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 rms mi.-mansions. 929 Sm. 4780. The President is authorized to establish agencies for the E¤?¤l>li¤h¤¤<*P¤<>f payment of pensions wherever, in his judgment, the public interests H°“*"F?”"*°""‘*T‘f; and the convenience of the pensioners require; but the number of pen- Ibidsion—agenc1es in any State or Territory shall in no case be increased hereafter so as to exceed three, and no such agency shall be established in addition to those now existing in an State or Territory in which the whole amount of pensions paid during the fiscal year next preceding shall not have exceeded the Slllll of five hundred thousand dollars. Sec. 4781. Agents for paying pensions shall receive two per centum on Compensation, all disbursements made by them to pensioners. There shall be allowed, &"·> Ol l”*`““°“` however, over and above such compensation, to every pension-agent mmm' . .- . disbursing fifty thousand dollars annually, not exceeding five hundred _2O l;‘*l_’·· 1847- £· dollars a year for clerk-hire. office-rent, and office-ex nses; to every 1'{y'},,'[`l'l£},ll`£,Q,' agent disbursing one hundred thousand dollars annualllyg not exceedin N5_ 1o,Q-313, p162Q; seven hundred and fifty dollars a year; and for every fifty thousand 30 June, 1s•i4,c. dollars additional, not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars a year. l83·"- 13- l’· for like purposes. But in no case shall the aggregate amount of com- B32O,,]'};"' gw14g"' pensation to any one agent, paying both Army and Navy pensions. ex- ’ I ']° cecd four thousand dollars a year. SBC. 4782. In addition to the com ensation allowed in this Title, each Atlditionmlullowpension-agent shall be allowed, as fldll compensation for all service, in- ”“"‘?; _ .. cluding aostage 1‘(‘(]l.1ll'(’(l by the provisions of sections forty-seven hun- .,.3 ‘lT*f·,,l8'({·,,," dred and sixty-four and forty-seven hundred and sixty-five, the sum of '“;l{lQ,,Q),Q. ,.Q thirty cents, and no more, for each voucher prepared and paid by him. :1::5, it 1s,' ii. i 15. which amount shall be paid by the United States. 202* -*3*-· lzdit ·‘- · •, I'. i, }*. . Sec. 4783., Every uardian having the charge and custody of the Penalty for einpension of his ward wie embezzles the same in violation of his trust, or l’°”l*“""!‘l· &"·» fraudulently converts the same to his own use, shall be unished by line PP`.“i""'l`""‘. - not exceeding two thousand dollars or imprisonment at Ihard labor for a 3}l¤*`·»l§73»*;;-?3·l» term not exceeding five years, or both. [¤¢e§541¤6-l, s"l1’_"‘ l"l°‘°'5‘ _ U.  t-. Bennett, l2 Blatcli., 345. Sec. 4784. Agents for the payment of pensions, and any clerks ap- Pension-agents, pointed by them and designated in writing for that purpose, which dos- l'_’.:{‘k°t*‘{l"l“‘ ignation shall be returned to and iilcd in the office of the Commissioner .Zll B". f?`;-- of Pensions. are required, without any fee therefor, to take and certify of ·l“ll'» {mlb <'~ the atlidavits of all pensioners and their witnesses who may personally ““5’°'6"‘l°’p‘]94‘ appear before them for that purpose, in which case the check for the pension. when due and payable, shall he given direct to the hand of the party entitled thereto, if desired, and not mailed to his address as required by section forty-seven hundred and sixty-five. Sec. 4783. No agent or attorncyor other person shall demand or receive f Fw? °f f’·E*":!"“Y any other com iensation for his services in prosecutin a claim for aension (,'f;,,£,; °°"" mg or bounty—land than such as tho Commissioner of ge-nsions shalll direct 3 M,,,._ ·l,,·;;j to be paid to him. not exceeding twenty-five dollars. [S~·§5•85-] 234, •·.:i1:'v. 17: ;{ i n4.n.—2 Ahh. l .h., 5.ll_ Sec. 4786. It shall he the duty of the agent or attorney ot record lll Aaréellwnf for the prosecution of the case to cause to be filed with the Commissioner of z‘]‘2_3""l"ff"°*°l‘€ Pensions. for his approval, duplicate artiqlesloffagreenierét, withqut ald- R JI}. -léi? ditional cost. to the claimant. settin torti tie ee a ree u on iyt e __ 'l)'» _ _· *‘· parties. which agreement shall be e§ecuted in the prgsence ol? and certi-  F' " " lb P` lied by some officer competent to administer oaths. In all cases where a plication is made for pension or bounty-land, and no agreementiis iilisi with and a proved by the Commissioner as herein provided, the tee shall be ten dolliirs and no more. {SM- S 4768-] Sec. 4757. Every officer, soldier, seaman, and marine, who was dis· Artificial iiinbs. abled, during the war for the suppression of the rebellion, in the military g;éi\_;9‘l*£‘g“‘};:*rl;· or naval service, and in the line of duty, or m consequence of wounds H  received or disease contracted therein, and who was furnished by the 27 July, 1868, c. War Department, since the seventeenth day of June, eighteen hundred   "· 1* "· 15· P- and seventv, with an artificial limb or apparatus for resection, or who lg Ju,,6_1870’ Q_ wae entitled to receive such limb or apparatus since said date. shall be 13z,S,1,v-_i6,p_i5;;,