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8933. Who may have pensions. 8934. Classes enumerated.

(1) Officers of Army and Navy, and enlisted men, etc.

(2) Masters, etc., serving on gunboat, etc.

(3) Volunteers, not enlisted, etc. (4) Acting assistant surgeon, etc. (5) Provost-marshal, etc. 8935. Pensions not to be allowed or

paid to officers or men in Revenue-Cutter Service. 8936. Proviso in laws removing disabil

ities from defective military or naval records, not to prevent granting of pensions on application after approval of this resolution.

8937. Invalid pensions to disabled soldiers and sailors.

8938. Fees of attorneys for prosecuting claims; withholding pension; penalty.

8939. Invalid pensions to disabled sol

diers and sailors and their widows and minor children; who may have pensions.

8940. Honorable discharge from last contract of service during the war of the rebellion; effect on right to pension.

8941. Pension on application after rejection, etc., of claim, to date from first application. 8942. Pension for wounds received or diseases contracted only in line of duty, etc. 8943. Applicants for pensions presumed to have had no disability at time of enlistment.

8944. Rates of pension for total disa

bility.

8945. Pensions to lieutenant-commanders.

8946. Pension according to rank. 8947. Pensions for permanent specific

disability prior to June 4, 1872. 8948. Pensions for permanent specific disabilities after June 4, 1872. 8949. Age of 62 years and over to be considered a permanent specific disability.

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8950. Pensions for total disability. 8951. Increase of pensions for permanent disability.

8952. Increase of pensions for total helplessness.

8953. Pensions for disability requiring frequent and periodical attend

ance.

8954. Pensions for loss of one hand and one foot.

8955. Pensions for loss of both hands, or both feet, or both eyes. 8956. Pensions for loss of both hands, or both feet, or both eyes. 8957. Increase of pensions for loss of both hands.

8958. Pensions for loss of both eyes or total blindness.

8959. Pensions for loss of hand, foot, arm, or leg, etc.

8960. Increase of pensions for loss of hand, foot, arm, or leg, etc. 8961. Increase of pensions for loss of hand, foot, arm, or leg, etc., or both feet.

8962. Pensions for partial deafness. 8963. Pensions for deafness. 8964. Pensions to persons having served in civil war or war with Mexico, reaching age of 62 years; rates of pensions; persons receiving or claiming pensions under other laws. 8965. Rank in service not considered. 8966. Compensation for prosecuting

claims for pensions prohibited. 8967. Service pensions extended to persons entitled to pensions under certain other acts.

8968. Service pensions and ratings; pensions for permanent disability.

8969. Rank in service not considered. 8970. Compensation for prosecuting claims for pensions prohibited, except for original pensions.

8971. Pensioners included. 8972. Pension record; increase of pension with advancing age; investigation of age.

8973. Increase of pensions.

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8974. Pensions for disability not otherwise provided for.

8975. Absentees.

8976. Period of service, how construed. 8977. Pensions to widows or to children

under sixteen years, etc. 8978. Presumption of death of enlisted man or officer after seven years' unexplained absence. 8979. Increased pension to widows, etc. 8980. Additional increase of pensions to

widows, minor children, and dependent relatives. 8981. Claim agents not to receive compensation.

8982. Pensions to dependent widows and minor children.

8983. Additional increase of pensions to widows, minor children, etc. 8984. Pensions to widows and minor

children, etc., of soldiers and sailors who served in civil war, without proof that death was result of such service; pensionable status of husbands, if liv ing, under previous provisions. 8985. Claim agents and attorneys not recognized as to certain claims and their fees for services as to other claims limited; violation of provisions, etc., punishable; penalty.

8986. Additional pension by special act on account of helpless child not to affect rate of pension to wid

Ow.

8987. What children deemed legitimate. 8988. Widows of colored and Indian soldiers, etc.

8989. Proof of marriage; notorious adulterous cohabitation of widow to terminate pension. 8990. Abandonment, etc., by widow. 8991. Succession of dependent relatives. 8992. Claims of dependent pårents; evi

dence; commencement and continuance of pensions. 8993. Remarriage of widow, etc., entitled to pension; restoration of pension on renewed widowhood. 8994. Widows entitled to pensions who failed to draw pension by reason of their remarriage. 8995. Claim agents not to receive compensation.

