Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-03-22
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the case may be, and believe the ale
cations made in the application to be
true: Provided, That said applicant
is not drawing pension in any
other State.
Sec. 6. Such application shall be
verified also by n 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 produce such income !;
and it shall be the duty Of the Audi
tor to furnish such certificates, if he
shall find the facts, without fee or
charge.
Sec. 7. In each county of ci,c State
the said application shall be submit.
ted to board composed of four cx-
Confederate soldiers or sailors Ito be
chosen as hereinafter providcd,)
who shall not be holders Of or appli-
cants for pension, and a regular
practicing physician to be selected
by them, which said five persons
shall constitute the county pension
board. They shall meet on the third
Monday in January Of each year,
and shall examine each applicant
under rules and regulations pre-
scribed by the State board of pen
sioncrs. After first being duly sworn,
fairly and impartially to discharge
the duties Of their office, ond after
said oaths arc duly filed in the Office
of the Clerk of Court, the said
county pension board shall proceed
with the discharge of the duties i'm
posed upon them, and shall certify
their approval to the State board Of
pensioners, giving in detail the rca-
sons which influenced them to grant
or oppose each application, accompa-
MED by all the evidences upon which
they made their decisions.
Sec. 8. -Four members of said
board shall constitute the quorum. A
majority Of the members of the board
present may determine any matter
presented to them, subject, however,
to right of review of the State
board. AS soon as such county
board completes it's list as above,
giving the names of the pensioners,
their residences and amount per
month to which they are entitled,
they shall certify the same to the
State board of pensioners, to he re-
viewed by them. The compcnsa-
ton OF the members of said board
shall be - per day for each days
service, not exceeding, however, five
days service in any one year.
Sec. 9. The State board of pen
sioncrs shall thcrcupon pass upon
the names contained in said lists,
and shall certify to the Clerks of
Courts of the various counties the
lists Of the names and amounts ap-
proved 10y them, and said Clerks of
Courts shall record the same in a
book, and said roll so made up shall
be designated "approvcd pension
rolls for 49," and such persons
shall constitute the pensioners cnti-
tied to receive the aid herein pro-
vided for the current year.
Sec. 10. Every application ap-
proved by the county board, with all
papers upon which they act, shall be
filed in the Comptroller Generals
office by the first day of February OF
each year, to be by him submitted tc
the State board Of pensions for theil
review. In the examination of the
applications of each person for 4
pension, the said board shall inquire
particularly into all the facts set
forth in the application, and shall
have the right to examine such cvi,
dcncc "a to determine the right OF
such applicant to a pension, and 70,
the purpose of this chapter the chair.
man of each county pension board
shall have the right to administer
oaths. In making their report tt
the State board of pensions, the,
shall set forth, in detail (and scpa.
ratcly), their findings upon cacl
material allegation contained in tn,
application.
Sec. /. Each of the county board.
shall keep book in which they shal
make list of the applicants for pen
gions, setting forth the approval anc
disapproval, which book shall be
filed in the Office Of the Clerk OF
the Court of Commons Pleas for cacl
county; and the clerk shall from
such book certify to the Comptrollc1
General, on or before the first da,
Of February of each year, the mum
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