The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-07
NEW PENSION LAW,
Passed at the Recent Session Of
the General Assembly.
CONDITIONS TO BE FILLED
Full Text cT the Act That is Of
interest 70 All Old Soldiers
SA.,a. Onrnlino
in South Carolina.

The following is the new pension law,
based upon recon nendations Of the
Confederate Veterans association Of The
State. The bill! was introduced BY Mr..
Patton of Richiand at their request
The act was approved February 18th,
by Governor NcSweeney 1t reads:
Section l. Be it enacted by the gen.
eral assembly Of the State of South Car
olina: TIE SUN Of at least one hundred
thousand dollars shall be annually sp-
propriated to pay the pensions provided
for BY this act, and in case the same,
or suct. amount as shall be appropriated
shall be insufficient, then the amount
so appropriated shall be distributed
proportiouately among those legally en-
titled to receive the same: Provided,
That those pensioners d, scribed In sub
division (a), section I herein, shall have
been FIRST paid in full
Sec. 2 The applicant must have been
resident of the State for two years
prio to the time Of the application.
Sec. 8. In order to obtain the benefits
of this chapter the applicant uuquali-
fed by residence must also show:
(A) If a man.
lst. That he was bona 6de soldier
or sailor in the service in the State or
in the Confederate States in the war
botrean tho S,ates. and
%. Either (O. That while in such
service he lost leg or arm, or received
other bodily injury whereby he has be-
come disabled; and further, that
neither himself nor his wife has an in
come exceeding one hundred and fifty
dollars per annum, nor property sufici-
ent to produce such an iacome; or (o)
that he has reached the age Of sixty
years, and that neither he nor his wife
is receiving annually an annual income
of seventy Eve dollars from any source
nor possessed Of property sufficient to
produce such an Income.
(B) If woman.
lst. That she is the widow Of man
who was a bona fde sold!e, or sailor in
the service Of the State or of the Con-
frderate States IN the war between the
States; and
81. rhatshe has never remarked; and
Sd. That either (a) she is sixty years
Of age: or (b) that her husband lost his
life in the service Of the State or of the
Confederate States in the war between
the States; and
9TH. Tha. she has not an income Of
one hundred dollars per annum nor
property sufficient to produce the same.
Ssc. 4. The p"rsons described in the
preceding scc,ons shall be entitled to
q pension upon complying with the
other provisions ~ his act, and shall
be paid the a;npuH;s hereinafter Set
forth, to wit;
(a) All soldiers ana sailors who lost
both arms or both legs, or sight, or VINO
are physically helpless, the sum Of eight
dollars per month.
(b) All soldiers or sailors who lost one
arm or leg in the said service, the sum
of four dollars per mouth,
(c) All other persons cutitIcG to pen-
sions under the provisions of liis act,
the sum of three dollars per month:
Provided. That all soldiers aud >attrr>,
now citizens Of this State VINO were 10
the serGi ;e OF the State or Of the Cou-
fe6erate States iu the war between the
States, aud who are totally disabled by
paralysis, and who have no income, and
who is unable TO make living, shall
receive pensions as provided by this act
the same as those under class "A Of
this section.
Sec. 3. Before any soldier or sailor
shall receive say payment provided IN
this act, he shall make an application,
in writing, through the township repre-
sentative. addressed 10 the county pen
sion board, to be appointed as berein-
after directed for each county Of the
State, setting forth ia detail the nature
of the disabling wound, if any, the COM
pany and regiment Or battalion in
which he served, and the time aud
place of receiving the wound, and show
ing that neither he nor his wife is in
receipt of the income as hereinafter
specified, and showing further, the time
and place of residence within the State
by the applicant. Such application shall
be verified by the oath of the applicant,
made before any officer in the State
authorized to administer oaths. and
shall be accompanied Dy the affidavit
of one or more credible witnesses, stat
ing that they knew the applicant vas a
soldier or sailor or the wife of such, as
the case may be, and believe the allega,
tions made in the applications to be
true: Provided, That said application
shall show that the applicant is not
drawing pension in any other State.
Sec. s Such application shall be verl-
fed also by certificate of the auditor
Of the county in which the applicant
resides, showing amount Of tax return,
and that his income does not exceed
the amount stated, and that he is not
possessed of sufficient property to pro-
6uce such income; aud it shall be the
duty Of the auditor to furnish such
certificates, if he shall ind the facts,
without fee or charge.
Sec. I. In each county Of the State
the said application shall be submitted
to a board composed Of four ex Con
federate soldiers or sailors ito be chosen
as hereinafter provided), who shall moi
be holders of or applicants for pen
sion, and regular practiciDg physician
to be selected by them, which said five
persons shall constitute'the county pen
sion board. They shall meet on the
third Monday in January of each year
and shall examine each applicant unde
rules and regulations prescribed by tht
State board of pensioners. After frs
being duly sworn, fairly and impartial!
to discharge the duties Of their Office
and after said oaths are duly fled il