The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24
THE OEpeNDsNt PENSION BILL.
7.sxt as Agreed Upon in Conference
and Signed blythe President.

and Signed bYfhe President.
Che dependent pension bill, which
became a law by he President afixing
BIS signature 70 it only a few days ago
reads as follows, as Il was finally passed;
An act granting penl nas to soldiers and
sailors who are ihcapacitated for the
performance Of manual labor and pro
viding for pensiC6s 10 widows, minor
children, and dependent PARENTS
BE Il enacted by the Senate and House
OF Representatives oRtbe United States Of
America In Congress- l5emhled:
Section 1. That in considering the pen
zion claims Of dependent parents, the fact
of the soldiers death BY reason Of any
wound, injury, casuaity, or disease, which
under the conditions and limitations Of eX-
isting laws would have entitled him to an
invalid pension, and the fact that the sol
dier left widow or minor children having
been shown as required by law, it shall
be necessary only 70 show by competent
and sufficient evidence that such parent
or parents are without other means Of
support than their own manual labor or
the contributions -U8-others not legally
bound for their support, Provided, that
all pensions allowed to dependent parents
under this act shall commence from the
under and shall continue no longer than
the existence Of the dependence.
Sec. 3. THAT all persons who served
ninety days or more in the military or
naval service Of the United States during
the late war of the rebellion, and who
have beeen honornhy discharged there
from, and who are now or may hereafter
be suffering from mental or physical
disability OF permanent character, not
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which incapacitateS them from the per-
formance Of manual labor in such a de-
gree as to render them unable to earn a
support, shall. upon making due proof Of
the fact according to such rules and regu-
lations as the Secretary Of the Interior
may provide, be placed upon the list Of
invalid pensioners Of the United States,
and be entitled 10 receive a pension not
exceeding Sl2 per mouth and not less than
s. per month, prOportiOned to the degree
of inability 70 earn support; and such
pension shall commence from the date OF
| filing of the application in the pension
Office, after the passage of this act, upon
| proof that The disa bility then existed, and
shall continue during the existence Of the
same, provided that persons who are now
| receiving pensions under existing laws,
| or whose claims are pending Ia the pen.
sion oftios, may, by application to the com
/ missioner Of pensions, IN such form as he
may prescribe, showing themselves en-
titled thereto, receive the benefits Of this
act, and nothing herein contained shall be
50 construed as to prevent any ponstonel
hereunder from prosecuting his claim
and receiving his naPsion under any Other
general or special 1t provided, however
that no person shall receive more than one
pension for the SAND period, and provided
| further that rank il ~ service shall mo-
be considered In applications filed undel
this act.
Sec. 3. That If any officer or enlisted
man who severed nNety days or more il
the army or navy N the United States
during the late war the rebellion, and
sbo a6; 5Tqf bbanose h,.,s.,G h.' a. d
without other mean1 Of support than he
daily labor, or minor children under tn,
age Of 16 years, such widow shall, upol
due proof Of her husbands death, withOu
proving his death to be the result of hi
army service, be placed on the pension
roll, from the date of the application there
for under this act, at the rate of s. pc
month, during her widowhood. and shal
also be paid s. per month for each chilu o
such officer or enlisted man under Is year
of age, and In case Of death or remarriag
of the widow, leaving a child or children
of such officer or enlisted man under tn
age Of 10 years, such pension shall be pait
such child or children under the age Of 10
provided, that in case a minor child is in
sane, idiotic, or otherwise permanently
helpless the pension shall continue durin
the Life of said child or during the periol
of such disability, and this provisO shal
apply to all pensions heretofore granite
or hereafter TO be granted under this o
any former statute, and such pension
shall commence from the date Of applica
tion therefor after The passage of this act
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shall have married said soldier prior 4
the passage OF this act
Sec T. That no agent, attorney or othe
person engaged in preparing, presentin
or prosecuting any claim under the pro
visions of this act shall, directly or ind
rectly, contract for, demand, receive or n
tain for such services in preparing, pr'
senting or prosecuting such claim a SUI
greater than $40, which sum shall be pal
able only upon the order of the commi
siOner Of pensions BY the pension ageI
making payment Of the pension allowed
and any person who shall violate any
the provisions of this section, or who sha
wrongfully withhold from a pensiOner q
claimant the whole or any part of per
sion or claim allowed or dne snch pension
. er or claimant under this act shall I
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upo
conviction thereof shall for each ana ever
such offense be fined not exceeding $50
or be imprisoned at hard labor not excee
ing two years, or both, in the discretion
the court.
The provisions Of we dependant pensiC
Law make it easy for claimants TO cor
blete their cases and receive pension
without the employment Of agents. Clail
ants can apply for blanks and instruction
direct to the pension commissioner
Washington, stating whether it is desir,
: TO apply for an original pension or fncrea
Of pension; also whether IL is for a depe
dent parents pension or the pension Of
a child Of a soldier sailor or marine, al
the proper blank wig be mailed prompt
Everything sent out by the commission
Of pensions goes under frank, free, al
d it is not necessary 70 enclose a posta
e stamp. The blanks tfhich are now in u
= state that the declaEation or applicati
for pension is to " executed before
/ court of record, or some offlcer there
n having custody Of the seal. The new ID
a makes it much easier for applicants
. prepare their papers, as the statemer
' named in the blanks, can be sworn 70 /
1 fore anyone authohized to adminisi
r oaths and having a SEAL This includ
. all notaries public, and IN most States il
, tices Of the peace Or other oficers Of I
q same rank This places an onicer in eve
I community. Any applicant Of ordina
! intelligence can fll out the blank
Overcome with Joy.
A poor washerwoman named MI
Mrs. Matte Wood, living at Fayettevil
Arkansas, made an application some I'll
/, sgo to pension ase9t for back pensi