The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-08-09
THE PENSION LAW


with. although hat anau appear
od 300 these columns. ID vii BE- ob-
served rom thc concluding sentence
Goo -celion q. that ifauy oas entitled
% thc 40 ha. fsilcd 10 MAKE NJ. arr
pl'catdn d required ~ the aes-that
g. on or befor. the II Mon,lsy in this
month--hc or shr win have lost the
amount they might have oistaiHed for
Ibis year,'and lf-o, weregret thar our
friends did not make his request a
few week, .ooner The tslowing l.
The Laws
section l. Be II cnacted l,s the
leg stature Of the State Of Mississippi,
That there shall be paid out Of the
State Treasury. on the Warrant Of the
Auditor the sum of thirty dollar- an
uually. to each of the follow ing bona
fde residents of this : ate, to-wit !:
no every soldier or sailor of the late
Confederate States of America who
enlisted from the State Of Mississippi.
and who lost a leg, or an arm. IN the
services Of the said Confederate
States. 10 every such soldier on
sailor, or servant of the officers s0l-
dicrs and sailors of The late Con-
fcdcracy who is now. or may heiV-
after be-, otherwise mcapacitaicd ior
manual labor by reason of a wound
received in said service; and, TO the
widow, remaining unmarried, of ans
soldier or sailor who lost his life ia
laid service, while a 81 izen Of this
State.
Sec ,. BE il further enacted, That
not more than twen.y-One Thousand
dollars per annum shall be expended
under the provisions of this act, and il
IL shall be found on ascertaining the
number of bcncficiaries under this act
that hey exceed seven hundred. then
iu that event, the sum of twenty-one
thousand shall be paid TO such benc-
fairies in equal parts.
See. 3. BE il further enacted. That
the Board Of Supervisors. the Sheriff
and clerk Of the Chancery Court Of the
respective counties of this State, shall
be, and are hereby constituted count,
boards of inquiry, before whom appli-
cations for relief under this act must
be made.
See 4. BE il further enacted, That
any one entitled 10 receive the benefits
Of this act must make application 70
the county board Of inquiry of the
county wherein The applicant resides
ON or before the first Monday in August
after the passage of this act. The ap-
plicatiOn of the wounded soldier or
sailor. or servant of any Office soldier
on sailor of ne ConfedcracY must show
hat hc is bona iide ci zen of his
State, aud Che county OF his residence
when he enlisted in the services of the
Confederate States; the time Of enlist
ment; the time and place he received
the wound; the company and regi-
ment, or vessel, in which he served
al the line lac received such wound.
and the officers OF such company and
regiment, or vessel; description Of
such wound, and in case the applicant
I'd not lose leg. or an arm, in what
manner the wound incapacitated him
FROM manual labor; that he does not
hold Stale, United States, municipality
Or county office from which he is re-
ceiv,ng as salary or fees, the sum of
three hundred dollars, and that he is
not worth in his own right, or in the
right of his wife, properly at It's assess
I'd value for taxation to the amount OF
five hundred dollars. The appllea-
ion Of the widow of the deceased sol
der or sailor, or servant OF any officer,
soldier or sailor of the G0nfederacy
must show she is bona fide resident
Of the State the county residence OF
her deceased husband when he enlist
ed the time Of enlistment; the time
aud place Of his death; the company
and regiment, or vessel, to which he
belonged at the time Of his death, aud
the officers Of such company and reg
iment, or vessel aud that she does
mot hold such an Office, nor is possess
ed of the amount Of property mention
ed above. said applica- ion shall be
verified By the oath Of the applicant,
and shall be accompanied BY the afIi-
davit Of one or more credible witness
Is stating that he or they verify be.
lieye the facts stated in the applica.
tioH 60 be true, and the applicant t.
10 be the identical person named in the
application. Said application and aft.
davit must be filed with the clerk OF
the Chance.y Court on or before the
first Monday in August OF each year
Sec. 3. BE il further enacted, Thai
said County Board of Inquiry shall
meet at the cOurt -house of the county
on the first Monday Of August eacl
year. or as soon thereafter as prac lea
BILE. when the clerk of the Chancery
Court shall lay all applications for re
lief under this act before said board
il shall be the duty Of said board Il
pass upon said applications, and fol
this purpose hey make take other an
davits or proofs to any application
and they shall approve or reject sale
applications according TO the merit
and Justice Of each case, and shall en-
dorse their approval or rejection, al
the case may be, ON such application
under their hands and seals, anC
under the seal Of the ChanceFy COur
shall forward such applications whefh
a.. araursnrroT IN. fsafaf.fnd tz~ffh tho a r.