Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-05-10

sixth day Of june, eighteen hundred and sixty
ants, If applying Ga acc ,unt OF the de attn of a
persen who was regularly mustered into the ser
vice, or regularly employed IN the navy, or upon
p all not be held 60 have accrued prior to the
fourteenth day Of July, eighteen hundred and
sixty-two; If applying on account OF chaplain
have accrued prior q hs ninth hOs Ss Of
eighteen hundred and sixty-four; If applying
on account of An enlisted soldier who was not
service, their right shall not be held TO have
accrued prior to the fourth day OF July, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-four; IL applying on 40
on , 2, An sctng assistant or contract SUR
crued prior to the third DAY of March, eighteen
hundred and sixty FIVE; IL applying on account
Oh persons enlisted as teamsters, wagoners ar
right shall not be held to have accrued prior to
the sixth day of June, eighteen hundred aud
sixty six; and the right Of eli Glasses Of claim
ants, applying on account OF q provost-marshs al /,
deputy provost-marshal, or enrolling officer,
shall not be held to have accrued prior to the
twenty fifth day of July, eighteen hundred and
sixty-six: Preceded, That the right Of widow
or dependent mother who married prior, and
did not apply till subsequent to the twenty-sev-
enfh Day Of July, eighteen hundred and sixty
eient, shau not be held to have accrued prior TO
sKc. II. That it shall be the duty of the Com
missioner OF Pensions, upon any application by
letter or otherwise by or on behalf of any PEN
sioner entitled to arrears of pension under the
fifteenth section Of this act or, IL any such pen
sioner shall have died, upon 8 similar appics-
ton by or on behalf Of any person entitled to
receive the accrued pension due such pensioner
at his or her death, to pay or cause to be paid
TO such pensloner, or other person, all such ar
rears Of pension as the pensioner may be enti-
tied to, or Of dead would have been entitled to
under the provisions Of said section had he or
she survived; and no claim agent or other per-
sons shall be entitled to receive any compensa-
ton for services in making application for ar
rears of pension.
SEC. Is. That the provisions Of this act in re-
spect TO the rates OF pension are hereby ex-
crued under general acts passed since the war of
the Revolution and prior TO the fourth of Mar IN
eighteen hundred and sixty-one, to take effect
from and after the twenty-ffth day of July,
eighteen hundred and sxty-six; and that the
widows OF revolutionary soldiers and sailors re-
ceiying less sum shall be paid al the rate of
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 cause
OF disability or death originated in the service
prior to the fourth day OF March, eighteen hum
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 q pension pre-
vfously granted on account of the service and
death OF the same person, the pension shall
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prosecuting the claim, the last paper requisite
to establish the same: Provided, That no claim
allowed prior to the sixth day of June, eighteen
hundred and sixty,six, shall be affected by any
thing herein contained.
SEC. 20. That nothing in this act shall be so
construed as to allow more than one pension at
the same time to the same person or to persons
entitled jointly; but any pensoner who shall so
elect may surrender his or her certificate and
receive, in lien thereof, \ certificate for any
other pension to which he or she would ave
been entitled had not the surrendered certin-
cate been issued Prorided, That all payments
previously made for any period covered by the
new certificate shall be deducted from the
amount allowed by said certificate.
SEC. II. That dec arations of pension claim
ants shall be made before a court of record, or
before some of1cer thereof having custody OF its
zeal, said officer hereby being fully authorized
and empowered to administer and certify any
oath or affirmation relating to any pension or
application therefor Proridsd, That the Com
missioner of Pensions may designate, in loo ALI
ties 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 claim
ants residing in foreign countries, made before
a nited States minister or consul, or before
some officer of the country Only authorized TO
administer oaths for general purposes, and
whose official character and signature shall De
duly authenticated by the certificate of a Uni
ted states minister or consul; declara tions in
claims of Indians made before United States
agent; and declarations in claims under the act
OF February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and
seventy one, made before an officer duly au-
thorized to administer oaths for general pur-
poses, when the applicants, by reason Of indr-
nifty OF age, are unable to travel: Proriied
That any declaration made before an officer
duly authorized to administer oaths for general
purposes shall he accepted to exempt q claim
from the limitation as to date Of filing prescribed
in the fifteenth secti on of this act.
SEC. %. That the Commissioner of Pensions
on application being made to him in o srson or
by letter by any claim ant or applies ant for PEN
sion, bounty land. or other allowance required
by law to be adjusted or paid by the Pension
ONCE, shall furnish such person. free of all ex-
pense TO him or her, all such printed instructions
and forms as may be necessary in establishing
ana obtaining said claim; and on the issuing OF
q certificate OF pension, or Of a bounty land
warrant he shall forthwith notify the claim ant
or applicant; and also the agent or attorney in
tne case, II there 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 wild
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.
Sec. "A. That no claim for pension not prose-
cuted 10 successful issue within five years from
the date Of fling the same shall be adm tied
without record evidence from the War or Navy
Department OF the injury or the disease which
resulted in the disability or death of the person
on whose account the claim is made: Provided,
That in any case in which the limitation pre-
cOAiuCu tus ecCtiOu OARS inc Iuftncr prOsecu-
ton Of the claim, the claimant may present
through the Pension-Ofhcs, to the Adjutant-
General of the army or the Surgeon General of
the navy, evidence that the disease or injury
resulted In the disability or death of the person
on whose account the claim Is made, origin ated
In the service and in the line of duty; aud III
such evidence is deemed satisfactory BY the off,
Ger to whom it may be submitted, he shall
cause record of the fact so proved to be IN ade,
and copy Of the same to be transmitted to the
Commissioner OF Pensions, and the bar to the
prosecution Of the claim shall thereby be re-
moved.
SIC. Is. That if any pensioner, or any person
entitled to pension, who during the pendsn
OF his application therefor has died since III arch
fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, or shall
hereafter die, his widow, or IL no widow, his
child or children, under sixteen years of age at
the time of his death, shall be entitled to re-
ceive the accrued pension to the date of death,
such accrued pension shall not be considered as
part Of the assets OF the estate of deceased
nor liable to be applied to the payment of the
debts Of said estate in any case whatever, but
shall inure to the sole and exclusive benefit of
the widow or children; and If no widow or child
survive, no payment Whatsoever of the accrued
pension shall be made or allowed. except SO
much as may be necessary to reimburse the
person who bore the expenses of the last sick
ness and burial OF the decedent, in cases where
he did not leave ami icienf assafs m rnaat eu.h