Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-06-08
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed. at ne First Session Of ne Thiriy-sighth
Congress,
PUBLIe-No. 200,
AN ACT suppl m ntary 10 an aos entitled An

SeHtaiirts Of ne Ua1ttd States Qi Amerled az Con-
gFsSS assembled.
That the b,enni Il examinations OF pensioners
REQ ired by an &C, apr y5d March three, egh-
ten hundred and htty mine may be made by the
surgeon only, provided he Is surgeon OF The
army or navy, or an examining surgeon uuly
appointed by the Comm sSioner of Pensions;
nor shah the biennial cert tcate OF two unap-
pointed civil surgeons he ce gted in any case,
except upon satisfactory evidence that an exam
inatlOn b, a Commss Toned or duly appointed
surgeon is impractical e.
sKC 2, aud BE- u f,Htter enacted, That all
fees paid to examining surgeons for biennial eN-
aminatious especially ordered, as provided by
tn eignt sect on of the act to grant pensions,
approved July the fourteenth, eighteen hundred
and slXty-twO, sAall be refunded by the ayent
Tor paying pensions IN the district within which
the pensioner or ca malt resides, out OF any
money appropriated for the payment of pensions,
under such regulations as the Commissioner OF
Pensions may prescribe.
Sac. 5. And be Il further enacted, That dec
larauons of pension claimants shall be made be-
fore q court OF record, or before some officer
thereof having custody Of its Sc said officer be-
ing hereby fully authorized aud empo erred to
administer and osrtity any oath or Affirmation
relating to any pension or application therefor:
PrOUided, That the Commissioner of Pensions
may designate, in localities more than twenty
| five miles distant from any place az which suoh
| a court is holden, persons duly qualified to ad-
ministe oaths, before whom d, Carnations may be
! made aud testimony taken.
,
! twelve of the act TO grant pensions, approved
! July fourteen, eighteen hundred aud sixty two,
| is hereby repea ed. And the Commi sioper Of
! Pens ons is horned and empowered to detail,
from time TO tune, clerks ia his othCa to lnVtst-
gate susI Gcted attempts at faud on the govern
ment through the Pension Office, and to aid n
| prosecuting any persons so offending. with such
additional compensation as is customary in cases
| of special seryiCt.
sec. 5. and be % further enacted, That all per-
| sons now 5y law emf letd to a less pension than
hereafter specified, who shall have lost both feet
| in the military service OF he United stares and
and in lieu of iuty, sh III be entitled to pension
Of twenty dollars per month; and those who, un-
der the same condltouS have lost both eyes shall
BE- entitled to a pension Of twenty-five dollars
per month.
SEC. 6. And be u further enacted, That no pen
sion now on file, unless prosecuted 70 n success
flu issue within three years from the date of this
act, and o claim heTeater lied, no. thus prose-
Cuted 10 a successful Issue within five years from
| the date of such filing, shall be admitted with
| satisfactory record evidence from the War De-
| partment 20 establi ,h the same and in every
case in VIII ca 4 claim for pension shall have
! been filed more than three years after the dis
charge or Ce5ease of the party on whose account
| the calm IS made, the pension, ii allowed, all
| commence from the da'e of filing the last paper
III sad case by the party prosecuting the
| same.
SEC. I. ind be at ttirihel enacted, That n the
1emarriase of any willow receiving a pension
| snail not be renewed should she again be q w d.
| ow.
Sec. s. And be 1t further enacted. Tha, exam H.
ing surgeons, duly appOinte by the eommissit L.
er OF Pensions, may be required by him from
| time to time, as he shall deem fJr the iuterrs $
| OF the government to make SpeclL exqmina-
tons OF pensioners on the rolls of their respsc-
! tive dis r.Cts, and such examinations have pre-
cadence over previous examination s, whether
special or b.enn al; but when injustice is allegtd
to have been done by any examination 50 ord +
! ed, the Commissioner # Pensions may, at Lis
lie OH A,F .4rrfvr
| ed examining surgeons who shall meet az
place to be designated by him, and shall reyie
| sucl cases as may be ordered before them on ap-
zeal from any special examination IS azores aid,
and the deolson of such board shall be final on
| the question submitted thereto The cOmten-
sat of all such surge Ons shall not exceed that
! which has peen customary allowed in such
cas- IS, and shall be paid out of anylappropriatons
maze for the payment of pensions, IN the same
| manner as the ordinary es of appointed sur
| geons may be authorized TO be paid.
