Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-03-22
THE NEW PENSION law.
PASSED AT THE RECENT SESSION OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
THE CONDITIONS 70 Be FILLED.
Full Toxt Of the Act That Is Of Interest TO
All Old Soldiers In South Carolina.

ton of the State. The bill was in
troduccd by Mr.. Patton, of Rioh-
land, at their request. The act was
approved, February 10Th, by Gov.
McSwccncy. 1t reads:
See on |. BE it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
South Carolina: The sum of one
hundred thousand dollars shall be
annually appropriated to pay the
pensions provided for by this act,
and in case the same, or such amount
as shall be appropriated shall be i'll
sufficient, then the amount 80 ap-
propratcd shall be distributed pro-
portionately among those legally
entitled to receive the same: Pro-
vided, That those pensioners de-
scribcd in subdivision (a) Section 4
herein, shall have been first paid in
full.
Sec. =. The applicant must have
been Il resident of the State for two
years prior to the time of the appli-
cation.
Sec. 3. In order to obtain the bcne-
fits of this chapter the applicant un-
qualified by residence must also
show:
(A) If a man.
lst. That he was bcna fdc SOL
dicr or sailor in the ser,i, of the
State or in the Confederate States
in the war between the States; and
ID. Either (a). That while in such
service he lost leg or arm, or re-
ceived other bodily injury whereby
he has become disabled and, fur
thcr, that neither himself nor his
wife has an income exceeding one
hundred and fifty dollars per annum,
nor property sufficient to produce
such an income or (b) that he has
reached the age of GO years, and
that neither he nor his wife is rccciv
ing annually an annual income of
scHcnty-tive dollars from any source
nor possessed of property sufficient
to produce such an income.
(B) ii woman.
lst. That she is the widow of a
man who was a bona tide soldier or
sailor in the service of the State or
Of the Confederate States in the war
between the States and
I'd. That she has never remarked :;
Sd. That either (a) she is sixty
years of age; or 90 that her hus-
band lost his life in the service Of
the State or of the Confederate
States in the war between the
States and
Ith. That she has not an income
Of 500 per annum nor property
sufficient to produce the same.
Sec. t. The persons described in
the preceding sections shall be cnti
tied to pension upon complying
with the other provisions of this act,
and sh I'll be paid the amounts here
matter set forth, wit:
(a) All soldiers and sailors who
lost both arms or both legs, or sight,
or who are physically helpless, the
sum of IS per month.
O) All soldiers or sailors who lost
one arm or leg in the said service,
the sum of 81 per month.
Co All other persons entitled to
pensions under the provisions of this
act, the sum Of So per month Pro-
vidcd, That all soldiers and sailors,
now citizens Of this State, who we're
in the service Of the State or of the
Confederate States in the war be-
tween the States, and 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
hose under class GA" of this section.
Sec. >. Before any soldier or sal
lor shall receive any payment pro-
vidcd in this act, he shall make an
application, in writing, through tho
township representative, addressed
to the county pension board, to be
appointed as hcrcina ftcr directed for
each county Of the State, setting
forth in detail the nature of the dig.
a!ling wound, i any, the company
and regiment or battalion i'm which
he served, and The ti,dc and place Of
receiving the wound, and showing
that neither he nor his wife is in re-
ccipt Of the income az 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 ac