The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-06-11
PENSION BILL TEXT
REACHES HONOLULU
Act Approved Less Than Month
Ago Makes Many Changes
10 Existing Laws.

Mhf - hAH tfNNhth AtNhoAhiut oViuNttH
and cx soldiers will he interested in the
provisions Of the new pension laws.
The full text reads as follows;
"That any person who served ninety
days or more in the military or naval
service Of the United States during the
late Civil War, who has been honorably
discharged therefrom, and who has
reached the age of sixty.two years or
over, shall, upon making proof of such
facts, according TO such rules and regu.
lations as the secretary of the interior
may provide be placed upon the pen.
sion roll and be entitled to receive
pension as follows: In case such per.
son has reached the age of sixty.two
years and served ninety days thirteen
dollars per month; six months, thirteen
dollars and fifty cents per month; one
and half years, fourteen dollars and
fifty cents per month; two years, fif-
teen dollars per month; two and 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 sixtysix 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 half years, eighteen dollars per
month; three years or over, nineteen
dollars per month. In case such person
has reached the age of seventy years
and served ninety days, eighteen dol
lars 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 dollars
per month; two and half years, TWEEN
ty-four dollars per month; three years
or over, twenty-five dollars per month.
In case such person has reached the
age of seventy-fve 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 pei
month; two years or over, thirty dol
lars per month.
i "That any person who served in the
military or naval service of the United
States during the Civil War and receiv
ed an honorable discharge, and who
was wounded in battle or in line Of
duty and is now unfit for manual labo
, by reason thereof, or who from diseas
or other cause incurred in line Of dut,
resulting in his disability is now un
! allie to perform manual labor, shall b,
paid the maximum pension under thi
act, to wit, thirty dollars per month
without regard to length of service %
age.
"That any person who has SERVED
sixty days or more in the military o
naval service of the United States il
the war with Mexico and has beer
honorably discharged therefrom, shall
upon making like proof of such service
be entitled to receive pension of thir
ty dollars per month.
:" All of the aforesaid pensions shal
! commence from the date of filing of tn
applications in the bureau of pension
, after the passage and approval of thi
, act
Provided that pensioners who ar
q siXty-two years of age or over, and VIII
| are now receiving pensions under exist
ing laws, or whose claims are pendin
\ in the bureau of pensions, may, by az
\ plication to the commissioner of per
/ sions, in such form as he may pr,
@ scribe, receive the benefits of this ac
Q and nothing herein contained shall pre-
vent any pensioner or person entitle
TO a pension from prosecuting his clair
and receiving pension under any othc
general or special act:
provided, that no person shall n
ceive a pension under any other law o
s the same time or for the same perio
}. that he is receiving a pension undo
any other law at the same time or fC
. the same period that he is receivin
pension under the provisions of thi
!, act:
d Crowded further, that no perso
. who is now receiving or shall hereafto
receive greater pension, under an
other general or special law, than h
Y would be entitled to receive under tn
provisions herein shall be pensionabl
g under this act.
"Section 2. That rank in the servic
:, shall not be considered in application
! filed hereunder:
Section 3. That no pension alto
ney, claim agent, or other person sha
:, be entitled to receive any compenss
!, ton for services rendered in presentin
,, any claim of the bureau of pensions, O
! securing any pension, under this act
! except in applications for original per
sion by persons who have not hereto
fore received pension.
1 "Section 4. That the benefits of thi
/ act shall include any person who serve
4 during the late Civil War, or in tn
' war with Mexico, and who is now o
may hereafter become entitled to per
{ sion under the acts of June twenty
!. seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety
5 February fifteenth, eighteen hundre
4 and ninety.fve, and the joint resolu
tions of July first, nineteen hundred an
two, and June twenty eighth, ninetee
hundred and six, or the acts of Jar
uary twenty-ninth, eighteen hundre