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 WASHINGTON: 
 
 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 
 
 1862. ' •
 
 M LIB 
 
 PENSION ACT OF JULY 14, 1862. 
 
 GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
 
 Under the act of Congress approved July 14, 1862, pensions are 
 granted to the following classes of persons: 
 
 I. Invalids, disabled since March 4, 1861, in the military or naval 
 service of the United States, in the line of duty. 
 
 II. Widows of officers, soldiers, or seamen dying of wounds received 
 or of disease contracted in the military or naval service, as above. 
 
 III. Children, under sixteen years of age, of such deceased per- 
 sons, if there is no widow surviving, or from the time of the widow's 
 re-marriage. 
 
 TV. Mothers (who have no husband living) of officers, soldiers, or 
 seamen, deceased as aforesaid, provided the latter have left neither 
 widow nor children under sixteen years of age; and provided, also, 
 that the mother was dependent, wholly or in part, upon the deceased 
 for support. 
 
 y. Sisters, under sixteen years of age, of such deceased persons, 
 dependent on the latter, wholly or in part, for support, provided 
 there are no rightful claimants of either of the three last preceding 
 classes. 
 
 The rates of pension to the several classes and grades are dis- 
 tinctly set forth in the first section of the act, a copy of which is 
 herewith published. Only one full pension in any case will be 
 allowed to the relatives of a deceased officer, soldier, or seaman, and 
 in order of precedence as set forth above. When more than one 
 minor child or orphan sister thus becomes entitled to pension, the 
 same must be divided equallj^ between them. 
 
 Invalid pensions, under this law, will commence from the date of 
 the pensioner's discharge from service, provided application is made 
 within one year thereafter. If the claim is not made until a later 
 date, the pension will commence from the time of the application. 
 Pensions of widows and minors will commence from the death of the 
 officer, soldier, or seaman on whose service the claim is based.
 
 NAVY PENSIONS. 
 
 To obtain the navy pensions provided by this act applications must 
 be made, and evidence filed, in strict accordance with the following- 
 rules and forms : 
 
 Invalids, at the time of their discharge, may make their applica- 
 tion, and subscribe the same in the presence of the commanding or 
 executive officer of the vessel or station to which they have been 
 attached, who will countersign the same, and certify to the appli- 
 cant's identity. The claimant Avill therewith forward the paymaster's 
 certificate of discharge, indorsed on his application by the paymaster 
 or executive officer. 
 
 If the application be made at a later date, it must be before a court 
 of record, or before some officer of such court authorized to admin- 
 ister oaths and having custody of its seal. 
 
 Testimony may be taken before a justice of the peace, or other offi- 
 cer having like authority to administer oaths, but in no case will any 
 evidence be received that is verified before an officer who is con- 
 cerned in prosecuting the claim, or has a manifest interest therein. 
 
 The subjoined forms, marked, respectively, A, B, C, D, E, and F, 
 will guide applicants for pensions, of the navy branch, in the several 
 classes. The forms should be exactly followed in every instance. No 
 attorney will be regarded as having filed the necessary declaration 
 and affidavits, as contemplated by the sixth section of the act, 
 unless the forms, as well as the instructions given in this pamphlet, 
 are strictly complied with. 
 
 In support of the allegations made in the claimant's declaration, 
 testimony will be required in accordance with the following rules: 
 
 1. The claimant's identity must be proved by two witnesses, certi- 
 fied by a judicial officer to be respectable and credible, who are present 
 and witness the signature of the declarant, and who state, upon oath 
 or affirmation, their belief, either from personal acquaintance or for 
 other reasons given, that he or she is the identical person he or she 
 represents himself or herself to be. 
 
 2. Every applicant for an invalid pension must, if in his power, 
 produce the certificate of some commissioned officer under whom he 
 served, distinctly stating the time and place of the said applicant's 
 having been wounded or otherwise disabled, and the nature of the 
 disability, and that the said disability arose while he was in the ser- 
 vice of the United States and in the line of his duty.
 
