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cant tor the amount authorized by this
act to be paid to him or her.
ANNTrAT, pAYNFSTs

so passed. approved, and allowed. it
shah only be necessary for the applicant
annually thereafter TO file with the
Auditor of Public Accounts a certificate
from the clerk Of tho court by which,
or by the judgo thereof, the original
application was approved, setting forth
that the applicant is the identical person
named in the original application, and
that he or she is still alive, and, II
widow of q deceased soldier. sailor, or
marine. is still unmarried and a
resident Of this State, and that the
applicant does not own. IN his or her
own right, or in the right of his wife,
propcrtv of the assessed value Of 81 900,
and does not hold State, county, or
Federal Office the annual fees or salary
from which amount TO $500, and upon
the receipt OF such certificate Of such
clerk the Auditor OF Public Accounts
shall from time to time annually draw his
warrant upon the Treasurer in favor OF
such applicant for the amount he or she
is entitled to under this act.
Q. The Auditor of Public Accounts
shall prepare and provide forms OF APP
nlications aud of the certificates thereto
IN accordance with the terms OF this act
urcparing one set Of forms and certlil-
Gates for applications to be made by
maimcd or disabled soldiers, sailors, or
marines. and another set for applications
TO be made by widows of deceased sol,
diers. sailors. or marines, and he VIII
cause n sufficient number OF each class
Of forms 20 be printed and distributed
to the clerks Of each OF the courts here
inbefore mentioned for the use of appli-
cants; said applications for each county
or CITY shall be numbered from one up
wards. -,
10. No fee or other compensation shall
be charged or received by any clerk, at
torney. or other person for any services
rendered toany applicant under the pro
visions Of this act, and any person who
shall purchase from any soldier sailor
or marine. or from any widow OF any De
ceased soldier, sailor, or marine any
claim allowed under the provisions o.
this act for a price or sum less than the
! full amount thereof shall be guilty OF
misdemCanor, and upon conylctIoI
/ thereof shall be fined or imprisoned, o.
/ both. at the discretion of the court
THE FIRST APPRoPRIATION-S75, 900.
II. The sum of $4,000, or so mucl
thereof AS may be necessary, IS hereb,
appropriated for the year ending Sep
tember 30. 1888, and for each year there
after. TO meet the requirements of TIN
act. PAYABLE ont of any money in TIN
Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
II. All acts and parts Of acts lncon
sistcnt with this act are hereby re
pealod. g.,
I3. This act shall be in force from it
passage.
4 Subcommittee (Messrs. W. A. An
derson, Morton, and overly of the ii
nance Committee have already examine
and approved this bill, but it Is nc
doubted that additional safeguards an
amendments will he necessary TO carr
out the objects arrived at.
PRESENT LAWS.
From the debate in the House yestel
day it appears that the law passed at tn
last session Of the General Assembly
not working at all well.
1t requires applicants to be examine
/ by board of three physicians. No prC
vision for the payment of these phys
clans was made. Consequently, in mos
counties. their services could not be 81
cured. OF the few counties filing clam
Carroll beads the list One third of a
the claims filed come from this county
The law makes no provision for the al
polntment Of boards in cities, and henc
no applications from cities can be flee
No money has been appropriated undo
this law as yet.
Under previous acts, passed at lrregI
lar and often lengthy intervals, disable
soldiers received $50 each. Under the!
statutes officers of the Commonwealth
Nersons holding positions under cli
Governments, others drawing large sal
ries from other sources, and numbe
who owned considerable property We
able to draw las they had perfect rigl
to do the $50. This money, first d
signed to furnish artificial arms, leg
and eyes, has of late been commute
into money and the men get 500 each
that is, they get it when there Is an a
propriatiOn made.