The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-11

sailor who ever deserted the Confederate
cause, or to such deserters widow
Sec. 4. The comptroller OF this state
shall cause TO be prepared and furnished
TO the county judges O. this State necessary
blank applications Tor the use Ot applicants
for the benefits of this act
Sec. G. Tho comptroller is hereby vest
ed with power aud authority after the ex-
animation with the pension clerk, to APP
prove or reject the application OF any APP
plicant for a pension, as 10 him appears
advisable, ana II approved he shall issue
his warrant as provided for In section of
this act.
Sec Z. On and after the first of eacn
quarter. the peBsioner shall make his aft
davit stating the county OF his residence
and postofiicc address. and that he Is he
Identical person 10 whom a pension has
been granted under this Law, and that tho
conditions which existed AZ the time OF
making his application and on which the
pension was originally granted still exist,
which affidavit shall he supported by tht
affidavit of some other ere iible person to
the same fact. and which affidavit may be
made before any ono authorized 10 admla
lister oaths. which affidavit shall be died
with the comptroller, and upon the Ming
of the same the comptroller shall draw his
warrant for the quarter found TO be due
See. g. II shall be the duty OF the dis
triet judges of this State TO specially
charge the grand jury at every session 10
investigate violations OF this law.
Sec o. No person shall receive a great
er fee than 81 to procure a pension for
another. and any contract for a larger
sum shall not be enforced by the courts.
See TO- Any county Judge shall be al
lowed fee OF 50 for hearing an appica-
tian ard taking proof therein vlid fec TO
be paid BY the applicant, and before hear,
ing Of application Is had thereon; provided.
that all fees received by such country
Judge shall be reported as other fees of
office. and be otherwise controlled by the
law as II now exists, regulating the fees OF
county judges; and provided further that
said fee of two dollars shan be the only
fee allowed To the county Judge Tor all the
pension.
See II. 1t shall be the duty OF
the comptroller, at least once in each year.
10 forward to the county Judges printed
list of the pensioners in their respective
counties, which list shall be posted in a
conspicuous place in the Office of said
Judge II shall also be the duty of ths
comptroller. on the application OF the
grand jury, to forward to the district clerk
Of the couaty in which the grand jury IS
convened, copies OF any or all original
papers on file in his office connected with
an application for pension, which said
grand jury may desire to Investigate, aad
such copies, with their correctness at
tested by the comptroller, shall have the
same force and value In la9 that the orlgi-
nal papers would have had.
Sec. II. No person shall, while an in
mate Of the Texas Confederate Home nor
shall any person while coail1ed In any Of
the ssylums OF this State at the expense
Of the State, or confined in the state peni-
Tertiary to satisfy judgment Of eonyie-
ton receive pension ulder this act, and
any person having been granted pension
under the provisions OF this act and after
ward becomes an iamate Of said home,
shall, while such inmate, forfeit mis- pen-
sion, Il being Intended that no person saall
at the same time receive benefts from both
sources; and no person, while a resident
Of any other State or territory. shall draw
pension under this act.
Sec. 10. That for the year beginning oc-
tober l. 1899 ard ending September 30,
1900, there is appropriated the sum OF oas
hundred thousand dollars for the purposes
designated in this bill. and that for the
year beginning October 1, 1900. and ending
September 80. 1901. that there be appro-
priated the further gum Of one hundred
and nifty thousand dollars. the said sums
to be paid out OF any funds beloasins to
the general revenue In the state treasury
not otherwise Appropriated provided that
IN the frst dav 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-