Chapter 58.
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CHAP. 58.— 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 eighty-four, and for other purposes. Feb. 28, 1883. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United, States of America in Congress assembled*, That the following sums be,Pensions.Appropriations and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of pensions for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and for other purposes, namely:
For Army pensions, as follows: For invalids, widows, minor children,Army pensions and dependent relatives, and survivors and widows of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, eighty-five million dollars; and any balance of the appropriation for the like purpose for the current fiscal year that may remain unexpended on the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and eighty three, is hereby re appropriated, and made available for the service of the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four: *Provided,* That the amount expended for each of the above*Proviso*. items shall be accounted for separately.
For Navy pensions, as follows: For invalids, widows, minor children,Navy pensions. and dependent relatives, one million dollars; and any balance of the appropriation for the like purpose for the current fiscal year that may remain unexpended on the thirtieth of June eighteen hundred and eighty-three, is hereby reappropriated, and made available for the service of the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four: *Provided,* That the appropriations aforesaid for Navy pensions shall be*Provisos*. paid from the income of the Navy pension fund so far as the same may be sufficient for that purpose: *And provided further,* That the amount expended under each of the above items shall be accounted for separately.
For fees and expenses of examining surgeons, two hundred andFees of examining surgeons. seventy-five thousand dollars; and of this sum fifty thousand dollars shall be immediately available. For pay and allowances of pension agents for salary, fees for pre- 432 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 58–60. 1883. Pension agents.paring vouchers, rent, fuel, lights, and postage on letters to the executive departments and to pensioners, two hundred and ninety thousand dollars. Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses of pension agencies, ten thousand dollars, and of this sum five thousand dollars shall be immediately available.
Sec. 2. [R. S. 4745, 923](/us/rs/s4745/923).Amended. That section forty-seven hundred and forty-five, title fifty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States is hereby amended to read as follows: " Sec. 4745.—Any pledge or transfer of pension void. 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, and any person who shall pledge, or receive as a pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment or transfer of any right, claim, or interest in any pension, or pension certificate., which has been, or may hereafter be granted or issued, or who shall hold the same, as collateral security for any debt, or promise, or upon any pretext of such security, or promise, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,Penalties. and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars and the costs of the prosecution; and any person who shall retain the certificate of a pensioner and refuse to surrender the same upon the demand of the Commissioner of Pensions, or a United States pension agent, or any other person, authorized by the Commissioner of Pensions, or the pensioner, to receive the same shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars and the costs of the prosecution.
" Approved, February 28, 1883.