THlRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 106. 1866. 57 to any person: and any person who shall falsely take the said oath shall _ False swearbe guilty of perjury, and, on conviction, shall be liable to the pains and "“K°°l’°P°"·“"·Y‘ penalties of perjury. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That any person who shall present Presenting any or cause to be presented at any pension agency any power of attorney, or 5;**; ;f\;‘;::_ other paper required as a. voucher in drawing a pension. which paper shall sig, agency, 0, bear a date subsequently to that on which it was actually signed or exe- any youchg, cuted, such person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a. high misde— ;’:;;;;§:m ,;° meanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a. fine not exceed- actual datqhew ing five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for a. term not exceeding P¤¤l¤h°d· three years, or by both, at the discretion of the court before whom such conviction shall be had, and no sum of money due, or to become due, to §<>¤°Y 636 0* any pensioner under the laws aforesaid, shall be liable to attachment, ;°;,ye,;’;;,,,:: levy or seizure by or under any legal or equitable process whatever, not liable to'atwhefficr the same remains with the Pension Office or any offioer or agent ‘“°l““““°• thereoi or is in course of transmission to the pensioner entitled thereoto; but shall inure wholly to the benefit of such pensioner. Sec. 4. And be it farther enacted, That no claim agent or other person Fm Gf <=l¤i¤¤ shall hereafter charge or receive more than twenty-five cents for prepar- ;Eg,},f}l°’°" ing the papers necessary to enable a pensioner to receive a semi-annual payment of his pension, nor shall any pension agent charge or receive more than fifteen cents for administering an oath to a pensioner, or his Penalty. attorney in fact, under a penalty of five dollars in each case. RB ca, Of, Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That section one of an act entitled "An fo,.b,gd,,,g i,:'" act supplementary to the several acts relating to pensions," approved valid pensioners March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, is hereby repealed. ;$,g;‘:elg;;‘f;g“S Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That if any person entitled to an runs2in2y_ g invalid pension has died since March four, eighteen hundred and sixty- 1865, @@84, 6 I- one, or shall hereafter die while an application for such pension is pend- V(¥g-fxhlggéggg ing, and after the proof has been completed, leaving no widow and no persons entitled minor child under sixteen years of age, his heirs or legal representatives *9 mvmid P"` shall be entitled to receive the accrued pension to which the applicant gggzlglhidufe. would have been entitled had the certiiicate been issued before his death. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That in all cases when a commission P¤¤¤i¤¤§ of · · · · officers dvin shall have been regularly issued to any person in the military or naval me, dnté O,-g service who shall have died or been disabled while in the line of duty, commission, but after the date of such commission, and before being mustered, such oHi· b°f°{° bgin-‘¥ cer or other person entitled to a pension for such death or disability by mus m ` existing laws shall receive a pension corresponding to his rank, as determined by such commission, the same as if he had been mustered: Pro- P¤>viS<>· vided, That this section shall not apply to any officer who shall have wilfully neglected or refused to be so mustered. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That officers absent on sick leave, _Ab¤¤r¤t¤¤¤ on and enlisted men absent on sick furlough, shall be regarded in the admin- lz1I3U; istratiou of the pension laws in the same manner as. if they were in the field or hospital. Sec. 9. And be itftmher enacted, That the period of service of all per- Period of sons entitled to the benefits of the pension laws, or on account of whose ::;;:2; l:,:;' death any person may become entitled to a pension, shall be construed to time. extend to the time of disbanding the organization to which such persons belonged, or until their actual discharge for other cause than the expiration of the service of such organization. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That enlisted men employed as Enlisted men, teamsters, wagoners, artifieers, hospital stewards, farriers, saddlers, and bfox:?;:?; all other enlisted men, however employed in the service of the army or iieéted as nonnavy, not specifically mentioned in the first section of an act entitled "An °°mmiS$i°¤°$i act to grant pensions," approved July fourteen, eighteen hundred and $$22* or lm` sixty-two, shall be regarded, in the administration of the pension laws, 1864,¢ii,247,§1. as non-commissioned officers or privates. V°l· mh P· 387-
