Chapter 820.
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CHAP. 820.— An act making appropriations for additional clerical force and other expenses to carry into effect the act entitled “An act granting pensions to soldiers and sailors who are incapacitated for the performance of manual labor, and providing for pensions to widows, minor children, and dependent parents,” from September first, eighteen hundred and ninety, for the balance of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.August 29, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Appropriations to carry into effect disability and dependent pensions act.*Ante*, p. 182.
That for the purpose of carrying into effect the act entitled “An act granting pensions to soldiers and sailors who are incapacitated for the performance of manual labor, and providing for pensions to widows, minor children, and dependent parents,” approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, there is hereby appropriated, out of Employment of additional clerks, etc.any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the employment of additional clerks and others from September first, eighteen hundred and ninety, for the balance of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for other expenses as follows:
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.Interior Department. Pension Office: For twenty medical examiners at one thousandPension Office. eight hundred dollars each; fifteen principal examiners at two thousand dollars each; three clerks of class four; three clerks of class three: four clerks of class two; one hundred and twenty clerks of class one; one hundred and thirty-eight clerks at one thousand dollars each; one hundred and fifteen copyists; eight messengers; and twelve assistant messengers; in all, four hundred and two thousand two hundred and fifteen dollars.
WAR DEPARTMENT. War Department. Record and Pension Division: For three clerks of class four;Record and Pension Division. four clerks of class three; ten clerks of class two; forty-three clerks of class one; forty clerks at one thousand dollars each; fifty copyists; four messengers; five assistant messengers; two watchmen; and two laborers at six hundred and sixty dollars each; in all, one hundred and sixty-eight thousand four hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-four cents.
Stationery: For stationery for the office of the Secretary of War,Stationery. for the use of the additional force of the Record and Pension Division, six thousand five hundred dollars. Contingent Expenses: For desks and chairs for the use of theContingent expenses. additional force of the Record and Pension Division, two thousand three hundred and ninety-five dollars. Rent: For rent of a suitable building for the use of the additionalRent. force in the Record and Pension Division, two thousand four hundred dollars.
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 820, 837. 1890.371 NAVY DEPARTMENT.Navy Department. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For one clerk of class two;Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. and one clerk of class one; in all, two thousand six hundred dollars. TREASURY DEPARTMENT.Treasury department. Second Auditor’s Office: For one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerkSecond Auditor’s office. of class two; one clerk of class one, and six clerks at one thousand dollars each; in all, eleven thousand three hundred and forty-two dollars and forty-seven cents.
Fourth Auditor’s Office: For one clerk of class one; and oneFourth Auditor’s office. clerk at one thousand dollars; in all, two thousand two hundred dollars. And no officer, clerk, or employee of any executive departmentNo department officer, etc., to charge fees for oath of office to employees. who is also a notary public or other officer authorized to administer oaths, shall charge or receive any fee or compensation for administering oaths of office to employees of such department required to be taken on appointment or promotion therein.
And the Chief Clerks of the several Executive Departments andChief Clerks of Executive Departments, etc., to administer oath of office free. of the various bureaus and offices thereof in Washington, District of Columbia, are hereby authorized and directed, on application and without compensation therefor, to administer oaths of office to employees required to be taken on their appointment or promotion. Sec. 2. Hereafter no officer of the Army, Navy or Marine CorpsRetired officers of Army, Navy, etc., excluded from pension list. on the retired list shall draw or receive any pension under any law.
Approved, August 29, 1890. Chapter 837: making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for other purposes. Chapter 837 26 Stat. 371 1890-08-30 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. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-21 51 1 public