Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-05-27
The Pension Bill.
Below we give the full text OF the pss-
sion hill as pa ssed:

Below we give the full text OF the pes
sion bill as passed:
BE Il enacted, etc., That every person
specified in the several classes enumerated
in section 1898 of the revised statutes OF
the Ualted States, and the amendments
thereto, who served in the naval or mill
tary 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 DO
dependent upon his own exertions for
support, or upon the contributions of 9TH
ers not legally bound thereto, shall upon
making due proof Of the facts, under such
regulations AK may he prescribed by tho
proper authority, be placed upon the list
OF pensioners of the United States, and be
entitled to receive "a pension during the
continuance OF such disability and depend.
t snse degree rate Of asasi,y TO
and such pensions shall commence at date
OF filing an application therefor The
highest rate of pension granted under this
section, which shall be for total incapacity
To perform any manual labor, shall be $2l
per month which IL hereby made Invisible
upon that basis for any less degree of dis
ability, providing that no person entitled
To or receiving mn invalid pension under
existing laws, or such as may he hereafter
enacted, granting pensions for disabilities
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OF the United States, and in line of duty,
greater than that provided for herein,
shall receive the benefits of this act but
any applicant Tor such invalid pension
having an application therefore pending,
or who shall hereafter file his application
for such pension. may, by declartion over
his signature, at any time elect to prose.
cute his said claim under this act or under
general laws, aud his pension, when allow.
ed. II prosecuted under this act, shall COM
tlsnH In 6s.Nas s.E xNnh al Nsr.s.s
provided further, that no pension paid
under any law hereafter shall be rated at
less than 81 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 or minor children having been
shown as required by law, il shall lie
necessary only To show 10y 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
others not legally bound for his or her
support; and such as may he found to lie
entitled to IS n mouth under existing laws
ms modified by this section shall receive ia
lieu thereof Sl2 a month from and after
approval of this act
Sec. & That in all applications under
the general pension laws, including this
act, where IL appears by the record that
the applicant was regularly enlisted and
InuSteTeu intO the seTNlce, that tact snalI
he conclusive evidence of soundness 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 un-
der which such pension is claimed shall
specially so declare,
The bill now goes to the House Of kepre-
sentatives for concurrence