Daily clarion and standard. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1866, 1866-07-06
LPUBLIO-No. IS. /
An ACT supplementary to the several acts
relating to pensions.


relating to pensions.
Be It enacted bg the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the United States Of 4merica
in Congress assembled, That section five of an
act entitled "An act supplemental to an act
entitled "An' act to grant pensions" APP
proved July fourteenth eighteen hundred
and sixty-twe" approved July fourth, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-four, and section
three of an act entitled IAN act supplement
tary to the several acts relating to pen
sions,' approved March third, eighteen hum
bred and sixty-fve, be, and the same are
hereby. repealed, and the following shall
stand in lien thereof That, from and after
the passage of this act, all persons by law
entitled to a less pension than hereinafter
specified, who, while in the military or ma
val service and in line of duty, shall have
lost the sight of both eyes, or who shall have
lost the sight ofbotl hands, or been perma-
nently and totally disabled in the same,
or otherwise so permanently and totally dis
abled as to TeEder them utterly helpless, OF
so nearly as to require the constant personal
aid and attendance of another person, shall
be entitled to a pension of twenty-five dol
lars per month; and all persons who, under
like circumstances shall have lost both feet,
or one hand and one foot, or been totally and
permanently disabled in the same, or other
wise so disabled as to be incapacitated for
performing any manual labor, but not so
much as to require constant personal and
and attention, shall be entitled to pension
of twenty dollars per month; and all persons
who, under like circumstances, shall have
lost one hand or one foot, or been totally
and permanently disabled in the same, or
otherwise so disabled as to render their ina
bility to perform manual labor equivalent
TO the loss of a hand or foot shall be emit
tied to "A pension OF fifteen dollars per month.
SEC. ,. 1Id be it further enacted, That any
pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment, or trans
fer of any right, claim, or interest in any
pension which has been, or may hereafter be,
granted, shall be void and of no effect; and
any person acting as attorney to receive and
receipt for money for and in behalf of any
person entitled to pension SHALL before re-
ceiving said money, take and subscribe an
oath, to be filed with the pension agent, and
by him to be transmitted, with the vouchers
now required by law, to the proper account
ing officer of the Treasury, that he has no
interest in said money by any pledge, mort
gage, sale, assignment, or transfer, and that
he does not know or believe that the same
has been 50 disposed of to any person; and
any person who shall falsely take the said
oath shall be guilty of perjury, and, on con
viction, shall be liable to the pains and pen
alties of perjury.
SEC. 3. Ind be it further enacted, That any
person who shall present or cause to be pre-
sented at any pension agency any power of
attorney, VI OluGI paper Us a NOuCil-
er in drawing q pension, which paper shall
bear a dRte subsequently to that on which it
was actually signed or executed, such person
so offending shall be deemed guilty of high
misdemeanoT, and shall, on conviction there
of be punished by fine not exceeding five
hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for
term not exceeding three years, or both, at
nthe discretion of the court before whom
such conviction shall be had, and no sum of
money due, or to become due, to any pen
sioner under the laws aforesaid, shall be liza
BILE to attachment, levy or seizure by or I'M
der any legal or equitable process whatever,
whether the same remains with the Pension
Office or any officer or agent thereof, or is in
course of transmission to the pensioner ell
titled thereto: but shall inure wholly to the
benefit of such pensoner.
SEC. 4. AHd be it further enacted, That no
claim agent or other person shall hereafter
charge or receive more than twenty-five
cents for preparing the papers necessary to
enable pensiOner to receive a semi-annual
payment of his pension, nor shall any pen
sion agent charge or receive more than tif-
teen cents for administering an oath to a
pensiOner, or his attorney in fact under a
penalty of five dollars in each case.
SEC. 5. Ind be it further enacted, That
section one ofan act entitled IAN act sup
Elementary TO the several acts relating to
pensions" approved March three, eighteen
hundred and sixty-ive, is hereby repealed.
SEC. 6. Ind be it faifhrr enacted That if
any person entitled to an invalid pension
has died since March four, eighteen hundred
and sixty-one, or shall hereafter die while
an application for such pension is pending,
and after the proof has been completed.
leaving 10 wife and no minor child under
sixteen years of age. his heirs or legal rep
resentatives shall be entitled to receive the
accrued pension to which the applicant
would have been entitled had the certificate
been issued before his death
SEC. z. Ind be It further enacted, That in all
cases when a commission shall have been
regularly issued to any person in the militia
~ or naval service who shall have died or
been disabled while in the line of duty, after
the date of such commission. and before be-
ing mustered, such officer or other person
entitled to pension for such death or dlsa-
bility by existing laws shall receive pen
sion corresponding TO his rank, as determined
by such commission, the same as if he had
been mustered: P,-orided, That this section
shall not apply to any officer who shall have
wllfully neglected or refused to be so mus
tered
SEC. :. Ind be it further enacted. That Off
GERS absent on sick leave, and enlisted men
absent on sick furlough shall be regarded in
the administration of the pension laws In the
same manner as if they were in the field or
hospital
SEC. 9. Ind be Il further enacted, That the
period of service of all persons entitled to
the benefits of the pension laws, or ON &C
count of whose death any person may be-
come entitled to a pension, shall be construed
to extend to the time of disbanding the or
ganization to'whieh such persons belonged,
or until their actual discharge for other cause
than the expiration of the service OF such
organization.
SEC 10. Ind be il further enacted, That en-
listed men employed as teamsters. wagoaers,
artifeers, hospital stewards, farTiers, sad
dlers, and all other enlisted men, however
employed in the service of the army or navy,
not specifically mentioned in the first section
of an act entitled IAN act to grant pensions,
approved Jaly fourteen, eighteen hundred
and sixty-two, shall be regarded, IN the ad-
ministration of the pension laws, as nom
commissioned officers or privares-
SEC. IL. Ind be il further enacted, That II
any officer, soldier, or seaman shall have dled
of wounds received or of disease contracted
in the line of duty in the military or naval
service of the United States, leaving a widow
and a child or children under the age of six
teen years, and it shall be duly certified I'M
der seal, by any court having probate juris-
diction, that satisfactory evidence has been
produced before such court that the widow
aforesaid has abandoned the care of such
child or children, or is an unsuitable person,