The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-09
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DEPENDENT PENSION BILL.
Full Text Of the Measure az It Pass
cd the Senate Yesterday.

bSTGNOCN F6NSlON oIIIs
Full Text Of the Measure az II Pass
ed the Senate esterday.
WASHINGTON, March 3l.-The
full text of the dependent pension
bill, as it passed the Senate to-day
is as follows:
That in considering the pension
claims of dependent parents under
the provisions of this act thefact of
the death of the soldiers and sailor
and the fact that he left no widow
or minor child, or children, having
been shown as required by law, it
shall be necessary only to show by
competent and sufficient evidence
that such parents without other
means of support than their own la
Dor 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 filling of the application here.
under and shall continue no longer
than the existence of their depend
once.
Sec. 2. That all persons who
served three months or more in the
military or naval service of the
United States during the late War
Of the Rebellion and who have been
honorably discharged therefrum,
and who are now, or who may here
after be, suffering from mental or
physical agony, not the result of
their own vicious habits, which in
capacitates them from the perform
ance OF labor in such q degree as to
render them unable to earn q sup.
port, and who are dependent upon
their daily labor, or on the contri.
buttons Of others not legally bound
thereto, for their support, shall up
on making due proof of the fact &C.
cording to such rules and regula.
lions as the Secretary of the Inter.
i0r may provide, be placed upon
the list Of invalid pensioners of the
United States and be entitled to re-
ceive $l2 per month, and such pen.
sion 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 disa-
bility then existed, and shall con-
tinue during the existence of the
same; provided, that persons who
are now receiving pensions under
existing laws, or whose claims are
now pending in the pension office,
may, by application TO the Commits
siOner of Pensions, in such form as
he may prescribe, showing them
sci es entitled thereto, receive the
benefits of this act; and nothing
herein contained shall be SO con-
strued as to prevent any pensioner
hereunder from prosecuting his
claim and receiving his pension un.
der any other general OF special act
provided, however, that no person
shall receive more than one pension
for the same period; and provided
further, that rank in the service
shall not be considered in applica.
tons filed under this act.
Sec. 8. That If any officer or en-.
listed man who served three
months or more in the army or ma.
w of the United States during the
late war of the rebellion, and who
was hOnOrably discharged, has died
or shall hereafter die, leaving q
widow, minor child or children un.
der Is years of age, or in case there
shall be no widow or minor child OF
children, q dependent mother OF
father, as such dependency is de.
fined under Section / of this act
such widow, minor child or chill.
dren, or mother or father, shall be
upon the pension roll at the rates
established for them by law with,
out regard to the cause of death ol
such officer or enlisted man; prOyi.
ded that the cause of death OF such
officer or enlisted man was not or Il
not due to . violation of private OF
military laws or the result of vi
cious habits, and that said widow
was married to the deceased pen,
siOner prior to the passage of this
act. All pensions granted to wild
0ws under this act shall take effec,
from the date of the death of the
husbands of such widows, but no,
dating back of the passage of this
act.
Sec. 4. That from the date of thu
passage Of this act the increase O
pensions for minor children shall bt
ut the rate Of "a per month, instead
Of ~ per month, as now provided b,
law; and In case a minor child is in
sane, idiotic, or otherwise helples,
the pension shall continue durins
the life of said child, or during thu
period of such disability.
Sec. 5. That no agent. attorne,
or other person engaged In prepar
ing, presenting or prosecuting an,
, claim under the provisions of thi,
act, shall directly or Indirectly, con
tract for, demand, receive or retain
, for such services in preparing, pre-
senting or prosecuting such CLAIM
sum greater than $40, which sun
shall De payable only upon the or
der OF the Commissioner of Pension
by the Pension Agent making tn
payment of the pension Above,
and any person who shall violat
any OF thu provisions of this section
or who shall wrongfully withOl
from a pensiOner or claimant tn
wholeor any part of a pension or
claim allowed or due such pension
D er or claimant under this act shall