Withholding of Uncollected Pension Money by National Soldiers' Home: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments in the House of Representatives, Consisting of Messrs. Frederick W. Dallinger (Chairman), Edmund F. Cooke, and John J. Cochran in Charge of H.R. 1894 a Bill for the Relief of the Estate of Franklin D. Clark. January 7, 1930, Seventy-first Congress, Second Session

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Page 17 - That on the death of said applicant while a member of such home, leaving no heirs at law nor next of kin, all personal property owned by said applicant at the time of his death, including money or choses in action held by him and not disposed of by will, whether such property be the proceeds of pensions or otherwise derived, shall vest in and become the property of said board of managers for the sole use and benefit of the post fund of said home, Second.
Page 1 - GEORGE H. WOOD, PRESIDENT BOARD OF MANAGERS, NATIONAL HOME FOR DISABLED VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS General WOOD.
Page 17 - Hereafter the application of any person for membership in the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and the admission of the applicant thereunder shall be and constitute a valid and binding contract...
Page 8 - national home.—Hereafter the application of any person for membership in the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and the admission of the applicant thereunder shall be and constitute a valid and binding contract between such applicant and the Board of Managers...
Page 17 - Hereafter any balance of pension money due a member of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at the time of his death shall be paid to his widow, minor children, or dependent mother or father in the order named...
Page 16 - An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eightytwo, and for deficiencies, and for other purposes," approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, is hereby revived and continued in force.
Page 9 - Any pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment, or transfer of any right, claim, or interest in any pension which has been, or may hereafter be, granted, shall be void and of no effect...
Page 17 - Managers, and that all personal property of said applicant shall, upon his death, while a member, at once pass to and vest in said Board of Managers, subject to be reclaimed by any legatee or person entitled to take the same by inheritance at any time within five years after the death of such member.
Page 17 - ... in the order named, and should no widow, minor child, or dependent parent be discovered within one year from the time of the death of the pensioner...

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