Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-05-29
The Penafon RMl-

The Following is the text OF the penoion bill
a. 1t passed tho senate on Wednesday. the
18th inst. The house has not acted upon Il.
Section L. That every person specified In
the several classes enumerated In section A693
Of the revised statutes Il the United States
and amend ments thereto, who served in the
military or naval service as meLuoDea In said
seclon Tor q period OF three months during
tue war OF the rebelhOn, ana has al honorable
discharge therefrom, and who Ia or shall be-
come disabled from any cause not the result
VI Ills own FAULT, and shall also DO dependent
upon his " exerttons for support, or upon
The contributions OF others not legally bound
thereto, shall, upon Making due proof Of the
FACTS, under sucn regulations as may be pre-
eeAted by the proper authority, be placed up-
on the list OF pensioners OF the United StateA
and be entitled to receive . pension during the
continuance Of sucn disability and depend
eDee 1t q rate proportiOnste 70 the degree Of
such disability, aud "a pension shall CON-
mence at the date OF the hitng Of the applica-
ton therefor. The highest rate Of pension
under this section, which shall DO for total In
shall be "a Per month, which /:
hcrcby made advisable upon thai
basis for any less degree Of disabili.
lily; provided, that no person omitted 70 or re-
ceiviDg IN invalid pension under the existing
lave, or such rs may be hereafter enacted
Ash - HSooAsS4 ~ WIN "
IA the military or naval service sof the United
States, and In the line Of duty greater than
that provided for herein, shall receive the bene-
dts Of this act; but any applicant for such in
valid pension having An application therefor
pei ding, or who shall hereafter tie his appli-
cation Tor such pei sion. may, by d. cisrstion
over his signature, ut any time elect to prose-
cut, his said claim under this act, or under the
general laws, and his pension, II allowed, II
prosecuted under the act, shall nee
frC III the date OF such ele elton provided, FUR
ther, that no pension paid under any law here
after shall be rated 1T less than a. pr month.
Sec. J. That, In consideration Oh the ciaims
OF dependent. parents, the fact and cause o.
death and the fact that the soldier left no
widow or minor children having been shown,
as required by law, Il shall he necessary only
To show by competent and sufficient evidence
tnat such dependent parent Is without present
means OF comfortable support other than his
or her own manual labor, or the contributions
Of others not legally bound for Lis or her sup
port, and such as may be found 10 be entitled
10 - per month under the existing iaws, es
modified by this section, shall receive In lieu
thereof $i3 per month from and after the ap-
prevail OF This act.
Sc. 3 That IN ali applications under the
general pension laws, including THIS so., where
IL appears by record OF evidence thht the appli-
cant was regulsrly enlisted and mustered tnto
the service, that fact shall be conclusive evil
derce OF eoundness OF The; ttme Of his enlist
ment, except in case OF fraud.
Sec. 4. That 40 person shall be entitled TO
more than one pension 81 the same time. under
any or all law OF the United States, whether
such pension shall have been already obtained
or ehall be hereafter obtained, unlees the act
under which such pension Is claimed shall
specially BE- so declared.
The emn aroY ard pmprpsa of EA-72 Nny