SEC 9. And be IL further enacted, That those
persons, not enlisted soldiers in TIE army, who
| volunteered for tle time being to serve with
| any Regularly organic d military naval force
of the United States, or the persOas otherwise
volunteered and rendered service in any engage
| ment with rebels or Ind ans sin the fourth
| DAY oil March, eigutten hundred ana sixty One
shall, il they nav, been disa oled in const uuanCe
of woun Is received in battle in such tenn aorary
service, be entitled to the same benefits of thu
pension laws as those who have been rrgu .ary
mustered INTO the United States service; and the
widows or otner dependents of auy SUCH persons
| as may have heen killed in the Temporary sery-
| ice aforesaid shall be emitted to pensions in the
same manner as they would have been had such
per ors been regularly mustered Provided, That
no claim under this section shall be valid unless
| presented and prosecuted to a successful issue
within three years from and after the passage o.
this act. AL such claims shall be adjudic ate
under such special rules and regu atoms as the
Commissioner of Pensions may prescribe most
effectuaHy to guard agans. fraud.
SEQ. 10. ind be ID further enacted, That if any
person emitted to an invalid pension under the
act granting pensions, approved July fourteen
eighteen hundred and sixty-two, has ed OF
shall hereafter die while an application for such
pension is pending, and having widow or de,
lendent relative entitled TO receive a pension
by r4ason OF his service and death, as provided
in said act then the pension to such widow oil
other person shall commence from the date a.
which the decendents invalid pension WoulC
have commenced had be survived sutiect Il
the conditions OF this act and the act to which
this is amendatory.
Sec IL. And be itJaqther enacted That all en-.
listed soldiers in the army who shall have be-
come dlsab ed in the service whether they shall
have been regularly mustered in or not shall b,
entitled to the same benefits of the pension law
as those who have been regularly mustered int
the Uhite1 States servCe and the widows or 9th
er dependents entitled to pensions by law, a
/. prescribed by the act of any such soldier VIII
may have been killed, or shall have died o
shall hereafter by reason of any wound Ie
oeive1 or disease contracted while in said ser
! vice and in tie lime OF duty, shall be entitled t.
: the same pension as though such soldiers hat
u ben mustered into the service.
seC. II. -And be ii further enacted, That tn
fees ofagents and attorneys for making out ant
causing to be executed the papers necessary
establish a cam for pension, bounty, and 9th
l er allowance before the Pension Office, unde
this act, shall not exceed the following rates
| or making out and causing to be duly eXecute
a declaration by the spolic4nt, with the necesa
2 ry af1idavits, and forwarding the same TO tn
PpneiOn Office, with the requisite correspon
dence, ten dollars; which sum shall be receive
: by such agent or attorney full for all service
, IN obtaining such pension, and shall not be de
l manded or received il whole or in part unit
l such pc nson shall be obtained; and the sixt
and seventh sections, of an act entitled ga
act to grant PENSIONS approved July foul
lCteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, al
hereby repe .led.
SEC. IL and be 1t further enacted That an
agent or attorney who shall, directly demand :
, receve any greater compensation for his service
under this act, or who shall contract or agTe
; to prosecute any claim for a pension, bounty
or other allowance under this act ri the condi
ton that he shall receive per centum upon any
| portion of the amounf of such claim, or WHIT
shall wrongfully w,6hhold from pensioner o
o her claimant the whole or any part of the pen
SION or claim allowed and due to such pensiene
; or claimant, shall be deemed guilty of higl
F misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall
for evnry guch offanNe hi fined ayrnehipf