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 1406 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 2919,2920. 1907. Afé§i,,§§O§¥ggYf§mQ{ CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE POST- 1>¤p¤r¢m<·>¤¢- OFFICE DEPARTMENT. For limited indemnity for lost registered mail, nine dollars. · For star transportation, three hundred and twenty-seven dollars and twenty-seven cents. For miscellaneous items, iirst and second class offices, one hundred and twenty-two dollars and forty-five cents. ` Approved, March 4, 1907, 11 a. m. ’{gf§ gg42E' CHAP. 2920.-——An Act Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and -;-—-—-- other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen [P“bh°·N°·255·l hundred and eight, and for other purposes. _ /_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House offtqwesentaténes of the United ,,,§,§,“°“S “pp'°p“‘ States of America in Cbngress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of pensions for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, and for I¤V·¤“¤» widows- Otliidrpgxegtgatuatbyi ‘ r ll · F ‘ rd u ,,,c_ y pensions, as o ows. or inva 1 s, wi ows, minor children, and dependent relatives, army nurses, and all other pensioners who are now borne on the rolls, or who may hereafter be placed thereon, under the provisions of any and all Acts of Congress, ggxnsions one hundred and forty-five million dollars: Pm/vided, That the appro- ‘priation aforesaid for navy pensions sh_all be paid from the income of the navy pension fund, so far as the same shall be sudicient for that ·*"°""‘“*· purpose: Pme·/ded_fwtbe2·, That the amount expended under ouch of the above items shall be accounted for separately: Am] prn4·£aZtZ n6;$“,,f§j§‘,l$j ,§’;f§§}f_;‘iz2·tb»»2·, That hereafter the age of sixty-two years and over shall be itggwm pemlm considered a permanent specific disability within the` meaning of the Antc,p.870.pension laws: ;llI(Z[>7’{/?'i(b¢’/d j`urtM·r, That the benefits ol the Act of `ebruary sixth. nineteen hundred and seven, entitled "An Act granting pensions to certain enlisted men. soldiers, and officers who served in the civil war and the war with Mexico," are hereby extended to include any person who served the period of time therein specified during the late civil war or in the war with Mexico and who is now §Zf{}j§j}]j,Q§‘§; or may hereafter become entitled to pension under the Acts of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, February fifteenth, vo1Z2<s§pfsz4f eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and the joint resolution of July lirst, V°l·2°*¥’·59‘°'· nineteen hundred and two, or the Acts of January twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eightyseven, March third, eighteen hundred and tninety-one, and February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and nine y—seven., g(}§@§;’f“"“l“g ’“" For fees and expenses of examining surgeons, pensions, for services FM- rendered within the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight. six hundred thousand dollars. And each member of each examining board shall, as now authorized by law, receive the sum of two dollars 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 §;T;§;>;m0n_ additional applicant on such day: Pmvideel, That if twenty or more " applicants appear on one day, no fewer than twenty shall, if practicable, be examined on said day, and that if f ewer examinations be then made., twenty or more having appeared, then there shall be paid for the iirst examinations made on the next examination day the fee of one No fmlmlm ww dollar only until twenty examinations shall have been made: .Z)7‘OL‘2·d6d me s-mama. jizrt/'zer, That no fee shall be paid to any member of an examinin Rams, board unless personally present and assisting in the examination og applicant: And provzderl fizrt.2e1·, That the report ot such examining