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 64 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 147, 148. 1908. A fil 19.1908-CHAP. .—n i f widows, minor children, and so ri- K ==·<¤·1 em, ct dSc`Z§’.sd€.‘iai§f.T.$.h“§£ Z*€‘t."§1§tZ’é.‘$¤ wt., the wt. y.m._M.a.O, at [Public, Nc. ss.] various Indian wars, and so forth, and to grant a pension to certain widows of the deceased soldiers and sailors of the late civil war. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United }’j§§§:~°, ,0 wml States ‘of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the ¤ws,cw·passage of this Act the rate of pension for w1dows, minor ch1ldren ‘ under the age of sixteen iyears, and helpless minors as defined by existing laws, now on the rol or hereafter to be placed on the pension roll and entitled to receive a less rate than hereinafter Kprovided, shall be _ Am¤¤¤¢1>¢¤¤<>¤¤¤ twelve dollars per month; and nothin herein sh l be construed to affect the existing allowance of two dodars lper month for each child under the age of sixteen years and for each elpless child; and all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby §f,°Q’,,,,,,,,,,_ repealed: Provided, however, That this Act shall not be so construed as to reduce any nsion under any Act, public or private. m'§*:¥,§§,,‘§§,0"Ql‘}’,?,‘QE Sec. 2: That any officer or enlisted man who served_ ninety days ¤¤¤•y¤. etigddcm to or more in the Army or Navy of the ·UD1t8d States duringn the late sei·)v_$not mama. civil war and who has been honorably discharged therefrom s died or shall hereafter die, leavinga widow, such widow shall, upon due proof of her husband’s death, without proving his death to be the result of his arm or navv service, be placed on the pension roll from the date of the filing of her application therefor un er this Act at the rate of . . twelve dollars per month during her widowhood, provided that said umass pac: w widow shall have married said soldier or sailor parlor to June twenty- · ·“'{gd’]&j§:j·mu seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety; and the neiits of this section shall inclu e those widows whom husbands if living would have a penvci. za, p. wu. sionable status under the Joint Resolutions of February fifteenth, eight- §g{§g;,,"§'g een hundred and ninety-five, July first., nineteen hundred and two, and June twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and six. _ m;q•grfA¤g_;v¤’.¢*¢-.f¤¤¤ Sec. 3. Thaf no c aim agent or attorney shall be recognized in the ' adjudication of claims under the first section of this Act, and that no agent, attorney, or other person engaged in preparing, presenting, or prosecuting any claim un er the provisions of the second section of this Act s all, directly or indirectly, contract for, demand, receive, or retain for such services in pre ring, presenting, or prosecuting M¤¤¤¤*~ such claim a sum greater than ten dbllars, which sum shall be payable only upon the order of the Commissioner of Pensions by the pension Penalty- agent making payment of the pension allowed; and any rson who s all violate any of the provisions of this section or who shiill wrongfully withhold from the pensioner or claimant the whole or any part of a pension or claim allowed or due such usioner or claimant under this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdiaemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall, for each and every such offense, be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars or be imprisoned at hard labor not exceeding two years, or both, in the discretion of the court. Approved, April 19, 1908. A ril 20, 1908. CHAP. 148.-An Act To la' · __ [¥i·R·173¤°·1 _ hospitals and asylums in the Irhgturicttechhdclsutgilliigllmeut and mamwmmce of Primm Public, No. 99. · [ } Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United iglupnctprcgiuupgs. States of America in Congress assembled, That no person shall in the md' §,';,,§*,,,, "?, bg District of Columbia establish or maintain any private hos ital or ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤- asylum, either for the reception of human beings or of dhmestic animals, unless or until licensed by the Commissioners of said District. fcgggéggfgggso ¤¤- Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the health officer of the District of Columbia, and of such agents and employees in the service of the health department of said District as he may designate for that pur-