Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-07-05
DISABILITY PENSION BILL.

An aCt.
Granting pensions to soldiers and sailors wi q
are incapaClHted for the performance Oi manual
labor and providing for pensions to widows.
minor children and dependent parents.
Be il rnncicd by m, Snuic and Housr NJ P.nrr.
sentatir'S ot NE United States cf An"rica IN Cm
grssS assembled. "
That in considering the pension claims OF
dependant parents, the fact OF the soldiers
death by reason Of any wound, injury. casualty
or disease whirh. under the conditions and
limitations of existing laws. would have entit-
led him 10 an Invalid pension, and the fact
that the soldier left no widow IN inor children
having been shown ns required by law. it shall
be necessary only to show by competent aud
sufficient evidence that such parent or parrnt-
are without other present means OF support than
their manual labor the contributions Of
others not legally bound Tor their support
PrOUtdcd. That all pensions allowed 20 depend
ent parents under this net shall commence
from the date of the filing of the application
hereunder and shall continue no longer than
the existence Of the dependence.
SEC. .. That all persons who served ninety
days or more in the military or naval service
Of the United States during the late war "f the
rebellion, and who have been honornbly dis
charged therefrOm. and who are now or may
hereafter he suffering from mental or physical
disability of permanent character. not the
result ui their own vicious habits. which inca.
pacitatcS them from the performance oi manual
labor in such degree aS to render them unable
10 earn II support, shall. upon making due
proof of the fact according to such rules aud
regulations uS the Secretary of the Interior innN
provide, be- placed upon the list of invalid
To receive pension not exceed ing twelve dol
lars per month and not less tlnm six dollar.
per month, proportion"d to the degree oi
inability TO cnrii supp, r.; and such pensions
shall commence from the date "f the iiling of
the application in the Pension Office, after the
passage oi thi act upon proof thnt the disability
then existed, and shall continue during the
existence OF the siine: PrOrbi,d That persons
who are now receiving pensions under existing
laws OF whose ,lains nre pending in the
missioner ot Pensions, in such iorm n. nc may
prescribe. showing thcmsc Ives entitled thereto.
| receive the benefits Of this act; and nothing
herein contained shull bc construed MS To
prevent any persiOner hereunder from prose
cutting his claim and receiving his pension
under amy other general or special net PrOrid, /
ho,rerr. ihat prIson -hnll rrcciv" more than
| me pen IL for tie same period Il n pru'id''i
| I 'rfhrr, {, Int rank in the service sail not bc
| considered in applications filed under this net
| Sic. 3. That ii amy officer or enlisted muIi
who served ninety days 0r more In the Army
or NJ Wy of The Unite stat = duri = the late war
OF the rebellion and who was hunOrnbly d :
charged has died, or shull hereafter die, leaving
| widow without other means ol support thun
her daily labor, or minor chi .drrn under the
age OF sixteen years, such widows shall upon
| due proof OF her husbands death. without prov
| Ing his death Ia he the result of army service.
be placed ON the peiison'r"l from the date oi
| the application therefor under this net, TT the
rate oi eight doIlnrs per month during hrI
widow hood, and shall also le paid two dollars
per month for euch child of such officer or enlis
| ted man under sixteen years of ugc, and in
| case al death or re'marringe Oi the widow
leaving child or children of such officer oi
| enlisted man under the ngc oi sixteen years
su III pension shnll he paid such child or child
rem until the age Of sixteen IrOrbird, Thai
in cusc minor child is insuDe. idiulic or other
wise permanently helpless. the pension sul
| continue during the liie oi said child. or dur
lug the period of such disability. and this pro
viso shall apply Ia all pensions l.cretoioI,
| granted or hereafter to be grnIted under this o
! any former statute, and such pension siial
commence from the date Of application there
fore after the pas ,nge oi this act Ind pr0rid,t
further. That said widow shall have marie,
said soldier prior to the passage of this act.
SEC. 4. That no agent attorney, or Othc
person engaged In preparing, presenting ~
prosecuting any claim under the provisions %
this act shall directly or indirectly contract for
demand, receive, or retain for snch services II
preparing, presenting, or prosecuting snol
claim sum greater than ten dollars. which sun
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 IL pensioner or claimant tn
whole or any part Of II pension or claim allowe,
or due such pensiOncr or claimant under thi
net shall be deemed gully Of II misdcmcnnoi
and upon conviction thereof shall, for each an'
every such oilense, be fined not exceeding iiv
hundred dollars, or be imprisoned ut hnl'
labor not exceeding two years Or both in III
discretion oi the court.