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 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 208. 1908. 419 pose: g)7‘O’U2:d6d_]clL7'Z]2€7‘, That the amount expended under each of the —*°°°¤¤*¤~ above items shall be accounted for separately: Andprovidedfurther, §,°ldi°¤'h<>¤¤¤·¤*¤· That from and after the passage of this Act all pensioners who may be magiiiiihiseii m` inmates of any sold1ers’ and sailors’ home, or other institution maintained by any State for the benefit of dependent or other disabled volunteer soldiers, shall have their respective pensions paid to them directly insteadhofhtol the treasurer or other officer of the home or institution at w ic they may e respectivel located. For fees and expenses of examining surgedns, pensions, for services Exmniningsurgecus. rendered within the fiscal year nineteen undred and nine, five hun- F°”‘ dred thousand dollars. And hereafter each member of each examinin }{‘g’°j;c° $#7*- board shall receive the sum of three dollars for the examination of each ¤mé¤2ie<1.` ’p`m' applicant whenever five or a less number shall be examined on any one day and one dollar for the examination of each additional applicant on E. such day: Provided, That if twenty or more applicants appear on one Emmmimom. day no fewer than twenty shall, if practicable, be examined on said day, and that if fewer examinations be then made, twenty or more having appeared, then there shall be pmd for the first examinations made on the next examination day the fee of one dollar only until twenty examinations shall have been made, and the fee shall be three clfiees fe; if made at dollars when the examination is made by one surgeon, and the fee for mu S '”`d°°°°‘ each examination at the claimant’s residence rovided his residence is. outside of the corporate limits of the place of the regular meeting of the examining board or of the place of residence of the surgeon, making the '*`¤“'°“¤8 °¤P¤¤¤¤¤· examination shall be five dollars in addition to the payment of the actual traveling expenses of the surgeon: Provided further, That no fee shall be ,,,,,P‘§f§_'“ *“'°°°“°° paid to any member of an examining board unless personall present and _ _ assisting in the examination of applicant: And pwdd gurther, That ,,,5‘§,‘§,‘§,”,,§‘,§'*f,°,,,”}’°°"' the report of such examining surgeons shall specifically state the rating · which in their judgment the app icant is entitled to, and the report of such examining surgeons shal specifically and accurately set forth the physical condition of the applicant, each and every existing disability being fully and carefully described. The reports of the special exam- p,f;’,m**°¤ °‘ *°· iners of the Bureau of Pensions shall be open to inspection and copy` by the applicant or his attorney, under such rules and regulations as P I i the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe: And provided further, ...¤:1:·::.s:.·*:;:·;1>: That hereafter no pension attorney, claim agent, or other person shall ‘°¥"*°“°“· be entitled to receive any compensation for services rendered in securing the introduction of a bill or the passage thereof through Congfess granting pension or increase of pension, and any person who s all, directly or indirectlyé contract  dexgand, seceive, oi} retaiip any com ensation or suc services s a be eeme gui ty 0 an o ense, and iipon conviction thereof shall, for each and every such offense, be fined not exceeding fivehhuindred dollairshor imprisoned not exceeding two vears or both, in the iscretion o the court. y For salziries of agents for the payment of pensions, at four thousand ‘*“°““ '“l“"°“‘ dollars each, seventy-two thousan dollars or so much thereof as may be necessarv. ‘ For clerlt hire and other services, in the ension agencies, four Cl°"* hl"- hundred and ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be neces- H _ sary: Prmzided, That the amount of clerk hire, and other services, for A,'#‘°,'fi.,,,,,,,,,,;_ each agency, shall be apportioned as nearly as practicable in proportion to the number of pensioners paid at each agency and the sa aries paid · shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. MM New York For rent, New York agency, four thousand ve hundred dollars or ,,,,,,,c,_ ' so much thereof as ma e necessary. I For examination andy inspection of pension agencies, as provided by ,,,g"’°°°°“ ° "°"' the final provision of the Act of August eighth, eiighteen hundred and gag-E- p_m_ eighty-two, amending section forty-seven hun red and sixty-six, Revised Statutes, one thousand five hundred dollars.