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 3. If it be impracticable to obtain such certificate, by reason of the 
 death or removal of said officers, it must be so stated, under oath, by 
 the applicant, and his averment of the fact proved by persons of 
 known respectability, who must state particularly all the knowledge 
 they may possess in relation to such death or removal; then secondary 
 evidence can be received. In such case the applicant must produce 
 the testimony of at least two credible witnesses, (who were in a con- 
 dition to know the facts about which they testify,) whose good char- 
 acter must be vouched for by a judicial officer, or by some one known 
 to the department. The witnesses must give a minute narrative of 
 the facts in relation to the matter, and must show how they obtained 
 a knowledge of the facts to which they testify. 
 
 4. The surgeon's certificate for discharge should show the character 
 and degree of the claimant's disability; but when that is wanting, 
 and when the certificate of a navy surgeon or of a board of survey is 
 not obtainable, that fact must be satisfactorily explained, and the cer- 
 tificate of two respectable civil surgeons will be received, in accord- 
 ance with form F. These surgeons must give in their certificate a 
 particular description of the wound, injury, or disease, and specify 
 how and in what manner his present condition and disability are con- 
 nected therewith. The degree of disability for obtaining subsistence 
 by manual labor must also be stated. 
 
 5. The habits of the applicant, and his occupation since he left the 
 service, must be shown by at least two credible witnesses. 
 
 If the applicant claims a pension as the widow of a deceased officer 
 or seaman, she must prove the legality of her marriage, the death of 
 her husband, and that she is still a widow. She must also furnish the 
 names and ages of her children under sixteen years of age at her hus- 
 band's decease, and the place of their residence. On a subsequent 
 marriage her pension will cease, and the minor child or children of 
 the deceased officer or soldier, if any be living, under the age of six- 
 teen years, will be entitled to the same in her stead from the date of 
 such marriage. 
 
 Proof of the marriage of the parents and of the age of claimants 
 will, in like manner, be required in all applications in behalf of minor 
 children. 
 
 The legality of the marriage may be asceitained by the certificate 
 of the clergyman who joined them in wedlock, or by the testimony of
 
 respectable persons having knowledge of the fact, in default of record 
 evidence. The ages and number of children may be ascertained by 
 the deposition of the mother, accompanied by the testimony of re- 
 spectable persons having knowledge of them, or by transcripts from 
 the parish or town registers, duly authenticated. 
 
 Similar proof will be required of the marriage of the claimant, if 
 the mother of a deceased officer or seaman, and that she remains a 
 widow. 
 
 If the claimant be a dependent sister, like proof will be required 
 of the marriage of her parents, and of her relationship to the de- 
 ceased. 
 
 Guardians of minor claimants must, in all cases, produce evidence 
 of their authority as such, under the seal of the court from which 
 their appointment is obtained. 
 
 Applicants of the last four classes above given, who have in any 
 manner aided or abetted the rebellion against the United States gov- 
 ernment, are not entitled to the benefits of this act. 
 
 Attorneys for claimants must have proper authority from those in 
 whose behalf they appear. Powers of attorney must be signed in the 
 presence of two witnesses, and acknowledged before a duly qualified 
 officer, whose official character must be certified under seal. 
 
 In all cases the post office address of the claimant must be distinctly 
 stated. 
 
 Applications under this act will be numbered and acknowledged, to 
 be acted on in their turn. In filing additional evidence, correspond- 
 ents should always give the number of the claim as well as the name 
 of the claimant. 
 
 JOSEPH H. BARRETT, 
 
 Commissiorijer. 
 
 Pension Office, July 21, 1862.
 
 A. 
 
 FORM OF DECLARATION FOR A NAVY INVALID PENSION. 
 
