Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1890 — NATIONAL CONGRESS. [ARTICLE]

NATIONAL CONGRESS.

Mr. Hear has introduced a bill to give jurisdiction in certain pension cases to the District Courts of'the United States. It provides that whenever any application, fora pension, or for an increase of a pension, has not been acted upon within one year from its date, or has been rejected,' the applicant may file his petition in the District Court, praying for the allowance of such pension or increase; that the District Attorney shall appear for the United; States, that the Judge shall proceed to adjudicate the matter, and that] (if the ap j plication be allowed) the decree of th court shall be certified to the Commissioner of Pensions, who shall cause the name of the pensioner to be placed on the pension roll. Evidence is to be taken orally or by deposition.