Laws of the United States Governing the Granting of Bounty-land Warrants Together with the Regulations Relating Thereto |
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28 Sept Act July adjudication administer oaths affidavit agent or attorney allowed amended appeal appellee approved articles of agreement attorney of record authorized to administer bounty-land claim bureau action Bureau of Pensions certificate or warrant claim for pension claimant Commissioner of Pensions copy counterfeited death deceased declaration Department disbarment discharge dollars eighteen hundred enlisted entitled to receive evidence executed February 11 filed forged granted heirs hereafter hereby hundred and sixty increase of pension Interior Joint resolution June Land Office land warrant lost warrant ment Mexico military bounty-land warrant non-commissioned officers oaths in pension officer or soldier paid paper parties patent payment pension or bounty person power of attorney prior proof of service prosecute claims rant recognized regiment regulations repealed Revised Statutes RULE Secretary sion sixty acres thereof thereto tion Treasury scrip United war with Mexico warrant issued widow witnesses
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Page 17 - I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Page 20 - ... show that they are of good character and in good repute, possessed of the necessary qualifications to enable them to render such claimants valuable service, and otherwise competent to advise and assist such claimants in the presentation of their cases.
Page 16 - Whoever, being elected or appointed a Senator, Member of or Delegate to Congress, or a Resident Commissioner, shall, after his election or appointment and either before or after he has qualified, and during his continuance in office, or being the head of a department, or other officer or clerk in the employ of the United States...
Page 16 - ... in relation to any proceeding, contract, claim, controversy, charge, accusation, arrest, or other matter or thing in which the United States is a party or directly or indirectly interested, before any department, court-martial, bureau, officer or any civil, military, or naval commission whatever...
Page 19 - ... or who shall wrongfully withhold from a pensioner or claimant the whole or any part of the pension or claim allowed and due such pensioner *or claimant...
Page 17 - It shall not be lawful for any person appointed after the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventytwo, as an officer, clerk, or employee in any of the Departments, to act as counsel, attorney, or agent for prosecuting any claim against the United States, which was pending in either of said Departments, while he was such officer, clerk, . or employee...
Page 20 - Secretary may, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, suspend or exclude from further practice before his Department any such person, agent, or attorney shown to be incompetent, disreputable, or who refuses to comply with the said rules and regulations, or who shall with intent to defraud in any manner deceive, mislead, or threaten any claimant or prospective claimant by word, circular, letter, or by advertisement.
Page 4 - ... on proof of the identity of such officer or soldier, or, in case of his death, of the marriage and identity of his widow, or, in case of her death, of the identity of his minor child or children: Provided, nevertheless, That if upon a review of such evidence the Commissioner of Pensions shall not be satisfied that the former certificate or warrant was properly granted, he may require additional evidence as well of the term as of the fact of service.
Page 15 - Whoever falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any deed, power of attorney, order, certificate, receipt, contract, or other writing, for the purpose of obtaining or receiving, or of enabling any other person, either directly or indirectly, to obtain or receive from the United States or any officers or agents thereof, any sum of money...
Page 16 - States, shall, directly or indirectly, receive, or agree to receive, any compensation whatever for any services rendered or to be rendered to any person, either by himself or another, In relation to any proceeding, contract, claim, controversy, charge, accusation, [P.