Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 18 Part 1.djvu/996

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924 TITLE Lv11.—PENSlONS. subscribe an oatl1, to be filed witl1 the pension-agent. and by him to be transmitted, with the vouchers now reqiured by law, to the proper accounting officer of the Treasury, that he has no mterest in such money by any pledge, mortgage, sale, assngnment, or transfer, and that he d06g not know or believe that the same has been so disposed of to a11y person. p,,,,,,,,,. {,,,,,,1,,. Sec. 47-L6. ldvery person who knowingly or willfully in anywise pmatlillavir and post- (’lll'(‘S the making or presentat1o11 of any false or fraud11lent allidayit <l¤Y¤¤¤ \`·*¤€l¤<*l'S concerning any claim for pension. or ])H.}’lllBllt thereof. or pertaining to { " any other matter Wltllllll the ]ll1'lS(`ll('il()Il of the Connnissioner of Pensions, Ibid., e. 33. or who knowmgly or willfully prese11ts or causes to be presented at any l)€llSIOll-2lg'(}ll(T}' any power of attorney or other paper required as a \'0llCl10l` in draw111g a pension, wl11ch paper bears a date subsequent to that on WHICH It was actually signed or executed, shall be punished by a hne not ("X('(‘(‘(llllg hye hundred dollars, or by llll]_)l'1NOlll\l(‘Dt for a term not exceeding three years, or by both. 1»,,,,,i,,,m(,m,,|,;,i Sec. fill. No Slllll of money due, or to become due, to any pensioner, to attachnnent, &e shall be ll2ll)ll‘ to attachment, levy, or Sl‘lZl11'C by or under any legal or n,i,i_ equitable process whatever, whether the same remains with the Pension- Othee, or Rlly officer or agent thereof, or IS lll course of trzznsmission to thelpensioner entitled thereto, but shall inure wholly to the benefit of suc 1 P(‘llSlOl1(‘l'. f giollillllcflolviliill Sec. {Tiki. That the C()lllIlllSNl()ll(‘l' of Pensions, on application being _;‘]l‘2"l;i:’ll’f‘nggo1;; made to hun in person, or by letter, by any claimant or applicant for ,_h,,,,;,__ ’ peusion, bounty·land, or other allowance required by law to be adjusted ibm Q _)2T5__i or ll2l1(l by the .l)(‘llSl()Il-(?fl`I('(‘, shall furnish such person, free of all ex- ""“ 1I" "‘ pense, all such prmted instrnctions and forms as may be necessary in egtabhshing and iobtannng sa1d5·la1n1; and on the issuing of a certificate o pension or of a iountv- an warrant. l1e shall forthwith notify the (bliillllillltl or applicant, and also the agent or attorney i11 the case. if there be one, that such (‘€1'tli1(‘Elt0 has been issued, or allowance made, a11d the date and amount thereof. iieitag soldiers bec. ll lil. l\o soldier or S2.1lO1' shall be taken or held to be a deserter ?:‘dé;‘u‘;G“({;‘;€r£ from the Army or Navy who faithfully served according to his enlistorg, &,__ment until the nineteenth day of April. eighteen hundred and sixty-five,

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28.‘\__ ,3- »l_· Hi · mand or refused to serve after that date; but notl1i11g herein contained ’ shall operate asia remission of any forfeiture incurred by any such soldier or sailor of his pension; but tl1lS section shall be construed solely as a l't‘lll()\'2ll otany · isabihty such soldier or sailor may have incurred Q I T t, _ V f l>)'*tl1<‘ loss obhis ('llClZ(‘llSlll]) 111 consequence of his desertion, Nil`?`} fmilstgv *,1, bec. 4150. lhe Secretary of the Navy shall be trustee of the Navy N?\\`!'[)(’l)Fl1>ll·i\lIltl. l)O“*l(m'tlmdlll July, 1832, c. W4, s. 1, v. 4, p. 572. tU£S*;f12:{*‘%Ol_h€:l bra ._-tml. 7All penalt1cs and forfe1tu1 es incurred u11dcr the pI‘O\'1SlOl’lS V L. __ I M_ A of sections tncnty-four hundred and sixty-one, twenty-four hundred and 662 ‘)1‘a1·,,41s&&_g. sixty-two, and twenty-four l1undred a11d sixty-three, Title “‘Tma PUBLIC ` · —- 4. .` c, s 4 su o1' l‘€cO\’€l‘0 (1S 1‘l 1 ~* · ,».·»,\ ,n ¤ I pm hall be. ~ ed , N d, l'n ( , {lll accounte {01. undei the directionslof the becretary of the Navy, and shall be dpald oy S1 , pnpjhalt to the lllfO1'1I1Cl'S, 1f any, or captors, where seized, a11 the o e1 na f to the Secretary of the Navy for t 1C use of the Navy pensionfund; and the hecretary 15 authorized to mitigate, in whole or in part, on such terms a11d ('()ll(lltlOllS·flS he deems proper, by an order i11 writing, any f1nc,_penalty, or forfeiture so incurred. Prize-nioneyale YoI·1<‘. +152. All money accruing or which has already accrued to the {·yI;pH1},<z Ntgwtlyg llnited btates fiom sale of piues shall be and remain forever a fund for mmm u fum, fur t 10 pay111qnt of pensions to the officers, seamen, and marines who l11M' | i . . 1 . · ' ,,,.,,,,,,,ns_ wc c lltlt 1 chto 1< e cu e the same, and 1f such fund be insufficlent i01' tl1€ ti-?) 18%;; gurpge, the publ1c ltlltll is pledged to make up the deficiency; but lf It 2047 S_ 11, \,· ,2, In s1ouf _><. IEIOIC than suilnient, the suiplns shall be agphed to the Illiilv l,0,_ mg o fmt 1cr pl`O\'lS10ll for the comfort of the disable officers, S€&lll€U; iU\(l lll2ll`1l\(‘S. [See § 4630.]