Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-01

hhtnt olhAhiy OF hhe oeHfcet Provided further
pension shall be allowed commence por 10 he date Of
tne sxlmnng sugeens cehihcaie and that hs a,we
or Of board Of examining sur cons ha be uhct 70 The
approval Of the Commissioner Of Pension.
SEC That the rats Of eighteen dosrs per month may
be poportonately divided for any degree Of disability c
tabshed for which the second section Of this act makes
SEC That officers absent on sck.eavo. aha enlisted
men absent on sickurough, veteran fuough while
with the organization TO With they belong shall be re-
Rarded In the administration Of tho pension laws In the
same manner as Il they were IN the field hospital.
SEC T. Ihnt the period Of service an peeons entitled
to the benefit Of the pension laws Or on account Of whose
death any peron may become entitled TO pension shall
e 70 extend 70 the time Of dsbandng the organ.
dschege for other cause than the expiration Of the service
SEC. S. That II any person embraced within the proyp-
Ions q the fret section Of this act has died nco the fourth
day Of march, eighteen hundred and sxty-one or shall
which, under the conditions and m atons on d seet on
would have entitled him 70 invalid pension had he been
disabled, his widow, or " there be widow In Of
her DEATH without payment her Of nny par Of the
sion hereafter mentioned his child children under ak
teen years Of ago shah be entitled TO receive the PEN
sion as the husband father would have been entitled to
had he been totally dfabed TO from tho death
her wldOwhood and TO his child or children until they
orally ai'Ain The age Of sixteen year, aud longer
end and that y the widow remsry, the ehid chill.
the provisions Of this are hereby extended 10 and made
to embrace tho officers and Pryatea Of the Missouri state
militia and the prov,Ona Missouri miltN, disabled by
reason Of Injury received deae contracted In the Hoe o.
duty while such militia was cooperating with United
States rc and the widow or children Of any such peron
dying Of injury received or disease under the
ccums herein FORTH shall be entitled to the benc.
fits of this ae Provided That the pansions on account Of
such militia shall commence prior to the date Of the
paisage ofths act That the provisions Of this section shall
e 30 Interpreted as g apply g the widows child OF chill,
the Provisional Missouri militia n the husband father
vec wounded CONTRACTED the disease Of which he died.
SEC O. That the pensions Of widows shall be Increased
from and after the twenty fifth day Of July eighteen humid
each child under the age Of aixoen year, Of the husband
account whose death the claim has been or shall
granted And In every in which The deceased husband
has e or shall leave no widow Or where his widow has
died married again, where che has been deprived Of hog
pension under the provisions Of the pension law the pen.
on anted to such child or children shall DO increased
the amount per month that would be allowed under
me foregoing provisions 70 ne widos living and entitled
granted TO the widow account Of the child or children Of
the husband By former wife sha be paid to her only fr
such period Of her widowhood che hiss been or shall be
charged with the maincnanee Of such ehd or children
for any period during which she has been, The shall
dian Of such child chldren Provided further That
widow guardian to whom increase Of pension ha been
sha hereafter be- granted account OF minor children
shalt not be deprived thereof by rcasop Of their being
tanned In whole In part at the expense Of state the
public In any educational institution OF In any institution
organized for the care Of soldiers orphans
SEC 10. That In the administration Of the pension laws
Snowirded by the father before or Rr he arisge sh
bo deemed leg Innate
SEC. H. That the widows Of coored or Indian soldier
and sailors who have died sha hereafter die by
Of wounds injuries received casuy dlseass
contracted in the military naval service Of the United
states and IN the line OF duty shall be entitled TO receive
the pension provided by law without other evidence Of
rage than satisfactory proof that the parties Joined IN
marriage by some ceremony deemed by them obligatory,
hablualy recognized each other and wife, and
recognized by their rcighbo and lived together such
up 10 the dste OF enlistment when such soldier or died
In the service II otherwise 10 date Of death; and IN,
children born any marriage proved thal be deemed
and he TO be lawful children Of such soldier or saor Pro
vded that this section shall OF be applicable to any aim
account Of persons who shs have enlisted after the pas
sage Of this act
SEC. ~. That II any person hss died or shall hereafter
die, leaving widow entitled 10 pension by Of hi
DEATH and child children under sixteen Year, Of ag
by such widow and II shall be duly certified uner seal by
any court having probate Jurisdiction that atsietory evil
denee has been prOdueed before such upon due notice
the widow that the widow Aforesaid has abandoned the
OF such child children, that she sak unsuitable
person by reason Of immoral conduct 70 haye the custody
thereof 70 the Commissioner Of Pensions then No pension
ha be allowed such widow until such child children
shall have attained the ago Of sixteen year, any provision
this act Of any previous act the coutriy notwth
standng and the said child children aforesaid shall b.
pensoned in the sume maunor ind from the date
II widow had survived such person, aud such pension
shsl be paid 10 the guardian OF such child CT dren
Provided Taifin any Gaze payment Of pension shall have
shall commence from the date to which the pension has beef
| paid.
