A. PENSION LAWS. REFERENCE TABLE. [Showing the sections of the Revised Statutes and the resolutions and acts of Congress embraced in the arrangement and consolidation of the pension laws, following.] February 6, 1812, section 5 (2 Stat., 677). April 10, 1812, section 3 (2 Stat., 705).. April 25, 1812 (2 Stat., 719) August 2, 1813, section 1 (3 Stat., 73). August 2, 1813, section 2 (3 Stat., 74) March 18, 1818 (3 Stat., 410). May 15, 1820 (3 Stat., 579). February 4, 1822 (3 Stat., 650). March 1, 1823 (3 Stat., 783). May 15, 1828. section 1 (4 Stat., 269). May 24, 1828 (4 Stat., 307).. May 31, 1830 (4 Stat., 426) RESOLUTIONS. Sec. as consolidated. 1 75 150 1 182 ACTS. 109 112 63 70 91 83 83 95 70 112 83-4 110 111 71 70 70 71 72-73 70 728 74 96 73 74 97 113 75 75 85 76 77 77 77 138 131 131 68 March 3, 1883 (22 Stat., 453). March 3, 1883, section 4 (22 Stat., 564). April 18, 1884 (23 Stat., 11). June 3, 1884, sections 2, 3, and 4 (23 Stat., 35). July 4, 1884 (23 Stat., 99). July 4, 1884, sections 1 and 2 (23 Stat., 99). July 4, 1884, sections 5 and 6 (23 Stat., 101). February 16, 1885 (23 Stat., 306). March 3, 1885 (23 Stat., 362). March 3, 1885 (23 Stat., 437). March 19, 1886 (24 Stat., 5) March 19, 1886, section 1 (24 Stat., 5) August 4, 1886 (24 Stat., 220). December 23, 1886 (24 Stat., 353) January 3, 1887, sections 1, 2, and 3 (24 Stat., 882). January 29, 1887 (24 Stat., 371) January 29, 1887, section 2 (24 Stat., 890). February 3, 1887 (24 Stat., 377). June 7, 1888 (25 Stat., 173)... June 7, 1888 (25 Stat., 174).. August 27, 1888 (25 Stat., 449) March 1, 1889 (25 Stat., 782) March 4, 1890 (26 Stat., 16) June 27, 1890 (26 Stat., 182) 93 152 148 42 167, 169-170 171 138 168 163, 166, 167 170 174 152 15, 146 131 152 25 3,5 176 12 36 34 181 5 25 26 154 160 10, 24 51 24 147 152 27 66 151 43-44 42 45 26 ...... 20, 47, 13 152 80-81, 92, 154, 156, 163, 165 89 152 123-124 177 107 178 151 154 39 132 152 39 152 182 12, 18, 20, 30 August 29, 1890 (26 Stat., 371). March 3, 1891, section 2 (26 Stat., 1082). March 3, 1891, section 3 (26 Stat., 1083). July 13, 1892 (27 Stat., 120). July 14, 1892 (27 Stat., 149) July 26, 1892 (27 Stat., 272) July 27, 1892 (27 Stat., 281) March 2, 1895 (28 Stat., 703) March 2, 1895 (28 Stat., 704) March 2, 1895 (28 Stat., 964). March 2, 1895 (28 Stat., 965). March 6, 1896 (29 Stat., 45). March 13, 1896 (29 Stat., 57). March 23, 1896 (29 Stat., 74) February 5, 1897 (29 Stat., 99) February 19, 1897 (29 Stat., 568) Sec. as consolidated. 40.140 53 20, 46, 48, 140, 182 108 21 35 24 152 32 104 143 183 107 104 190 146 12. 18 2,8 381 12.184 153 29 30 185 186 22 108 2,8 LAWS, ARRANGED AND CONSOLIDATED. Chapter. 1. The Pension Bureau, its officers and employees. II. Examining surgeons. III. Pension agents and payment of pensions. IV. Disposition of accrued and unclaimed pen. sion. V. Oaths and execution of papers. VI. Agents, attorneys, and payment of fees. VII. Criminal offenses arising out of the pen. sion laws. VIII. The War of the Revolution. IX. The war of 1812. X. Indian wars prior to March 4, 1861. XI. The war with Mexico. XII. The Regular Army and militia prior to March 4, 1861. Sec. 437, R. S. Section. 1. Department of the Interior 2. Departmental Employees. 3. Commissioner of Pensions. 4. Duties of the Commissioner. 5. First and Second Deputy Commis- 6. Duties of Chief Clerk. Section. 7. Appointment of Medical Referee. 8. Salaries in Pension Bureau. 9. Clerk to sign Commissioner's name. 10. Inspection of Pension Agencies and Examining Boards. 11. Printed Instructions and Forms. SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.-(a) There shall be at the seat of Government an Executive Department, to be known as the Department of the Interior, and a Secretary of the Interior, who shall be the head thereof. (b) The Secretary of the Interior is charged, among other things, Sec. 441, R. S. with the supervision of public business relating to pensions and bounty lands. Res. May 29, 1830, Vol. 4, p. (c) The heads of department who may severally be charged with the administration of the pension laws of the United States of America 430. are hereby, respectively, directed and required, as soon as may be after the opening of each session of Congress, to present to the Senate and House of Representatives, a several list of such persons, whether Revolutionary, invalid, or otherwise, as shall have made application for a pension, or an increase of pension, and as, in their opinion, respectively, ought to be placed upon the pension roll or otherwise provided for, and for doing which they have no sufficient power or authority, with the names and residence of such persons, the capacity in which they served, the degree of relief proposed, and a brief statement of the grounds thereof, to the end that Congress may consider the same. Res. Feb. 1, 1884, Vol. 23, p. (d) The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, if in his opinion the public interests will not suffer thereby, upon the request 266. of either of the committees hereinafter named, to detail from that Department one clerk to act as assistant clerk to the House Committee on Pensions and one clerk to act as assistant clerk to the House Committee on Invalid Pensions. SEC. 2. DEPARTMENTAL EMPLOYEES.-(a) Each head of a Depart- Sec. 169, R. S. ment is authorized to employ in his Department such number of clerks of the several classes recognized by law, and such messengers, assistant messengers, copyists, watchmen, laborers, and other employees, and at such rates of compensation, respectively, as may be appropriated for by Congress from year to year. (b) For the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and Act Feb. 19, 1897, Vol. 29. p. ninety-eight, there shall be nine members of a board of pension 568. appeals, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, at two thousand dollars each. SEC. 3. COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS.--There shall be in the Depart- Sec. 470, R. S. ment 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 five thousand dol- 1881, Vol. 21, p. lars a year. SEC. 4. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS.-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. Act Mar. 3, 408. Sec. 471, R. S. Sec. 472, R. S. Act Mar. 3, Act Aug. 5, 1882, Vol. 22, p. SEC. 5. FIRST AND SECOND DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS.-There shall be in the Department of the Interior a First Deputy Commissioner of Pensions and a Second Deputy Commissioner of Pensions, who shall 1881, Vol. 21, p. be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of 408. 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 248. sickness of the Commissioner his duties shall devolve upon the First Deputy Commissioner until his successor is appointed or such absence or sickness ceases, and in case of like absence of the Commissioner and First Deputy Commissioner the Second Deputy Commissioner shall act as Commissioner in like manner. 13201-33 |