The Republican., 1890-07-05

soldiers, widows, minors ana par
ents.
AN ACT, S. 800, granting pensions
to soldiers and sailors who are inca
pacitated for the performance of
manual labor, and providing for
pensions to widows, minor chill.
dren and dependent parents.
BE 1t enacted. etc., That in consid-
ering the pension claims of depend
ent parents, the fact of the soldiers
death by reason of any wound, casu-
ality, CT disease which under the
conditions and limitations OF exist
ing laws would have entitled him to
an invalid pension, and the fact that
the soldier left no widow or minor
children having been shown as re-
quired by law, i: shall be necessary
only to show by competent and suffi.
cient evidence that such parent or
parents are without other present
means of support than their own
manual labor or the contributions of
others not legally bound for their
support R'oUided, That all pensions
allowed to dependent parents under
this act shall commence from the
date of the filing of the application
hereunder, and shall continue no lon.
ger than the existence of their de-
pendence.
SEC. 2. That all persons who serv-
ed ninety days or more in the mill
tary or naval service of the United
States during the late war of the re.
belliOn and who have been honor
ably discharged therefrom, and who
are now or who may hereafter be
suffering from mental or physical
disability of permanent character,
not the result of their own vicious
habits, which incapacitates them
from the performance of manual Ia.
Dor in such a degree as to render
them unable to earn q support, shall,
upon making due proof of the fact
according to such rules and regula.
tiOns as the Secretary of the Interior
may provide, be placed upon the list
of invalid pensions of the United
States, and be entitled to receive
pension not exceeding S12 per month
and not less than Sc per month, pro-
portiOned to the degree of inability
to earn support ; and such pension
shall commence from the date of the
filling of the application in the Pen.
sion Office, after the passage or this
act, upon proof that the disability
then existed, and shall continue dur
ing the existence of the same: Pro-
vided. That persons who are now re-
ceiVing pensions under existing laws
or whose claims are pending in the
Pension Office. may. by application
to the Commissioner of Pensions, in
such form as he may prescribe, ShOaC-
the benefits of this act and nothing
herein contained shall bo so cOnstru
cd as to prevent any pensioner there
under from prosecuting his claim and
receiving his pension under any other
general or special act Proujded,
hooOever, That no person shall receive
more than one pension for the same
period. And provided further. That
rank in the service shall not be con-
sidered in applications filed under
this act.
SEC. 8. That if any officer or en-.
listed man who served ninety days
or more in the Army or Navy of the
United States during the late war of
the rebellion, and who was honCrably
discharged. has died, or shall hereaf-
ter die. leaving a widow without
other means of support than her
daily labor, or minor children under
the age of sixteen years, such widow
shall. upon due proof of her hus-
bands death. without proving his
death to be the result OF his army
service, be placed on the pension roll
from the date of the application
therefor under this act, at the rate of
SO per month during her widowhood
and shall also he paid 50 per month
for each child of such officer or en-
listed man under sixteen years of
age, and in the case of the death or
of the widow, leaving
child or children of such officer or en-
listed man under the age of sixteen
years, such pension shall be paid
such child or children until the age
of sixteen. Provided, That in case
a minor child is insane, idiotic or
otherwise permanently helpless, the
pension shall continue during the life
of said child, or during the period of
such disability, and this proviso shall
apply to all pensions heretofore
granted, or hereafter to he granted
under this or any former statute, and
and such pension shall commence
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