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Roster of Disqualified Attorneys. The following has been published:

Roster of disqualified attorneys; corrected to July 1, 1889; and roster of disqualified attorneys and agents, corrected to April 1, 1898.

List of Pensioners. Certain lists of pensioners prepared by the Pension Office prior to 1849 under the War Department, and after 1849 under the Interior Department were printed only as Congressional documents. These appeared in the years 1817, 1818, 1820, 1828, 1831, 1835, 1849, and 1857. The following lists have been published by the Bureau of Pensions :

List of pensioners on roll giving

Name of each pensioner, cause for which pensioned, postoffice address, rate of pension per month, and date of orginal allowance 1883, Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4.

Names and addresses of pensioners of the United States, living in Canada, June 31, 1899, with services, rate of pension, etc. 1899.

Names and addresses of pensioners of the United States living in foreign countries other than Canada, January 31, 1899, with services, rates of pensions, etc. 1899.

Pension Appeals Board. Annual reports of the Assistant Secretary of the Interior on work of the Pension Appeals Board:

In annual reports of Interior Department, 1891-1898, and usually issued separately also. None issued since 1898.

Other Publications. Other publications are issued from time to time, among which are the following:

Battles. Alphabetical list of battles with dates of War of
Rebellion; by J. W. Wells, 1875.

Battles. Alphabetical list of battles of the War of Rebellion,
with dates, compiled from official records by J. W. Wells
and N. A. Strait; revised by N. A. Strait with addition of
many incidents of war, including number killed, wounded,
and missing in each important battle, list of battles fought
since 1775, chronological history of War with Mexico, with

2 Ante, p. 67.

names of Presidents and Vice-Presidents from Washington to Arthur, and roster of all regimental surgeons in late war, with their service and last known post-office address. N. A. Strait, Washington, D. C. 1882. Battles. Alphabetical list of battles 1754-1900, War of Rebellion, Spanish American War, Philippine Insurrection, and all old wars, with dates; by Newton A. Strait. 1900. Card records in use in the Bureau of Pensions. 1916. 88 p. incl. forms.

Bureau of Pensions, its officers and their duties, manner in which work of adjudicating claims is performed. 1893. 97 p.

Facts and figures furnished by Bureau of Pensions. 1920. 4 p. [Similar publications had been issued in previous years.] Foreign pension systems, synopsis of pension laws compiled from information furnished in response to resolution; by J. L. Davenport. [The above is not a publication of the Pension Bureau, but appeared as Senate Document 56, 57th Congress, Ist. Session, Serial 4220, a bureau edition of which was published by order of the Senate.]

Government officials and employees. Regulations governing Pension Bureau under act of May 22, 1920, providing for annuities on retirement of civil service employees. [1920.] Information relating to Army and Navy pensions, 1917. 42 p. (Similar publications have been issued in previous years.) Instructions and forms to be observed by persons applying to the Pension Office for bounty-land under the act of March 3, 1855, entitled "An act in addition to certain acts granting bounty-land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States." And the act of May 14, 1856, in amendment thereof. 1856. 24 P. Letter from the Commissioner of Pensions to the Secretary of the Interior showing the total number of cases allowed by the Bureau of Pensions, and the total value of the first payments in said cases, from March 1, 1889 to December 31, 1892, inclusive, as well as the condition of the pending and complete files of the Bureau and the state of the pension roll. December 31, 1892. 1893. 16 p.

Lochren. William Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, vs. United States ex rel. Charles D. Long; appellant's brief. 1895.

Letter from Commissioner of Pensions to Secretary of Interior [on work of Bureau of Pensions] March 1, 1889December 31, 1892, and condition of files and pension roll. January 26, 1893.

Pensions to commissioned officers, etc., United States Army. Statement showing special acts of Congress passed since March 4, 1861, granting pensions to commissioned officers, and widows of commissioned officers of the United States Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. 1917. 34 p. (64th Cong. 2d. Sess. Sen. Doc. 702). Precedents applicable to suits, civil and criminal growing out of or incident to the administration of the pension and bounty-land laws, with analytical index. Compiled from the reports of the federal courts, the Courts of Claims, and the State Courts, as well as from the opinions of the Attorney-General of the United States, and from the unreported cases found upon the dockets of the Pension Bureau, for the convenience of special examiners, U. S. District Attorneys, and public officers generally; by W. T. Pierson, principal examiner .. U. S. Pension Bureau.

