Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-05-27
PENSION BILL PASSED BY THE
SENATE,
Amendment to Create The Office of Sec
ond Vice President.

Amendment to Create The Office OF Sec
ond Vice President.
WASHINGTON, May 19.-The full text
of the pension bills as passed by the Sen
ate to-day is as follows:
Be 1t enacted, &C., That every person
specified in the several classes enumcrat-
ed in Section 1898 of the Revised Stat.
utes of the United States, and the amend
ments thereto, who served in the military
or naval service, as mentioned in said
section, for the period of three months
during the war Of the rebellion, and has
an honorable discharge therefrom, and
who is or shall become disabled from any
cause not the result of his own fault, and
shall also be dependent upon his own ex
ertions for support, or upon the contribu-
tions of others not legally bound thereto,
shall upon making the proof of the facts
under such regulations as may be pre-
scribed by the proper authority, be plac-
ed upon the list of pensioners of the
United States and be entitled to receive
pension during the continuance of such
disability and dependence at rate pro-
portionate to the degree of such disability,
and such pension shall commence at the
date OF filing an application therefor. The
highest rate of pension granted under
this section, which shall be for total in.
capacity to perform any manual labor,
shall be twenty-four dollars per month,
which is hereby made divisable upon that
basis for any less degree of disability,
provided that no person entitled to or re-
ceiving an invalid pension under existing
laws or such as may be hereafter enacted,
granting pensions for disabilities contract,
ed in the military or naval service of the
United States, and in line of duty greater
than that provided for herein, shall re.
ceive the benefits of this act; but any ap-
plication therefor pending or who shall
hereafter file his application for such pen.
sion, may by declaration over his sigma
ture at any time elect to prosecute his
said claim under this act or under the
the general laws, and his pension, when
allowed, If prosecuted under this, act
shall commence from the date of such
election; provided further. that no pen
sion paid under any law hereafter shall
be rated at less than four dollars per
month
SEC. 2. That in considering the claims
of dependent parents the fact and cause
of death, and the fact that the soldier left
no widow OF minor children having been
shown as required by law, it shall be me-
cessary only to show by competent and
sufficient evidence that such dependent
parent is without other present means of
comfortable support than his or her own
manual labor, or the contributions of 9th.
ers not legally bound for his or her sup.
port; and such as may be found to be en-.
titled 10 eight dollars month under ex.
isting laws. as modified by this section
shall receive in lieu thereof twelve dol
lars month from and after the approval
of this act
Sec. g. That in all applications under
the general pension laws, including this
act, where it appears by record evidence
that the applicant was regularly enlisted
and mustered into the service, that fact
shall be conclusive evidence Of soundnes:
at the time of his enlistment, except In
case Of fraud.
Sec. 4. That no person shall be entitled
to more than one pension at the same
time under any or all laws of the United
States, whether such pension shall have
been already obtained, or shall be here
after obtained, unless the act under which
such pension is claimed shall specially SC
declare.
The bill now goes to the House of Rep
resentatives for concurrence.