under like circumstances, shall have lost one hand, or one foot, or been totally and permanently disabled in the same, or otherwise so disabled as to render their incapacity to perform manual labor equivalent to the loss of a hand or foot, shall be entitled to a pension of eighteen dollars per month: Provided, That all persons who, under like circumstances, have lost a leg above the knee, and in consequence thereof are so disabled that they can not use artificial limbs, shall be rated in the second class and receive twenty-four dollars per month from and after June fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two; and all persons who, under like circumstances, shall have lost the hearing of both ears, shall be entitled to a pension of thirteen dollars per month from the same date: Provided, That the pension for a disability not permanent, equivalent in degree to any provided for in this section, shall, during the continuance of the disability in such degree, be at the same rate as that herein provided for a permanent disability of like degree.

INCREASED RATES FOR TOTAL HELPLESSNESS.

ACT JUNE 18, 1874 (18 STAT. L., 78).

SECTION 1. That section four of the act entitled "An act to revise, consolidate, and amend the laws relating to pensions," and approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, be so amended that all persons who, while in the military or naval service of the United States, and in the line of duty, shall have been so permanently and totally disabled as to require the regular personal aid and attendance of another person, by the loss of the sight of both eyes, or by the loss of the sight of one eye, the sight of the other having been previously lost, or by the loss of both hands, or by the loss of both feet, or by any other injury resulting in total and permanent helplessness, shall be entitled to a pension of fifty dollars per month; and this shall be in lieu of a pension of thirty-one dollars and twenty-five cents per month granted to such person by said section: Provided, That the increase of pension shall not be granted by reason of any of the injuries herein specified unless the same shall have resulted in permanent total helplessness, requiring the regular personal aid and attendance of another person.

SEC. 2. That this act shall take effect from and after the fourth day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-four.

RATE OF $72 PER MONTH FOR TOTAL HELPLESSNESS.

ACT JUNE 16, 1880 (21 STAT. L., 281).

SECTION 1. That all soldiers and sailors who are now receiving a pension of fifty dollars per month, under the provisions of an act entitled "An act to increase the pension of soldiers and sailors who have been totally disabled," approved June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, shall receive, in lieu of all pensions now paid them by the Government of the United States, and there shall be paid them in the same manner as pensions are now paid to such persons, the sum of seventy two dollars per month.

SEC. 2. All pensioners whose pensions shall be increased by the provisions of this act from fifty dollars per month to seventy two

dollars per month shall be paid the difference between said sums monthly, from June seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seventy eight, to the time of the taking effect of this act.

LOSS OF BOTH HANDS, BOTH FEET, OR SIGHT OF BOTH EYES.

ACT JUNE 17, 1878 (20 STAT. L., 144).

That on and after the passage of this act, all soldiers and sailors who have lost either both their hands or both their feet or the sight of both eyes in the service of the United States, shall reecive, in lieu of all pensions now paid them by the Government of the United States, and there shall be paid to them, in the same manner as pensions are now paid to such persons, the sum of seventy-two dollars per

month.

TOTAL BLINDNESS.

ACT MARCH 3, 1879 (20 STAT. L., 484).

That the act of June seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seventyeight, entitled "An act to increase the pensions of certain soldiers and sailors who have lost both their hands or both their feet, or the sight of both eyes, in the service of the country," be so construed as to include all soldiers and sailors who have become totally blind from causes occurring in the service of the United States.

RATE OF $100 FOR TOTAL BLINDNESS.

ACT APRIL 8, 1904 (33 STAT. L., 163).

That from and after the passage of this Act all persons on the pension roll, and all persons hereafter granted a pension, who, while in the military or naval service of the United States and in the line of duty, shall have lost both eyes, or who have become totally blind from causes occurring in the service of the United States, shall receive a pension at the rate of one hundred dollars per month: Provided, however, That this Act shall not be so construed as to reduce any pension under any Act, public or private.

RATE OF $100 FOR LOSS OF BOTH HANDS.