 State [District or Territory] of , ) 
 
 County of , ) 
 
 On tills day of , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and , 
 
 personally appeared before me, [here state the official character of the 
 
 person adinifiistering the oath] within and for the county and State aforesaid, 
 
 A. B., aged years, a resident of ■ , in the State of , who, 
 
 being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical who 
 
 enlisted in the naval service of the United States at , on the day 
 
 of , in the year , as a , and was honorably discharged on 
 
 the day of , in the year , at ; that his personal 
 
 description is as follows : [here state height, complexion, color of hair, occupa- 
 tion, Sfc.)] that while in the sei^vdce aforesaid, and in the line of his duty, he 
 received the following wound (or other disability, as the case may be) : [Here 
 give a particular and minute account of the wound or other injury, and state 
 how, when, and where it occurred, where the applicant has resided since leaving 
 the service, and what has been his occupation!] He makes this application in 
 order to secure the benefits of the act granting pensions, approved July 14, 
 1862. 
 
 (Signature of claimant.) 
 
 Also personally appeared and , residents of [county, city, or 
 
 town,) persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, 
 
 being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw sign his 
 
 name [or make his mark) to the foregoing declaration ; and they further swear 
 that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant and 
 their acquaintance with him, that he is the identical person he represents him- 
 self to be ; and they further state that they have no interest in the prosecution 
 of this claim. 
 
 (Signatures of witnesses.) 
 
 Sworn to and subscribed before me this day of , A. D. 186 — ; 
 
 and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecu- 
 tion of this claim. 
 
 (Signature of judge or other officer.) 
 
 Applicant's post office address : 
 
 B. 
 
 FORM OF DECLARATION FOR OBTAINING A WIDOW'S NAVY PENSION. 
 
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 State [Territory or District] of 
 County of , 
 
 On this day of , A. D. , personally appeared before me 
 
 of the , A. B., a resident of , in the county of ■ 
 
 and State [Territory or District] of , aged years, who, being first 
 
 duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, 
 in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress 
 
 approved July 14, 1862, granting pensions : That she is the widow of , 
 
 who was a , [here state decedent's service,] who [here specify the time, 
 
 place, and cause of dcath\ She further declares that she was married to the
 
 said — on the day of , in the year ; that her hus- 
 band, the aforesaid , died on the day above mentioned, and that she has 
 
 remained a widow ever since that period, [oj- if she has rc-marrkd and again 
 hecome a widoiv, the fact must be stated,) as will more fully appear by reference 
 
 to the proof hereto annexed. The personal description of the said , her 
 
 deceased husband, is as follows: [here state his age, height, complexion, occupa- 
 tion, <^r.] She also declares that she has not in any manner been engaged in, or 
 aided or abetted, the rebellion in the United States. 
 
 (Declarant's signature.) 
 
 Also personally appeared and , residents of (county, city, or 
 
 town,) persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, 
 
 being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw sign her 
 
 name (or make her mark) to the foregoing declaration ; and they further swear 
 that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant 
 and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents 
 herself to be, and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim. 
 
 (Signature of witnesses.) 
 
 Sworn to and subscribed before me this day of , A. D. 186 — ; 
 
 and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution 
 of this claim. 
 
 (Signature of judge or other officer.) 
 
 Applicant's post office address : 
 
 C. 
 
 FORM OF DECLARATION FOR MINOU CHILDREJT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN NAVY 
 
 PENSION. 
 
 State [Territory or District] of 
 County of , 
 
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 On this day of , A. D. , personally appeared before mc 
 
 of the , A. B., a resident of , in the county of 
 
 and State [Territory or District] of , aged years, who, being 
 
 first duly SAVorn according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration, 
 as guardian of the minor child of , deceased, in order to obtain the ben- 
 efits of the provision made by the act of Congress, approved July 14, 1862, 
 granting pensions to minor children, under sixteen years of age, of deceased 
 
 officers and seamen; that he is the guardian of , [naming the minor 
 
 child or children, his ward or wards,] whose fixther was a , [here state 
 
 decedent's service;] and that the said died at on the day 
 
 of , in the year , [here state the cause of death ;] that the mother 
 
 of the child aforesaid died (or again married, being now the Avife of ,) 
 
 on the day of , in the year ; and that the date of birth of 
 
 his said ward — as follows : 
 
 He further declares that the parents of his said ward — were married at 
 , on the day of , in the year , by 
 
 (Guardian's signature.) 
 
 Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written, before 
 •; and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the 
 
 prosecution of this claim. 
 
 (Signature of judge or other officer.
 
 D. 
 
 FORM OF DECLARATION FOR MOTHER'S APPLICATION FOR NAVY PENSION. 
 
 State [Territory or District] of , ) 
 
 County of- , j 
 
 Ou tliis day of , A. D. , personally appeared before the 
 
 , of the , A. B., a resident of , in the county of 
 
 and State [Territory or District] of , aged years, who, being first 
 
 duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, 
 in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress 
 
 approved July 14, 1862, granting pensions: That she is the widow of , 
 
 and mother of , who was a [here state decedent's service and 
 
 personal description,] who [here state the time, place, and cause of death.] 
 
 She further declares that her said son, upon whom she was wholly or in part 
 dependent for support, having left no widow or minor child under sixteen years 
 of age surviving, declarant makes this application for a pension under the above- 
 mentioned act, and refers to the evidence filed herewith, and that in the proper 
 department, to establish her claim. 
 
 She also declares that she has not, in any way, been engaged in, or aided or 
 abetted, the rebellion in the United States ; that she is not in the receipt of a 
 pension under the 2d section of the act above mentioned, or under any other 
 
 act, nor has she again married since the death of her son, the said . 
 
 (Declarant's signature.) 
 
 Also personally appeared and , residents of (county, city, or 
 
 town,) persons Avhom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, 
 
 being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw sign her 
 
 name (or make her mark) to the foregoing declaration ; and they further swear 
 that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant 
 and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents 
 herself to be. 
 
 (Signatures of witnesses.) 
 
 Sworn to and subscribed before me this day of , A. D. 186 — ; 
 
 and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution 
 of this claim. 
 
 Applicant's post office address : 
 
 (Signature of judge or other officer.) 
 
 E. 
 
 FORM OF DECLARATION OF ORPHAN SISTERS FOR NAVY PENSION. 
 
 State [Territory or District] of 
 County of , 
 
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 On this day of , A. D. , personally appeared before the 
 
 -, of the , A. B., a resident of , in the countv of , and 
 
 State [Territory or District] of , aged years, Avho, being first duly 
 
 sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to 
 obtain a pension under the act of July 14, 1862 : That he is the legally-appointed 
 guardian of [here give the names and ages of his ward or wards,] who the
 
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 only surviving child , under sixteen years of age, of , and , his 
 
 yfife, and sister — of , Avho was a [here state decedent's sor%aces and 
 
 personal description] who [here state the time, place, and cause of his death ] 
 That the bi'other of his said ward — , upon whom they were wholly or in part 
 dependent for support, having left no Avidow, minor child or children, or mother, 
 declarant as guardian, and on behalf of his ward — , refers to the accompanying 
 evidence, and such as may be found in the department, to establish her (or 
 their) claim under the law above named. 
 
 He further declares that his said ward not in the receipt of any pen- 
 sion under said act. 
 
 (Guardian's signature.) 
 
 Sworn to and subscribed before me this day of , A. D. 186 — ; 
 
 and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecu- 
 tion of this claim. 
 
 (Signature of judge or other officer.) 
 
 Applicant's post office address : 
 
 F. 
 
 FORM OF SURGEONS' AFFIDAVIT. 
 
 [If the claimant for a pension has not been examined, and the degree of his 
 disability certified, before his discharge, by a navy surgeon, and if the certifi- 
 cate of a navy surgeon or a board of survey is not obtainable, on satisfactory 
 explanation of this fact, he may produce the affidavit of two surgeons repu- 
 table in their profession, and certified as such by the magistrate before whom 
 their statement is sworn to, in accordance with the following form:] 
 
 (Date.) 
 
 It is hereby certified that , who was a in the naval service of 
 
 the United States, [here state the vessel or station on which applicant was 
 
 engaged, and his particular service,] is suffering from* , and he is thereby 
 
 not only incapacitated for naval duty, but, in the opinion of the undersigned, ist 
 
 disabled from obtaining his subsistence from manual labor. And we 
 
 further certify that upon satisftictory evidence and after accurate examination, 
 we believe the said disability was incurred in the naval service of the United 
 States and in the line of duty. 
 
