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 100 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 181. 1884. Promo. recognize them: Provided, That no greater fee than ten dollars shall be demanded, received, or allowed in any claim t'or pension or bounty Fee for bounty- land granted by special act of Congress, nor in any claim for increase I“"f‘» °f“· of pension on account of the increase of the disability for which the penfoggrrigr **l}°‘V°‘] sion had been allowed; And provided further, That no fee shall be de- 8,0,, gse_ S° Pm` manded, received, or allowed iffany claim for arrears of pension or ’ arrears of increase of peqsio vllowed by any act of Congress passed subsequent to the date o£the3'lov;ance of the original claims in which such arrears of pensio r ofanc se of pension, may be allowed. The articles of agregllanggherg provided for shall be in substance as follows, to wit: écz n Q, F¤¤¤ ¤f ¤·¤i¤l¤¤ OAn&*g·ic1.z(s’ or AGREEMENT. of agreement. · 5 \/T Whereas I, ate a ————- in company ———·, of the — regiment of -%-0 volunteers, war of eighteen hundred and sixty-one (or, if theéervriix be different, here state the same), having made application fo pension under the laws of the United States: Now, this agreement witncsscth, that for and in consideration of services done and to be done in the premises, I hereby agree to allow my attorney, -—---·—— of ————, the fee of -— dollars, which shall include all amounts to be paid for any service in furtherance of said claim; and said fee shall not be demanded by or payable to my said attorney (or attorneys), in whole or in part, except in case of the granting of my pension by the Commissioner of Pcxggiis; and then the same shall be paid to him (or them) in accordance with the provisions of sections forty-seven hundred and sixtyeight and forty- seven hundred and sixty-nine of the Revised Statutes. 3 (Claimant’s signature.) `~\ (Two witnesses’ signatures.) STATE or —-—— } 88 County of -—— ‘ - Be it known that on this, the -—-— day of -———, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty ——, personally appeared the abovenamed ;— ——-—, who, after having had read over to —, in the hearing and presence of the two attcsting witnesses, the contents of the foregoing articles of agreement, voluntarily signed and acknowledged the same to be -- free act and deed. , (Official signature.) And now to wit, this ———- day of -—-—, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty ——-, I (or we) accept the provisions contained in the foregoing articles of agreement, and will, to the best of my (or our) ability, endeavor faithfully to represent the interest of the claimant in the premises. Wimess my (or our) hand, the day and year first above written. (Signature of Attorney.) STATE or --— } 88 County of —--—- ' Personally came -—-· --—, whom I know to be the person he represents himself to be and who, having signed above acceptance of agreement, acknowledged the same to be -——-— free act and deed. (Official signature.) Amount paid, And if in the adjudication of any claim for pension in which such ew·,t<3‘o¤d¤<1¤<=¢¢d articles of agreement have been, or may hereafter be, tiled, it shall apf’°“‘ *""· pear that the claimant had, prior to the execution thereof, paid to the attorney any sum for his services in such claim, and the amount so paid is not stipulated therein, then every such claim shall be adjudicated in the same manner as though no articles of agreement had been tiled, deducting from the fee of ten dollars allowed by law such sum as claimant shall show that he has paid to his said attorney.