Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-07-10

In the bottle whose contents are pure
Twill exllnguish the germs of consumption
lat birth
And its more acute symptoms Will cure.
The New Dependent Pension
Law.
Mes.rs. Souic & Co., claim attorneys, OF
Washington, ID. c., send US an advance copy
Of the new pension law, which has just been
enacted. This bill will, it is estimated, pen
sion more than three hundred thousand sol
dlers widows, minors and parents.
AN ACT. 8. 3sa, granting pensions to SOL
dicrs and sailors who are inCapacia,c'l
for performance Of manual labor, and
providing for pensions to widows, minor
children and dependent parents.
Be it enarttd, etc., That in considering the
pension claims of dependent parents, the fact
o: the soldiers death by reason Of any wound
injury, causalty, or disease which under the
would hayc entitled HIM to an invalid pen
sion. and the fact that the soldier left no wild
ow or minor children having been shown as
required by law, it shall be necessary only to
show BY competent and sufficient evidence
that such parent or parents are without 9th.
er present means of support than their own
manual labor or the contributions Of others
not legally hound for their support Prortd
ed 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
existence of their dependence.
SEC. 2. That all persons who served nine.
ty DAYS or more in the military or naval ser
vice of the late war of the rebellion and who
have, are now or who may hereafter be phys
zeal disability of permanent character, rot
the result of their own vicious habit. which
incapacitatcs them from the performance of
manual labor III such u degree " to render
them unable to earn 4 support, shall, upon
making due proof of the fact according t"
such rules and regulations rs the secretary of
The Interior may provide, bcplaccd upon the
lis, of invalid pensioners of the United states
cecding $l2 per month, and not less than Sc
per month, proportional to the degree of in
ability to earn n 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 the same: Proch'ea,
That pcrsons who are now receiving pen
sinns under existing laws. or whose claims
are pending IN the Pension Office, may, by
application to the Commissioner of Pensions
In such form NJ he may prescribe. Montng
Memselres entitled thereto, receive the benefits
of this act and nothing herein confined
shall BIZ so constructed Ms to prevent any
pcnsioncr hereunder from prosecuting his
claim and receiving his pension under any
other general or special act Preceded, hor'
ever, That no person shall receive more
than one pension for the same period. and
prortded .further, That rank in the service
SIlNII IlOl w III otipIiH lII''i
under the act
SEC. g. Tina, if any officer or enlisted man
who served ninety days or more in the Army
or Navy of the United States during the late
war of the rebellion. anG who was honorably
discharged, has died, or shall hereafter die,
leaving widow without other means of
support than her daily labor, or minor chill
drcn under the age of sixteen years, such
widow shall upon due proof of her husbands
death, without proving his death to he the
result of his army service, he placed on the
prnslon.roll from the date of the application
therefor under this act at the rate Of - per
month during her widowhood, and shall also
be paul 81 per month for each child OF such
officer or cnI ltcd man under sixteen years
of age, and in case of til, death or rcmarriagc
of the widow, leaving child or children Of
such officer or enlisted man under the age of
sixteen wears, such pension shall be paid such
child or children until the age of sixteen -
idiotic. or otherwise permanently helpless,
the pension shall continue during the life of
said child, or during the period of such dis
ability, and this provso shall apply to all
pensions heretofore granted, or hereafter to
&c granted under this or any former statute,
and such pension shall commence from the
date NJ application therefore after the passage
Of this set ind proraded further, That said
WIDOW shatI have mar ricd said soldier prior
to the passage Of this act:
SEC. 4. That no agent, attorney or other
person engaged IN preparing, presenting or
prosecuting aay claims under the provision
of this act shall, directly or indirectly con-
tract for, demand, receive or retain for such
services IN preparing, preseiit,ns or prosccu'
ting such claims. a sum greater than $40,
which sum shall be payable only upon the
order Of the Commissioner Of Pensions. lv
the pcns,"n agent making payment OF the
pension allowed and any pcr."n who si,ail
violate any Of the provisions of this section,
ar who shall wrangiuilv withhold from Il
,snsi.,ner or claimant the whole or any part
Ut u pension or claim allowed or due suci,
t,cnsioncr or claimant under this a.t. shall
sc deemed guilty. OF a misdemean0r, and
upon conviction thereof shall, tor each aud
every such ofrnsr, hs fined NOT exceeding
500, OF be imprisoned u Lard labor not
exceeding two years, or b0tn, in the aiscro.
ion Of The court.