The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-07-04
THE PrNsroN HILL.


President Harrison has signed the
pension bill and it has now become q
law. We republish 1t for the conven.
fence of those who may not have 9th.
er access to it:
Az ACT granting pensions to soldiers and sail.
ors who are incapacitated for the performance
OF manual labor, and providing for pensions
TO widows, minor children and dependent par
ents.
seRtGfipes Of the United STATES Of America In Con
gress ossembied, That In considering the
pension claims Of dependent parents, the
fact Of the soldiers death. by reason OF any
the conditions and limitations OF existing laws,
would have entitled him to limited pension,
and the fact that the soldier left no widow OF
minor children having been shown as required
by law, it shall be necessary only to show by
competent and sufficient evidence that such par
ent OF parents are without present means
Of support than their own manual Ia,
legally bound for their support: Provided,
That all pensions allowed to dependent parents
under this act shall commence from the date OF
the filing Of the application hereunder, and
shall continue no longer than the existence OF
the dependence.
sEC.2 That all persons who served ninety
DAYS or more in the military service Of the
United States during the late war Of the re-
bellion, and who have been honorably dis
charged therefrom, and who are now or may
hereafter be suffering from q mental or
acter, not the result Of their own
vicious habits, which incapacitates them
from the performance of manual labor In such
o degree as to render them unable to earn a
support, shall, upon making due proof Of the
fact according to such rules and regulations as
the Secretary of the Interior may provide, be
United states. and be entitled to receive PEN
sion not exceeding twelve dollars per month
and not less than six dollars per month.
proportioned to the degree of inabil-
shall commence from the date of the filing OF
the application in the Pension Office, sitter the
passage Of this act upon proof that the disabili-
" then existed, and shall continue during the
who are now receiving pensions under existing
laws, or whose claims are pending In the PEN
sion Office, may, by application to the Commits
siOner Of Pensions, In such form as he may pre-
scribe, showing themselves entitled thereto, re-
ceive the benefits of this act; and nothing herein
contained shall be so construed as to prevent q
and receiving his pension under any other gen.
eral or special act: Provided, horerer, That no
person snail receive more than one pension for
the same period: And prerided further, That
rank i'm the service shall not be considered In
applications filed under this act.
SEC. 3. That IL any officer or enlisted man
who served ninety days or more i'm the army or
navy Of the United States during the great war
bly, discharged, has died, or shall here
after die, leaving Q widow without 9TH
er means of support than her daily labor,
or minor children under the age OF
sixteen years, such widow shall upon due proof
Of her husbands death, without proving his
death TO be the result Of his army service, be
placed on the pension roll from the date of the
application therefor under this act, at the rate
OF eight dollars per month during her widow.
hood, and shall also be paid two dollars per
month for each child Of such officer or enlisted
man, under sixteen years of age, and in case OF
the death or remarriage OF the widow, leaving 9
child or children Of such officer enlisted man,
under the age Of sixteen such pension shall be
paid such child or children until the age OF six.
teen: Prorided, That In such case q min"i
child is insane, idiOtic, or otherwise perms.
nently helpless, the pension shall continue dur.
ing the life of said child, during the period OF
such disability, and this proviso shall apply te
all pensions heretofore granted or hereafter tC
be granted under this or any former statute,
and such pensions shall commence from the
date of application therefor after the passage
Of this act: And prorided further, That said
widow shall have married soldier prior to the
passage Of this act.
SIC. 4. That no agent, attorney, or other
person engaged in preparing, presenting, OF
prosecuting any claim under the provisions o.
act shall, directly, or indirectly, contract for
demand, receive, or retain for such services IL
preparing, presenting, or prosecuting sucf
claim, g sum greater than ten dollars, which
| sum shall be payable only upon the order of tn,
Commissioner Of Pensions by the pension agen
making payment of the pension allowed, ant
any person who shall violate any of the provis
ions OF this section, or who shall wrongful!
| withhold from pensioner or claimant III,
whole or any part of a pension or claim allowed
or due such pensioner or claimant under thi
act, shall be deemed guilty of o misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall, for each ant
every such ofense, be fined not exceeding fv,
hundred dollars, or be imprisoned at hard la
Dor not exceeding two years, or both, In tn
discretion of the court.