New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-04
ty-seventh day of July, eighteen hundred

the service prior 10 the fourth day O
| March. eighteen hundred and sixty one
and an application for pension shall no
| have been Fled within three years from III
| discharge or death OF the person on who's
| account the claim is made. or within thre'
| years OF the termination OF pension previ
| ousiy granted on account Of the service ant
death OF the same person, the pension shall
| commence from the date of fling. by III
! party prosecuting the claim, the last pape
| requisite 10 establish the same provided
that no claim allowed prior to the sixth da'
| CT June, eighteen hundred and sxty-six
shall DE affected by anything herein con
tanned.
SEC. 20. That nothing 10 this act shall b,
so construed as 20 allow more than one pen
SION a. the same tiI.Ie IL the same person Ul
to persons entitled jointly; bat any pen
sIoner wro shall so elect NAV surrender his
or her certificate, and receive n lieu there
OF certificate for any other pension Il
which be or she wGull have been entitled
had hot the surrendered certificate beer
Is sued; provided, that all payments prev.
ously made Tor any period covered hv the
new certificate shall be deducted from the
amount allowed by said certificate.
SEC. Il. That declarations OF pension
Claimants shall be made before court OF
record. Or before some officer thereof having
fully authorized and empowered to admin.
ister and certify any oath or affirmation re
latlng 70 any pension or application there
Tor: provided. that the Commissioner OF
Pensions NAV designate, in localities more
than twenty i've miles distant from any
place at which such cogrt Is holden, persons
duly qualified 10 administer oaths, before
Wnom declarations may be made and test
monV taken. and may accept declarations
n al pi y
made before a Cnlted States minister or
consul, Or before some officer Of the country
duly authorized to administer oaths for gen
eral purposes aud whose official character
and signature shall be duly authenticated
hy the certificate OF United States minis
ter or consul: declarations in claims of In
dams made before United States agent:
and declarations N claims under the act Of
February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and
seVentY-cne mace before an officer duly au-
th0riZed to administer oaths for general pur-
poses, when The applicants, by reason OF in
hrlIity OF age. are unable TO travel; pro-
vlded, that any declaration made before an
officer duly authorized 20 2dmiGister oaths
Tor general purposes shall be accepted to
exempt claim trcm The limitation as to
date OF fling prescribed in the fifteenth sec
ton Of this act.
SEC. -. That the Commissioner OF Pen
sIons, ON application being made to himEin
person or by letter by any claimant or ap-
Fllcant Tor pension, bounty land, or other
allowance required by law to be adjusted
or PAID by tie Pension Office. shall furnish
ouch person free OF all expense to him or her.
all such printed instructions and forms as
may he necessary N stabhshl0gs anC SO
tanning SAID claim: and on the issuing CT a
certificate Of pension, or Of a bounty la nd
warrant, lie ehall forthwith notify the
Claimant or applicant, and also the agent
or attorney ID the case. II there be one. that
such certificate mas leen issued, or allow
ence made, and the date and amount
thereof.
SEC. 3. That no money on account OF
pension shall be paid TO any person. or to
the widow, children or hers OF any de-
ceased person, who IN any manner voiun-
tarily engaged in, or aided Or abetted. the
late rebelllon against the authority OF the
United States.
SEC. a. That no claim for pension not
10 successful issue within
five wears t-om the date Of fling
tie same sA@li Ii admitted without
record evidence 1roG tass War or
Navy Department Of the injury or the
disease which resulted IN the disability or
death OF the person on who's account the
claim - maze provided, that in any case
IN which the limitation prescribed BY this
section bars the further prosecution Of the
Claim. the claimant may present through
the Pension Office, to the Adiutant General
OF the army or the Surgeon General OF the
navy, evidence that the disease or injury
which resulted in the disability or death OF
the person on whose account the claim is
made originated III the service and in tie
ine OF duty; AKA if such evidence is deemed
by the officer TO whom it may
0e submitted, Ee shall cause record OF the
act So proved TO be made, and a copy OF
he same 10 ba transmitted 10 the Columis-
.i0ner OF Pensions. and the bar . ne prose
'uticn OF tAe claim shall thereby be re-
moved.
SEC. p. That If any pensioner, or any
,erson entitled to a pension, who during
he tendency of his application therefor has
lied since March fourth, eighteen hundred
ind sixtv-one, or shall hereafter die. lis |
widow, or If no widow, his child or children |
lndeT sixteen years OF age ct the time of |
l!5 death, shall be entitled 10 receive the |
ccrued pension to TIE date Of |
leath, such accrued pension shall |
iot be considered as part OF the assets OF |
he estate OF deceased, nor liable to be ap |
,lied to the pawn 1T of the debts Of said |
state IN any case whatever, but shall inure |
o the sole and exclusive benefit Of the
widow " children; and if 20 widow or
hid survive, 40 payment whatsoever OF |
he accrued pension shall be made or
.llOwed, except SO much as may be neces-
airy to reimburse the person who bore the
expenses of the last sickness and burial OF
he decedent, III cases where lie did not |
cave sufficient assets 20 meet such cX
lenses.
SEC 26. That the failure of any pens;oner
0 claim his or her pension ter three years
tter the same shall have become due shall
e deemed presumptIEe evidence that such
ension has legally terminated by reason of
ne rensioners death, remarriR ge, recovery
rom the ~ stability, or otherwise, and the
ensioner 5 name shall be stricken from the
st OF pensioners, subject to the right of
estoration TO the same en- 2 new applica-
ion by the renslcner, or, II the pensioner
dead, by the widow or minor children
ntitled to re3Ejve the accrued pension,
econlpanieG 10y evidence satisfactorily ac-
ounting for the failure to claim such pen
ion. and by medical evidence in cases OF
lvaiids who were not exempt from biennial
as TO the continuance Of the
SEC. y. That when the rate, commence
lent and duration OF a pension allowed by
Decial act are fixed By such act. they shall
OF be subject TO be varied by the provis-
us and limitations OF the general pension
TVS. but when not thus fixed the rate and
ontinuauce OF the pension shall be subject
variation II accordance with the general T
tws, and is commencement shall date
ON the passage of the special act, and the
omrnis sioner Of Pensions shall l&9on salts
lctory evidence that fraud vas perpetrated
obtaining sucn special act, suspend pay,
ent thereupon until the pgoprety OF re-
ealing the same can be considered by
ongress.
SEC. 20 That the term CT limitation pre-
ribed by sections sixteen and twenty
rec of this act shall, in pending claims of
ldiars. be extended to two years from and
ter the passage ef this act: that all proof
hich has heretofore been taken before an
ldian agent, or before an officer Of any