FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 140, 111. 1891. 113 buildings, depots, machine shops, side tracks, turn-outs, and water stations, shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and until the compensation aforesaid shall have been fixed and paid. Said company is hereby authorized to enter upon such reservations for Sum,,,_ the purpose of surveying and locating its line of railroad: Prorided, §r·>{¤*¤¤· H _ That said railroad shall be located, constructed, and operated with due 'g its ° °d1"°‘ regard to the rights of the Indians, and under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe. Sec. 3. That the right herein granted shall be forfeited by said com- ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤··¤· pany unless the road shall be constructed through said reservations within three years after the passage of this Act, and provided that Congress reserve the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act. Am¤¤¤1i¤m,e¢¤. Approved, July 18, 1894. CHAP. 141..-An Act Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other July 18. 1894. pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen Li hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, m;•>¤¤i¤¤¤ ¤1>1>¤>1>ri¤- and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treas- °' · ury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of pensions ior the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes, namely: For Army and Navy pensions, as follows: For invalids, widows, minor si1¤v¤1i·1. ¤t¤-. mechildren, and dependent relatives, Army nurses, survivors and widows °"°‘ of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve and with Mexico, and the survivors and widows of the Indian wars of eighteen hundred and thirty-two to eighteen hundred and forty-two, inclusive, one hundred and fifty million dollars: Provided, That the appropriation aforesaid _ for Navy pensions shall be paid from the income of the Navy pension an p°"°’°"”" fund, so far as the same may be sufficient for that purpose: And provided further, That the amount expended under each of the above items A¤·=¤¤¤¤¤· shall be accounted for separately. _ _ For fees and expenses of examining surgeons for services rendered g,f,§,j“"“‘“g ““" within the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-tive, one million dollars. And each member of each examining board shall, as now _ authorized by law, receive the sum of two dollars for the examination of *""*‘· each applicant whenever five or a less number shall be examined on any one day, and one dollar for the examination of each additional applicant on such day: Provided, That if twenty or more applicants appear §;;f;;y{m°m, on one day, no fewer than twenty shall, if practicable, be examined ` on said day, and that if fewer examinations be then made, twenty or more having appeared, then there shall be paid for the iirst examinations made on the next examination day the fee of one dollar only until twenty examinations shall have been made: Provided further, That no icfrzgmrléglus °°"· tee shall be paid to any member of an examining board unless person- ' ally present and assisting in the examination of applicant: Provided, I _ t , That the report of such examining surgeons when tiled in the Pension ,P(.;c'§’§']§,",,¤_m°y m` Oilice shall be open to the examination and inspection of the claimant or his attorney, under such reasonable rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may provide. _ For salaries of eighteen agents for the payment of pensions, at four Ag°“‘“` “’°"°“· thousand dollars each, seventy-two thousand dollars. _ For clerk hire, four hundred and fifty thon and dollars: Provided, §’$,’,’.§,{,‘{'°‘ That the amount of clerk hire for each agency shall be apportioned as =>rv<·¤i¤¤¤¤¢¤¢· nearly as practicable in proportion to the number of pensioners paid at each agency, and the salaries paid shall be subject to the approval of _ the Secretary of the Interior, but the appointment of the clerk to Sign Cl°'k‘°“g“°°°°"°‘ otiicial checks, who shall receive the same compensation at each agency as was paid during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen STAT-VOL xxvui---8
