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Show j IN RECARD TO PENSION ACENTS.o Agent Harolay, or riltitonreh, Uewllaaa la "ll New finnii- Vasihi;tox. Oi t. 23 The new pension pen-sion agent at Pittsburg will probably lo appointed by the president today or timorrow. The apropriation aot for th payment of invalid and other pension fr the tioal year ending June, 1M1, was provided pro-vided among other thing. Tension agent may designate aud authorize clerks to sign the name of the pension agent to official checks and that the otllcial bond given by the principal of the office shall be held to apply to the caw of the person appointed appoint-ed to act in his place in such ease, and a new bond shall b required from all pension agents now in otliee. The question as to 'whether this act was Intended to apply to all agents or only to such as see fit to avail themselves them-selves of (he provisions of this act, was referred to the assistant attorney general gen-eral of the Interior department, who hold the opinion that the provision referred re-ferred to was mandatory, and all pension pen-sion agent now in olllee are by It required re-quired to give bonds. Pension Agent Barclay at Pittsburg has notified the department that tir will not tile a new bond and Secretary Noble says he will be dismissed, |
