The National tribune., 1904-04-28
oArHs BEFORE NOTARY OR COMMISSIONER
Section 177S, Revised Statutes. proyides ::

oATHs BEFORE NOTARY OR COMMISSIONER.
| Section 177S, Revised Statutes, provides
| I'm all cases. in which, under the laws
of the United States, oaths or acknowledg-
ments may now be taken or made before
any Justice of the peace of any State or
Territory, or in the District of Columbia,
| they may hereafter be also taken or made
before or by any notary public duly APP
pointed in any State, District, or Terri
tory, or any of the Commissioners of the
Circuit Courts, and when certified under
| the hand and official seal of such notary
or Commissioner shall have the same force
and effect as if taken or made by or be-
fore such justice OF the peace"
| OATHs ADMINISTERED FREE
The act of June Z, 1888, provides:
:" T~'.~l States officers now au-
|! thorized to administer oatns are hereby
| required and directed to administed any
and all oaths required to be made bv pen
sioners and their witnesses in the execu-
ton of their vouchers for their pensions
| free of charge"
RECOGNITION AND REGULATION.
The act of July 4, 1884, provides:
"Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the In
terror may prescribe rules and regulations
governing the recognition of agents, attor-
neyS, or other persons representing claim
ants before his Department, and many
| require of such persons, agents, or attor-
| neys, before being recognized as represen-
tatives of claimants, that they shall shoU
that they arc of good moral character and
in good rcputc, possessed of the necessary
qualifications to enable them to render
such claimants udlu0blc scrricc, and other
| tcisc competent to adrise and assist such
claimants in the presentation of their
claims, and such Secretary may, after no
tice and opportunity for a hearing, suspend
or exclude from further practice before his
Department any such person, agent, or
attorney shown to be incompetent, disrep
utable, or who refuses to comply with the
said rules and regulations, or who shall,
with intent to defraud, in any manner
deceive, misead or threaten any claim
ant, or prospective claimant, by word,
circular, letter, or by advertisement.
OATH Of ALLEGIANCE.
Section 347S, Revised Statutes, provides !:
ANY person prosecuting claims, either
as attorney or on his own account, before
any of the Departments or Bureaus of the
United States, shall be required to take the
oath of allegiance and to support the Con
stitution of the United States, as required
Of persons in the civil service"
wOATH.
~, --. do solemnly swear (or af
FIRM that l will support and defend the
Constitution of the United States against
all enemies, foreign and domestic; that /
will bear true faith and allegiance to the
same: that l take this obligation freely,
without any mental reservation or purpose
or evasion and that will we'll and faith
fully discharge the duties of the Office on
which l am about to enter. So help me
God.1'
Section 3479, Revised Statutes provides:
1.-THE oath provided for in the preceding
section may be taken before any justice
of the peace, notary public, or other per-
son who is legally authorized to administer
an oath in the State or district where the
same may be administered"
FEE LAW OF JUNE 20, 1878, REPEALED.
The act of July 4, 1884, provides SUBJ
stantially as follows:
"That an act entitled AN act relating
to claim agents and attorneys in pension
cases. approved June 20, 1873, is hereby
| repealed: Provided, however, That no fee
contracts filed with the Commissioner of
Pensions in any case within the period
commencing June 20, 1873, and ending
July 4, 1884. shall be recognized as valid,
but all lawful contracts filed prior to June
20, 1873, or subsequent to July 4, 1884,
matter provided; and the lawful fee in
cases settled prior to July 4, 1884, in which
no fee contract was filed prior to June
20, 1873, shall be $40 and no more.
FEE AGREEMENTS AND AMOUNT OF FEE.
As amended by the act of July 4, 1884,
section 47SG, Revised Statutes, is as fol-
lows:
"The agent or attorney Of record in the
mr. Of ho to hn
filed with the Commissioner of Pensions
duplicate articles of agreement without adj
ditional cost to the claimant, setting forth
the fee agreed upon by the parties, which
agreement shall be executed in the pres
ence of and certified by some officer COM
petent to administer oaths. In all cases
where application is made for pension or
bounty land, and no agreement is filed with
the Commissioner as herein provided, the
fee shall be $40 and no more. And such
articles of agreement as may hereafter
subsequent to July 4, 1894 be filed with
the Commissioner of Pensions are not au-
thorized, nor will they be recognized, ex-
cept in claims for original pensions,
claims for increase of pension on account
of a new disability, i'll claims for restOra-
ton where a pensioners name has been
or may hereafter be dropped from the pen
sion rolls On testimony taken by a spe-
cial examiner, showing that the disability
or cause of death, on account of which the
pension was allowed. did not originate in
the line of duty, and in cases of dependent
relatives whose names have been or may
hereafter be dropped from the rolls on like
testimony, upon the ground of nondepen-
dence, and in such other cases of difficulty
and trouble as the Commissioner of Pen
sions may see fit to recognize them: Pro-
vided, That no greater fee than $40 shall be
demanded. received, or allowed in any claim
for pension or bounty land granted by spe
cial act OF Congress. nor in any claim for