Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-03-20
Balance Balance
ARREARS OF PENSIONS.
Full Text Of the Law with Amendment
of March 4th--HOW to Apply for PEN
SiOnS.

SlUUSs
The following is the arrears of pen
sion act, approved January 25, 1876, as
amended by addition of an act approved
March 4th, 1879:
Be 1T enacted By the people Of The United States
az Congress assembled:
SEC. /. That all pensions whchhave been grant
ed under the general laws regulating pensions
may hereafter be granted in consequence of death
from cause which originated in the United States
service during the continuance of the late war of the
rebellion, in consequence of wounds, I'M ures
disease received contracted in sail service during
said war Of the rebellion, shall commence from the
date Of the death discharge from said service of
the person whose account the claim has been or
shall hereafter be granted from the termination
of the right of the party having pror title to such
pension. Provided the rate of pension for the inter
Venipg time for which arrears OF pension are hereby
granted shall be the same per month for which he
pension was originally granted.
SEC. 2. That the commissioner of pensions
hereby authorized and directed to alopt such rules
and regulations for the payment of the of pen
sions hereby granted will be necessary to to
be paid to such pensioners or if th pensioner shall
have died, to the person or persons entitled to the
same, all such arrears of pensions the peusioner
may be or would have been entitled to under this
SEC. 3. That section forty sewn hundred and
seventeen OF the revised statutes of he United States
which provides that mo claim for Insion not prose
cued to successful issue within fie years from the
date of filing the shall be alnitted without
record evidence from the War or My department of
the injury or the disease which resulted the dis
ability or death of the person whose account the
claim is made; prOUided, That in my III which
the limitation prescribed by this section bars the
forther prosecution of the claim, tie claimant may
present through the pension offie to tie adjutant
general of the army or the surgeon general of the
navy. evidence that the disease oliDjury which
suited in the disability or death Of The rson on
whose account the claim is made, originated in the
service and IN the line OF duty anif such evidence
is deemed satisfactory by the officer whom it may
be submitted, he shall cause recod of the fact
proved to be made, and copy the same TO be
transmitted to the commissioner ofpensiohs aud the
bar to the prosecution of the clamshall thereby BE-
removed, be and the same is hereE repealed.
SEC. 4. No claim agent or oher person shall
be entitled to receive any compensation fer
services III making application 10 arrears Of pen
sion.
SEC. 5. That all acts or pars of acts so far
as they may conflict with the provsons of this act G
and the same are hereby repealed.
The following provisions were eRcted as a portion
OF the act making appropriations for the pay
ment OF the arrears of pensions approved March 4,
1873:
That the rate at which the arreaB of invalid pm
sons shall be allowed and compued in the cases
which have been or shall hereafterbe allowed shall
De graded according to the degree the pensioners
disability from time to time and tn provisions of the
pension laws in force the perid for which the
arrears shall be computed
mat section l Of the act ofJanuary %, 1879,
granting arrears of pensions shall be construed
extend to and include pens account of soldiers
who were enlisted drafted for the service in the
war OF the rebellion, but died injured disabilities
from cause originating after the cessation of hos
tIlities and before being mustered put. ProUided
That In no case shall arrears of penOns be allowed
ana paid from time prior to the dae Of actual dis
ability.
Secs All pensions which hare been which
may hereafter be granted in conequence of death
occurring from cause which originated in the ser
vice since the 4th day of March. ISL, or i'll cOnse-
quence of wounds or injuries received or disease con
tracted since that date, shall commence from the
death or discharge of the person C whose account
the claim has been or is hereafter gated If the dis
ability occurred prior to discharge and if such dis
ability occurred after the discharg, then from the
date of actual disability from tie termination of
the right of the party having priortte to such pen
sion. PrOUided. The application for such pension
has been or is hereafter filed with ale commissioner
of pensions prior to the first day ofJuly, 1SS other
wise the pension shall commentator the date of
filing the application but the limibtion herein pre-
scribed shall not apply to clamsby or i'll behalf OF
insane persons and children unier Is years OF
age.
SEC 3 Section 400 of the revised statutes is
hereby repealed.
Persons who are entitled to arrears
of pensions, under the act granting ar
rears, approved Jan. 5, 1879, and
whose pensions were granted previous
to that date, will not require the assist
ance of a claim agent in Obtaining the
amount due them. All spondence
in relation to any claim for such arrears
will be with the person entitled, and no
claim agent viii be recognized in such
claim.
4 letter addressed to the commls-
sioner of pensions, signed by the per-
son who was in receipt of the pension
at the date aforesaid, and two witnesses,
in the presence of magistrate, will be
the only application required, but no
acknowledgment of such applications
will be made nor any correspondence
had with the applicant until the claim
is reached for adjudication.
The pension certificate should not be
sent to this office, butt must be exhib-
tied to the magistrate.
The letter should be in the following
Or equivalent form:
To the Commissioner Of Pensions;
I-, q pensioner under pension certf-
cate No. -. hereby apply for the arrears due
me, under the act granting arrears of pension. ap-
proved Jan. 25 1879 My post Office address is
here insert the name of the postofice, and il The
claimant resides in a city, the name and number
of the street and residence must also be given ]
Two witnesses. Name of claimant
State Oh, county Of, ss:
Signed in my presence BY -, who IS
known to me TO be the person he describes him
self TO be, and at the same time he exhibited TO
me his pension certificate, which is numbered
Magistrates signature.
j. A. BENTLEY,
Commissioner of Pensions