FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 349. 1882. 1 75 Provided, That the appropriations aforesaid for Navy pensions shall be Provi-wepmd from the income of the Navy pension 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 shall be accounted for separately. For tees and expenses of examining surgeons two hundred and Fees, em., ofsurseventy-five thousand dollars. 8°°“°· . _ For pay and allowances of pension agents for salary, fees for prepar- P°"“""‘ “$‘”“‘“· mg vouchers, rent, fuel, lights, and postage on letters to the executive geaartments and to pensioners, two hundred and seventy-five thousand o ars. For contingent expenses of pension agents, ten thousand dollars. Sec. 2.-That section forty-seven hundred and forty-four, title fifty· R. S. 4744, 923. seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States is hereby amended ·'””°”d°d· to read as follows:
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from time to time clerks or persons employed in his office to make spe- ;'{M::“ m' “" K cial examinations into the merits of such pension or bountyland claims, whether pending or adjudicated, as he may deem proper, and to uid in the prosecution of any party appearing on such examinations to be guilty of irand either in the presentation or in procuring the allow- F1‘¤¤d¤|6¤¤· num of such claims; and any person so detailed shall have power to "l‘“'“'· administer oaths and take aiidavits and depositions in the course of such examinations, and to orally examine witnesses, and may employ a. stenogropher, when deemed necessary by the Commissioner of pensions, in important cases, such stenographer to be paid by such clerk or person, and the amount so paid to be allowed in his accounts!' ‘ S30. 3.—"That in addition to the authority eonterred by section one P¤‘>P<¤¤¤¤ *° hundred and eightyfour, title four of the Revised Statutes, any judge ""°“°’°°“‘ or clerk of any court of the United States in any State, District, or Territory shall have power, upon the application of the Commissioner of Pensions, to issue a subpoena for a witness, being within the juris· _ diction of such court, to appear, at a time and place in the subpmna stated, before any oiicer authorized to take depositions to be used in _ the courts of the United States, or before any omeer, clerk, or person from the Pension Bureau designated or detailed to investigate or examine into the merits of any pension claim and authorized by haw to administer oaths and take eilidavits in such investigation or examine- · tion, there to give full and true answers to such written interrogatories and cross iuterrogstoriu ns may be proponnded, or to be orally examined and cross-examined upon the subjectof such claim; noel witnesses Wim•:·¤w¤’ fees subpozneed pursuant to this and the preceding section shall be allowed the same compensation as is allowed witnesses in the courts of the · United States, and paid iu. the same manner! Sim. 4.-That the Commissioner of Pensions is hereby authorized to C<>¤¤{¤i¤¤* ¤¤¤¤’ appoint surgeons who, under his control and direction shall make such ";‘}’:Q’°':`n;;°;=' ‘ examination of pensioners and claimants for pension or increased pen- sm sion as he shall require; and he shall organize boards of surgeons, to Boards or nuconsist of three members each, at such points in each State as he shall s¤¤¤¤· deem necessary, and all examinations, so far as practicable, shall be made by the boards, and no examination shall be made by one surgeon Special hoard of excepting under such circumstances as make it impracticable for e ¤¤¥s¤<>¤¤· claimant to present himself before a board: Provided, That the Com- I’*¤¤*•••· missioner may, when in his opinion the exigencies of the service require ` it, organize a board of three surgeons who, under his direction, shall review the work of any regularly-ap{>ointed board or surgeon : Provided further, That all examinations shall be thorough and searching, and the certidcate contain e full description of the p yaical condition of the eleiruczigiet the time, which shall includleanll the physical and ni a statement 0 a structure! c nges. . gat fee for each examination, and setiahetory certidente thorns! nlm}! uga? betvodelhntoenehmcmhervhen madeby aho•u·d,s¤£twocl’n&ls}vs wlmnmedebyonenrgeunz Provided, Thatwheusclsinnut hindu- PM*••·
