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 188 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 639. 1890. _ and rior to the death of suc pensioner shall in the case of a husband) be paid to hi widow, or if there be no widow to his surviving minor children or the guardian thereof, and in the case of a widow to her minor lghildrep :  fwrthe’r,8g`hatdhe1i1eafter whenever a name:  pension cert' cate s a ave een is u an the pensioner men- §‘c,,',§’,L“‘°' "' tioned therein dies before payment shall have been made, leaving no widow and no surviving minor children, theaccrued pension due on · said certificate to the date of the death of said pensioner may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, be paid to the legal repompmarionu or rese itatives of said pensioner; And provided further, That the j',$',,,E,,Y;f,,f,,‘§§j‘f,} Commissioner of Pensions, in his Report for the fiscal year ending we •z•rr•=¤¤i¤¤¤» June thirtieth, eighteen hundred an ninety-one, shal show the m»m,m.,& md, total disbursements from July first, eighteen undred and sixty-one W °° "l'°’” to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one to pensioners of the late civil war; and, also, the number of pensions granted, between said dates, because of said war; and, also, the number of pensioners of said war, whose names have been stricken from the roll between and including) said dates because of their having fraudulently or improperly o tained pensions, together with the amounts disbursed to them uring the t1me their names were upon the roll; and, also, the number o persons to whom arrears wil have been {gd- 20. vn- ¤¤¤.4¤¤— paid miner the acts of January twenty-nfth and March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, to the thirtieth day of June eighteen hundreg and ninety-one, together with the sum total of the ar- . rears so pai . é§¤*¤¤¤8¤¤*¤¤¤¤¤’ For fees and expenses of examining surgeons for services rendered within the fiscal lyear eighteen hundred and ninety-one one million . dollars; and em mem r of each examininghpoard shall, as now authorized by law, receive the sum of tw.o do rs for the examination of each applicant whenever five or a less number shall be examined on any one day, and one dollar for the examination of each mem. additional applicant on such day: Provided, That if twenty or more applicants appear on one day, no fewer than twenty shall, if practi- E¤¤¤*¤¤¤¤¤¤- ca le, be examined on said day, and that if fewer examinations be then made, twenty or more having appeared, then_there shall be paid tor the first examinations made on the next examination day the fee of one dollar only until twenty examinations shall have been made. four thousand dollars each, seventy-two thousand dollars. In case M1; nggnu or ab- of the sickness or unavoidable absence of any pension agent from m,,, ,.,,"°"‘·, d,,,,,,.,,‘°“"‘ his office, he may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, •” ¤*¤**¤¤¤¤· authorise the chief clerk. or some other clerk employed therein, to act in his place, to sign official checks, and to disc argc_ all the other duties required by law of such pension agent; and, with like approval, b°Q_1g_i:\_1 chesp; any pension agent may designate and authorize a clerk to srgn_ the ar:.,;..-;_ name of the pension agent to official checks. The ofhcxal bon given c0,g,°"jc{8 lg?";,,;: by the principal of the ofnce shall be held to cover and apply to the ence:. acts gf) t13e peiipopcapwingeidfm act  his place in such cases, agi a N¤·¤¤>¤·ir¤q¤i¤•d- new n s a requir rom a pension a ents now in office. j°g°fo'“_§_u;’•f”p‘;f';;‘,,'gf Such acting officer shall, moreover, for the timegbeinglbe subject to ¤¤¤.,•¤¤gm. all the liabilities and penalties 'prescribed by law for the official misconduct, in like cases, of thetpension agent for whom he acts. 0**,, * him- For clerk-hire, two hund and iiftly thousand dollars: Provided, ' That the amount of clerk-hire for eac agency shall be apportioned Apporucunmz. aspleaply ag practicable in proportion to the number of pensioners pai a eac agency. FW- fTor {mil; seven hiindi-gd and  doélaps. - or ig s, seven un re an ty dollars. B¤•¤¤¤¤¤·y.¤¤¤- For stationery and other necessary expenses, to be approved by the Secretary 0 the Interior, twenty-Eve thousand dollars.
 * °°'“°‘,P°¤"°¤, °¤ and the amount which may have accrued on the pension of an pendmh M m` sioner subsequent to the last eiuarterly payment on account thereof
 * 8**** =•l¤’*=¤- For the salaries of eighteen agents for the payment of pensions, at