The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-03-28
CIRCULAR LETTER.
DEPARTMENT oE THE INTERIOR.
Pension OFFICE.

NJ tue uate aforesaid, anu two witness
es, in the presence OF magistrate, will
be the only application Iequired-and
upon which the rights of all parties
concerned will be adjusted.
E5r The pension certificate should
not be sent TO this .oflice-but must bC
exhibited to the Magistrate.
The letter should DO in the following
or equivalent form:
''To the Commissioner of Pensions:
l., pensioncr under pension
certificate No, hereby apply for the
arrears due me, under the act granting
arrears of pension, approved Jan. 25,
1879. My postotfice address is There
insert the name OF the postoflice, aud il
the claimant resides in u city, the name
Of the street and residence must also be
given :"
Two witnesses
Name Of claimant
STATE Or, COUNTY OF, IS:
Signed in my presence by
who is known to me to be the person
he describes himself to be, and at the
same time he exhibited to me his pen
sion certificate. which is numbered -.
Magistrates signature. |"
Very respectfully, J. \. BENTLEY,
Commissioner of Pensions.
ARREARS oF PESsIoSs-APPRovED JAN.
II, 1879.
An act To provide that all pensions
on account Of death, or wounds receiv-
ed. or disease contracted in the service
of the United States, during the late
war of the rebellion, which have been
granted, or which shall hereafter be
granted, shall commence from the date
Of death or Of discharge from the service
Of the United States; for the payment
of arrears of pensions, and other pur-
poses.
BE it enacted 10y the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States III Congress assembled, That all
pensions which have been granted un.
der the general laws regulating pen
sions, or may hereafter be granted, in
consequence of death from IA cause
which originated in the United States
service duIing the continuance of the
late war of the rebellion, or in conse-
quence of wounds, injuries or disease
received or contracted in said service
during said war of the rebellion, shall
commence from the date of the death
or discharge from said service of the
person on whose account the claim has
been or shall hereafter be granted, or
from the transmission of the right of
the party having prior title to such
pension. Provided, the rate of pension
for the intervening time for which the
arrears of pensions are hereby granted
shall be the same per month for which
the pension was originally granted
SEC. >. That the Commissioner of
Pensions is hereby authorized and di-
rected to adopt such rules and regula.
tions for the payment Of arrears of pen
sions hereby granted as shall be neces-
sary to cause to be paid to such pen
sioner, or, if the pensioner shall have
died, to the person or persons entitled
to the same, all such arrears as the pen
sioner may be, or would have been, en-
titled to under this act.
SEC. 3. That section 47l7 of the
revised statutes of the United States,
which provides that "no claim for pen
sion not prosecuted to q successful
issue within five years from the
date of filing the same shall be re-
mitted without record evidence from
the war or navy department of the in
jury or disease which resulted in the
disability or death of the person on
whose account the claim is made. Pro-
vided, that in any case in which the
limitation prescribed by this section
bars the further prosecution of tho
same. the claimant may present, through
the pension office, or the Surgeon Gen
eral Of the navy, evidence that the dis
ease or injury which resulted in the dis
ability or death of the person on whose
the claim is made originated in the ger.
vice and in the line of duty; and if such
evidences is deemed satisfactory by the
officer to whom it may be submitted,
he shall cause record of the fact so
provided to be made, and copy Of the
same to be transmitted to the Commits
sioner Of Pensions, and the bar to the
prosecution and the claim shall thereby
be removed" and the same is hereby
repealed.
SEC. 4. No claim agent or other
person shall be entitled to receive any
compensation for services in making
applications for arrears of pensions.
Sec. :. That all acts or part of acts
SO far as they conflict with tho provis
ions of this act be, and the same are
hereby repealed.
Approved January 25, 1879.
No claim for arrears under the pro
visions of the above act, due to pen
sioner already upon the rolls, will b.
adjusted until Congress shall have ap
propriated the money for the paymen
Of such claim
Application for such arrears may
however, be filed, but will receive nj
answer until the claim is adjusted.
The above rules are necessary to pre-
vent the work of the office from be
coming ,blockaded by unnecessary cor
rssPondence. ....,.
]. A. BENTLEY, 8
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