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 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cia .375. 1930. 493 disability or disabilities of a permanent character which so incapa- citates them for the performance of manual labor as to render them unable to earn a support, shall, upon making due proof of the fact, Post, p .1016. according to such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the In terior may provi de, be plac ed upo n the list of in valid pens ioners of the United States and be entitled to receive a pension not exceed- Rating. ing $30 a month and not less than $12 a month, proportioned to the degree of inability to earn a support, and in determining such inability each and every infirmity shall be duly considered and the aggregate of the disabilities shown shall be rated. These rates to be t ioDiisa bil ity ci assifi ca- fixed as follows : $12 a month for one-tenth disability, $15 a month for one-fourth disability, $18 a month for one-half disability, $24 a month for three-fourths disability, and $30 a month for total : Provisos. Provided, That any person who has reached the age of sixty-two 62 Incr ease a fter age of years shall, upon making proof of such fact, be placed upon the pension roll and entitled to receive a pension of $12 a months in case such person has reached the age of sixty-eight years, $18 a month ; in case such person has reached the age of seventy-two years, $24 a month ; and in case such person has reached the age of Leav es of absen ce in- seventy-five years, $30 a month : Provided further, That all leaves clud ed as servi ce. of absence and furloughs under General Orders, Numbered 130, War Department, August 29, 1898, shall be included in determining t he per iod o f pens ionab le se rvice : Provided further, T hat the pro - nurses. contract visions, limitations, and benefits of this section be, and hereby are, extended to and shall include any woman who served honorably as a nurse, chief nurse, or superintendent of the Nurse Corps under c ontract f or seventy days or more betwe en April 21, 1898, and February 2, 1901, inclusive. SEC. 4. Any soldie r, sa ilor, marin e, or nurs e who may b e enti tled Increase if such , y f ~ 7 y sinner helpless, by age , to a pension under section 3 of this Act on account of his service disability, etc ., during the war with Spain, the Philippine insurrection, or China ing attendant. relief expedition, who may become, on account of age or physical or mental disabilities, helpless or blind, or so nearly helpless or blind as to need or require the regular aid and attendance of another person, shall be given a rate of $50 a month : Provided, That no s lodieos' Rome in- one while an inmate of the United States Soldiers' Rome or of any mates. National or State soldiers' home shall be paid more than $50 per month under this Act. SEC. 5 . That the pension or increased rate of pension herein pro- frmo a ~not s enntt vided for shall commence from the date of filing application therefor application. in the Bureau of Pensions after the approval of this Act in such form as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, provided Post, p .1016. they are entitled to a pension under the provisions of this Act, and the issue of a check in payment of a pension for which the execution Payment,ifpensioner and submission of a voucher was not required shall constitute pay- deceased . ment in the event of the death of the pensioner on or after the last day of the period covered by such check, and it shall not be canceled, but shall become an asset of the estate of the deceased pensioner. SEC. 6. Nothing contained in this Act shall be held to affect or Ar my and Navy diminish the additional pension to those on the roll designated D taffectte Ro ll dd. pensions as the Army and Navy Medal of Honor Roll, as provided by the vol. 3s, p.54. Act of April 27, 1916, but any pension or increase of pension herein Pest, p. 1016. provided for shall be in addition thereto, and no pension heretofore No prese nt pe nsion granted under any Act, public or private, shall be reduced by any- reduced. thing in this Act. SEC. 7 . No claim agent, attorney, or other person engaged in No fee all owe d preparing, presenting, or prosecuting any claim under the provisions o ofp ers peron alread on a far h , etc., cl aim y on , of this Act shall, directly or indirectly, contract for, demand, receive, roll. or retain any fee for such services in preparing, presenting, or

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