The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-07-02

al tt,o non,n,,,t ~ tba pRoaidnOt Il
eu tL' uPPiON"i VI s"o 9'|
now in force, ana us many Of our Feau
ers may be directly interested in Ii
n,ov,s,opu wa give n svnopsis OF tb,
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law
The act provides Increased rates o
nensions over the law Of July 1862, II
.ho foIIov,,n, oosa. s05 nor month I,
'no iOiO"e a,'' tsv r. - - ~,
all those lnValias ehtiteo' uhuer tn'
net of July 1862, to q lower rate, on ac
court NJ sarv,ce rendered since Narcl
H, 100, - - 10, .ho o,o,ht =
41n, 4ool' "no n"Ne ios' @ 'uo ''sH' y
both eyes, or the use OF both hands, o.
who have been so permanently dis
aL,o5 otho-,,,0o os IN reopira m,
"Ol'u
constant AID ana aItehuanoe ol ah
other person; $40 per month Il
,boua en,itIed as above recited. to {
'- 80. ..s,aI'N.r ,o,,,o, v,ho bov,
lower F"te vi Pen''on' WV Low
lost both feet, or one hand ana oh'
foot, or who have been otherwise per
manently disabled so as 10 be incapaGl
tated for performing manual laDor; SIt
per month to those who, under ike
conditions, have lost one hand or ont
foot, or been totally disabled IN INT
same, or otherwise so disabled as to be
incapacitated for manual labor. In or
der TO obtain the benefits OF these pro,
visions, pensioners already enrolled
must file an application; additional
proof need not be forwarded except as
shall be specifically required In each
case, after the application Is received
Applicants need only be examined Dy
pension surgeon when expressly re-
quired. Applicants not already pen
stoned, will specifically set forth their
claims in their declarations, carefully
stating the nature of their disability.
Declarations must be made before some
officer of u court of record, or before a
pension notary designated by the pen
sion office under Act OF July 1851:
The foregoing increased rates Of PEN
sions will be granted Only y to those dis
abled since March 4, 1861 and VIII date
only from 9th of June, lSO6.
Pensions granted under any net are
not assignable or liable to attachment
and any person other than Il pensioner,
who mny receive amy payment OF
pension, must disclaim, under oath,
any interest, by pledge, mortgage, sale
or otherwise, In the money to be re.
ceived, or any knowledge or belief that
the same has been so disposed OF 70 any
person; and the penalty of perjury Is
attached for falsely taking said oath.
Nor Is pension money liable to
attachment, or levy under any legal or
equitable process Whatever, whether the
same remains In the office, or is in tran
stu 10 the pensiOner.
Another section Of the act of June 9th,
prohibits, under penalty, the receiving
of more than twenty-five cents for pre-
pairing the necessary vouchers for
drawing n semi-annunl payment OF
any pension; and the fee to any pension
agent for administering the oath to Il
pensiouer, or 10 his attorney-in-fact, is
liked nt fifteen cents.
By act Of March 3, 1865, pensions were
withheld from certain pensioners in
civil employment under the govern.
ment, but the fifth section of the net OF
June 8, 1865, repeNls TINT provision.
Persons desiring the benefit of this re-
peal must make application Tor re
Nmining surgeons Ger ilicate OF present
disability, except in the case Of those
exempt from biennial examination.
The restored pension will date from
lime @. 1866,
The sixth section gives validity to
certificates issued after the death of an
applicant for an invalid pension, II he
Ieff neither widow uor minor child, en-
Titled to a pension nfter his death, II
application was pending and the proof
complete ut the time of his death. This
provision applies to certificates already
issued, which come within the limits
specified, other acts having provided
for cases In which deceased leith wlGo"
Another section recognizes the rank
conferred by commission, although
without actual muster into such rank,
If the failure was not through the ne
plect or refusal of the person commits
Stoned. The reason why the officer
wns not mustered should be shown; the
best proof will be the affidavit of the
proper mastering officer, or superior
officer having II personal knowledge oi
the facts.
Officers absent on sick leave, ana en-
listed men on sick furlOugh are TO be
regarded as II they were In the field, or
in hospital; and any cause of disability
or death altogether apart from the mill
tary or naval service, and resulting
neither directly nor indirectly there
from, will not bring the applicant with
in the intent orlmeuning Of the law.
The ninth section relates 10 perl
cd of service in the army and navy, us
extending TO the date of actual disband-
ment of the organization To which the
pnrty belonged, except in case of dis
charge for other cause than expiration
of the term of service Of such organiZa-
tlon.
Transfers, artifcers and other enlist
oil ,,,nr' n rn included in the adminlstTn-