Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-23

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ent parents under this act shall COM
mence from the date of the filing of
the application hereunder and shall
continue no longer than the existence
of the dependence.
Sec. g. 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 been honorably dis
charged therefrom, and who are now
or who may hereafter be suffering
from a mental or physical disability
of a permanent character, not the re-
suit of their own vicious habits, which
incapacitates them from the perform
ance of manual labor in such de-
gree as to render them unable to earn
a support, shall, upon making due
proof of the fact according to such
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 SO
per month and not less than Sc 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 disabili-
ty then existed. and shall continue
during the existence Of the same: Pro-
vided, That persons who are how're
celvlng pensions under existing laws,
or whose claims are pending in the
pension office, may, by application to
the commissioner of pensions, III such
form as he may prescribe, showing
themselves entitled thereto, receive
the benefits of this act; and nothing
herein contained shall beso construed
as to prevent any pensioner thereun-
der from prosecuting his claim and
receiving his pension under any gener-
al or 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
applications fled under this act.
Sec. B. That if any officer or en-
listed man who has served ninety
days or more in the army or navy of
the United States during the late war
of the rebellion, and who was honor
ably discharged, has died, or who
shall hereafter die, leaving a widow
without other means of support than
her daily labor, or minor children I'M
der the age of 16 years, such widow
shall, upon due proof of her hus-
bands death. without proving his
death to be the result of his army SER
vice, be placed on the pension roll
from the date of application therefor
under this act, at the rate of IS per
month during her widowhood, and
shall also be paid 50 per month dur
ing her widowhood for each child Of
such officer or enlisted man under 16
years of age, and in the case of the
death or re-marriage of the widow,
leaving a child or children of such of
fcer or enlisted man under the age of
16 years, such pension shall be paid
such child or children until the age of
Is: Provided, That in case minor
child is insane, idiotic, or otherwise
permanently helpless. the pension
shall continue during lie of said child,
or during the period of such disablll-
ty, and this proviso shall apply to all
pensions heretofore granted or here
after to be granted under this Or any
former statute, and such pensions
shall commence from the date of APP
plication therefor after the passage of
this act. And provided, further, chat
said widow shall have married such
soldier prior to the passage of this
act.
Sec. 4. That no agent, attorney or
other person engaged in preparing,
presenting or prosecuting any claim
under the provisions of this act, shall,
directly or Indirectly, contract for,
demand, receive or retain for such
services in preparing, presenting or
prosecuting such claim sum greater
than $40, which sum shall be payable
only upon the order of the commits
sioner of pensions by the pension
agent making payment of the pension
allowed, and any person who shall
violate any of the provisions of this
section, or who shall wrongfully with
hold from pensioner or claimant the
whole or any part of a pension or
claim allowed or due such pensioner
or claimant under this act shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall, FOR
each and every offense, be fined not
exceeding $500, or be imprisoned at
hard labor not exceeding two years,
or both, in the discretion of the court.
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