ACT FEBRUARY 12, 1889 (25 STAT. L., 659).

That from and after the passage of this act all persons who, in the military or naval service of the United States and in the line of duty, have lost both hands, shall be entitled to a pension of one hundred dollars per month.

LOSS OF ONE HAND AND ONE FOOT.

ACT FEBRUARY 28, 1877 (19 STAT. L., 264).

That all persons who, while in the military or naval service of the United States and in the line of duty, shall have lost one hand and one foot, or been totally and permanently disabled in both, shall be entitled to a pension for each of such disabilities, and at such a rate as is provided for by the provisions of the existing laws for each disability: Provided, That this act shall not be so construed as to reduce pensions in any case.

AMPUTATION AT OR ABOVE ELBOW OR KNEE.

ACT JUNE 18, 1874 (18 STAT. L., 78).

SECTION 1. That all persons who are now entitled to pensions under existing laws and who have lost either an arm at or above the elbow, or a leg at or above the knee, shall be rated in the second class, and shall receive twenty-four dollars per month: Provided, That no artificial limbs, or commutation therefor, shall be furnished to such persons as shall be entitled to pensions under this act.

SEC. 2. That this act shall take effect from and after the fourth day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-four.

INCREASE FOR CERTAIN DISABILITIES.

ACT MARCH 3, 1883 (22 STAT. L., 453).

That from and after the passage of this act all persons on the pension-roll, and all persons hereafter granted a pension, who, while in the military or naval service of the United States, and in the line of duty, shall have lost one hand or one foot, or been totally or permanently disabled in the same, or otherwise so disabled as to render their incapacity to perform manual labor equivalent to the loss of a hand or foot, shall receive a pension of twenty-four dollars per month; that all persons now on the pension-roll and all persons hereafter granted a pension who in like manner shall have lost either an arm at or above the elbow or a leg at or above the knee, or shall have been otherwise so disabled as to be incapacitated for performing any manual labor, but not so much as to require regular personal aid and attendance, shall receive a pension of thirty dollars per month: Provided, That nothing contained in this act shall be construed to repeal section forty-six hundred and ninety-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States or to change the rate of eighteen dollars per month therein mentioned to be proportionately divided for any degree of disability established for which section forty-six hundred and ninety-five makes no provision.

AMPUTATION AT HIP JOINT.

ACT MARCH 3, 1879 (20 STAT. L., 483).

That all pensioners now on the pension rolls, or who may hereafter be placed thereon, for amputation of either leg at the hip joint shall receive a pension at the rate of thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents per month from the date of the approval of this act.

AMPUTATION AT SHOULDER JOINT.

ACT MARCH 3, 1885 (23 STAT. L., 437).

That all soldiers and sailors of the United States who have had an arm taken off at the shoulder joint, caused by injuries received in the service of their country while in the line of duty, and who are now receiving pensions, shall have their pensions increased to the same amount that the law now gives to soldiers and sailors who have lost a leg at the hip joint; and this act shall apply to all who shall be hereafter placed on the pension-roll.

INCREASED RATES.

ACT AUGUST 4, 1886 (24 STAT L., 220).

That from and after the passage of this act all persons on the pension-rolls, and all persons hereafter granted a pension, who, while in the military or naval service of the United States and in line of duty, shall have lost one hand or one foot, or been totally disabled in the same, shall receive a pension of thirty dollars a month; that all persons now on the pension-rolls, and all persons hereafter granted a pension, who in like manner shall have lost either an arm at or above the elbow or a leg at or above the knee, or been totally disabled in the same, shall receive a pension of thirty-six dollars per month; and that all persons now on the pension-rolls, and all persons, hereafter granted a pension who in like manner shall have lost either an arm at the shoulder-joint or a leg at the hip-joint, or so near the joint as to prevent the use of an artificial limb, shall receive a pension at the rate of forty-five dollars per month: Provided, That nothing contained in this act shall be construed to repeal section forty-six hundred and ninety-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, or to change the rate of eighteen dollars per month. therein mentioned to be proportionately divided for any degree of disability established for which section forty-six hundred and ninetyfive makes no provision.

