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 Tmmm Lvu.—PENS1ONS. 927 Sec. 4766. Hereafter no pension shall be paid to any person other than ?¤¤¤i<>¤¤ w be the pensioner entitled thereto, nor otherwise than according to the pro- p“"l °‘;!Yi Q £‘"‘ visions of this Title. and no warrant, power of attorney, or other paper Eqafili executed or purporting to be executed by any pensioner to any attorney, Ib'd·· S- 4- clo.im—agent, broker, or other person, shall ho recognized by any agent for the payment of pensions, nor shall any pension be paid thereon. But payment to persons laboring under legal disabilities may be made to the guardians of such persons in the manner herein prescribed; and pensions payable to persons in foreign countries may be made according to the prov1sions of existing laws. Svc. 4767. The Secretary of the Interior shall cause suitable blanks for B1ankqf¤rv<>¤chthe vouchers mentioned in section forty-seven hundred and sixty-four to Q? “°*"’°· _ be printed and distributed to the agents for the yment of pensions, Ibid.,¤. 5. upon which he shall cause a. note to be printed iniiziiming pensioners of the fzct tlgat h81`%H.fl,€l' réo pension will be paid, except upon the vouchers issue as erein irecte . finst:. 4768} {Phe Conamissioncér of Pensions shall forward the certificate C e rtiiic sie oi 0 nsizms nsion, mute in any case, to thea ent. for ·in .n- P°“¤*°¤ an °° ° sionzsewhere suis); certificgte is made payable, and at tlii same tipnle fogwgaiid l¥.°IEL___ therewith one of the articles of agreement filed in the case and approved Ibid-,5 9, P- 195 bf the Commissioner, setting forth the fee agreed upon between the W2? {"gb··1g¥·‘· c aimnnt, and the attorney or agent, and where no agreement is on file, ’ " 'p' ` as hereinbefore provided, he shall direct that a fee of ten dollars only be paid the agent or attorney. [Sec 5 5485-1 Sec. 4769. It shall be the duty of the agent paying such pension to P¤¤¤i<>¤·¤·2€¤*§<> deduct from the amount due the pensioner the amount of fee so agreed g;}]"" ““°"“°" S UFO!} or directed by the Commissioner to be paid where no agreement is -4-—-; ~ 6 ed and approved, and to forward or cause to be forwarded to the agent mg J"'?;; {STI- C- or attorney of record named in such agreement, Ol`, in case there is no 1g3T B' 1 "' °’ p' agreement, to the agent prosecuting the case, the amount of the proper fee} deducging  the sum of thirty cents in payment of his servmes in orwar ing the same. Sec. 4770. [In place of original checks issued for pensions, when lost, Duplkclefvr ion stolen, or destroyed, dz'.sbur.sz'ng cjicers and agents of the [/Zzited States are ""°k“· h""’ “”"'f’d·_ aut/zarized, after the expiration of sim mont/w from the date of suc/a, checks, 19 April, 1871, c. to More dzqdicate checks, and the Treasurer, assista/nt treasurers, and desig- 16;)** 17· P· 4- na ted dq20.•;itm·ie.¢ of the Mailed States are directed to pay such checks, drawn 6g"; gb" 7* °‘ in pursuance of law by auch officera or agents, upon notice cmdproof (gf the ’’p' ` loss of the original checks, under such regulatwm in regard to their issue andpa ment, and iqzon the execution ofsuch bonds, with auretiea, to indemmify tl; [hailed States, as the Secretary of the Treasury mayprescvibe. But ${2.58 geo?} gall not apply to any check exceeding in amount the wm ofjive un re dollars. Sec. 4771. In ill cases of up lication for the payment of pensions to I¥i°“"ig: °’°'”i‘ invalid pensioners to the fourtg day of September of un odd year, the certificate of an examining surgeon duly appointed by the Commissioner 3 MMM 1873 c- 0f Pensions, or of a. sur eon of the Army or Navy, stating the continu— gg'? “‘ 34· "‘ 17* P' ance of the disability gw which the pension was originally granted, ' describing it. and the degree of such disubilit at the time of making the certificate, shall be required to accompany tge vouchers, and a dupl1— cate thereof shall be filed in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions; and if in 0. case of continued disability it shall be stated at a. degree below that for which the pension was originally granted, or was last paid, the pensioner shall only be paid for the quarter then due at the rate stated in the certificate. But where the pension was originally granted for a. disability in consequence of the loss of u limb, or other essential portion of the body, or for other cause which cannot, either in whole or in part, be removed, or when a disabilitv is certitied, by com tent examming surgeons, to the satisfaction of tlhe Commissioner of pensions, to have become permanent in a. degree equal to the whole rate of pension, the above certificate shall not be necessary to entitle the pensioner to pay- ment.