The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-12-20
THE SERVICE PENSION BILL

The following Is the full text of the
service pension bill drafted by thu
National Pension committee of the G
A. r., and which has been introduced
in the Senate by Mr.. Ingalls,:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-.
sentsfires of the United States of America in Con
gress assembled:
SECTION l. That the Secretary of the interior
| is hereby authorized and directed to place on
| the pension roll of the United States the name
| OF any officer or enlisted man who shall have
served ninety days in the Army, Navy OF
Marine Corps Of the United States, subsequent
| to the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred
and sixty-one, and prior to the first day o.
March, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and
| been honorably discharged; said pension to
commence from and after the date of the pas
| sage of this Act, and to continue during the
term of lie of the said officer or enlisted m an
SEC. 2. That the rate of pension for such
service shall be at the rate per month of one
cent for each days service rendered In said
Army, Nsvy. or Marine Corps of the United
| States: Prorided, however, that in each and
every case where the service so rendered was
less than eight hundred days, the pension
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| service of eight hundred DAYS; And Provided
Further, that all persons whose claims are
pending in the Pension Office, or before Con-
gress. may, by application 10 the commission
er of Pensions, in such form as he may pre-
scribe, receive the benefits of this Act; and
nothing herein contained shall be SO construed
as to prevent any pensioner Hereunder from
prosecuting his claim and receiving his PEN
sion under any other general or special Act:
and Prorided Further, That all pensions grant,
ed under this bin shall be in addition to any
pension granted for disability under any
general or special Act; And Provided Further,
That rank in the service shall not be consider
ed in applications filed there under.
SIC. That the period Of service shall be
computed from the date of enlistment In the
United States service to the date Of discharge
therefrom; but no pension shall be granted
under this Act, to, or on account of any person
Who deserted prior to July first, eighteen hum
dred and sixty-fve, and who remained absent
from his command therea fter and received no
discharge, until he shall have obtained a certif-
cate of honorable discharge from the service
from which he deserted
SEC 4. That any agent, attorney, or other
person instrumental in prosecuting any claim
under this Act who sh all, directly or Indirect.
ly, contract for, demand, receive or retain,
for his services or instrumentality in present.
lug and prosecuting such claim. greater sum
than ten dollars payable only upon the order
OF Commissioner of pensions, by the pension
agent making payment of the pens on allowedD
or who shall wrongfully withhold from pen
sioner or claimant, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof,
shall. for every such ofrense, be fined not ex-
ceeding five hundred dollars, or Imprisonment
at hard labor not exceeding two years. or both, |
in the discretion of the court. Prorided That
no fee whatever shall be allowed to any person |
in any case where an INVALID PEN
sioner is granted an increase under the pro-
visions of this Act.
SEC 3. That section forty-seveu hundred |
and sixteen of the Revised Statutes is hereby
modified so that the same shall not apply to
his Act. Procidsd, That this Act shall not
apply to those persons under political disabili.
les.
SEC. 6. That all laws or parts Of laws
which conflict with the provisions of this Act
'e, and the same are hereby repealed.