Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-03-08
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DIRECTIONS FOR PENSION BOARDS.

DIRECTIONS FOR PENSION BOARDS.
The Old Law Continues to Stand Just as It
The various amendments sought to
be made to the state pension law by
members of the general assembly dur
the recent session, failed of passage,
leaving the law as it stood. The state
board of pensions, through Miss Kate
F. Maher, clerk, is sending out instruc-
tions to township and county boards,
The state boards consists of M. r..
Cooper, secretary of state, j. +. Der
ham, comptroller general, and G. Dun
can Bellinger, attorney general.
The following are.the instructions to
county and township boards and will
be of general interest:
All new applicants for pensions must
appear in person before the township
boards. Said application must have
the approval of the township and
county boards before the state board
will approve them. The township
boards may drop from the rolltof PEN
sioners the name or names of any
party or parties which, in their judg-
'ment, are not entitled to pension
under the law. They may add to the
roll only such names of new applicants
as may file applications. Those al
ready on the pension roll need not file
new applications; hut must report to to
the pension board. The board will
prepare list giving the name of each
pensioner who has died since the last
distribution of pension funds, and OF
those who participated in the disturb
ance of 1898, who, in their judgment,
are not entitled to pension.
All new applications not properly and
correctly filed in every particular, al:
though approved by township and
county boards, will be disapproved by
the state board. The county boards
are requested not to forward to the
state board the application of new pen
sioners disapproved by township and
county boards.
Township and county boards will
notice that the law provides three
classes, ga" "B," &C." with five SUBJ
divisions of class C, as follows:
Glass A.-Those who have lost both
hands, or both legs, or both eyes, or
are totally disabled, and whose income
does not exceed $3.50. This does not
include soldiers whose disabilities arise
from diseases or causes arising since
the war.
Glass B.-Those who have lost one
arm or one leg, and whose income does
not exceed $3.50.
Glass G, No. 1.-Those soldiers and
sailors disabled by wounds, but not suf-
fcient to be placed in class B, whose
income does not exceed $3.50.
Class C, No. 2.-Those. who have
reached the age of go years, and whose
income does not exceed 800.
Class G, No. 3.-Widows of those
who have lost their lives while in
in the service of the state or Confeder.
crate states, and whose income does
not exceed $3.50.
Glass G, No. 4.-Widows above the
age of go years, whose income does
not exceed 500.
Glass C, No. 5.-Widows Of pension.
ers. This class is not mentioned in the
printed acts sent out, but by the act
approved 9th of December, 1894.
Blanks for reports Of township and
county boards have been prepared and
mailed. The boards can on each blank
write the township, and then give the
pensioners in that township by classes
alphabetically.
Township boards cannot be too care
full in these matters of ''income" and
physical condition. 1t. is very poor
man whose gross income from labor,
rent and other sources, does not ex-
ceed 500, or poor lands, if any which
will not produce this amount gross.
Property sufficient to produce 800 in
applicants or his wife's name debars
him or her. Where soldiers or widows
dispose of their property by giving or
selling to their children they are de-
barred.
Widows of pensioners who remarry
are not entitled any longer to pensions.
Pensioners who have moved to anoth-
er state are no longer entitled to a
pension. Those who have moved to
another county must have their name
transferred and draw their pension
from that county.
Please note very carefully the fol.
lowing:
Let township and county boards act
promptly and fairly, giving the state
board full information with complete
reports by townships for each county,
and writing the names alphabetically,
full and clear, and beginning with
class A, and giving reasons for ap-
proving. Township boards must first
approve in writing each new applica-
ton, and then county boards, and af-
forwards the state board. In making
reports to county boards, township
boards reports should be signed by
each member.