Chapter 123. Granting pensions to certain enlisted men, soldiers, and officers who served in the Civil War and the War with Mexico
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CHAP. 123.— An Act Granting pensions to certain enlisted men, soldiers, and officers who served in the Civil War and the War with Mexico.May 11, 1912.[[H. R. 1](/us/bill/62/hr/1).][[Public, No. 155](/us/62/pl/155).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Pensions.Granted for service in Civil War to persons 62 years old or over. That any person who served ninety days or more in the military or naval service of the United States during the late Civil War, who has been honorably discharged therefrom, and who has reached the age of sixty-two years or over, shall, upon making proof of such facts, according to such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may provide, be placed upon the pension roll and be entitled to receive a pension as follows:
In case such person has reached the age of sixty-two years and servedService ratings.At 62. ninety days, thirteen dollars per month; six months, thirteen dollars and fifty cents per month; one year, fourteen dollars per month; one and a half years, fourteen dollars and fifty cents per month; two years, fifteen dollars per month; two and a half years, fifteen dollars and fifty cents per month; three years or over, sixteen dollars per month. In case such person has reached the age of sixty-sixAt 66. years and served ninety days, fifteen dollars per month; six months, fifteen dollars and fifty cents per month; one year, sixteen dollars per month; one and a half years, sixteen dollars and fifty cents per month; two years, seventeen dollars per month; two and a half years, eighteen dollars per month; three years or over, nineteen dollars113per month.
In case such person has reached the age of seventyAt 70. years and served ninety days, eighteen dollars per month; six months, nineteen dollars per month; one year, twenty dollars per month; one and a half years, twenty-one collars and fifty cents per month; two years, twenty-three dollars per month; two and a half years, twenty-four dollars per month; three years or over, twenty-five dollars per month. In case such person has reached the age ofAt 75. seventy-five years and served ninety days, twenty-one dollars per month; six months, twenty-two dollars and fifty cents per month; one year, twenty-four dollars per month; one and a half years, twenty-seven dollars per month; two years or over, thirty dollars per month.
That any person who served in the military or naval serviceRate for permanent disability irrespective of service or age. of the United States during the Civil War and received an honorable discharge, and who was wounded in battle or in line of duty and is now unfit for manual labor by reason thereof, or who from disease or other causes incurred in line of duty resulting in his disability is now unable to perform manual labor, shall be paid the maximum pension under this Act, to wit, thirty dollars per month, without regard to length of service or age.
That any person who has served sixty days or more in the militaryMexican War service.Rate. or naval service of the United States in the War with Mexico and has been honorably discharged therefrom, shall, upon making like proof of such service, be entitled to receive a pension of thirty dollars per month. All of the aforesaid pensions shall commence from the date ofCommencement. filing of the applications in the Bureau of Pensions after the passage and approval of this Act: *Provided*, That pensioners who are sixty-two*Provisos*.
Existing pensioners or applicants. years of age or over, and who are now receiving pensions under existing laws, or whose claims are pending in the Bureau of Pensions, may, by application to the Commissioner of Pensions, in such form as he may prescribe, receive the benefits of this Act; and nothing herein contained shall prevent any pensioner or person entitled to a pension from prosecuting his claim and receiving a pension under any other general or special Act: *Provided*, That no person shallNo double pension. receive a pension under any other law at the same time or for the same period that he is receiving a pension under the provisions of this Act: *Provided further*, That no person who is now receiving or shallNot applicable to pensioners at a higher rate. hereafter receive a greater pension, under any other general or special law, than he would be entitled to receive under the provisions herein shall be pensionable under this Act.
Sec. 2. That rank in the service shall not be considered in applicationsRank not considered. filed hereunder. Sec. 3. That no pension attorney, claim agent, or other personFees for services limited to applications for original pension. shall be entitled to receive any compensation for services rendered in presenting any claim to the Bureau of Pensions, or securing any pension, under this Act, except in applications for original pension by persons who have not heretofore received a pension.
Sec. 4. That the benefits of this Act shall include any person whoPensioners included. served during the late Civil War, or in the War with Mexico, and who is now or may hereafter become entitled to pension under the ActsVol. 26, p. 182. of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, FebruaryVol. 28, p. 970. fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and the joint resolutionsVol. 32, p. 750. of July first, nineteen hundred and two, and June twenty-eighth,Vol. 34, p. 836. nineteen hundred and six, or the Acts of January twenty-ninth,Vol. 24, p. 371. eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, March third, eighteen hundredVol. 26, p. 1418. and ninety-one, and February seventeenth, eighteen hundred andVol. 29, p. 805. ninety-seven.
Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Pensions,Record of pensions granted.*Post*, p. 1019. as each application for pension under this Act is adjudicated, to cause to be kept a record showing the name and length of service114of each claimant, the monthly rate of payment granted to or received by him, and the county and State of his residence; and shall at theTabulation. end of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fourteen tabulate the record so obtained by States and counties, and shall furnish certified copies thereof upon demand and the payment of such fee thereforCopies. as is provided by law for certified copies of records in the executive departments.
Approved, May 11, 1912.