The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-08-01
rhe pension Law.

Be it enacted by the senate and house
of representatives of the United States of
America in congress assembled, That in
considering the pension claims of depend
ent parents, the fact of the soldiers death
by reason of any wound, injury, casualty,
or disease which, under the conditions
and limitations of existing laws. would
have entitled him to an invalid pension,
and the fact that the soldier left no
widow or minor children having been
shown as required by law. it shall be nee
essary only to show by competent and
sufficient evidence that such parent or
parents are without other present means
Of support than their own manual labor
or the contributions of others not 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 here
under and shall continue no longer than
the existance of the dependence.
Sec. 2. That ali persons who served
ninety days or more in military or naval
service of the United States during the
late war Of the rebellion, and who have
been honorably discharged therefrom,
and who are now or may hereafter be
suffering from a mental or physical dis
ability OF a permanent character, not the
result Of their own vicious habits, which
in%capacitates them from the performance
Of manual labor in such u degree as to
render them unable to earn a support.
shall, upon making due proof OF the fact
according to rules and regulations as the
secretary Of the interior may provide. be
placed upon the list Of invalid pensioners
of the United States. and be entitled to
receive a pension not exceeding Sl2 per
month and not less than IS per month,
proportional TO the degree Of inability
to earn support; and such pension shall
commence from the date OF the filing of
the application in the pension Office,
after the passage OF this act upon proof
that the disability then existed, and shall
continue during the existence of same;
providing, that persons who are now re-
ceiying pensions under existing laws, or
whose claims are pending in the pension
Office, may, by application to the commits
sioner OF pensions, i'll such form as he
may prescribe, showing themselves en-
titled thereto, receive the benefits of this
act; and nothing herein contained shall
be SO constructed as to prevent any pen
sioner Hereunder from prosecuting his
claim and receiving his pension under
any other general OF special act; provided
however, that no person shall receive
more than one pension for the same par
iod; and provide further, that rank in the
service shall not be considered in appli-
cations filed under this act.
Soc. B. That il any officer or enlisted
man who served ninety days or more in
the army or navy of the United States
during the late wal OF the Rebellion and
who was honorably discharged, has died,
or who shall hereafter die, leaving n
widow without other support than that
of her daily labor, or minor children I'M
der the age Of 16 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 IS per month during her wild
owhood, and shall also be paid 50 per
month for each child OF such officer or
enlisted man under the age of l6 years,
and in case of the death or Ie-marriagn
of the widow leaving Il child Or children
OF such officer or enlisted man under the
age of l6 years. such pension shall be
paid such child or children until the
age of Is. Provided, that in case . minor
child is insane or otherwise permanently
helpless, the pension shall continue dur
ing the life Of such child, or during the
period of such disability. and this proyiso
shall apply to all pensions heretofore
granted or thereafter to be granted under
this or any former statute, and such pen
sions shall commence from the date of
application there for after the passage of
this act. And provided further, That
said widow shall have married said
soldier prior to the passage Of this
act.
Sec. 4. That no agent, attorney OF any
other person engaged in preparing, pre-
senting or prosecuting any claim under
the provisions Of this act shall, directly
or indirectly, contract for, demand, re-
ceive or retain for such such services in
preparing, presenting or prosecuting
such claim, Il sum greater than ten dol
lars, which sum shall be payable only
upon the order of the commissioner of
pensions by pension agent making pay
ment Of the pension allowed, and any
person who shall violate any Of the pro-
visions OF this section or who shall wrong
fully withhold from a pensioner or
claimant the whole or any part of a PEN
sion or claim allowed or due such pen
sioner or claimant under this act shall
be deemed guilty Of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall, for each
and every such offense, be fined not ex-
ceeding $500, or be imprisoned at hard
labor not exceeding two years, or both,
in to the discretion Of the court.
Chattel Mortgage Sale.
Whereas. one William H. Freeland, of Brule
county, low state OF South Dakota, Mortgagor,