Chapter 170.
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CHAP. 170.— AN ACT Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and for other purposes. March 3, 1917.[[H. R. 20748](/us/bill/64/hr/20748).][[Public, No. 388](/us/pl/64/388).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the, United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the following sums are Pensions appropriations.appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the payment of pensions for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and for other purposes, namely:
Invalid, etc., pensions. "Army and Navy pensions, as follows: For invalids, widows, minor children, and dependent relatives, Army nurses, and all other pensioners who are now borne on the rolls, or who may hereafter be placed thereon, under the provisions of any and all Acts of Congress, *Provisos.* Navy pensions.$160,000,000: *Provided,* That the appropriation aforesaid for Navy pensions shall be paid from the income of the Navy pension fund, so far as the same shall be sufficent for that purpose: *Provided further,* Accounts.That the amount expended under each of the above items shall be accounted for separately.
Examining surgeons. Fees, etc. For fees and expenses of examining surgeons, pensions, for services rendered within the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighteen, *Proviso.* Increased if at claimant’s residence.Vol. 35, p. 419, amended.$60,000: *Provided,* That hereafter the fee for each examination made at the claimant’s residence by an examining surgeon of the Bureau of Pensions for use in a pension claim shall be S4 and in lieu of actual traveling expenses there shall be paid 10 cents per mile for the distance actually traveled each way, but not exceeding the distance by the most direct route between the surgeon’s office and the claimant’s home.
" Approved, March 3, 1917.