The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-08-09

10 lOllO"o.
Your committee, consisting Of W. d.
Starting. J. D. Wilder, ]. w. Floyd,
Iredell Jones, James A. Hoyt, w. D.
Knox, R. H. Jennings, VIM. Jeffries,
Charles Inglesby, W. E. James, E. H.
Gasque and J. F. Entzminger, ap-
pointed by the South Carolina division
United Confederate Veterans Associa-
tion, held at Chester in July, 1899, to
prepare and submit to the general as
semply of South Carolina a bill TO
amend and revise all.the laws on the
subject Of pensions for disabled Con-
federate soldiers and sailors and their
widows, beg leave to submit the fol-
lowing report:
In obedience to the call Of the
chairman, the committee held its meet
ing to consider all matters relating to
amendments and changes in the pen
sion laws Of South Carolina in Decem-
Der, 1899, at Columbia. At that meet
ing a quorum was present and after
full consideration and discussion the
following general features were re-
commended to be incorporated into the
pension laws Of the State viz:
l. Repeal the provision Of the pen
sion laws providing for township
2. Elect in each township one ex-
Confederate soldier, not an applicant
for pensions, to represent said town.
ship in the formation Of the county
pension boards.
3. Election annually of three ex-
Confederates, not applicants for pen
sions, by the South Carolina division
u. c. v. association to serve as MEM
bers of the State board of pensions.
4. Give to the State board the right
to approve or disapprove the recon-
mendatlons Of the county boards, but
withdraw the right Of the State board
to grant a pension, unless the appli-
cant is regularly approved by the
county board.
5. Requiring that each applicant for
pensions shall have been a resident OF
the State of South Carolina for the
period Of two years prior to the date
Of his application.
6. That all laws on the subject OF
pensions shall be comprehended and
embraced in one act, for the better un-
derstanding and enforcement OF the
laws.
The above, in general, were the
changes which your committee recon-
mended to be made, and we are
pleased to report that all the suggs-
tions above set forth have Doe2
adopted in the law passed at the re-
cent session of the general assembly.
Your committee did not deem it proper
to invade the prerogatives Of the gen.
eral assembly by entering too minute
ly or extensively into the matter OF
suggesting law. We only called at
tentlon to such changes as in our
opinion were vital to the proper ad-
ministration of the law. The bill
which your committee introduced,
which practically has now been incor-
porated into the laws OF the State, may
not be perfect, but in the Judgment OF
your committee fair trial will show
an improvement on the old laws on
the subject Of pensions, and will prove
more favorable to our needy COM
rades, from being more impartial in
its administration and more exacting
in its duties.
The practical carrying out Of the
work OF your committee. after gen.
eral outcome was adopted, was en-
trusted to a subcommittee composed
Of J. D. Startling, ]. w. Floyd and Ire
dell Jones. This subcommittee gave
to the duties assigned their earnest
and intelligent attention, and their
work Is approved, with thanks for
their services. There was a general
continent among the members o. tne
legislature to acquiesce in the sugges-
tions of your committee, and Inere
were several members in each house
to whom your committee feel indebted
for a special interest in the measure.
We have deemed 1t unnecessary, how
ever, to call particular attention to
their anmes, as the individuals have
been sufficiently designated through
the public journals Of the State, and
in the official records Of the general
assembly. But we cannot refrain
from calling to your notice the emil
nent services Of the late Hon. H. c.
Patton, the talented member froA
Richmond, who wrote the present law
at the request Of the subcommittee
and assisted in its passage as one Of
the last acts OF his brief but brilliant
career.
All Of which Is respectfully SUBJ
mitted. w. D. STARTLING.
"Chairman Committee"
The committee on school books ap-
pointed to-day which will report to-
morrow consists of Col Asbury Cow
ard, Col. Wade Hampton Manning and