 , Surgeon. 
 
 , Surgeon. 
 
 Sworn to and subscribed before me this day of , A. D. 186 — ; 
 
 and I hereby certify that the said and are known to me as 
 
 surgeons in actual practice, reputable in their profession, and that I have no 
 interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim. 
 
 (Magistrate's signature.) 
 
 *Here give a particular descrii)tion of tlie wound, injury, or disease, and specify in what 
 manner it has affected the applicant so as to produce disability in the degree stated. 
 
 -j-The blank in the last line but one is to Ije filled up with the proportional "degree" 
 of disability; for example: "three-fourths," "one-half," "one-third," &c., or "to- 
 tally/' as the case may be.
 
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 AN ACT TO GRANT PENSIONS. 
 
 Be if enacted by the Se?iate a fid House of Representatives of the United States 
 of America in Congress assembled, That if cany officer, non-commissioned oiEcer, 
 musician, or private of the army, iachiding reguhirs, volunteers, and militia, or 
 any officer, warrant or petty officer, musician, seaman, ordinary seaman, flotilla- 
 man, marine, clerk, landsman, pilot, or other person in the navy or marine corps, 
 has been, since the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, or 
 shall hereafter he, disabled by reason of any wound received or disease con- 
 tracted while in the service of the United States, and in the line of duty, he 
 shall, upon making due proof of the fact according to such forms and regulations 
 as are or may be provided by or in pursuance of law, be placed upon the list of 
 invalid pensions of the United States, and be entitled to receive, for the highest 
 rate of disability, such pension as is hereinafter provided in such cases, and for 
 an inferior disability an amount proportionate to the highest disability, to com- 
 mence as hereinafter provided, and continue during the existence of such dis- 
 ability. The pension for a total disability for officers, non-commissioned officers, 
 musicians, and privates employed in the military service of the United States, 
 whether regulars, volunteers, or militia, and in the marine corps, shall be as fol- 
 lows, viz : Lieutenant colonel, and all officers of a higher rank, thirty dollai'S 
 j)er mouth; major, twenty-five dollars per month; captain, twenty dollars per 
 month; first lieutenant, seventeen dollars per month; second lieutenant, fifteen 
 dollars per month; and non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, eight 
 dollars per month. The pension for total disability for officers, warrant or petty 
 officers, and others employed in the naval service of the United States, shall be 
 as follows, viz : Captain, commander, surgeon, paymaster, and chief engineer, 
 respectively, ranking with commander by law, lieutenant commanding, and mas- 
 ter commanding, thirty dollars per month; lieutenant, surgeon, paymaster, and 
 chief engineer, respectively, ranking with lieutenant by law, and passed assistant 
 surgeon, twenty-five dollars per month ; professor of mathematics, master, as- 
 sistant surgeon, assistant paymaster, and chaplain, twenty dollars per month ; 
 first assistant engineers and pilots, fifteen dollars per month; passed midship- 
 man, midshipman, captain's and paymaster's clerk, second and third assistant 
 engineer, masters' mate, and all warrant officers, ten dollars per month ; all 
 petty officers, and all other persons before named employed in the naval sei-vice, 
 eight dollars per month; and all commissioned officers of either service shall 
 receive such and only such pension as is herein provided for the rank in which 
 they hold commissions. 
 
 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any officer or other person named 
 in the first section of this act has died since the fourth day of March, eighteen 
 hundred and sixty-one, or shall hereafter die, by reason of any wound received 
 or disease contracted while in the service of the United States, and in the line 
 of duty, his widow, or, if there be no widow, his child or children under sixteeu 
 years of age, shall be entitled to receive the same pension as the husband or 
 father would have been entitled to had he been totally disabled, to commence 
 from the death of the husband or fixther, and to continue to the widow during 
 her widowhood, or to the child or children until they severally attain to the age 
 of sixteen years, and no longer. 
 
 Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That where any officer or other person 
 named in the first section of this act shall have died subsequently to the tburth 
 day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, or shall hereafter die, by reason 
 of any wound received or disease contracted while in the service of the United 
 States, and in the line of duty, and has not left or shall not leave a widow nor 
 legitimate child, but has left or shall leave a mother who was dependent upon him
 
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 for support, in whole or in part, tlie mother sliall ho entitled to receive the same 
 pen.*iou as such otficer or other person -would have Ijeen entitled to had he heeu 
 totally disabled ; which pension shall commence from the death of the officer or 
 other person dying as aforesaid : Provided, however. That if such mother shall 
 herself be in receipt of a pension as a widow, in virtue of the provisions of the 
 second section of this act, in that case no pension or alloAvance shall be granted 
 to her on account of her son, unless she gives up the other pension or allowance: 
 And provided, further , That the pension given to a mother on account of her son 
 shall terminate on her re-marriage : And provided, further, That nothing herein 
 shall be so construed as to entitle the mother of an officer or other person dying, 
 as aforesaid, to more than one pension at the same time under the provisions of 
 this act. 
 
 Sec. 4. And le it further enacted, That where any officer or other person 
 named in the first section of this act shall have died subsequently to the fourth 
 day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, or shall hereafter die, by reason 
 of any wound received or disease contracted while in the service of the United 
 States, and in the line of duty, and has not left or shall not leave a widow, nor 
 legitimate child, nor mother, but has left or may leave an orphan sister or sisters 
 imder sixteen years of age, who were dependent upon him for support, in whole 
 or in part, such sister or sisters shall be entitled to receive the same pension as 
 such officer or other person would have been entitled to had he been totally dis- 
 abled ; which pension to said orphan shall commence from the death of the officer 
 or other person dying as aforesaid, and shall continue to the said orphans until 
 they severally an-ive at the age of sixteen years, and no longer: Provided, how- 
 ever. That nothing herein shall be so construed as to entitle said orphans to 
 more than one pension at the same time, under the provisions of this act : And 
 provided, further, That no moneys shall be paid to the widow, or children, or 
 any heirs of any deceased soldier on account of bounty, back pay, or pension, 
 who have in any way been engaged in or who have aided or abetted the existing 
 rebellion in the United States ; but the right of such disloyal widow or children, 
 heir or heirs of such soldier, shall be vested in the loyal heir or heirs of the 
 deceased, if anj' there be. 
 
 Sec. 5. And he it further enacted. That pensions which may be granted, in 
 pursuance of the provisions of this act, to persons who may have been, or shall 
 be, employed in the military or naval service of the United States, shall com- 
 mence on the day of the discharge of such persons in all cases in which the 
 application for such provisions [pensions] is filed within one year after the date 
 of said discharge ; and in cases in which the application is not filed during said 
 year, pensions granted to persons employed as aforesaid shall commence on the 
 day of the filing of the application. 
 
 Sf.c. 6. And he it further enacted. That the fees of agents and attorneys for 
 making out and causing to be executed the papers necessary to establish a claim 
 for a pension, bounty, and other allowance before the Pension Office under this 
 act, shall not exceed the following rates : For making out and causing to be 
 duly executed a declaration by the applicant, with the necessary affidavits, and 
 forwarding the same to the Pension ( )ffice, with the requisite correspondence, 
 five dollars. In cases wherein additional testimony is required by the Connuis- 
 sioner of Pensions, for each affidavit so required and executed and forwaidi'd, 
 (except the affidavits of surgeons, for which such agents and attorneys shall not 
 be entitled to any fees,) one dollar and fifty cents. 
 
 Sec. 7. And he it further enacted. That any agent or attorney who shall, 
 directly or indirectly, demand or receive any greater compensation for his ser- 
 vices imder this act than is prescribed in the preceding section of this act, or 
 who shall contract or agree to prosecute any claim for a pension, bounty, or 
 other allowance under this act, on the condition that he shall receive a per centum 
 upon, or any portion of the amount of such claim, or who shall wrongfully
 
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 ■vvitlihold from a pensioner or other claimant the Avhole or any part of the pen- 
 sion or claim allowed and due to such pensioner or claimant, shall be deemed 
 guilty of a high misdemeanor, and vipon conviction thereof shall for every such 
 offence, be fined not exceeding three hundred dollars, or imprisoned at hard 
 labor not exceeding two years, or both, according to the circumstances and ag- 
 gravations of the offence. 
 
