The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-17

in which such appucants snail leslue'
and such clerk shall keep list OF such
applicants whose claims have been 80
approved, and likewise list OF ali ap-
plicants under Section S hereof, whose
claims shall be so approved, which
said list shall likewise contain a b'ief
statement of the facts upon which each
application is approved. These facts
shall be furnished to such clerk by the
Secretary of State, and shall be;enteTed
upon a book to be furnished by the
County Commissioners Of each county,
which shall be denominated "pension
roll,n for their respective counties.
Section IA. That the State of South
Carolina shall annually appropriate the
sum of fifty thousand dollars, which
said sum shall be apportioned among
the several counties in this State in the
proportion of the claim approved in
such counties, and shall be distributed
as hereinafter provided.
Section 7b. That on the second Mon
day in FEBRUARY, 1889, and on every
salesday in October thereafter, the sur
viving soldiers and sailors who were in
the service of the Confederate States
or of this State in the late war between
the States, residing in any county in
this State, shall be authorized to meet
in convention in the Court House Of
such county at II o'clock A. NJ, or
such hour thereafter, on such day as
will procure as large an attendance as
may be had, and organize by elect.ng
a chairman and secretary, after which
they may elect by ballot five of their
number who shall receive a majority
of the ballots cast in such election-to
compose a board of pension commits
sioners for such county until the next
ensuing election hereunder, who shall
after first being duly sworn, fairly and
impartially to discharge the duties
herein prescribed for them to the best
of their ability, and fling such oaths in
the clerks Office in such county, meet
as soon as practicable with the county
examining board of pensions herein
provided for, and with them examine
the pension roll for such county and
select the1efrom such numbers of the
most needy applicants as will be suffi-
cient to consume the appropriation fol-
such county, allowing to each appli-
cant so selected the sum of three dol
lars per month from such appropriation
for such county, In selecting such
applicants for pensions the said
board shall have regard to the
physical condition and f1ancial
means of such applicants, and also
to the financial condition of the
near relatives of the several applicants,
and shall in every instance select the
most helpless and needy applicants fol
aid that can, in their judgment, be
found upon the pension roll. A ma,
jo.ity Of the members present COM
posing the two said boards shall be
necessary to determine any matter
presented to them, and majority OF
each board shall be necessary to form
said Joint board. AS soon as such board
completes its list, as above, they shall
certify thesame to the Clerk of Court
for such county, who shall record the
same in q list to he designated cap
proved Pension Roll for 1S-," and shall
certify such list to the Secretary o1
State, and such persons shall constitute
the pension roll entitled to receive the
aid herein provided for the ensuing
fiscal year. If, from any cause, the
meeting herein provided for should not
be held on salesday in October in any
year, the same may be held on sales
day in November following, and the
action of such meeting shall be as valid
as if held in October. The action OF
the meeting directed herein for Feb
ruary shall only be valid for the re-
mainder of the present fiscal year.
Section 7c. In counties where such
survivors fail or refuse 10 comply with
the provisions hereof the State board
herein provided for shall make such
regulators for dist ibution Of the funo
for such counties as they deem best.
Section I'd. 1t shall be the duty Of the
Comptroller General 10 issue the party
entitled to receive a pension hereunder
his warrant for the sum Of three dol
lars at the end of each month, Tor if the
same is paid under the provisions O.
Section Sc hereof, for such sum and a
such times as may be Hereunder pre-
scribed) so long as such name shal
remain on the said pension roll a:
above prescribed, or until Informed O.
the death or removal from the State
of such pensioner.
Section s. The widow Of any sol
dier or sailor from the State OF SoutI
Carolina or any Of the Confederate
States now residing in this State who
lost his life while in the service of the
State or Confederate States IN the wal
between the States, while she remain:
unmarried and resides in this State
shall be entitled to receive the bene
fits of this Act, subject 10 the same
conditions as TO property and income
as hereinbefore provided, and may
make her application to said count!
examining board of pensions, setting
forth in detail the facts which entitle
her to make such claim and verified
by the affdavits and certificates here