Sharp County record., 1891-04-16

! ulNl III UiiS DCl NlOS VI ohS pN"N+
Of Arkansas, or Of tn
Confederate states of America, hav@
ING enlisted as a soldier in said statt
during the war between the states,
and to the widow remaining una
married of any deceased oflicel.
soldier or sailor who has lost his lif7
while citizen of this state in tn
Confederate service, or Of the Con.
fedarate states during the late was
between the states, or who is an ex,
confederate soldier who enlisted ii
some other state but i
now a citizen of this state, the fol-
lowing sums annually, according t
the degree of disability ascertaincf
6y the following grade, VIZ;
1st To such as have received Z
wound which renders them totally
incompetent to perform manual la
Dor IN the ordinary avocations o.
life, 500 per year. 2nd. TO suct
as have lost a leg above the knee q
an arm above the elbow, $75 pei
year. 3rd. TO such as have lost J
foot or leg below the knee, or han9
or arm below the elbow, or have 3
leg or arm rendered utterly usele@.
by reason of wound or permanen6
injury, $50 per year. 4th. TO sue
as have lost an eye, and to all ind9
gent widows of Confederate soldier
and sailors remaining unmarried
and al othey Confederate solc,..~
and sailors who are otherwise dis
abled to perform manual labor by
reason Of wounds received while in
the Confederate service, $25 per
year,
Section 8. That before any
officer, soldier or sailor shall receive
any part of the annual appropriation
herein made he shall, on or before
the first Monday in July of each
year, file with the county court of
the county wherein he resides, the
Judge of which court, together with
the sheriff and the clerk of the
county court Of said county, shall
constitute pension board for til cir
county, an application for relief,
setting forth that he is an INDECENT
person, and, in detail, the company
and regiment or battalion in which
he served at the time Of receiving
the wound, the time and place Of
receiving the wound and whether he
IS receiving any aid from the State
Of Arkansas or The United States
for injuries received in the war be-
tween the States, under any other
statute for relief Of the manned and
whether he is q citizen of the State
of Arkansas.
Section 4. That it shall be the
duty Of the clerk Of the county IN
which the application IS filed to for,
ward TO the auditor OF the State, I'M,
medlately after making the certiii'
cate, as required in section 8 Of this
act, and before the first Monday in
August, A, D. 1901, and in every
year thereafter, the application and
proofs and certificate, and upon the
State board Of inquiry being salts
fed Of the proof and genuiness of
the application, the auditor shall 49,.
sue his warrant on the treasury for
the same,
Sections 8 and Q directs how the
payments are TO be made,
Section 8 Any person who shall
speculate or purchase for a less sum
than that to which each may be ems
tiled, the claims Of any soldier or
sailor allowed under the provision
of this act, shall be guilty Of u mss
domo0nor, and upon conviction,
shall be fnod or imprisoned, or
both, in the discretion Of the court,
Section 10 TO Is regulates the
lovylng of tho TAX TO raise the necos'
s0ry funds; filing Of lists Of pen