The National tribune., 1904-04-21
INDIANS, FOREIGNERS. AND PERSONS IN
SANE OR IMPRISONED.

SANE OR IMPRISONED.
Section 4166. Revised Statutes. a>
amended by the act of August $. 1882.
provides:
thereafter no pension shall lie paid 10
any person other than the penSioner ell
titled thereto. nor otherwise than accord
ing to the provisions of this Title: and no
warrant. power of attorney. or other paper
executed or purporting to he executed 10y
any pensioner to any attorney. claim agent.
broker. or other person shall lie recognized
by any agent for the payment of pensions.
nor shall any person he paid thereon: hut
the payment to persons laboring under
legal diSa hiliticS may he made To the guar
dams of such persons in the manner herein
prescribed; and pensions payable 10 per
sons IN foreign countries may he made ac-
cOr,ling to the provisions of eXiStin. laws:
Provided. That in Il ease of an insane in
valid pensioner having no guardian. but
having a wife or children dependent upon
him tthe wife being woman of good
character, the Commissioner of Pensions
Is hereby authorized. i'll his discretion. Ia
cause the pension to he paid to the Wife
upon her properly executed voucher. or III
ease there is no wife. to the guardian of
the children. upon the pr0nerly executed
voucher of such guardian. and in like
manner to cause the pension of invalid
pensioners. who are or may hereafter ne
imprisoned as punishment for offensc>
against the laws. to be paid. while 81 inn
priSOned tn their wives or the guardians
of their children.
And pensions 10 Indian pensioners re-
siding in the Indian Territory may he
paid in person by the pension agent, upon
q suitable voucher at some convenient
point in said Territory. which. together
with the form and manner of Identification
of the pensioners. may he prescribed by
the Secretary of the Interior: such pay
mentS to he made in standard silver at
least once in each current year. And pay
ments i'm person shall be made to the pen
sioner in cash by the pension agent when
ever in the discretion of the Commissioners
of Pensions such personal payment shall
he by him deemed necessary or proper 10
SECURE to the pensioner his rights
INMATES OF NATIONAL HOME FOR DIS
ABLED OLUNTEER SOLDIERS.
The act of February 26. 1881. as
amended by the act of August {, 1SS2
provides substantially as follows:
All pensions and arrears of pension pay
able or to be paid To pensioners who are
or may become inmates of the National
Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.
shall be paid to the treasurer or treasnrerS
of said Home, upon security given TO the
satisfaction of the managers, to be dis
bursed for the benefit of the pensioners
without deduction for fines or penalties
under regulations to be established by the
managers of the Home; said payment to
be made by the pension agent upon GER
tificate of the proper officer of the Home
that the pensOner is an inmate thereof
and is still living. Any balance Of the pen
sion which may remain at the date OF the
pensioners discharge shall be paid over
to him: and in case of his death at the
Home. the same shall be paid to the widow
or children, or in default of either, to his
legal representatives.
MATES OF THE GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL FOR
THE INSANE.
The act of August Z, 1882, provides
substantially as follows:
If any inmate of the Government Hos
pital for the Insane who has been admit
ted according TO law from the National
Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers is
or thereafter becomes q pensiOner, and
has neither wife, minor child, nor parent
dependent on him, in whole or in part. for
support, his arrears of pension and his
pension money accruing during the period
he shall remain in said hospital shall be
applied TO his support in said hospital and
be paid over to the proper officer Of said
institution for the general uses thereof.
NAVY PENsIONER ADMITTED TO NAVY
HOSPITAL.
As amended by act of March 3. 1899,
section 1913. Revised Statutes. provides as
follows: And whenever any officer, sea-
man, or ma rine entitled TO a pension is ad-
mitted to the Naval Home Mt Philadelphia,
or to a naval hospital, his pension. while he
remains there. shall be deducted from his
accounts and paid to the Secretary Of the
Navy for the benefit of the fund from
which such home or hospital, respectively,
is maintained
INMATES OF THE SOLDIERS HOME AT
WASHINGTON, d. c.
The act of March 3. 1883. provides:
That any inmate of the Home who is
receiving a pension from the Government,
and who has "A child. wife. or parent living,
shall be entitled. by filing with the pension
agent from whom he receives his money q
written direction to that effect. to have his
pension. or any part of it. paid TO such
child. wife, or parent. The pensions of
all who are or shall hereafter become in
mates Of the Home. except such as shall
be assigned as aforesaid, shall he paid to
the treasurer OF the Home. The money
thus derived shall not become part of
the funds of the Home, but shall be held
by the treasurer i'm trust for the pensioner
to whom it would otherwise have been
paid, and such part Of it as shall not
sooner have been paid to him shall be
paid to him his discharge from the in
stitution. The Board of Commissioners
may from time to time pay over to any in
mate such part of his pension money as
they think best for his interest and CON
sistent with the discipline and good order
of the Home. but such pensioner shall not
be entitled to demand or have the same
so long as he remains an inmate of the
Home. In case of the death of any pen
sioner, any pension money due him and
remaining i'm the hands OF the treasurer
shall be paid to his legal heirs. IL demand
is made within three years otherwise the
same shall cscheat 10 the Home"
DIVISION OF PENSION.
An act of March 3. 1899. provides:
That section 1866. Title -. of the Re.
viseti Statutes Of the United States. be
and the same is hereby. amended by adj
ding thereto the following additional pro
visions and proyisos To wit: Provided, fur
Their. That i'll ease resident penSioner al
the United States shall for ii period oil
over six months desert his lawful wife, sh
being IL woman Of good moral character
and in necessitous circumstances, or il
lie have no lawful wife. shall desert hi.
legitimate minor child or children under