 Sec. 8. A/id be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of Pensions be, 
 and he is hereby, empowered to appoint, at his discretion, civil surgeons to make 
 the biennial examinations of pensioners which are or may be required to be 
 made by law, and to examine applicants for invalid pensions, where he shall 
 deem an examination by a surgeon to be appointed by him necessary ; and the 
 fees for each of such examinations, and the requisite certificate thereof, shall be 
 one dollar and fifty cents, which fees shall be paid to the surgeon by the per- 
 son examined, for which he shall take a receipt and forward the same to the 
 Pension Office ; and upon the allowance of the claim of the person examined, 
 the Commissioner of Pensions shall furnish to such person an order on the pen- 
 sion agent of his State for the amount of the surgeon's fees. 
 
 Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of Pensions, on 
 application made to him in person or by letter by any claimants or applicants 
 for pension, bounty, or other allowance required by law to be adjusted and paid 
 by the Pension Office, shall furnish such claimants, free of all expense or charge 
 to them, all such printed instructions and forms as may be necessary in estab- 
 lishing and obtaining said claim ; and in case such claim is prosecuted by an 
 agent or attorney of such claimant or applicant, on the issue of a certificate of 
 jDension or the granting of a bounty or allowance, the Commissioner of Pensions 
 shall forthwith notify the applicant or claimant that such certificate has been 
 issued or allowance made, and the amount thereof. 
 
 Sec. 10. And be it further enacted. That the pilots, engineers, sailors, and 
 crews upon the gunboats and war vessels of the United States, who have not 
 been regularly mustered into the service of the United States, shall be entitled 
 to the same bounty allowed to persons of corresponding rank in the naval ser- 
 vice, provided they continue in service to the close of the present war ; and all 
 persons serving as aforesaid, who have been or may be Avounded or incapacitated 
 for service, shall be entitled to receive for such disability the })ension allowed by 
 the provisions of this act to those of like rank, and each and every such person 
 shall receive pay according to corresponding rank in the naval service : pro- 
 vided. That no person receiving jx'nsion or bounty under the provisions of this 
 act shall receive either pension or bounty for any other service in the present 
 war. 
 
 Sec. 11. And he it further enacted. That the Avidows and heu-s of all persons 
 described in the last preceding section who have been or may be employed as 
 aforesaid, or Avho have been or may be kiUed in battle, or of those Avho have 
 died or shall die of wounds received while so employed, shall be paid the bounty 
 and pension allowed by the provisions of this act, according to rank, as pro- 
 vided in the last preceding section. 
 
 Sec. 12. And he it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Interior be, 
 and he is hereby, authorized to appoint a special agent for the Pension Office, 
 to assist in the detection of frauds against the pension laws, to cause persons 
 committing such frauds to be prosecuted, and to discharge such other duties as 
 said Secretary may require him to perfonn ; Avhich said agent shall receive for 
 his services an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars, and his actual travel- 
 ling expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties shall be paid by the gov- 
 ernment. 
 
 Sec. 13. And be it further enacted. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent 
 with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. 
 Approved July 14, 1862.
 
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 JOINT RESOT.UnON TO GRANT PENSIONS TO IIASTERS AND OFFICERS UPON 
 THE GUNBOATS IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States 
 of America in Congress asse/nbled, That tlie masters serving on board of gun- 
 boats employed in the service of the United States shall be entitled to all the 
 benefits, including bounty and pension, provided for in an act entitled " An act 
 to grant pensions," passed during the present session of Congress, and the 
 widows, mothers, and heirs of such officers shall be entitled to all the benefits 
 of said act. 
 
 Approved July 16, 1862. 
 
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