The National tribune., 1897-05-13

| cate shall be deducted from the amount allowed
| BY such certificate" In the act of June "a
1890 only the following occurs: " Pforided
kouerer, That no person shall receive more thar
one pension for the same perid." So thai
| where pension under the act of 1880 Is con
| cerned, the pensioner is entitled to the larger
| benefit for every month of the pensionable
| period without such deduction as will cause
any loss to him by changing from one law ia
| another.
r. b. L., Sheridan Ore.-Section 4747, Re.
vised Statutes OF United States, provides that
"no sum of money due, or to become due, t.
any pensianer, shall be liable to attachment
levy, or seizure by or under any legal or equit
| able process whatsoever, whether the same re-
mains with the Pension Office. or any officer Of
agent thereof, or is in course of transmission K
| the pensloner entitled thereto but shall inure
wholly to the benefit of such pensioner.'
G. ID. c., Augusta. Ne. and ofhers.-The fol
lowing is contained in the pension appropria
| ton act, approved March 6, 1896: BE il
| enacted, etc, That whenever . claim for pen.
sion under the act of June q. 1890, has been, or
shall hereafter be. rejected, suspended. or dis.
missed. and q new application shall have been,
or shall hereafter be, fled. and q pension has
been. or shall hereafter be, allowed in such
claim, such pension shall date from the time OF
flng the first application, provided the evil
dence in the case shall show pensionable dis
ability to have existed, or to exist at the time
of filing such first application, anything in any
law or ruling of the Department to the con-
trary Notwithstanding
G. ~ K, Whittier. Cal.-The rate under the
general law for total deafness of one ear and
slight of the other is $20 or S25 If the deafness
of 1.-THE other" ear is severe.
JBW.. Bartlett O-The following occurs
in the act of Aug. s. 1882: 'PrOpided, That in
case of an insane invalid pensiouer having no
guardian, but having wife or children de-
pendent upon him (the wife being a woman of
good character), the Commissioner of Pensions
is hereby authorized, ia his discretion, to cause
the pension to be paid to the wife. upon her
properly-executed voucher, or, in case there is
no wife, to the guardian of the children, upon
the properly executed voucher of such guardian,
and in like manner to cause the pension OF in-
valid pensioners vino are or may hereafter be
imprisoned punishment for offenses against
the laws to be paid while so imprisoned to their
wives or the guardians of their children"
A. L. p, Toqus, Me.-The usual course of pro.
cedure in getting rejected invalid claim
under he act of June %, 1880. reopened has
for nearly four years past been by the thing OF
a new declaration. The claimant has been at
liberty, however, to file more evidence instead
of a new declaration, or to take an appeal to
the Secretary of the Interior. But the fling
OF new declaration has been the surest and
most satisfactory method. 1t is thought that
the practice of the Pension bureau in the con-
sideration of pension claims under the act of
1890 will be greatly changed shortly. Tho
completed files" system of tho Pension Bu-
reau was abolished by order of ex- Commissioner
Lochren on May l3. 1893. After all the official
requirements in pension case have been COM
piled with, it is reasonable to assume that
nothing further is needed, bnt oftimes defects
are found in the testimony aud further evil
dence is called for The Supreme Court of
the United States has decided that the war of
the rebellion ended on Aug. 20, 1866. We be-
lieve that all honorably -discharged men who
served so days or more before that date land
after April 10. 1861 entitled to the bene.
fits of the pension act of June %, 1890.