subpoena for a witness, being within the jurisdicsuch court, to appear, at a time and place in the a stated, before any officer authorized to take depoto be used in the courts of the United States, or any officer, clerk, or person from the Pension Busignated or detailed to investigate or examine into rits of any pension claim and authorized by law to -ter oaths and take affidavits in such investigation ination, there to give full and true answers to such interrogatories and cross interrogatories as may be nded, or to be orally examined and cross-examined e subject of such claim; and witnesses subpoenaed, Witnesses' at to this and the preceding section shall be allowed e compensation as is allowed witnesses in the courts United States, and paid in the same manner. July 25, 1882 (22 Stat. L., 175). Sec. fees. CRIMINAL OFFENSES. ators, Representatives, etc., tak g compensation, etc. Par. 2254. False affidavits. No Senator, Representative, or Delegate, after his and during his continuance in office, and no head artment, or other officer or clerk in the employ of ernment, shall receive or agree to receive any comn whatever, directly or indirectly, for any services , or to be rendered, to any person, either by himanother, in relation to any proceeding, contract, ontroversy, charge, accusation, arrest, or other r thing in which the United States is a party, or or indirectly interested, before any Department, rtial, Bureau, officer, or any civil, military, or mmission whatever. Every person offending his section shall be deemed guilty of a misdeand shall be imprisoned not more than two years, not more than ten thousand dollars, and shall, r, by conviction therefor, be rendered forever r incapable of holding any office of honor, trust, under the Government of the United States. Upon taking matters to which compensation in United States is a party, June 11, 1864, c. 119, v. 13. p. 123. Sec. 1782, R.S. er statutes creating criminal offenses in connection with the operation of n laws, see section 4, act of July 4, 1884 (23 Stat. L., 99), par. 2206, ante; act of August 5, 1892 (27 Stat. L., 349), par. 2156, ante; section 3, act of 7 (24 ibid., 371), par. 2161, ante; section 3, act of June 27, 1890 (26 ibid., 53, unte, and the act of July 7, 1898 (30 ibid., 718), par. 2211, ante. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. to be drawn at one *nsion. → withheld. rs in arrears not Par. 2261. Military pay and pension prohibited. 2262. Pensions of civilian employees. this Title shall be so construed as to → pension at the same time to the same only one pen sion at a time Sec. 20, ibid. Sec. 4715, B.S. Continuance pen- of pensions. Sec. 4733, R.S. Pensions not May 20, 1836, c. ons of law which allow the withholding to be withheld. 77, v. 5, p. 31. Pensions not allowed to per naval service. no pension shall be allowed or paid to mmissioned officer, or private in the sons in Army or arine Corps of the United States, either, Mar. 3, 1891, v. retired list. Act of March 3, 1891 (26 26, p. 1082. in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps Both pension pension as an invalid, and the pay of his lowed unless, etc. Apr. 30, 1844, c. Aug. 16, 1841, c. 3, n the service, unless the disability for 15, Y. 5, p. 657 was granted be such as to occasion his s. lower grade, or in the civil branch of the 2. v. 5, p. 440. Sec. 4724, R.S. d Statutes. By the terms of section 4722 of the Revised Statutes Is Title are made applicable to the officers and privates of the ia and the Missouri provisional militia in certain cases. 1, 1893 (27 Stat. L., 524), contains the requirement that no peno a nonresident who is not a citizen of the United States, except incurred in the service. This statute was repealed by the act of Stat. L., 703). act of August 29, 1890 (26 Stat. L., 371), contained the requirement o officer of the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps on the retired list ive any pension under any law." Soldiers in the civil service. held. Mar. 1, 1879, v. 20, p. 327. 2262. All persons who, under and by virtue of the first Payment of section of the act entitled "An act supplementary to the pensions withseveral acts relating to pensions," approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, were deprived of their pensions during any portion of the time from the third of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, to the sixth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, by reason of their being in the civil service of the United States, shall be paid their said pensions, withheld by virtue of said section of the act aforesaid, for and during the said period of time from the third of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, to the sixth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.' Act of March 1, 1879 (20 Stat. L., 327). 1 The act of June 6, 1866 (14 Stat. L., 57), repealed the requirement of the act of March 3, 1865, depriving certain persons employed in the civil service of the United States of pensions to which they were otherwise entitled. CHAPTER XLL THE SOLDIERS FIX 2265. Board of commissioners. duties. Inspections. 72268. Officers, appointment, duties 2274. Funds for support of Home. BOARD OF CONOCIMERS 263. The Board of Commissioner of the Socie me shall hereafter consist of the Ganem, a lé ding the Army, the Surgeon-Geer. De Commser eral, the Adjutant-General, the Que Judge-Advocate-General and the Gomamne ift Set the General in Chief shall be President of the bu any four of them shall constitue & qurm jo tie action of business; whose dy i cal se at eas audit the accounts of the tree puregar -it and inspect the Soldier Emers y month. The majority stalls Lete persen de from time to time, regulations for the gosta Lal direction of the institution 1 EST tary of War for approval: ant may us at the tw ary for the government and invade in the |