The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-09
THE PENSION BOARDS
RULES FOR THEIR GUIDANCE ISSUED
Tho Organization and All Work for tho
Various Boards Pointcd Out-The State
Board Intcrprcts tho Law ns Re-
Gently Passed.


of pensions have just beon issued by
the State Board:
The pension boards organized in
1896 will at onco call together tho
soldiers and sailors resident in zach
township i'll their respective coun-
tios, fixing the timo and place for
such meeting in each township.
Those soldiers and sailors, when
assembled, elect ono of their numbers
chairman and another secretary.
Ton days aftor this township organi-
ZatlOn tho chairman of these town
ship boards moot at tho county scat
and elect four of thoir number and
ono physician rs u county examining
board Of pensions.
Pensioners now applicants for
pensions cannot DO elected member
Of township ponsion boards. When
Old soldiers cannot bo found in the
townships, reputable resident citizons
may bo elected. If any township
shall fail or refuse to organize us ro-
quired by this Act, then tho county
boards should recommend three
good mon, not pensioners, to tho
STATIC Pension Board, who will ap-
point such township boards.
All pensioners resident in tho
townships must appear in person bo-
foro tho township boards. Those
already on tho pension roll noed not
prepare and flo now applications.
All now applicants must be presented
to and have tho approval or disap>
proval Of tho township boards and
county boards before the State
Board can approve. Township
! boards can drop from tho roll of
pensioners, as now constituted, tho
namo or names Of any party or
parties which in thor judgment are
not entitled to pension undor tho
laws, and add to the roll only such
names of now applicants AZ may file
such applications, with proof of
sorvlco thereon, as indicated by the
blank forms prepared by tho State
Board.
Applications defective or not filled
up correctly in zach particular, al
though approved by township and
county boards, will DO disapproved
by tho State Board.
Applications approved or disap-
proved by the State Board cannot be
returned to tho county or township
boards after money has boen prorated
and paid out. Township and county
boards will notice that tho law pro-
vides throo classes, GA" "B" and
&C." with five sub b-divisions, Of
Glass "C,") rs follows:
+ Glass A.-Those who have lost
both arms, or both hands, or both
logs, or both eyes, or whose absolute
disability arising from wounds arc
equivalent to the loss of either.
This docs not include soldiers whose
disabilities arise from diseases or
causes arising since tho war.
Class B.-Thoso who have lost
: ono arm or ono log, or whose dis
abilities FROM wounds aro equivalent
to the loss of an arm or leg.
Glass C.-(No. 1.)-Thoso SOL
diers and sailors disabled by wounds,
but not sufficient to be placed in
Class B, whose incomes do not exceed
, $3.50.
Class C.-(No. 2)-Thoso who
have reached the ago of sixty years
and whose incomes do not oxcood
500.
Class C.--(No. 3D. Widows of
these who lost their lives in tho sor-
vice of tho State or Confodoratos,
Statos and whose incomes do not OK
coed $3.50.
Glass C.--(No. a. Widows above
tho ago of sixty years, whose income
does not exceed 500.
Glass C.--(No. 5)-Widows of
pensioners. This class is not mon
toned in the printed Act sont out,
butby tho act approved - Dccom-
bcp 1894.
Blanks for tho reports of town
ship and county boards in accord
with these classes and sub divisions
have been prepared and mailed to
Auditor. to distribute among these