935 

OFFICE OF THE A’ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

aonombl. f2OW(l@ x. shoppera 

corptrolkt or mbrio A0oouatr Almlrr, TatM 

8th Legirlmturr. 

to tbo ambndmea~t~rer*rrra to la your letter 

Artlola 6221, v. A. c. a., rm4t-.~ar sollowr~ 

“09 the 18t Qay of eaoh oabndnr raonth 

the ComptrOllOr fhil p0;l t0 e+Oh IMrTiOd 

veteran who ir living with him wlfi8, 1 peadon of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars per ntonth for 
936 . 

ma. taorge x. sbwpera, pago a 

(LB long as the botlt mep live, ena after 

the death of 0 1 ther perty, than tha raid 

veteran or his dam at111 living am11 

only drew aa amount @qua1 to otho? vetorema 

or their wia0wa. To l eoh veteren now unmarried or l . widower or widow who 18 drawing 

a pension or whose eppllcetlon mey be horoeitrr rpprovod, shell be paid the sum of 

honty-fir0 (38.OO) Dollerr par aanth for 

&oh' l nQ tho nmeinder of raid ~nrloa 

runa I 

L;8r , 

aftor rolmburUng tho,Gonorel flo*onud 

Fund tar an7 l dvmoembnt theretofore zmdr, to 

tho Ponrioa'PunQ 

mong ell of ui d 

rhell be oquelly proreted 

ponafonere w!koso oleinr to 

poarlonr hero boon rrtabllrhed and riled. An 

Ponrioar~rhell bogin oa the tire &Y or the 

belrnaer month roilowing 

epplloetlon.~ 

Tbo relevant portion 

"On the first day of 

the appovai OS the 

of Senate Bill tpo. 24 

l eoh aelonder month . _ 

the Cooptroller Nmll pay to eson married totl ruI who 18 living with hi8 wire, a pension of 

Zlehty (480.00) Collars ‘per aoath ror es long 

es they .both~ may live, and aftor the Qoath of 

oitlwr prty then the said vetemn, or Us 

wiaop 138111 iiving ehell only be* aa mount 

equal to other vmwm3 or their viama. To 

oeoh votoren nols~unmerried or a wlQover, who 

la dlXvin6 l gx4nalon, or whose epplloetlon may 

here&tar be approved ehall be petd the ma 

or Plrty (:ao.OO) Doliers pr month ror oeoh 

per. To oeoh widor who la now drawing a penSiGEi, Or who86 l FpliOation nay horaeftor bo 

a rroved ahell bo~pid the WI!J& Of Thirty 

(igJO.OO)‘Daller~ par aonth for eeoh year! provided that any person rho bee bo6n grentod e 

8 

enslzn, end *ho ir thereafter edaitted a1 en 

-to of the COnfodorato Snne of thiti Stat0 

&all thsroartor be entitled t0 ~8081V0 3enSiQn 

provlderr 

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Iron. 

AOtr 

Ooorgo H. Shocpard, pago 3 

paymont.8 of tho a?aount of one-half (f) oi 

the pension that ruoh pamon rould bo ontitled to raerive If not an irmato or cuoh 

hcaa. (All poneiooe rhell brgln on the 

rimt day or tho oalondar month following 

the l p?rovel at tho appllaatlon.)* 

xt 15 a)pweat from the trnu of both of theaa 

the0 t-9 ooaptrol~rr ir authoriraQ to mea vanrion 

peyaeat8 only on tha rirrt day 0s reeh mnth, end that tbo 

mount 0s l uoh paymota and the pmaoar oatitlea to maeire 

them are to bs detemlnrd on tbs first bay of eaoh mont& 

It la cm undoratendfng that uhan you mention paymate “Ior 

the month of Au&&&t- la your latter you refer to tha paymenta 

to bo -do an 8optanber 1 ainoe your departmat Era lon(l 

Ooartrurd .krtlcilo 6221 nob b related Artlolae to provide 

that psymnaate for a gfvon month be me&a i7n the flrrt day 

or t&a auoosedlng moth. on tba 1st day of ~Ssgtambar, 

smf4ta Bl:l Ho, 24 rrill bo la ria for00 an4 l a an4 

u&o? Ite term you are euthorlzod enQ ordered to e&a 

~pemantr in eooordenoe with the gw3vi~lonr or thir Aot. 

alnor.3eotlon 51 0s krtiola IIf 0s our con~tltutlon rpooifioally authorizaa the leglalaturo to grant pendons of 

thl8 type widar such rcgulatlons end li~ltetlonr ac may 

be dO0100d by th4 legi#lK!tWO Ra 8fp~41&,w a* rind 110 

inhibitiona a~elaat giving a literal interpretstloa to tha 

language of tNa hot. Consequsntly, It le our oplaim and 

you are raspeotfully edvfabd that the ponrloa peynontr to 

ba mede on the flret day of Saptrmbor ohould bo In tha 

ezounta euthorlzad by Ssneta Dill SO. 24. 

Trusting that the r0r0661:4 fully enawora your 

RDMtf0 

v*ry truly yourr 

8. rmaa bioorhaql 

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