The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-03-07

'uh!l Oe utSlPuateu approved pension
rolls for 10" and such persons shall
constitute the pensioners entitled t,
receive the aid herein prOvideG for th,
current year.
Sec. 10. Every application approve,
by the county board, with all paper
upon which they act shall be flied il
the cOnptrOliCr generals Cliice by the
first day OF February Of each wear, t,
be by him submitted to the State boart
OF pensions for their review. In the
examination OF the applications Of eact
person for q pension, the said boarC
shall inquire particularly into all th,
facts set forth in the application, anC
shall have the right To examine such
witnesses and to take such evidence az
to determine the right of such aupli
can't to pension, and for the purpose o
this chapter the Chairman of each
county pension board shall have the
right TO administer oa:hs. In makiup
their report TO the State board Of pen.
siOns, they shall set forth, in concise
and plain language, giving in detail
| land separately their iiudings uDoD
each material allegation contained in
the application.
Sec, /. Each Of the county boards
shall keep book in which they shall
make list of the applicants FOR pen.
slOns, setting forth the approval aud
| disapproval, which book shall be filed
IN the oihcc OF the clerk OF court OF
common pleas for each county: and the
clerk shall from said book certify to
the comptroller general, on or before
| the first day OF February OF each wear,
the mum Der OF pensioners wl } are stfli
alive and entitled 10 the pension.
Sec. - The State board Of pensions
shal have the authority, and it shall
be their duty. to revise The list OF pen
sion claims allowed by each county
board, ana to confirm on reject any
pension claim allowed by such board
as they may deem proper and right
upon the facts presented by the said
board, or upon such additional facts
connected Herewith as they may pro
cure; but they have no right in anv
case TO grant Il pension lnles; the same
has been regularly approved bv the
county board Of pensions.
Sec. -. The county bOardof pensions
shall be constituted as follows On the
hrst Saturday in AUGUST OF each wear
the surviving soldiers and sailors OF
the State or the Confederate States, in
the late war between the States. in
each township, shall meet at n time
and place therein designated by the
chairman Of the county board, bv Two
weeks public notice, and having or
ganized by elccting chairman and
secretary, shall elect by ballot an ex.
Confederate soldier or sailor, ro; q
holder OF nor applicant for q pension,
as the representative OF the veterans
of said township.
The representatives so elected shall
meet al the county court house on the
first Monday in Scptembcr followiop,
and having organized by electtng q
presiding oliicer and secretary, shall
elect from their own number four, Who.
having selected competent phv sician,
and elected one Of themselves as chair,
men, shall constitute, together with
such physician. the county pension
board for the year or until their sue
cessors are elected aud qualified. In
those townships where the veterans
failed to select Il rcpresen tatieva as
herein provided, the chairman OF the
county pension board shall appoint
some person otherwise qualified IS
representative until such election shall
be had and in these counties where
the survivors failed to organize "a coun-
ty board as herein provided, the State
board OF pensions may appoint fonr ex-
Confederate soldiers or sailors other
wise qualified to organize and consti.
tute said county board.
sec. Ii. In case there shall be in any
township no person qualified to act as
representative, then the veterans NAV
elect, or in case OF their failure SO to
do, the chairman OF the county pension
board may appoint, some properly
qualified veteran residing clsew here in
said county
Sec. -. The comptroller ge neral shall
be chairman of the State board of pen.
sions, and he with three eX COnfeder-
ate soldiers not holders Of nor appl-
cants for pensions, to be selected by the
United Confederate Veterans AssOcia-
tion at their annual meetings, together
with D competent physician to be Sc.
lected by them, shall constitute the
said State board OF pensions. That the
comptroller general shall appoint a
suitable person to serve as clerk Of
State board OF pensions said clerk to
receive "a salary OF 5000 per annum for
his services. In case of failure to Sc
lect by the said veterans association,
the three members properly qualified
shall be appointed by the governor.
The term OF office OF the selected mem
bers of said board shall be for one
year and until their successors are
elected or appointed and have quail
fed.
oeC. 10. ne compensation OF Lne
members OF the county pension boards
shall be 81 per day, not to exceed live
days, and the compensation OF the
State board shall be 81 per day, not to
exceed five days, and the latter shall be
! allowed mileage at the rate OF cents
per mile.
Sec. II. In counties where the sur.
vivOrs fail or refuse to comply with the
provisions hereof, the State board shall
make such regulations for the distribu.
tion OF the fund for such counties as
they deem best.
Sec. Is. 1T shall be the duty Of the
comptroller general to issue on the lst
Monday in April OF each year to the
party entitled to receive u pension
| hereunder his warrant for such sum as
may be herein prescribed so long as
such name shsl) remain on the pension
roll as above prescribed, or until in
| formed OF the death or removal from
the State OF such pensi0ner: Provided
That the comptroller general shall
forward the amount due the pension
ers OF each county to the clerk OF court
OF the several counties OF the State, tt
be paid out by said clerk OF court with
out additional compensation.
Sec. 10. II shall be the duty of the
comptroller general TO prepare anC
cause 20 be printed forms in blank OF
which such applications, rt'fcate;
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