Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-05-16

spect to the rates of pension are hereby extend
ed to pensioners whose right to pension accrued
under general acts passed since the war of the
Revolution and prior to the fourth of March,
eighteen hundred and sixty one, to take effect
from and after the twenty fifth day of July,
eighteen hundred and sixty six; and that the
widows of revolutionary soldiers and sailors
receiving a less sum shall be paid at the rate o.
eight dollars per month from and after the
twenty seventh day of July, eighteen hundred
and sixty eight.
Sec 10. That in all cases in which the eau ;e
of disability or death originated in the service
prior to the fourth day Of March, eighteen hun.
dred and sixty one, and an application for PEN
sion shall not have been filed within three years
from the discharge or death of the person on
whose account the claim is made, or within
three years of the termination of a pension pre-
viously granted on account of the service and
death of the same person, the pension shall
commence from the date of filing, by the party
prosecuting the claim, the last paper requisite
to establish the same !: Provided, That no claim
allowed prior to the sixth day of June, ei9h-
teen hundred and sixty six, shall be affected by
anything herein contained.
Sec 20, That nothing in this act shall be so
construed as to allow more than one pension at
entitled jointly but any pensioners who shall
so elect may surrender his or her certificate,
and receive, in lieu thereof a certificate for any
other pension to which he or she would have
been entitled to had not the surrendered certif-
cate been issued Provided, That all payments
previously made for any period covered by the
new certificate shall be deducted from the
amount allowed by said certificate.
Sec. q. That declarations of pension claim
ants shall be made before court ct record. or
before some officer thereof having custody OF
its seal, said officer hereby being fully author
lied and empowered to administer and certify
any oath or affirmation relating to any pension
or application therefor: Provided, That tn G
Commissioner of Pensions may designate, In To-,
calities more than twenty five miles distant from
any place at which such court is holden; per-
sons duly qualified to administer oaths; before
whom declarations may be made and testimony
taken, and may accept declarations of claimants
residing in foreign countries, made before
United States minister or consul, or before
some officer of the country duly author
lied to administer oaths for general purposes,
and whose official character and signature shall
be duly authenticated by the certificate of a
United States minister or consul /; declarations
in claims of Indians made before U Dited States
agent; and declarations in claims under act of
February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and
seventy one, made before an officer duly aus
thorized to administer oaths for general pur-
poses, when the applicants, by reason of inirm-
ity of age, are unable to travel Provided, That
any declaration made before an officer duly au-
thorized to administer oaths for general pur-
poses shall be accepted to exempt claim from
the limitation as to date Of filing prescribed in
the fifteenth section of this act.
Sec. q That the Commissioner Of Pensions
on application being made to him in person or
by letter by any claimant or applicant for PEN
sion, bounty land, or other allowance required
by law to be adjusted or paid by the Pension
Office, shall furnish such person, free of all ex
pense to him or her. all such printed instruc,
tons and forms as may be necessary in estab>
fishing and obtaining said claim; and on the
issuing of certificate of pension, or of bounty
land warrant, he shall forthwith notify the
claimant or applicant and also the agent or at
torney in the case, ifthere be one, that such
certificate has been issued, or allowance made,
and the date and amount thereof.
Sec. %. That no money on account of pen
sion shall be paid to any person, or to the wid>
ow children or heirs of any deceased person,
who in any manner voluntarily engaged in, or
aided or abetted, the late rebellion against the
authority of the United States
CONTINUED