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SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 95, 96. 1918. 603 tion of the license of a licensed officer such officer shall be allowed to be represented by counsel and to testify in his own behalf. _ Sec. 2. That whenever there shall be a disagreement between the m;§@“§1,°,§,§§‘,,“§* local insapectors in regard to any matter before them for decision `_ they sh report the case to the supervising inspector of the district, who shall investigaltp and decide the same. Any supervising inspector may_within t y days thereafter, upon his own motion, review any decision or action of an board of local inspectors within his _ district and in like manner the Supervis' Inspector General may _ within_thirty days thereafter review anymdecision or action of any F"'“1“°"°“· supervising inspector or board of local inspectors, and the decision of the Supervising Ingpector General in such case shall, when approved by the Secretary of ommerce, be final. Sec. 3. That any decision or action reviewed by the Supervising P¤>¤¤d¤¤¤- Inspector General or by any supervising ins ector as provided in sections one and two of this Act, may be revoked, changed, or modi= fied by such reviewing officer, who shall have power to administer Www, oaths and to summon and compel the attendance of witnesses by a °°S` similar procew as in the district courts o‘f the United States; and the disbursing clerk, Department of Commerce, shall pay, on roperl_y certified vouchers, such fees to an witness so summonedp for his actual travel and attendance as shai be officially certified to by the officer reviewing the case, not exceeding the rate allowed for fees to witnesses for travel and attendance in the district courts of the United States. Sec. 4. That the Secretary of Commerce shall make such regula- R¤e¤¤¤¤¤¤¤~ tions as may be necessary to secure a proper enforcement o the provisions o this Act. L ws WM Sec. 5. That section forty-four hundred and fifty-two of the 158.,;. 4452,·p.86L Revised Statutes, as amended by section six of the Act of March V°'· 3“·P·1“"°· third, nineteen hundred and five, is hereby repealed. Approved, June 10, 1918. crm?. 96.—An A To amend an A theami ·· A in mam '¤¤·¤°·¤9¤8· certain enlisted men, sdldiers, and officerscwho serirded the(iiiv‘ilm\%arga1Iid the Wis: with Mexico/’ approved May eleventh, nineteen hundred and twelve. lP¤b\i¢»N¤· 167.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House dlfepresenuztivea ty' the United P States of America in Congress assembled, That the Ezneral pension Act v2??‘°§$f‘ ,_ ,1,, of May eleventh, nineteen hundred and twelve, is reby amended by °°°°d°°· adding a new section, to read as follows: • Cm "S1·;o. 6. That from and after the passage of this Act the rate of pemi.ms.w°” °°"l°° pension for any person who served nineléy days or more in the military “*'“‘¤“m· or naval service of the United States uring the Civil War, now on the roll or hereafter to be placed on the pension roll and entitled to receive a less rate than hereinafter provided, shall be $30 per month. $8* ‘°' °¤° i¤· In case such person has reached the age of seventy-two years and served six months, the rate shall be $32 per month; one year, $35 per month; one and a half ears, $38 per month; two years or over, hmm $40 per month: Provided, 'llhat this Act shall not be so construed as Noreduction time to reduce any pension under any Act, public or private; Provided °“‘*’°"$°°’· further, That no pension attorney, claim agent, or other person, shall D Lirggmivv ¤f afterbe entitled to receive any compensation for presenting any claim to °" °°°’ the _Bureau of Pensions under this Act, exceplt in applications for Original pension by persons who have not eretofore received a pension} Approved, June 10, 1918.