TREASURY DEPARTMENT., J
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The Act for the relief of certain surviving OH.
GERS and Soldiers of the Revoution,'' approved on
the 18th day Of May, 1928, (of which the forego-
ing is a copy,) will be carried into effect under the
following regulations:


Each Officer claiming under the act. will trans
nit to the Secretary of the Treasury declaration,
according to the form hereunto annexed, marked
A, and each non commissioned Officer, .Nusician.
and Private, according to the form marked B, ac-
companied by the oath Of two respectable witnesses,
as to his identity. which cath is to be taken before
Justice of the Peace, or other Magistrate, duly
empowered to administer oaths in the State or
Territory in which he resides, and authenticated
under the seal of the Court of the County in which
the oath was administered, as shown in the said
ferns.


Each Officer will also transmit his commission,
if in existence and attainable, and each non-com
mlssioned Officer, Musician, and Private, his dis
charge; which documents, after being registered.
will be returned. If the commission or discharge
has been lost or destroyed, he will transmit such
other evidence as he may possess or can obtain,
cOrroborative OF the statements set forth in his
declaration.


If the evidence transmitted, taken in connexion
with that afforded by the public records at Wash
ington, be found satisfactory, the amount of two
years. full pay, at the rate to which the Ofhcer
Soldier was entitled, according to his rank in the
line, at the close of the wsr, at the time Of his
reduction, (as the may be- but in no instance
exceeding the fullpay of Captain Of the Cont-
mental Line, will be transmitted to him, at the
place of his residence, after deductng therefrom
the amount Of any pension which he may have re
ceiyed from the United States since the Sd day Of
March, 1896. He may, however, authorize any
other person 20 receive it fer him; in which case,
he will execute power OF attorney, according to
the annex ed orm, marked {. which must be ac-
knowledsed before Justice Of the Peace, or other
Magistrate, and authenticated under the seal of
the Court of the County, in the same manner as is
already prescribed in regard to declarations. But
no payment will be matte to any such attorney,
until he has made oath, according to the annexed
form ID, that the pay which he is authorized to
ceive is intended to enure wholly tc the personal
benefit Of the Officer Soldier whose attorney he is.
1t is requested that all letters to the Secretary
of the Treasury, on the subjects, may be endorsed
on the cover. 6 Revolutionary Claims


RICHARD RUSH.