8996. Commencement of pensions. 8997. When pension deemed to have accrued.

8998. Widows' pensions to date from death of husband. 8999. Arrears of pension.

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9000. Provisions of pension laws extended, etc.

9001. Commencement of pensions for prior wars.

9002. Commencement of pensions for war of rebellion under general laws.

9003. Regulations for the payment of

arrears.

9004. Rate of arrears.

9005. Disposition of balance of appropriation for arrears.

9006. Declarations of claimants; before whom made; certificate of official character.

9007. Declarations in foreign countries; declarations of Indians. 9008. Curing defective declarations, etc. 9009. Affidavits and declarations in pen

sion or bounty cases, claims for back pay or arrears or increase of pension, or quarterly vouch

ers.

9010. Certification of official character and signature of officer taking declaration, affidavit, etc. 9011. Only one pension at a time. 9012. Loyalty. 9013. Law prohibiting pensions to persons aiding rebellion not applicable to persons afterward enlisting.

9014. Law prohibiting pensions to persons aiding rebellion not applicable to claims of dependent parents of soldiers, etc., in war with Spain.

9015. Accrued pensions. 9016. Accrued pensions; reimbursement of expenses incurred by State, etc., for last sickness and burial of pensioner prohibited. 9017. Settlement of claims for reimbursement of last sickness and burial of deceased pensioners.

9018. Unclaimed pensions. 9019. Pensions under special acts of Congress.

9020. Pensioners under special acts entitled to benefits of general laws.

9021. Pensioners under special acts not entitled to pensions under general law unless special act states pension to be additional. 9022. Indian claims. 9023. Provisions extended to Missouri State militia.

9024. Invalid pension law extended to Missouri State, etc., militia.

"slaves." 9026. Pensions not allowed to persons in Army, Navy, or Marine Corps. 9027. Half-pay to widows, etc., under laws prior to June 3, 1858. 9028. To widow for life, and to children under sixteen, etc.

9029. Half-monthly pay not to exceed that of lieutenant-colonel.

9030. Navy pensions.

9031. Pensions to engineer officers in naval service.

9032. Naval pensions to widows and children.

9033. Pensions allowed before July 25, 1866, not reduced by subsequent acts; reduced pensions to be restored.

9034. Pensions to soldiers of Mexican war.

9035. Widows and children of Mexican war pensioners.

9036. Pensions to soldiers, etc., of the Mexican war and to their wid

OWS.

9037. Pensions to be at what rate, etc. 9038. Proof required; perjury; names

may be stricken from pension rolls for fraud, etc. 9039. Previous pension laws made applicable.

9040. Persons who engaged in the rebellion not excluded.

9041. Persons under political disabilities excluded.

9042. Increase of Mexican war pen

sions.

9043. Extension of increase of Mexican

war pensions.

9044. Additional increase of Mexican war pensions.

9045. Pensions to Powell's Battalion, Missouri mounted volunteers. 9046. Pensions to Gray's Battalion, Arkansas Volunteers.

9047. Widows and children of pensioners of war of 1812 and Indian

wars.

9048. Continuance of pensions. 9049. Pensions not to be withheld. 9050. Pensions not to be withheld, etc., without notice and hearing. 9051. Time for which a widow shall not receive a pension.

9052. Pensions to soldiers and sailors of war of 1812 and to their wid

OWS.

9053. Pensions to be at what rate, etc. 9054. Proof required; perjury; names

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may be stricken from rolls; loss of certificate of discharge, etc. 9055. Applications previously made to be considered under this act. 9056. Restoration of pensioners stricken from rolls on account of their aiding the rebellion. 9057. Pensions to widows of pensioners stricken from rolls.

9058. Pensions to officers and men of Indian wars and to their widOWS.

9059. Rate and duration of pensions. 9060. Proof required; perjury; names

may be stricken from pension rolls; loss of certificate of discharge, etc.

9061. Persons excluded from pensions under this act.

9062. Pension laws applicable. 9063. Loyalty in war of rebellion not required.

9064. Residence of Indian war pensioners; proof of citizenship. 9065. Extension of Indian war pensions; proof of enlistment; pensions to widows; effect of remarriage; agreements for fees invalid.

