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1446 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 865-867. 1901. hundred and sixty-two, March third, eighteen hundred and seventy- three, and March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, Such pension to commence from the date of the filing of her application in _ __ the Pension Bureau after the approval of this Act: And provided `,,,g‘;,‘e‘;`§}(j‘,{‘j*‘l"‘l‘”*""‘ jiirtber, That where such widow is already in receipt of a pension

 _ from the United States she shall not be entitled to restoration under
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A nd provided farther, That where the pension of said widow

’ on her second or subsequent marria e has accrued to a helpless or idiotic child, or a child or children under the age of sixteen years, she shall not be entitled to restorationhunder this Act unless said helpless or idiotic child, or child or children under Sixteen years of age, be then ia member or members of her family and cared for by her, and upon the 1'€St01'&tl0I`1 of said widow the payment of pension to said child or children shall cease. .. ·‘g°“‘S’ f“Sb““°‘l· Sec. 2. No claim agent or other person shall be entitled to receive any compensation for services making application for pension under this Act. l Approved, March 3, 1901. , g March 3,1901. CHAP. 866.—An Act Requiring common carriers engaged in interstate commerce ‘—"‘ — to make full reports of all accidents toithe Interstate Commerce Commission. Be it enacted by the Senate anaK]%use of.R6j97’&S67Lb(tbiU&9 0 f the United mgg1§;§;%g*di¥;;g$g¤I;Q States of America in Congress assembled, It shall be the duty of the mmm? _ Commerce general manager, superintendent, or other proper officer of every °°”“‘“SS‘°“‘ common carrier engaged in interstate commerce by railroad to make to the Interstate Commerce Commission, at its office in Washington, District of Columbia, a monthly report, under oath, of all collisions of trains or where any train or part of a train accidentally leaves the track, and of all accidents which may occur to its passengers or employees while in the service of such common carrier and actually on duty, which report shall state the nature and causes thereof, and . the circumstances connected therewith. P€“““*‘ Sec. 2. That any common carrier failing to make such report within thirty days after the end of any month shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for each and. every offense and for every day durin which it shall fail to make such report after the time herein specified for mak- _ _ _ ing; the same. _ _ aS§;§g;;‘,;“dm1$S*bl€ Sec. 3. That neither said report nor any part thereof shall be ` admitted as evidence or used for any purpose against such railroad so making such report in any suit or action for damages growing out of any matter mentioned in said report. F°‘m °f“’P°“S· Sec. 4. That the Interstate Commerce Commission is authorized to prescribe for such common carriers a method and form for making the reports in the foregoing section provided. Approved, March 3, 1901. March 3,1901. CHAP. 867.—An Act To amend an Act amending the Act entitled "An Act to

  • -_—‘_""'_ authorize the receipt of United States gold coin in exchange for gold bars."

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United c0§l§§(§;‘§g§d ggmgx States of America in Congress assembted, That the Act approved March memes. third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, amending the Act approved l°l‘22’p‘97*"t°‘ May twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, be amended so as to read as follows: _ "That the superintendent of the coinage mints and of the United