The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-05-30
THE NEW PENSION BnI,

The Journal has published a summary
OF the new pension act recently passed
by Congress and signed by the President
but many will be glad to have the fu,l
text, for copy of which we are indebted
70 Senator Gardner.
An Act Granting pensions to cs-,.;,
listed men. soldiers. and officers who served IL
the Civil War and the War with Mexico. "
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and Hon.o
Of Representatives of the United STATES
of America in Congress assembled
That any person who served ninety DAYS
or more in the military or naval service
of the United States during the iats
Civil War, who has been honorable dis
charged therefrom, and who has reached
the age of siXty-two years or over. shall
upon making proof Of such facts ar,
cordlng to such rules and regulations as
the Secretary of the Interior NAV nro-
vide. be placed upon the pension roll and
be entitled to receive a pension as fol-
lows: In case such person has reached
the age of sjXty-two years and served
ninety days, thirteen dollars per month:
SIX months. thirteen dollars and fifty
cents per month; one year, fourteen dol
lars per month; one and a half wears
fourteen dollars and fifty cents per
month; two years, fifteen dollars Der
month; two and a half years. fifteen
dollars and fifty cents per month; three
years or over, sixteen dollars per month.
In case such person has reached the age
of siXtyslx years and served ninety
days, fifteen dollars per month: six
months. fifteen dollars and fifty cents
per month; one year, sixteen dollars
per month; one and half years.
sixteen dollars and fifty cents per
month: two years, seventeen dollars
per month; two and a half years,
eighteen dollars per month; three wears
or over, nineteen dollars per month. In
case such person has reached the age of
seventy years and served ninety days,
eighteen dollars per month; six months,
nineteen dollars per month; one year,
twenty dollars per month; one and half
years, twenty-one dollars and fifty cents
per month; two years, twenty >three dol
lars per month; two and half years,
twenty-four dollars per month; three
years or over, twenty-five dollars per
month. In case such person has reached
the age of seventy-tive years and served
ninety days, twenty-one dollars per
month; six months, twenty-five dollars
and fifty cents per month; one year,
twenty-four dollars per month"; one and
a half years, twenty-seven dollars per
month; two years or over thirty dollars
per month. That any person who served
in the military or naval service of the
United States during the Civil War and
received an honorable discharge, and
who was wounded in battle or in line of
I,1fy and l,I
by reason thereof, or who from disease
or other causes incurred in line of duty
resulting in his disability is now unable
the maximum pension under this Act, to
wit, thirty dollars per month, without
regard to length of service or age.
That any person who has served sixty
days or more in the military or naval SER
vice of the United States in the War
with Mexico and has been honorably dis
charged therefrom, shall, upon making
like proof of such service, be entitled t .
receive pension of thirty dollars pei
All of the aforesaid pensions shall
commence from the date of filing of the
applications in the Bureau of Pensions
after the passage and approval of this
Act: Provided, That pensioners who
are siXtytwo years of age or over, and
who are now receiving pensions under
existing laws, or whose claims are pend
ing in the Bureau of Pensions, may, by
application to the Commissioner of Pen
sions, in such form as he may prescribe,
receive the benefits of this Act; and
nothing herein contained shall prevent
any pensioner or person entitled to
pension from prosecuting his claim and
receiving a pension under any other gen
eral or special Act: Provided, That no
person shall receive pension under any
other law at the same time or for the
same period that he is receiving pen
sion under the provisions of this Act:
Provided further, That no person who is
now receiving or shall hereafter receive
a greater pension, under any other gen
eral or special law, than he would be en-
titled to receive under the provisions
herein shall be pensionable under this
Act.
SEC. ,. That rank in the service shall
not be considered in applications filed
hereunder.
SEC. 3. That no pension attorney,
claim agent, or other person shall be en-
titled TO receive any compensation for
services rendered in presenting any
claim to the Bureau of Pensions, or Sc
curing any pension, under this Act, ex-
cept in applications for original pension
by persons who have not heretofore re-
ceived pension.
SEC A. That the benefits of this Act
shall include any person who served
during the late Civil War, or in the War
with Mexico, and who is now or may
hereafter become entitled to pension
under the Acts of June twenty seventh,
eighteen hundred and ninety, February
fifteen, eighteen hundred and ninety five,
and the joint resolutions of July first,
nineteen hundred and two, and June
twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and six,
or the Acts of January twenty-ninth,
eighteen hundred and eighty seven,
March third, eighteen hundred and nine
ty-one, and February seventeenth, eight
cen hundred and ninety-seven.
Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of
the Commissioner Of Pensions, as each
application for pension under this Act
is adjudicated, to cause to be kept rec
ord showing the name and length of SER
vice of each claimant, the monthly rate
of payment granted to or received by
him, and the county and State of his
residence; and shall at the end of the
fiscal year nineteen hundred and four
teen tabulate the record so obtained by
States and counties, and shall furnish
certified copies thereof upon demand and
the payment of such fee therefor as is
provided by law for certified copies of