Chapter 977. To increase the pensions of those who have lost limbs in the military or naval service of the United States
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CHAP. 977.— An Act To increase the pensions of those who have lost limbs in the military or naval service of the United States. March 2, 1903.[[Public, No. 134](/us/pl/57/134).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Pensions. Rating for loss of limbs. [R. S., sec. 4698, p. 915, amended](/us/rs/s4698/p915). That from and after the passage of this Act all persons on the pension roll, and all persons hereafter granted a pension, who, while in the military or naval service of the United States and in the line of duty, shall have lost one hand or one foot, or been totally disabled in the same, shall receive a pension at the rate of forty dollars per month; that all persons who, in like manner, shall have lost an arm at or above the elbow or a leg at or above the knee, or been totally disabled in the same, shall receive a pension at the rate of forty-six dollars per month; that all persons who, in like manner, shall have lost an arm at the shoulder joint or a leg at the hip joint, or so near the shoulder or hip joint or where the same is in such a condition as to prevent the use of an artificial limb, shall receive a pension at the rate of fifty-five dollars per month, and that all persons who, in like manner, shall have lost one hand and one foot, or been totally disabled in the same, shall receive a pension at the rate of sixty dollars per month; and that all persons who, in like manner, shall have lost both feet shall receive a pension at the rate of *Proviso*.
No present pension reduced. one hundred dollars per month: *Provided, however*, That this Act shall not be so construed as to reduce any pension under any Act, public or private. Approved, March 2, 1903.