The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-24

| state MS accurately as sne eau, tne -
her said deceased husband rendered suoh
setrvice, and the command ne sei nav
md anv other accessible evidence that may
prove or disprove the right oil the aPp.-
| cant To claim a pension; and the county
! indigo may require other proof OF The state
ments made in such application, ana H. III
| his opinion. the applicant has not estao-
| lished his or her legal right to pension,
then he shall refuse said application anu
file reasons therefor In his onice.
| Sec. 3. No widow shall be entitled to
nenslon should her husband, If living, be
| debarred by reason of inability to comply
with the requisites prescribed in this act,
| as 10 his service in the Confederate army
| or navy; provided, no pension snail ever
| be granted to any soldier or sailor VINO
ever deserted the Confederate cause, or TO
| such deserter's widow.
| Sec L. The comptroller shall draw ms
warrant for the amount OF such pension
| on the treasurer aud upon presentation
the treasurer shall pay the same out oil
any money In the treasury which may De
appropriated for this purpose.
| Sec. 8. The comptroller of this state
shall cause 10 be prepared ana furnishen
| to the county judges of this State neces-
sary blank applications for the use OF ap-
plicants for the benefit of this act,
Sec. 6. The comptroller Is hereby vest
animation with the pension clerk, to APP
| provo or reject the application OF any APP
| plicant for pension as to him appears
| advisable. and II approved he shall issue
| his warrant. as provided for in section
of this act.
Sec. T. On and after the first OF each
| quarter the pensioner shall make his ALL
davit stating the county of his residence
and postoffice address, and that he is the
n
been granted under this law, and that the
conditions which existed al the time of
making his application and on which the
pension was originally granted still exist
which affidavit shall be supported by the
affidavit of some other credible person to
the same fact, and which affidavit may be
made before any one authorized to ad
minister oaths, which affidavit shall be filed
with the comptroller, and upon the filing
of the same the comptroller shall draw
his warrant for the quarter found to he
| due
Sec 8. 1t shall be the duty of the dis
trict judges of this State to specially
charge the grand Jury at every session to
investigate violations of this law
Sec. . No person shall receive a great
err fee than five dollars to procure pen
sion for another, and any contract for a
larger sum shall not be enforced by the
courts.
Sec 10. A county Judge shall be al
lowed fee of two dollars for hearing an
application and taking proof therein, said
fee to be paid by the applicant, and before
hearing of application Is had thereon; pro-
vided. that all fees received by such coun
ty Judge shall be reported as other fees
of office, and be otherwise controlled by
the law as it now exists. regulating the
fees of county judges; and provided fur
Their. that said fee of two dollars shall be
the only fee allowed to the county judge
for all the work performed by MIN in OBJ
taining pension.
Sec. IL 1t shall be the duty of the
comptroller, at least once in each year, 10
forward to the county judge printed list
of the pensioners in their respective coun-
ties, which list shall be posted in con-
| spicuous place in the office of said Judge.
/ 1t shall also be the duty of the comp
| troller, on the application OF the grand
| jury, to forward to the district clerk of
the county in which the grand jury is
1 convened, copies of any or all original pa
/ pers on file in his office connected with
an application for a pension, which said
! grand jury may desire to investigate. and
/ such copies, with their correctness attest
ed by the comptroller, shall have the same
force and value in law that the original
| papers would have had.
| Sec. IL. No person shall. while an in
mate of the Texas Confederate Home, nor
| shall any person while confined In any of
/ the asylums of this State at the expense
of the State, or confined in the State peni-
/ Tertiary TO satisfy judgment of convic-
/ ton, receive a pension under this act, and
| any person having been granted pension
under the provisions of this act and after
| ward becomes an inmate of said home.
shall while such inmate forfeit his pen
sion. it being intended that no person shall
4 a ha GO mo time nj,
/ sources; and no person while resident of
any other State or Territory shall draw
pension under this act
Sec Is. That for the year beginning
! October l. 1899. and ending September 30.
/ 1900. there is appropriated the sum of ono
I hundred thousand dollars for the purpose
/ designated in this bill and that for the
year beginning October l. 1900, and ending
/ September 30. 1901, that there be appro-
priated the further sum of one hundred
/ and nifty thousand dollars, the said sums
/ to be paid out of any funds belonging to
the general revenue in the State treasury
| not otherwise appropriated; provided. that
| on the first day of October, 1899 and on
the first days of April and October of each
succeeding year, the comptroller of public
! accounts shall pro rate the amounts ap-
| propriated for each year among the PEN
/ sioners whose claims to pensions have
| been established and filed with the comm
troller under the provisions of this act,
| and the comptroller shall issue his warrant
! for the amount due each pensioner All
pensions shall begin on the first day OF
/ October and April after the filing and es-
adjustment OF the applications herein pro-
vlded for.
| Sec. IA. The near approach of the close
OF the session, the large number OF bills
on the calendar. and the fact that there
are large number Of disabled and depend
ent Confederate soldiers in this State
creates an emergency and an imperative
! public necessity that the constitutional
rule recurring bills to be read on three
several days be suspended. and that this
act take effect from and after its passage
and II is SO enacted.
]. S. Sheriff..
Speaker OF the House of Representatives.
| j. ~ Browning
President OF the Senate
Approved May 70, 1892
Joseph d. Savers,