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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 25 STAT. · August 27, 1888 · Chapter 913

Chapter 913.

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CHAP. 913.— An act authorizing an increase in pensions in cases of deafness.August 27, 1888. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Pensions.Rate for deafness increased That from and after the passage of this act all persons on the pension-rolls of the United States, or who may hereafter be thereon, drawing pensions on account of loss of hearing, shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of the amount[R. S., sec. 4698 p. 915](/us/rs/s4698/p915). 450FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 913–915. 1888. now paid in case of such disability, the sum of thirty dollars, in cases of total deafness, and such proportion thereof in cases of partial deafness as the Secretary of the Interior may deem equitable: the amount paid to be determined by the degree of disability existing in each ease. Approved, August 27, 1888. Chapter 914: to provide aid to State or Territorial homes for the support of disabled soldiers and sailors of the United States. Chapter 914 25 Stat. 450 1888-08-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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