Chapter 187. making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 187.— 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 ninety-four, and for other purposes.March 1, 1893. *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 ninety four, and for other purposes, namely:
For Army and Navy pensions, as follows: For invalids, widows,Invalid, etc., pensions. minor children, and dependent relatives, Army nurses, survivors and 524 widows of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve and with Mexico, and the survivors and widows of the Indian wars of eighteen hundred and thirty-two to eighteen hundred and forty-two, inclusive, one *Provisos*.Navy pensions.hundred and sixty-five million dollars: *Provided*, That the appropriation aforesaid for Navy pensions shall be paid from the income of the Navy pension fund, so far as the same may be sufficient for that purpose:
Accounts.*And provided further*, That the amount expended under each of the above items shall be accounted for separately. Examining surgeons fees.For fees and expenses of examining surgeons for services rendered within the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, one million dollars. And each member of each examining board shall, as now authorized by law. receive the sum of two dollars for the examination of each applicant whenever five or a less number shall be examined on any one day, and one dollar for the examination of each additional *Provisos*.Examinations.applicant on such day: *Provided*, That if twenty or more applicants appear on one day, no fewer than twenty shall, if practicable be examined on said day, and that if fewer examinations be then made, twenty or more having appeared, then there shall be paid for the first examinations made on the next examination day the fee of one dollar only No fee unless service rendered.until twenty examinations shall have been made: *Provided further*, That no fee shall be paid to any member of an examining board unless personally present and assisting in the examination of applicant.
Nonresident aliens.That from and after July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, no pension shall be paid to a nonresident, who is not a citizen of the United States, except for actual disabilities incurred in the service. Agents’ salaries.For salaries of eighteen agents for the payment of pensions, at four thousand dollars each, seventy-two thousand dollars. Clerk hire.*Proviso*.Apportionment.For clerk hire, four hundred thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the amount of clerk hire for each agency shall be apportioned as nearly as practicable in proportion to the number of pensioners paid at each agency, and the salaries paid shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
Fuel.Lights.Stationery.For fuel, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For lights, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For stationery and other necessary expenses, to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, thirty-five thousand dollars. Rents.For rents, twenty-two thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars. Approved, March 1, 1893.