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 782 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 332. 1889. MB-Wh 1, 1889 CHAP. 332.—An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and "`—`;—"’ other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirt1eth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hozzyse of R€])T€$€7lil1til’€8 of 'fhe _Pen.sions appropriap United Slates 0i America in Congress assembled, That the following in the Treasury not otherwise a propriated, for the payment of pen— sions for the fiscal year ending .l) une thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for other purposes, namely: _ _ n;§g;¤“¤¤¤i<>¤S- That the appropriation aforesaid for Nav pensions shall be paid from the income of the Navy pension fungi so far as the same may A¤°°*m°“· be sufficient for that purpose; And provided further, That the amount expended under each of the above items shall be accounted for separately: And provided further, That a. check or checks drawn by 1w1mg check mm a, pension agent in payment of pension due, and mailed by him to g¥({_¥'°“° *’“ °°""““‘ the address of the fpensioner, shall constitute payment within the R.SS.,se¤.4?6¤,p-9% meaning of section ort -S6V911 hundred and sixty-five Revised Statutes, in the event of the death of aensioner subsequent to the 4 mailing and before the receipt of said clleck; and the amount which .·.ccme<1 pepsiouon may have accrued on the pension of any pensioner subsequent to d°°"*°‘ P°"“'°'“"'· the last quarterly payment on account thereof and prior to the death of such pensioner shall in the case of a. husband be paid to his widow, or if there be no widow to his surviving minor chil ren or the guardian thereof. and in the case of a. widow to her minor children: Provided further, That hereafter whenever a. pension certiicate shall pqmmr pensioner, have been issued and the pensioner mentioned therein dies before ‘f_§n'§;§,,fu°dY"d°' "°' payment shall have been made, leavin no widow and no surviving minor childre 1, the accrued pension gue on said certincate to the date of the death of such pensioner may in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior be paid to the legal representatives of said pensioner; And provided further, That hereafter all United States Anmmasm-aug mus. officers now authorized to administer oaths are hereby required and directed to administer any and all oaths required to be made by pensioners and their witnesses in the execution of their vouchers for their pensions free of charge. fE¤<¤¤¤i¤i¤z S¤rz¤¤¤S` For fees and expenses of examining surgeons for services rendered °°S` within the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, one million (lollars. And each member of each examining board shall l191'98.lt(’l' receive the sum of two dollars for the examination of each applicant whenever five or al less number shall be examined on any one (lay, - and one dollar for the examination of each additional applicant on Pmriao. such day: Provided, That if twenty or more an 1 Jlicemts appear on mmmauom. one day, no fewer than twenty sha}, if practicable, be examined on said day, and that if fewer examinations be then made, twenty or more having appeared, then there shell be aid for the 5rstexa1ni11a— tions nmde on t 18 next examination day the fee of one dollar only until twenty examinations shall have been made. As;e¤¢¤' S¤¤¤ri¤¤· For the salaries of eighteen agents for the payment of pensions, at four thousand dollars each, seventy-two thousand dollars. Cierk ****’°· For clerk-hire, one hundred and seventy-eight thousand dollars: P~¤·¤'¤<>- Provizled, That the amount of clerk-hire for each a. ency shall be App¤>r¤<>¤me¤¢. a.pportioned as nearly as practicable in proportion to tie number of “ pensioners paid at each agency. men. For fuel. seven hundred and fifty dollars. mgm. For lights. seven huurlrecl and fifty dollars. smm>¤e¤·y.m. A For stationerv and other necessary expenses, to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, sixteen thousand dollars.
 * ’°““· sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money