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 930 Trrnm 1.vu.—PENSINS. ,}*0 June. 1870.c entitled to receive a new limb or apparatus at the expiration of every 1‘g§‘,,]:5· 2,,],]*; five years thereafter, under such regulations as have been or may be pre- 30` ,._‘,,,, 8_' scribed by the Surgeon-General of the Army, [The provisions of this 27 Heb., 1877, e. section shall a ply to all officers, non—comm1ssioned officers, enlisted and 69, v- 19.1)- 252- hired men of the land and naval forces of the United States, who, in the line of their duty as such. shall have lost limbs or sustained bodily injuries depriving them of the use of any of their limbs, to be determined by the Surgeon-General of the Army: and the term of five years herein s cilied shall be held to commence in each case with the filing of the application for the benehts of this section.] [Sce§ll70.] Computation Site. 4788. Every person entitled to the benefits of the preceding sec- ‘f”]°",‘¤,.“’g“£Y tion may, if he so elects, receivejnstead of such limb or apparatus, the EE;.€` money value thereof., at the following rates, namely: For artificial legs, l3l7él¤;¤€;_ll;g0. seventy-tive dollars, for arms. fifty dollars; for feet, fifty dollars: for ,55: · · · · l· apparatus for resection, fifty dollars. 15 Ang., 1876, c. 300, c'. 19, p. 203. _M<>¤€>'¤¤¥¤¤¤¤*¤· Si-:0. +789. The Surgeon-General shall certify to the Commissioner of “"£,· h°“' °° l"' Pensions a list of all soldiers who elect to receive money commutation lm ‘ r...m - instead of limbs or apparatus, with the amount due to each, and the _},? {@9- will <‘· Commissioner of Pensions shall cause the same to be paid to such soldiers l'L•*‘··"·l6·p·]53· in the same manner as pensions are aid. _)lnneyeommuta— Sec. {Hill. Every person in the mihtary or naval service wholosta limb
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__,,,, ,,m,,_‘ forty-seven hundred 8l1(l.Qlghty·-S€\'€D,] but from the nature of his injury ,,,,,,jj,j-3_——-— is not able to use an artihcial limb, shall be entitled to the benefits of gy pa., ig;-;, ,_ section forty-seven hundred and eighty-eight, and shall receive money nn, 7. 19, p. 252. commutation as therein provided. T¤¤¤sp¤>r¤·¤¤i¤n Sec. 4791. The Secretary of War is authorized and directed to furnish f;‘,]',mf,‘°;$Q3fc,;‘, to the persons embraced by the provisions of section forty-seven hundred N,,,,,, 3,,, ,,,,.,,,,h_ and eighty-seven, transportation to and from their homes and the place pa, where they may he required to o to obtain artilicial limbs rovided for j,,'J,E.,",`8,g,{Q them under authority of law. FTM transportation allowed) for having sm. v. 13, p. 342. artificial limbs fitted shall be furnished by the Quartermaster-General of m22f_ -gf-1. 156, ¢- the Army, the cost of which shall be refunded from the appropriations ,5*-,"é.t’·,8,.,,’ A for invalid pensions.] 300..~.2,¢·.19,p.  27 Feb., 1877, r. 69, r. 19, p. 252.