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shall be deemed and held to have ended
ana closed on July first, eighteen hun.
dred and sixty five.

ureu ana sixty nve.
Sec. l3. That the provisions of tb
act entitled "An act to grant pension
to soldiers and sailors who are incapac
tated for the performance ofmanual |,
Dor, and providing for pensions to wild
ows, minor children and dependent pa
rents" approved June twenty sever
eighteen hundred and ninety, are here
by extended to all persons who serve
ninety days or more in themilitar
or naval service Of the United State
during the late war of the rebellion
and who have been honorably dis
charged therefrom, nothwithstandin,
aprior service from which the perso,
on whose service the claim depends wa
not honorably discharged: Provided
That the disabilities for which pension
Is claimed We're not contracted or In
CURED while in the service from which
'he claimant was dishonorably dis
charged, and the service as shown by
the discharge certificate shall be con
elusive as determining enlistment and
discharge: Provided further, That the
death Of a soldier, sailor or marine while
In the service of the United States, and
not Tor or In violation of any law O,
regulation thereof, shall be construed
and held as equivalent to an honorable
discharge in determining title to pen.
sion under said act.
Sec. a. That an application under said
act OF June twenty seven, eighteen hun.
dred and ninety, shall be sufficient as to
allegation of disability II the applicant
alleges therein the existence of dissbil.
ity, not the result of his own vicious
habits, which renders him unable to
earn q support; and every disability
found to exist at the time of filing which
Is recognized rs pension able under the
general pension laws or under said act
OF June twenty seven, eighteen hundred
and ninety, shall be taken into consider
alton In determining the degree of disa-
bility OF such applicant, and to all disa-
bilities pensionable under the general
laws, not to exceed IN the aggregate
twelve dollars per month: Provided,
That no pension shall !be granted under
said act Of June twenty seven, eighteen
hundred and ninety, unless the pension
able disabilities amount in the aggre-
gate to at least six dollars.
Sec. 10. That upon the rejection of a
claim for pension under said act of June
twenty seven, eighteen hundred and
ninety, on the ground of no pensionable
degree Of disability, the applicant shall
not be required to file q new or
supplemental declaration, but on filing
In his case the sworn statement OF
a reputable physician that pensionable
degree of disability does in fact exist.
an order for the applicants examina-
tion, before another board Of surgeons IL
desired, shall issue; and in case the
report OF such board and the evidence
show the existence OF pensionable dis
ability at the time Of filing, the pension,
when allowed, shall commence from the
late OF filing the application rejected as
Aforesaid, or, il otherwise, from the date
to said filing at which the
began to exist, as shown by
the evidence.
Sec. lG. That the term "wlthout other
means of support than her daily labor.r
IN section three Of said act of June
twenty seven, eighteen hundred and
ninety, shall be construed and held, to
all intents and purposes, to be equivalent
70 and mean "without a net income OF
three hundred dollars per annum.n
Sec. II. That in the administration of
the pension laws said act Of June twenty
seven, eighteen hundred and ninety.
shall be construed and held to include
,he classes of persons mentioned and de.
'cribed in paragraphs second, fourth and
nth OF section forty six hundred and
ninety three Of the Revised Statutes of
.he United States: Provided, ALWAYS.
That said persons otherwise bring them.
selves within tho provisions Of said act.