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THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



by whom the declaration may be taken. A 

 pensioner who may deem himself entitled to 

 an increase of pension should file a declaration 

 on a blank form furnished for the purpose, 

 setting forth the ground upon which he claims 

 such increase. A declaration for increase 

 of pension may be taken before any officer 

 duly authorized to administer oaths. 



All invalid pensions granted under the gen- 

 eral law will terminate at re-enlistment, or 

 when the disabilities for which they were al- 

 lowed shall have ceased. 



A widow's pension will end at her re-mar- 

 riage, and not be renewable should she again 

 become a widow. 



Pensions allowed to dependent mothers and 

 sisters end at re-marriage or when depen- 

 dence ceases. Pensions allowed to dependent 

 fathers end when the dependence ceases. 



The name of any pensioner shall be stricken 

 from the roll upon his or her failure to claim 

 a pension for three years after the same shall 

 have become due. 



To entitle a widow or children to pension, 

 the death of the soldier does not need to have 

 been the result of injury received or disease 

 contracted under such circumstances as would 

 have entitled him to an invalid pension had he 

 been disabled. 



A widow is entitled to a pension of <$8 per 

 month, no matter whether the death of the 

 soldier was due to army service or not. In 

 addition to this rate, she will be allowed $2 

 per month for each child of the officer or sol- 

 dier under the age of sixteen years. 



In the application of widows and children 

 for pensions, they are not required to prove 

 that death of husband resulted from the injury 

 or disease on account of which his pension was 

 granted ; but, if the husband had not estab- 

 lished his claim for an invalid pension, the 

 widow shall prove origin and cause of the 

 fatal disease. Widows will be required to 

 prove their marriage to the person on account 

 of whose service and death the claim is made ; 

 also proof of dates of birth of children by copy 

 of church record. 



A mother claiming a pension must prove 

 the cause and date of the death of her son ; 

 her relationship ; that he left no widow or 

 minor child or children surviving ; and that, 

 if living, she would be dependent upon him for 

 support. 



A father claiming pension on account of the 

 death of his son, upon whom he was depend- 

 ent for support, must prove facts similar to 

 those required of a mother. 



The claim on behalf of minor brothers and 

 sisters should be made by a guardian duly ap- 

 pointed. 



In administration of the pension laws, no 

 distinction is made between brothers and sis- 

 ters of the half blood and those of the whole 

 blood. Evidence in a claim for pension ean 

 not be verified before an officer who is en- 

 gaged in the prosecution of such claim. 



In claims for increase of pension, a fee of $2 

 will be allowed. All letters of inquiry relative 

 to claims pending in Pension Office should 

 give the number of the claim. 



No sum of money due, or to become due, to 

 any pensioner, shall be liable to attachment, 

 levy or seizure, under any legal or equitable 

 process. 



Agents for paying pensions shall receive 

 two per centum on all disbursements made by 

 them to pensioners. 



No agent, or attorney, or other person, shall 

 demand or receive any other compensation for 

 his services in prosecuting a claim for pension 

 or bounty-land than such as the Commissioner 

 of Pensions shall direct to be paid to him, not 

 exceeding $10. 



Every officer, or enlisted or hired man, who 

 who has lost a limb, or the use of a limb, in 

 the military or naval service of the United 

 States, is entitled to receive, once every three 

 years, an artificial limb or apparatus, or com- 

 mutation therefor. The period of three years 

 is reckoned from the filing of first application 

 after March 2, 1891. The commutation al- 

 lowed in case of the amputation of a leg is 

 $75 ; in all other cases, $50. Applications for 

 artificial limbs should be transmitted through 

 the proper pension agent to the surgeon-gen- 

 eral of the army. 



JURISDICTION OF JUSTICES OF 

 THE PEACE. 



Justices of the Peace generally have juris- 

 diction throughout the county or township 

 in which they are elected, and the limit of the 

 amount is as follows : 



Alabama $100 



Arizona 300 



Arkansas 300 



California 300 



Colorado 300 



Connecticut, 100 



Dakota, North 200 



Dakota, South 100 



Delaware 200 



District of Columbia. . 100 



Florida 100 



Georgia 100 



Idaho 300 



Illinois 200 



* Indiana 200 



t Iowa 100 



Kansas 300 



Kentucky 50 



Louisiana 100 



Maine 20 



Maryland 100 



Massachusetts 300 



Michigan 100 



Minnesota 100 



By confession, $300. 



Mississippi >i">" 



Missouri 250 



Montana 300 



Nebraska 200 



Nevada 300 



New Hampshire 13J 



New Jersey '-'(Hi 



New Mexico 100 



New York 200 



North Carolina 200 



Ohio 100 



Oregon 500 



Pennsylvania 300 



Rhode Island 300 



South Carolina 100 



Tennessee 600 



Texas 200 



Utah 300 



Vermont 200 



Virginia 100 



Washington 300 



West Virginia 300 



Wisconsin 200 



Wyoming 300 



t By consent, $300 