SEC. 10. That any person embraced within the provs
ions Of the ft section Of hia act has died since the four
day Of March, eighteen hundred and sxiyoue, shall
hereafter die, by Of any wound injury casuy,
disease which, under the conditions and lim atious Of sa
section would have entitled him TO an invalid penicn an'
has not LEFT fha not leave widow legitimate child
but has left shall leave other relative relatives VIII
dependent upon him for support at the da OF hi
DEATH such relative relatives shall 10 entitled In the fol
lowing order Of precedence to receive the penon
such person would have been entitled 10 had he been
disabled to from the death Of such Person.
ly, first the mother secondly, the fher thirdly orpha
brothers and tte under sixteen yesT u age who shall
be pensoned jointy Provided, That wheo orphan chill
dren Of the parent have different guardians por
ton Of hem only under guards nshp the share 81
Join penon TO which each ward shall be entitled shall
paid 10 the guardian Of such ward Provided hat n In an
aad all LEFT father and moher
dependent uron him. then, the death Of the mother tn
| msneins from and afer ne death a. Inc m,tbeT
/ and upon the death OF the mother and father, o
/ upon the death OF the father and the remarriare
the mother dependent bpSthers aud ,rers uudr 1ee
Of age shall jointly become entitled 10 such penso
IN N they attain tho age Of sixteen years respectively com
msuclng from the death Temarriige Of the party
the prior right to the pension; Provided That moth
shall be assumed to have been dependent upon her
within the meaning Of this act IT, at the date Of his death
she had other adequate support than the ordn
proceeds Of her own manual labor and the contribution
Of raid Of any other persons not legally bound al
In her support nd II by actual contributions any 9th
| er way, The son had recognE d his obligations to aid Il
support Of said mother, or was by law bound to such sup
port, and that father minor brother or sister shall
like manner and under Ike conditions be assumed to hav
been dependent except that the income which derive
or dtrvabe from his actual possible manua labor sha
be taken into account IA estimating fathers Of IN
lowed to any Of h her dependence
herenbeorc provided shan hot be- paid for any period dur
ing which II shall not be necessary means Of adequat
SEC. H. That the rcmarisge q sny widow, dependeu
mother dependent sstor entitled to pension shah
bar her tight to such penson to the date u her remarag
whether application therefor filed before after uo
mairiage and that the rcmirisge OF any widow d.
pendent mother or dependent sister having pcn'on sue
1 pension shall cease.
SEC. 10 That all pensions which have been, or whic
may hereafter be- granted In conseaueuce Of death
ing from which originated in the service since Ia
fourth day OF March, eighteen hundred and Extyouc
consequence Of wounds injuries received disease
tracted since said date shall commence from the death
dchage Of he peson whose account the claim has Tee
or shall hereafter b. ganed from the termination Of III
right Of party having prior title 10 such pension Provided
That the application for such pens has been sha
hereafter be- filed with the Commissioner Of Pensions with
IN two yeas hfter the right thereto shall have accrued
otherwise he pension shall from the date Of III
ing the last evidence necessary 70 establish the samei rC
vided further That the limitation herein pre'crbed ha
not apply to claims by or In behalf of insane person or
sons under sixteen year,.
the right Of persons entitled 70 pensions shall be
nzed accTung at the date therein mentioned oI tn
commencement of such pension, and that the right Of
dependent father or dependent brother TO pehsio
shall not In any be held to have accrued prior
the sixth day Of June, eighteen hundred and slxtysx
and the right Of all other classes Of oaimans II apply
ing on account Of the death Of person who rSgu
larry mustered into the service, regularly empltye
in the navy, or upon the gunboAts war-Vesses q
the United States, shall not he held 10 have accrue
prior to the fourteenth day Of July eighteen hunre
and slxtytwo II applying on account of ehaplaA .
prior to the ninth day Of April, eighteen hundred an
SIXTY four fappyinF on account Of an enlisted sode
rary service their right shall not be held to hav1 ac
crued prior to the fourth day Of July ghtsen hunre
anu Sixty ouf II implying on account OF an nctnA ~
slsant contract surgeon their right shall not b
held 10 have accrued prior 10 the third day Of March
| eighteen hundred and sixty-dVe IL applying on &c
count Of persons enlisted as teamsters Wagoners lrth
GERS hespital-sewards farrors, their right sha
be held TO have accrued prior to the sixth day Of June
| eighteen hundred and siIty-sx and tho right Il a
classes Of claimants, applying account Of protest
marshal, deputy proyost-marshal, enrolling officer
shall not be held TO have accrued pror to the wehy
fifth day Of July eighteen hundred and sxtysx Pre-
Vided, That the right Of widow or dependent mohe
who married prior, and did net apply till subsoqIBn
IN the twentyseventh day Of July, eighteen hundro
and sHty-eght, shall not bs he'd 10 have accrued sr
| or TO that date.
sec H. That Il shall DO tho duty Of the Commssi,r
or Of Pensions any application by letter or ohS
wise by or on behalf Of any pensioner entitled 10 n
Of pension under the noenth section OF this &C
or, II any pensonor shall have died. upon similar Al
plicaton by or on behalf Of any person entitled 10 Il
eeiye the accrued pension due such pensoner at his
her DEATH TO pay TO be paid TO such pOnsiou
other person, all such pension as the pe
soner may DO entitled to- az dead would have 6es
entitled TO under the provisions Of said section had
or she survived and no clam-asent other persoI
shall be entitled to receive any Compensation Tor So
vices In making application for arrears Of pension
SEC. IS. That the provisions Of this act In respect
the rates oil pension hereby extended to pensOne