The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-02-11
New Pension Bill Provisions.

oOuUtl DdkVVd Has tIduN NSuci l
ans of the Spanish-American and
Philippine wars, who will no
doubt be Interested i'm the bill
introduced by Senator Weeks of
Massachusetts, providing for
pensions for the veterans of
those wars. The provisions of
the bill in full reads as follows:
BE it enacted by the senate
and house of Representatives of
the United States of America in
Congress assembled that from
and after the passage of this
act if any officers orenlisted men
who served ninety days or more
in the army. navy or marine
corps of the United States, either
as IL regular or volunteer, during
the war with Spain or the Phili-
pine lnsurrection or in China,
between April 81, 1898 and July
4, 1902 inclusive service to he
computed from date of enlist
ment to date of discharge and
who has been honorably dis
charged therefrom has died or
shall hereafter die leaving a
widow without means of support
other than her daily labor and an
actual net income not exceeding
$3.50 per year or leaving a minor
child or children under the age
of is years such widow shall up
ON proof of her husbands death
without proving his death to be
the result of his army or navy
service be placed on the pension
roll from the date of filling of
her application therefore under
this act at the rate of $12 per
month during her widowhood,
and shall also be paid 50 per
month for each child of such
officer or enlisted man under is
| years of age and in case of the
death or remarriage of the Wild
ow, or leaving child of such
officer or enlisted man under the
age of l6 years, such pension
shall he paid such child or child
rem until the age of 16: Provid-
ed that i'm cnse a minor or child
is insane idiotic or otherwise per-
manentay helpless the pension
shrll continue during the life of
said child or during the period
of such disability and shall COM
mense from the date of appli
cation therefor after the passage
of this act: Provided further
that said widow shall have mar
ried said officer or enlisted man
previous on the passage of this
act: Provided however that this
act shall not be SO construed as
to reduce any pension under any
act, public or private.
Section 2.-That no agent
attorney or other person engag-
ed in preparing, presenting or
prosecuting any claim under
the provisions of this act, direct
ly or indirectly contract for,
demand. receive or retain for
such service in preparing, pre-
senting or prosecuting such
Claim sum greater than $40
which sum shall be payable only
on order of the commissioners of
pensions; and any person who
shall violate any of these pro-
visions of this section or shall
wrongfully withhold from the
prisoner or claimant the whole
or any part of a pension or claim
allowed or due, such pensioner
or claimant under this act shall
be deemed guilty of a misde-
meaneor and upon conviction
thereof shall for each and every
offense, be fined not exceeding
$500 or be imprisoned at hard
labor not exceeding two years
or both in the discretion of the
court.
4 You are hereby notified that the
next regular examination for
teachers First Grade Certificate will
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