1895.

207 P. Regulations governing the Pension Bureau under act of May 22, 1920, providing annuities on retirement of civil service employees. [1920]. 7 p.

Treatise on the practice of the Pension Bureau governing the adjudication of the Army and Navy pensions. Compiled by order of the Commissioner of Pensions. 1898. 5-140 p.

Pension Administration

General Administration

APPENDIX 4

LAWS

(A) INDEX TO Laws

Creation of Department of the Interior and appointment of Secretary of the Interior.....

Bureau of Pensions, jurisdiction of Secrtary of the In-
terior over

Commissioner of Pensions, appointment of.
Commissioner of Pensions, duties of.....

Deputy Commissioner of Pensions, appointment and
duties of

.....

Printed forms and instruction to be furnished free to

applicants and claimants for pensions...

Powers and duties of special examiners.

Detail of clerks to make special examinations..

.Sec. 437, R. S.

.Sec. 441, R. S.

.Sec. 470, R. S.

.Sec. 471, R. S.

.Sec. 472, R. S.

...Sec. 4748, R. S. .March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. L., 1083) ..July 25, 1882 (22 Stat. L., 175)

Power of Commissioner to inspect boards of surgeons (amending Sec. 4766, R. S.)...

Reports of special examiners open to inspection.....

Subpoena for witnesses; appointment of examining surgeons; organization of boards, etc..

Detail of clerks from Pension Office to the Pension
Committees of the House of Representatives...

Applications for Pensions

Commissioner of Pensions to furnish printed forms and instructions to applicants and claimants for pensions.

Execution of papers in pension claims.

Pension Attorneys

Commissioner of Pensions to approve amount of pension attorney's fee

.August 8, 1882 (22 Stat. L., 373) .... May 28, 1908 (35 Stat. L., 419)

.July 25, 1882 (22 Stat. L., 175)

.Feb. 1, 1884 (23 Stat. L., 266)

..Sec. 4748, R. S.

.July 26, 1892 (27 Stat. L., 272)

.....Sec. 4768, R. S.

Attorney's fee to be deducted from pension when certified by Commissioner

Sec. 4769, R. S.

Fees of pension attorneys (amended July 4, 1884)......Sec. 4785, R. S. Articles of agreement, agents, and attorneys; illegal fees penalty (amended July 4, 1884)

..Sec. 4786, R. S.

Retention of discharge papers, etc., by attorney or

agent prohibited

Fees of pension attorneys

No attorneys fees permitted in claims for increased rates to certain widows

Fees of agents and attorneys

Attorneys fees for increase of pension claims...

No attorneys fees permitted in claims for pensions to
Army nurses

Attorneys fees not permitted in renewal of pension to
certain remarried widows (amending Sec. 4708, R.
S.; amended February 28, 1903)....

Contracts entered into with agents or attorneys prior to the passage of act, void....

May 21, 1872 (17 Stat. L., 137) ..July 4, 1884 (23 Stat. L., 99)

March 19, 1886 (24 Stat. L., 5) . June 27, 1890 (26 Stat. L., 183) ..March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. L., 1082)

..Aug. 5, 1892 (27 Stat. L., 349)

.March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. L., 1445)

.June 27, 1902 (32 Stat. L., 400)

No attorneys fees permitted in claims for pensions to certain survivors of the Mexican and Civil Wars........Feb. 6, 1907

Fees of agents and attorneys

Fees not allowed for services in securing pensions by special act of Congress

Contracts entered into with agents or attorneys prior to passage of act, void......

(34 Stat. L., 879) ..April 19, 1908 (35 Stat. L., 64)

. May 28, 1908 (35 Stat. L., 419)

.May 30, 1908

(35 Stat. L., 553)

Officers of the U. S. not to be interested in pension claims against the U. S. (Sec. 109, Criminal Code)....March 4, 1909

Fees permitted only in certain cases.

Fees of agents and attorneys.

Physical Examinations

Special medical examinations of pensioners and appli

(35 Stat. L., 1107)

.May 11, 1912 (37 Stat. L., 113) ....Sept. I, 1922 (42 Stat. L., 836)

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