INCREASED RATES.

ACT MARCH 2, 1903 (32 STAT. L., 944).

That from and after the passage of this act all persons on the pension roll, and all persons hereafter granted a pension, who, while in the military or naval service of the United States and in the line of duty, shall have lost one hand or one foot, or been totally disabled in the same, shall receive a pension at the rate of forty dollars per month; that all persons who, in like manner, shall have lost an arm at or above the elbow or a leg at or above the knee, or been totally disabled in the same, shall receive a pension at the rate of forty-six dollars per month; that all persons who, in like manner, shall have lost an arm at the shoulder joint or a leg at the hip joint, or so near the shoulder or hip joint or where the same is in such a condition as to prevent the use of an artificial limb, shall receive a pension at the rate of fifty-five dollars per month, and that all persons who, in like manner, shall have lost one hand and one foot, or been totally disabled in the same, shall receive a pension at the rate of sixty dollars per month; and that all persons who, in like manner, shall have lost both feet shall receive a pension at the rate of one hundred dollars per month: Provided, however, That this Act shall not be so construed as to reduce any pension under any act, public or private.

RATES FOR DEGREES OF DEAFNESS.

ACT AUGUST 27, 1888 (25 STAT. L., 449).

That from and after the passage of this act all persons on the pension-rolls of the United States, or who may hereafter be thereon, drawing pension on account of loss of hearing, shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of the amount now paid in case of such disability, the

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sum of thirty dollars, in cases of total deafness, and such proportion thereof in cases of partial deafness as the Secretary of the Interior may deem equitable; the amount paid to be determined by the degree of disability existing in each case.

INCREASE-TOTAL DEAFNESS-$40.

ACT JANUARY 15, 1903 (32 STAT. L., 773).

That from and after the passage of this act all persons on the pension roll of the United States, or who may hereafter be placed thereon, receiving pension for total loss of hearing due to causes originating in the military or naval service of the United States and in the line of duty, shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of the amount now paid in case of such disability, the sum of forty dollars per month: Provided, That said increase shall in no manner affect the rate of pension now being paid and allowable for partial deafness, the rating for which shall be continued and determined in accordance with the provisions of existing law.

PROVISIONS AS TO TOTAL HELPLESSNESS EXTENDED.

ACT MARCH 4, 1890 (26 STAT. L., 16).

That all soldiers, sailors, and marines who have since the sixteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and eighty, or who may hereafter become so totally and permanently helpless from injuries received or disease contracted in the service and line of duty as to require the regular personal aid and attendance of another person, or who, if otherwise entitled, were excluded from the provisions of "An act to increase pensions of certain pensioned soldiers and sailors who are utterly helpless from injuries received or disease contracted while in the United States service," approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, shall be entitled to receive a pension at the rate of seventy-two dollars per month from the date of the passage of this act or of the certificate of the examining surgeon or board of surgeons showing such degree of disability made subsequent to the passage of this act.

FREQUENT AND PERIODICAL AID AND ATTENDANCE.

ACT JULY 14, 1892 (27 STAT. L., 149).

That soldiers and sailors who are shown to be totally incapacitated for performing manual labor by reason of injuries received or disease contracted in the service of the United States and in line of duty, and who are thereby disabled to such a degree as to require frequent and periodical, though not regular and constant, personal aid and attendance of another person, shall be entitled to receive a pension of fifty dollars per month from and after the date of the certificate of the examining surgeon or board of examining surgeons showing such degree of disability, and made subsequent to the passage of this act.

DISABILITIES NOT PERMANENT AND SPECIFIC.

SECTION 46981, REVISED STATUTES.

Except in cases of permanent specific disabilities, no increase of pension shall be allowed to commence prior to the date of the ex