9066. Extension of Indian war pensions to Texas volunteers who served in defense of frontier against Mexican marauders and Indian depredations; pensions to widOWS; proof of enlistment or muster; contracts with pension attorneys and claim agents, void.

9067. Increase of pensions of soldiers of Indian wars, etc.

9068. Pensions to officers and seamen of revenue-cutters.

9069. Certain claims for Revolutionary pensions prohibited.

9070. Pensions to Army nurses. 9071. Claim agents not to receive compensation.

9072. Minimum rate of pensions. 9073. Special service in investigating suspected attempts at fraud. 9074. Compensation for investigating pension frauds. 9075. Subpoena to witnesses; witnesses' fees.

9076. Special examiners investigating pension frauds authorized to administer oaths.

9077. Any pledge or transfer of pension void; penalty; retaining pension certificate; penalty. 9078. Withholding by claim agent, etc.,

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of discharge papers, etc., of any soldier, etc.

9079. Penalty for false affidavit and postdating vouchers, etc., penalty for false certificate to vouchers, etc.

9080. Pension not liable to attachment, etc.

9081. Commissioner to furnish printed instructions, free of charge. 9082. Certain soldiers and sailors not to be deemed deserters, etc. 9083. Secretary of Navy trustee of Navy pension-fund.

9084. Prize-money accruing to the United States to remain a fund for pensions.

9085. Naval pension-fund, how to be invested.

9086. Rate of interest on naval pensionfund.

9087. Navy pensions payable from fund. 9088. Half-rating to disabled enlisted persons serving twenty years in Navy or Marine Corps. 9089. Serving not less than ten years, may receive what aid.

9090. Secretary of Navy trustee of privateer pension-fund.

9091. Privateer pension-fund, how derived.

9092. To be paid into the Treasury, etc. 9093. Wounded, etc., privateersmen to be placed on pension-list. 9094. Commanding officers of privateers to enter names, etc., in a journal. 9095. Transcript of journals to be transmitted to Secretary of the Navy. 9096. Pensions to be paid only to persons entitled, etc.

9097. Pensions to non-residents not to

be paid on power of attorney. 9098. Pensions to inmates of state soldiers' and sailors' homes, etc., to be paid to them directly. 9099. Examination of pensioners; legaltender currency held for redemption of fractional currency to be issued in payment of arrears of pensions.

9100. Boards of examining surgeons; reviewing boards; examinations; fees; expert surgeons; fees for examination of non-resident claimants.

9101. Examining surgeons;

fees; re

ports; special examiners' reports.

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9102. Examining surgeon's report; inspection by claimant.

9103. Special examinations. 9104. Report of special examiners; inspection by claimant or attor

ney.

9105. Medical referee and examining surgeons.

9106. Appointment of civil examining surgeons.

9107. Arrangement of pensioners in groups for quarterly payments; fractional payments.

9108. Payment of pensions by checks without vouchers unless the Secretary of the Interior deems a voucher necessary; delivery or return of pension mail by postal authorities.

9109. Forgery of indorsement of pension checks.

9110. Payment of pensions due inmates of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. 9111. Penalty for embezzlement, etc., by guardian.

9112. Compensation of attorney for prosecuting claims. 9113. Compensation for

prosecuting claims for arrears of pensions prohibited.

9114. Attorney for pensions demanding more than legal fee, etc. 9115. Agreement for amount of fee to be filed; fee in case of failure to file agreement; form of agreement; amount paid, etc., to be deducted from fee; penalty for violation of provisions relating to fees. 9116. Pension certificates, with contract for attorney's fees, to be forwarded to agent; fees to be deducted and paid.

9117. Commissioner of Pensions may reject contract for fees, etc. 9118. Fee for increase of pension and in claims under special acts; penalty for taking illegal fee; pending contracts not affected. 9119. Compensation for procuring pension legislation prohibited; penalty.

9120. Artificial limbs, etc., to be furnished every three years. 9121. Commutation rates in money value for limb, etc.

9122. Money commutation, how to be paid.

9123. Money commutation to those who cannot use artificial limb.