Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-22
MUST MAKE EEw ONES.
Pensioners and Their AppIicatlons...The New
Law

Comptroller General Derham is busy
sending to county pension boards Off
cial copies Of the new pension act pass
ed at the last session Of the general as
sembly, under which the pension appro-
priation must be distributed this year.
This act comprises the whole Of the
pension law Of the state.
The comptroller has received several
letters asking whether the former lists
Of pensioners in the several counties
can be accepted, when revised by coun-
ty boards. The act revises the entire
machinery and does away with all ex-
listing county boards.
The comptroller, after carefully
studying the act, Is Of the opinion that
all applications must be made out new
and presented to the county boards.
The law provides emphatically that be-
fore any soldier or sailor shall receive
any payment provided in the act, he
shall make an application, in writing,
through the township representative,
addressed to the county pension board,
setting forth in detail the nature Of the
disabling wound, II any, the company
and regiment or battalion in which he
served, and the time and place Of re-
ceiving theaWound, and showing that
neither he nor his wife Is In receipt OF
the income specified, and showing, fur
ther, 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 Of
flcer in the state authorized to admin
lister oaths, and shall be accompanied
by the affidavit of one or more credible
witnesses, stating that he knew the ap-
plicant was a soldier or wife Of such,
as the case may be, and believe the al
legations made In the application to be
true, provided, that the application
shall show, that the applicant is not
drawing pension in any other state.
Such application shall be verified
also by q certificate Of the auditor Of
the county in which the applicant re-
sides, 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-
duce such income; and 1t shall be the
duty of the auditor to furnish such GER
tificates, If he shall so find the facts,
without fee OF charge.
In each county Of the state the ap-
plication shall be submitted to board
composed Of four ex-Confederate SOL
diers or sailors Ito be chosen as pro-
applicants for pension, and a regular
practicing. physician, Who shall be
chosen by them, which Ave persons
snail 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 prescribed by
the state board Of pensions. After first
being duly sworn, fairly and impartial
ly to discharge the duties Of their Office,
and after the oaths are duly filed in
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county pension board shall proceed
with the discharge Of the duties i'm
posed upon it. and shall certify its ap-
proval to the state board Of pensions,
giving in detail the reason which influ-
enced it to grant or oppose each appli-
cation accompanied by all the evidence
upon which the decisions were made.