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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 634»636. 1890. 183 death, without proving his death to be the result of his army service, be placed on the pension-roll from the date of the application _ _ therefor under this act, at the rate of eight dollars per month dur- h,,1;‘g{j° ‘*‘“‘“‘ '"°°“" ing her widowhood, and shall also be paid two dollars per month for each child of such officer or enlisted man under sixteen years of age, chqm ¢<>re¤<=h minor and in case of the death or remarria e of the widow, leavin a child Dgéthqrmmujggg or children of such officer or enlisted man under the age ol sixteen °‘ "*°°"· years, such pension shall be paid such child or children until the age of sixteen: Provided, That in case a minor child is insane, idi- mum. otic, or otherwise permanently helpless, the pension shall continue conunmnbiimremion during the life of said child, or during the period of such disability, @$5 d,,,,,‘{,‘§§$ and this proviso shall apply to all pensions heretofore granted or Mm to all hereafter to be granted under this or any former statute, and such °“- pensions shall commence from the date of application therefor after commencement the passage of this act: And provided further, That said widow shall unites to time or have married said soldier prior to the passage of this act. "'""°“°‘ Sec. 4. That no agent, attorney, or other person engaged in pre- rsesorsmmeysor paring, presenting, or prosecuting any claim under the provisions "'°°°'·*’“"g M"' of this act shall, directly or indirect y, contract for, demand, re- . ceive, or retain for such services in preparing, presenting, or prosecuting such claim a sum greater than ten dollars, whic sum shall ¤¤¤i¤¤·¤¤ fw be payable only upon the order of the Commissioner of Pensions, by new payable. the pension agent making payment of the pension allowed, and any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section, or Vlol•tlnn,m·m who shall wrongfully withhold from a pensioner or claimant the g““8·° whole or any part of a pension or claim allowed or due such pensioner or claimant under this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall, for each and every such offence, be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, or be runny. imprisoned at hard labor not excee ing two years, or both, in the discretion of the court. i Approved, June 27, 1890. CHAP. 635.-An act to amend "An act for the erection of an appraisers' ware- _;,,,,,, g_;m_ house in the city of New York, and for other purposes." —-·—~————~-··—-··-- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Conyress assembled, That the act en- {cw nw titled "An act for the erection o an appraisers warehouse in the mBE_.,.,_ city of New York, and for other purposes/’ approved September $$5. v· *80- fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, , and the same is ' hereby, amended by striking out the words " in the vicinity of each '°"’·¥’·“°· other," wherever the same occur, so that the Secretary of the Treasn may locate said ap raisers’ warehouse at any point within the Lmuon. cdllection district, north of Liberty street, on the west side of the city of New York. Approved, June 28, 1890. CHAP. 636.-An act to amend an act entitled "An act authorizing the construe- June zs,1D0. tion of a bridge over the Missouri RiV€l' _11B 0I' DGH-? Kansas City, Kansas, and not ··;···“*_‘ over ten miles above the Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railway bridge at Kansas City, Missouri/’ approved March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, Be it enacted by the Senate and H0’u8e of R3presenmtit·es of the cig_**<*£n:° K*”““ United States of America, in Congress assemble , That the time for v51. 25, p. rss, commencement and completion of the bridge authorized by said act *“*°’*‘°‘· as provided in section six thereof be, and is hereby, each extended •¤¤ one year from the passage of this act.