Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-04-04
Fl PENSION ACT.
AUDITORS DEPARTMENT,
RALEIGH. y. G.. March q.

Raleigh, n. G., March q.
The act of the General Assembly
of North Carolina, ratified the llth
day Of March, 1885, entitled an act
for the relief of certain soldiers OF
the war between the States, com
monty known as the pension act,
provides:
1. That thirty thousand dollars
shall be annually appropriated tor
distribution among ~ the soldiers
who are now and STALL be residents
of the State, and who lost an arm, an
eye or a leg, or who are nov other
wise incapacitated for manual labor
by reason OF wounds received while
in the discharge Of duty as a soldier
or sailor OF North Carolina in the
service of the Confederate States in
the war between the States, and (2)
the widows remaining unmarried)
of any deceased officer, soldier or
sailor who lost his life while a citl-
zen Of this State, and in the military
service of this State or Confederate
States during said war.
?. If the number of persons emit
tied to share in the distribution of
this sum shall not exceed one thou
sand, each person shall be paid
thirty dollars-in no event he or she
can receive more. 1t the number
shall exceed one thousand, then the
appropriation is to be divided pro
rata amongst them.
3 No one will be entitled to re.
ceiye any part of the fund who shall
(l) be the owner, either in his own
or the right OF his wife OF property
the value Of which as assessed fol
taxation is more than five hundred
dollars (2) who is now a resident Of
this State or ~ who holds a nation.
al, State or county office which pays
annually a salary of tees to the
amount Of three hundred dollars
or az who is receiving aid from the
State under any act providing fol
the relief OF soldiers who are blinc
or manned.
4. Blanks and forms will be fur
nished to persons desiring to avail
themselves of the provisions of this
act, on application to the register o
deeds OF the counties Of this State.
5. All applications for pension
shall be filed with the board OF com
mlssioners of the county wherein
the applicant resides on or befor,
the first Monday in July Of an,
year.
6. The applicant must show "fortl
fiD detail the company and regimen
or battalion in which be served a
E the time of receiving the wound, tn
time and place OF receiving th'
wound, whether be is holding an OF
fee in the State, United States %
county, from which he is receiving
the sum of $500 in fees or as a sal
airy, whether he is worth in his ow,
right or the right of his wife proper
ty at its assessed value for taxation
to the amount Of $500 and whethe
he is receiving any aid from tn
State OF North Carolina under an
other statute providing for the relic
OF the manned and blind soldiers O
the State and whether he is a citlzel
of the State of North Carolina ant
said application shall be verified b,
the cath of the applicant, made be
fore any II empowered by law t.
administer oaths, and shall be &C
conpanied by the affidavit of one 0
more credible witnesses, stating tha
he or they verify believe the appli
cant to be the identical person
named in the application and tina
the facts stated in the application
f are true"
7. All applications shall be for
warded and filed with the Audito
OF the State on or before the frs
Monday in August of the year.
5. No distribution OF the fund vii
be made until after the first day O
September in each year.
Very respectfully,
w. z. ROBERTS,
Co.,