pensions may
ut his discretion select beard of three duly ap-
pointed examining surgoOne, who shall meet at
place to TO designated by him, and shall re-
view such cases as msy be ordered before them
IN upptal from any special examination as sfore.
saldi and the decision Of such board shall be q =
nal On the question so eubmltted thereto The
compensation Of all tuoh surgeons shall not tx
gpcn Tint "a htgh has her
in such cases, and shall he paid out Of any an.
prUpr stiOus made for tho paymtn. VI penslous,
IN the same manner as the ordinary fees of nm
pointed surgeons are or may bo authorized to bo
pad
Sec q. Aud bo it further enacted. That ,hose
persons, not enlisted BOldiers in the armv who
volunteered for the time being to serve with auv
regularly organized military or naval force of
tue United States, or where persons otherwise
volunteered and rendered service in any engage
ment with rebels or Indians since tho fourth dav
Of March, eighteen hundred and sixty one, shall.
if they have been disabled in conssoenos of
wounds received in battle in such temporarv
service, be entitled to the samo benefits of tbe
pension laws as those who have been resularlv
mustered into the United SIaies service; and
the widows or other dependents Of any such rer.
sons as may have been killed in the temporary
service aforesaid shall be entitled to penslops in
such persons been regularly mustered: Provi9ed
That no claim under this section shall be valid
unless presented and prosecuted to successful
issue within three years from and alter the pas
sage Of this act. All such claims lhal be nd
Judicated under such special rules and reRula-
ions rs the Commissioner oil Pensions may pre-
scribe, most eiIectually to guard against Grand
Sec 10. aud lie ii further enacted, That il
any person tntitle to any invalid person under
the provisions Of The act granting pensions, ap-
proved July fourteen, eighteen hundred and |
sixty two, has died or shall hereafter die while |
nn application for such pension is pending, and |
having widow or dependent relative entitled |
TO receive pension by reason of his service or |
death, az provided in said act, then the pension
10 such widow or other person shall commence
from the date ut which the decedenrs invalid
pension would have commenced had he survived,
subject TO tho conditions Of this act and the act
to which this is ameudatury.
Sec. IL. And be it further enacted, That nil
enlisted soldiers in the army who shall have he
come disabled in the service, whether they shall
have been regularly mustered in OF not, shall be
entitled 10 the same benefits of the pension laws
us those who have been regularly mustered into
the United States service; aud the widows OF
other dependents entitled 10 pensions by law as
by the act Of July fourteen, eighteen
hundred and sixty two, Of any such soldier who
may have been killed. or shall have died or shall
hereafter die by reason Of any wound received
or disease contracted while in said service and
n the line Of duty, shall be entitled to the same
pension as though such soldier had been regu.
laTly mustered into the service.
Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the
fees of agents and attorneys for making out and
causing TO be executed the papers necessary to
establish a claim for pension, bounty and other
allowance before the Pension Office under this
lot shall not exceed the following rates: For
making out and causing to be duly executed a
declaration by the applicant with the necessary
lfidavits, and forwarding the same to the PEN
sion Office with the requisite correspondence.
len dollars; which sum shall be received 10y such
agent or attorney in full for all services in oh
aiming such pension, and shall not be demanded
Or received in whole or in part until such mem
lion shall bs obtained; aud the sixth and sew
enth sections OF an act entitled IAN act to grant
pensions" approved July fourteenth, eighteen
hundred and sixty two are hereby repealed.
SEQ. 49, Aud be it further enar,ed That any
agent or attorney who shall directly or indirectly
demand or receive any greater compensation for
his services under this act than is prescribed in
he preceding section Of this act, or who shall
contract or agree to prosecute any claim for a
pension, bounty or any allowance under this act
N the condition that he shall receive q per cent
im upon any portion of the amount of sNeh
,laim, or who shall wrougiully withhold from I
..ua l
iart OF the tension Or claim allowed .nd dino -
uch pensloner or claimant, shell b. deemaJ
guilty vi high misdemeaIor, and upon convio.
ion thereof shall tur every such offence be fined
lot exceeding three hundred dollars or impri
oned at nar labor not exceeding two years ar
10th, according tO tue circumstances and aggra.
TntiOls Of the offence.
SEC. III. Aud be IL further enacted. That the
widows aud children Of c0l0red soldiers who
lave been cr who may he hereafter killed. or
Who have lied or may hereafter die of wounds
eceived in battle, or who have died or may
hereafter die OF disease contracted in the militia.
y service OF the United States and in the line
II duty, shall be entitled to receive the pensions
low provided by law without other proof OF mar.
iage than that tho parties had habitually re
'ognized each ether as man aud wife and lived
ogether as such for definite period next pre
eulng the soldiers enl stment not less than Two
iears, to be shown by the afidayits of credi
'le wltnessesi PrOpided, howeper That such
WIDOW and children free persons: PROVIDED.
aTtder That if such parties resided in auy State
n which their marriage may have been legally
olemniztd tho usual evidence shall be required
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That nil
Icts and parts OF acts inconsistent with tho oro.
visions OF this act nre hereby repealed
Approved, July 4, 1864.
PuRLIC- No. 207.
Az ACT for the relief Of seamen aud others. mt
Oilcers, borne ON the books of vessels wrecked
or lost in the naval service
lie il enacted by the Senate and House of Re-
lresentatives OF the United States of America in
congress assembled, That the proper account
ng tticers of the Treasury be and they are
iereoy authorized under the direction Of the