National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-07-21
gatIoual gepabIieau
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE
FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
[GExrRaL NlrrRE--No. 62I

lGENERAL NATURE--No. 62.l
AN ACT making appropriations for the pay
menL OF invalid and other pensions of the
Ohited states Tor the year ending June thir-
Ieln' eighteen hundred and sevelty-fiVe.
Be Il enacted By als Senate and Ho,tss Of PsD-
rsseHtGtiDss Of TIE United States Of Iyacyie4 In
Congress assembled, That the following sums
be, and the same are hereby, Appropriated ONT
OF any money in the Treasury not otberIvfss an
propriated, for the payment of pensions for the
fiscal year ending the thirtieth Of June. ei9SS
teen hundred and seVenty-iVe;
For Army pensions TO invalids, widows. and
dependent relatives, revolutionary pensions
and pensions to soldiers Of the war Of eighteen
hundred and twelve, and for furnishing artificial
limbs, or apparatus for resection, with trans
portation or Communication therefor; also. for
compensation to pension agents, and the ex-
penses Of the several agencies, and for fees for
preparing vouchers and administering oaths, as
provided for by the acts Of April twenty fourth,
eighteen hundred and sixteen; July fourth,
eighteen hundred and thirty-six; May thir,
teenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six; Febru-
ray twentieth, eighteen hundred and forty
seven; February second, eighteen hundred and
forty-eight; July twenty-hrst, eighteen hun
dred and forty-eight; July twenty-ninth, eigh-
teen hundred and forty-eight; February third,
eighteen hundred and hfEy-three; June third,
eighteen hundred and ffty-eight; July four
tenth and seventeenth, eighteen hundred and
sixty-tWo; June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and sixty-four; June sixth and July twenty
| fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six; July
twenty seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty
eight; June seventeenth and July eighth aud
| eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy; Feb
ruary fourteenth and June eighth, eighteen
| hundred and seventy-one; February twentieth,
| eighteen hundred aud seyenty-tYo: and March
third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three; and
all other pensions provided by law, tWenty-nine
million five hundred thousand dollars.
For Navy pensions to inValids, widows, and
| dependent relatives, and pensions to sailors of
the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, and
| for furnishing artificial limbs or apparatus for
| resection, with transportation or Communication
| therefor; compensation to pension agents, ex-
penses Of agencies, and fees for preparing youch-
| ers and administering oaths, as provided by the
acts Of April twenty-third, eighteen hundred;
February twentieth, eighteen hundred and
| forty-seYen, August eleventh, eighteen hun
! dred and forty-eight; July fourteenth and
seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty
two; June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
sixty-four; June sixth and July twenty
Afth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six; March
second, eighteen hundred and sixty seven; July
EWenty-seVenth, eighteen hundred and sixty
eight; June seventeenth and July eighth and
eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy; June
| eighth, eighteen hundred and seYenty-ore; Feb
EuaIy LHentlht0s eighteen uuuOIeu anu seventy
two; and March third, eighteen hundred and
seyenty-three; and all other pensions provided
| by law, four hundred and eighty thousand dol
lars: PrOVidsd, That the appropriation sforO-
| said for Navy pensions, end the other eXpendt-
lures under that head, shall be paid from the
income of the Navy pension fund, so far as the
same may be sufficient for that purpose: Pro-
pidsd farther, That the fees for preparing
vouchers and administering oaths, which are
now by law thirty cents IN each case, shall
hereafter BE- twenty-five cents for the same and
no more.
Approved, June 20, 1874.