Honorable Kiehard J. Beamish AGO 73 Opinion No. 73 Pennsylvania Attorney General Opinions
Opinion of the Attorney General November 10, 1932 Notary Public—Fees—Affidavits—Adjusted Compensation Certificates—Act of May 18, 1924. Ch. 157, 43 Stat, at L. 121. A notary public in cities of the first, second and third classes is not permitted to charge a lee for any affidavit taken to papers executed for the purpose of obtaining an adjusted compensation under the Act of May 18, 1924, c. 157, 43 State at L. 121. Honorable Richard J. Beamish Secretary of the Commonwealth, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Sir: We have your request to be advised whether in cities of the first, second, and third classes a notary public may claim a fee for taking an affidavit by an ex-soldier in connection with Adjusted Compensation Certificates. The Congressional Act of May 19, 1924, c. 157, 43 Stat. 121, was passed to provide adjusted compensation for veterans of the World War 38 U.S.C. A., Section 591. Compensation under this act is allowed to any individual who was a member of the military or naval forces of; the United States at any time after April 5, 1917, and before November 12, 1918, exclusive of (1) any individual who at any time during such period or thereafter separated from such forces under other than honorable conditions; (2) any conscientious objector who performed no military duty whatever or refused to wear a uniform; or (3) any alien who at any time during such period or thereafter was discharged from the military or naval forces on account of his alienage. The amount of the adjusted service credit is computed by allowing stated sums for each day of active service, in excess of sixty days, in the military or naval forces of the United States after April 5, 1917, and before July 1, 1919, as shown by the service or other record of the veteran. The Pennsylvania Act of June 11, 1879, P. L. 148, provides:
'' That hereafter, it shall be the duty of any magistrate, alderman, justice of the peace, or any other person authorized to take acknowledgments and administer oaths, to perform such service for any soldier, widow or orphan of a soldier, or soldier's parents, who may apply to them for the purpose of making affidavit to papers for the purpose of obtaining pensions, free of charge therefor: Provided, That the provisions of this act shall only apply to magistrates, aldermen,
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