COMPILED IN THE LAW DIVISION OF THE BUREAU OF PENSIONS,

AND

PUBLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS

OF SECTION 4748 OF THE REVISED STATUTES.

H. CLAY EVANS,

Commissioner.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

SEPTEMBER, 1897.

AUTHORITY FOR PUBLICATION.

SEC. 4748. That the Commissioner of Pensions, on application being made to him in person, or by letter, by any claimant or applicant for pension, bounty-land, or other allowance required by law to be adjusted or paid by the Pension Office, shall furnish such person, free of all expense, all such printed instructions and forms as may be necessary in establishing and obtaining said claim; and on the issuing of a certificate of pension or of a bounty-land warrant, he shall forthwith notify the claimant or applicant, and also the agent or attorney in the case, if there be one, that such certificate has been issued, or allowance made, and the date and amount thereof. (Sec. 22, Act March 3, 1873; Sec. 9, Act July 14, 1862.)

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SEC. 470.1 There shall be in the Department of the Interior a Commissioner of Pensions, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall be entitled to receive a salary of four thousand dollars a year.

SEC. 471. The Commissioner of Pensions shall perform, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, such duties in the execution of the various pension and bounty-land laws as may be prescribed by the President.

SEC. 472. There shall be in the Department of the Interior a Deputy Commissioner of Pensions, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall be charged with such duties in the Pension Bureau as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, or may be required by law, and in case of death, resignation, absence, or sickness of the Commissioner, his duties shall devolve upon the Deputy Commissioner until a successor is appointed or such absence or sickness ceases. The Deputy Commissioner shall be entitled to receive an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars.

NOTE.-Additional Deputy Commissioner provided for under the act of June 30,

1882.

SEC. 473. The Commissioner of Pensions is authorized, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to appoint a person to sign the name of the Commissioner to certificates or warrants for bounty lands; and certificates or warrants so signed shall be as valid as if signed by the Commissioner.

See appropriation act ending June 30, 1890. Salary of Commissioner, $5,000, and Deputy Commissioners, $3,600 each; and appropriation act ending June 30, 1883.