182 FIFTY·FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Gus. 633, 634. 1890. Kansas and Nebraska Railway Companty under said act of Con- Completion. gress, and to complete the construction o all lines of railway men-` tioned in said act of Congress not heretofore constructed by said The MM- Chica 0, Kansas and Nebraska Railway Company: Provided, how- Avvmvu ot anon. ever, That before any such sale and conveyance shall be made the °""’"°' '°"‘l°‘ terms thereof shall be approved by a magority of the directors of said The Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway Company. Bevel- , Sec. 2. That all the revisions of said act of Con ress inconsistent with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, June 27, 1890. June 27, 1800. CHAP. 634.-An act granting pensions to soldiers and sailors who are incapaci- "”'"“?"" tated for the performance of manual labor, and providing for pensions to widows, minor children, and dependent parents. Be it enacted by the Senate and House <Z Re reserdatvves of the _D¤•b¤¤=¥-¢¤¤-· vw- United Sfateseif America in Congress assem led,That in considering nbihnzoe to certain the pension c aims of dependent parents, the fact of- the soldier’s °°*“°” °'“* ““°"* death b mason of any wound, injury, casualty, or disease which, aeazxnrfisenuw. t under the_ conditions and limitations of existing laws, would have mmm ° ent1tled him to an invalid pension, and the fact that the soldier left E*i¤¤¤¢>¤ ¤‘¤·1¤i¤>d· no widow or minor children havin been shown as required by law, it shall be necessary only to showiy competent and sufficient evidence that such parent or parents are without other present means of support than their own manual labor or the contributions of others Proviao. not egallyebound for their support: Provided, That all pensions aloommonounoncam lowed to dent parents under this act shall commence from the §§;Q"'“T‘°'°°° °° P"' date of the mg of the application hereunder and shall continue no _ longer than the existence of the dependence. “}_:b¤le§1¤s3!y$‘i;¤!?_¥£ Sec. 2. That all persons who served ninety days or more in the mos who an-you military or naval service of the United States during the late war of $;';{0‘{:’“ *““" °* the rebellion and who have been honorably discharged therefrom, _ and who are now or who may hereafter be suffering from a mental or physical disability of a permanent character, not the result of their own vicious habits, w ich incapacitates them from the performance of manual labor in such a degree as to render them unable D¤°l¤’°°‘·°'¢· to earn a support, shall, upon making due proof of the fact according to such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may provide, be laced upon the list of invalid pensioners of the United M¤i¤¤¤?)¤¤d mini- tates, and be entitled to receive a pension not exceeding twelve "{'>{".,,§’($’,{';°f.,.,'};¤., rm. dollars per month, and not less than six dollars per month, proporb“”>`- tioned to the degree of inability to earn a support; and such pension Cgmmenwmvnund shall commence from the date of the filing of the application in the °°” `”°°”°°‘ Pension Office, after the passage of this act upon proof that the dis- . ability then existed, and shall continue during the existence of the Mom same: Provided, That persons who are now receiving pensions under P¤r¤¤·>¤er¤ www existing laws, or whose claims are pending in the ension Office,
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!¤¤"·'¤¤¤‘*•¤¤¤**¤ as e may prescribe, showing themselves entitled thereto, receive the benefits of this act; and nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent any pensioner thereunder from prosecuting his claim and receiving his nsion under any other general or special Qnly one pension at act: Provided, however, That no person shall receive more than one “§_,,",1$;c,,_,,,,k ,,0, pension for the same period; And provided further, That rank in oonsmorou. the service shall not be considered in applications tiled under this act. u£¤lK::g:¤*, .l*¤dj Sec. 3. That if any officer or enlisted man who served ninety days or more in the Army or Navy of the United States durin the late war of the rebellion, and who was honorably discharged has WWW- died, or shall hereafter die, leaving a widow without other means of
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