Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-20
No. 4s9.
AN ACT


1So. 455 f AN ALI D. 9J. To amend section l of an act approved
 February 1s. 1891, entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act for the
 relief of needy confederate soldiers and
 sailors residents of Alabama, who
 from wounds or other causes are now
 unable to earn livelihood, and for the
 widows of such as were killed or died
 in said war, and have not since re-
 married, approved February IS, 1895.
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Alabama, That section 1 of an act approved February 13, 1891, end- tied an act to amend an act entitled an act for the relief of needy confederate soldiers and sailors residents of Ala bama, who from wounds or other causes are now unable to earn a livelihood, and for the widows of such as were killed or died in said war, and have not since remarked, approved February IS, 1895, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section l, That any person who shall be bona fide resident of this state at the time of making his application, who, while in the military or naval ser vice of the state or confederate states. lost an arm or leg. or the use thereof, or who received such wounds as 10 render him unable physically of making i've lihOod by labor, or who from any other cause, such as sickness or old age, IS now physically una ble of making live lihood by labor, shall be entitled 10 the benefit of this act, as hereinafter pro- vided. Provided, he did not desert the service of the state or confederate states. and any such resident who desires to avail himself of the provisions of this act, must within six months after its passage for the first year and before the 1st day of June each subsequent year present written application to the judge of proba te of the county wherein he may reside, setting forth that he is at the time of making his application bona fide resident of this state, and that he has been such for at least one year prior 10 the time such application is made, nam ing the company and regiment or com mand under which he served, and his present business CT employment which statement must be sworn to before such judge of probate, and the original there of with the indorsement Of the board or examiners al hereinafter provided, shall be kept by the judge of probate as an office paper; provided, that any widow who is bona fide resident of this state at tha time of the making of her applica ton and whose husband was either killed, died or disease or from wounds during or since said war; and provided said widow has not since remarried, and whose husband did not desert the service of the state or confederate states, shall be entitled to the equal benefits of this act upon mak- ing satisfactory proof as other appn- cants And, provided further, That whenever person is unable from physi- cal inability to appear before the judge of probate to make affidavit to his or her application, he or she may make 1t be- fore any justice of the peace Of the coun- ty, stating therein such disability; and, provided further. That neither soldiers nor the surviving widows who own more than five hundred dollars ($500) worth of property and no soldier whose wife owns a separate estate of more than five hum dred dollars ($50O) in value, if they are living together shall be entitled to the benefit of this act, and every applica- ten shall set forth what property the ap- plicant owns and that it is not worth in the aggregate more than $500.
 Sec g. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in so far as they conflict with the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed
 Approved February 16. 1897.
 Official: J. K. JACKSON,
 Secretary of State.