New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-08-03

take and subscribe an oath, to be filed with
the pension agent, and by HIM TO De
transmitted. with the vouchers now re-
quired by law; to the proper accounting
officer OF the treasury, that he has not In
'erest in said money by any pledge, mort,
| gage, sale, assignment, or transfer, and
| that be does not know or believe that the
same has been so disposed Of to any per-
son; and any person who shall falsely take
the said oath shall be guilty of perjury,
| and, on conviction, shall be liable to the
pains and penalties of perjury.
| SEC. 81. That any person who shall
knowingly or wllltully in any wise procure
| the making or presentation of any false or
fraudulent affidavit concerning any claim
for pension or payment thereof, or pertain
| ing to any other matter within the juris-
| eictiOn OF the Commissioner Of Pensions, or
| shall knowingly or wiIfully present or
| cause to be presented at any pension
| agency any power of attorney, or other
paper required as a voucher in drawing
pension, which paper shall bear a date
subsequent to that on which it was actually
! signed or executed, such person so offend
| ing shall be deemed guilty of high mis-
| demeanor and shall, on conviction there
| of. be punished by tine not exceeding
| five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment
for a term not exceeding three years, or by
both, at the discretion OF the court before
whom such conviction shall be had; and no
sum of money due or to become due, TO any
pensioIer under the laws aforesaid, shall be
| liable to attachment, levy or seizure, by or
| under any legal or equitable process what
ever, whether the same remains with the
Pension office, or any officer or agent thereof,
or is in course CT transmission to the pen
sioner entitled thereto, but shall inure
| wholly to the benefit Of such pensioner.
Sec. "a. Tha: in all cases of application
| FOR the payment of pensions to invalid pen
| eioners to the fourth day of September Of
an odd year, the certificate OF an examining
| surgeon duly appointed by the Commits
! sloner OF Pensions, or of a surgeon OF the
army or navy, stating the continuance OF
| the disability for which the pension was
| risinauy granted describing itl, and the
degree of such disability at the time of
making the certificate, shall be required to
accompany the vouchers, and a duplicate
| thereof shall be fled in the office of the
Commissioner OF Pensions; and II IN case
| of continued disability it shall be stated
at a degree below that for which the pen
| sion was originally granted, or was last
paid, the pensOner shall only be paid for
| the quarter then due at the rate stated in
| the certificate; provided, that when pen
| sion shall be granted for disability conse-
quent upon the loss Of a limb, or other es-
sential portion of the body, or for other
causes which can not in whole or in part be
removed, or when a disability is certified
by competent examining surgeons, to the
| satisfaction of the Commissioner OF Pen
| sons, to have become permanent in de-
! gree equal to the whole rate Of pension, the
| above certificate shall not be necessary to
| entitle the pensioner to payment; and pro
! vided further, that this section shall not be
construed to prevent the Commissioner Of
| Pensions from requiring more frequent
| examir alton if, il his Judgment, it is Ieces-
sary.
SIC. s. That the Commissioner Of Pen
! sions be, and he is hereby, empowered to
| appoint, at his discretion, civil surgeons TO
! make the periodical examinations OF pen
| sioners which are, or may be, required by
| law, and to examine applicants for pension,
where he shall deem an examination by
surgeon appointed by him necessary: and
| the Zee for such examinations, and the re-
qI.isire certificates thereof in duplicate, in
! Guiding postage on such as are transmitted
| to pension agents, shall be two dollars,
which shall be paid by the agent for paying
| pensions in the district within which the
| pensioner or claimant resides, out Ok any
money appropriated tor the payment Of
| pensions, under such regulations az the
| Commissioner of Pensions may prescribe.
SEC. So. That the Commissioner of Pen
sions be authorized to organize. at his dis
| erection, boards of exaIning surgeons, not to
| exceed lITet NlelIUeTS, anu tudL cGCu LuelI'
| Der Of a board thus organized who shall
have been actually present and made. in
| connection with other members or member,
! an ordered or periodical examination, shall
| be entitled to the fee OF one dollar, on the
receipt Of a proper certificate of said exam
| ination by the Commissioner OF Pensions.
| SEC. 81. That examining surgeons duly
| appointed by the Commissioner OF Pen
| sions, and such other qualified surgeons as
may BE employed in the Pension Office, may
| &c required by him, from time to the. as
I he shall deem for the interests OF the gov
| eminent, to make special examinations of
! such pensioners, or applicants for pension.
| and examinations shall have precedence over
previous examinations, whether special or
| biennial; but when injustice is alleged to
| have been done by an examination so Or
dered, the Commissioner Of Pensions may,
| at his discretion, select q board of three
| duly appointed examining surgeons. who
| shall meet at g place to be designated by
| him, and shall review such cases as may be
| ordered before them on appeal from any
| specla! examination as aforesaid, ana the
| decision Of such board shall be final on the
| question so submitted thereto, provided the
| commissioner approve the saIIe. The COM
! pensation of each Of such surgeons shall be
| three dollars and shall be paid out of any
| appropriations made Tor the payment OF
| pensions, in the same manner as the ordi-
nary fees Of appointed surgeons are or may
be authorized to be pain.
| SEC. %. That the Secretary Of the In
terror be. and is hereby, authorized to APP
| point duly qualified surgeon as medical
| referee, who. under the control ard direc-
ton of the Commissioner Of Pensions, shall
| have charge of the examination and revls
icn Of tie reports of examining surgeons,
and such other duties touching medical and
surgical questions in the Pension Office as
the interests of the service may demand;
and his salary shall be two thousand five
hundred dollars per annum. And the Sec
retaIy of the Interior is further authorized
to appoint such qualified surgeons mot ex
ceeding tour as the exigency of the service
may require, who may perform the duties OF
| examining surgeons when so required, and
who shall be borne upon the rolls as clerks
of the fourth class; provided, that such APP
pointmen:s shall not increase the clerical
| force Of said bureau.
SEC. 49, That all acts and parts of acts
| inconsistent or in conflict with the fore
going provisions o. this act are hereby re-
pealed.
Approved March 3, 1873.
GENERAL SATUEE-SO. C3
An act to declare the true intent and mean
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