Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-05-15
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Sec. 4 That from and after June fourth, eighteen
hundred and seventy two. all persons by law entitled
while in the military or naval service Of the United
States and in line Of duty shall have lost the sight of
both EYES S o. shall bays lost the sight Of one the
shall have lost both hands, shall have lost both feet
OF been permanently and totally disabled in the same
them utterly helpless or so nearly so as to require the
regular personal aid and attendance Of another per
lars and twenty Eve cents per month and all persons
who, under like circumstances, shall have lost
disabled in the otherwise So disabled as tobe in
capscitated for performing any manual labor but not
so much as to require regular personal sld and aten-
Edance, shall be entitled to pension OF twenty four
dollars per month and all persons who. under like
circumstances. shall have lost one hand or one
same or otherwise disabled to render their inca
pacity to perform manual labor equivalent to the loss
eghtee an dollars U per month Provided That
who, under like circumstances. have lost leg above
the knee and in thereof are 50 disabled
the second class and receive twenty four dollars
month and who under like circumstances, shall have
s the pension en- for disability not pefmanea
ing the continaance of the disability in such degree
be at the same rate that herein provided for per-
That except in cases Of permanent specific disabes,
no increase of pension shall be allowed to commenee
and that in this well all other cases, the certi
cate of an examining surgeon, or of board Of exam
lining surgeons shall be subject to the approval Of the
Sec. g. That the rate of eighteen dollars per
month may be proportionately divided for any
degree of disability established for which the
second section of this act makes no provision.
Sec. 6. That officers absent on sick leave, and
enlisted men absent On sick forlough, or on
veteran furlough, while with the organization
to which they belong shall be regarded in the
administration of the pension laws in the
same manner rs if they were in the field or hos
pital. 81 aTaN SIG TEl g9IrG. hHa
: Sec Z That the period of service of all per-
sons entitled to the benefit of the pension laws,
or on account of whose death any person may
become entitled to pension, shall be construed
to extend to the time of disbanding the organi-
cation to which such person belonged, or until
their actual discharge for other cause than the
expiration of the service of such organization.
Sec. 8. That if any person embraced within
the provisions of the first section of this act has
died since the fourth day of March, eighteen
hundred and sixty one, or shall hereafter die,
by reason of any wound, injury or disease
which, under the conditions and limitations of
said section, would have entitled him to an in
valid pension had he been disabled his widow,
or if there be no widow, or in case OF her death.
without payment to her OF any part OF the pen
sion hereinafter mentioned, his child or chill
dren, under sixteen years of age, shall be en-
titled to receive the same pension as the hus-
band or father would have been entitled to had
he been totally disabled to commence from the
death of the husband or father, to continue to
the widow during her widowhood, and to his
child or childred until they severally attain the
age of sixteen years, and no longer, and that if
the widow remarry, the child or children shall
be entitled from the date of remarriage. That
the provisions of this act are hereby extended
to and made to embrace the officers and
prvates of the Missouri State militia, and the proyis
onal MISSOURI militia, disabled by reason of injury
disease contracted in the line of duty while such mill
tia atng with the United States forces and
the widow children of such person, dying of injury
received or disease contrac ted under the circumstances
herein set FORTH shall be entitled to the benefits of this
act: Provided, That the pensions account of such
militia shall not commence prior to the date of the
sage of this act. That the provisions of this section
children of officers and privates of the Missouri
State militia. and the provisional Missouri militia;
the husband or father wounded cOntrasted the
disease of which he died. while in the service of the
government of the United States. ID sst
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