The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-04-13

.'" Pension Board Of eacl
,n,y and city. which will consist o
's,.e ExCoul,dcrate soldiers and tive
m. citizens. 10 be appointed 10y the
Vp, If the circuit court Parties
e,hing said Board that they are en-
80 =, peusions will receive perannum
,hs ALLOWING amounts:
oos who has while in service lost an
nm leg. foot or hand, 5000.
one who has lost two eyes or two
~, or two hands, or hand and foot,
~ ,.s.on of wounds received while in
service, $4,000
Ooe disabled by reason OF wounds re-
we'd while ia service, or who has be-
me disabled 10y the iniirmities Of age,
,ssncb disability I've total, $1,000.
If partial, SIS 90.
n, every widow, whose husband lost
,.,i,fs while in discharge Of duty, pro-
ID she is unmarried and a resident
ofvirginia, $1,000
tfhsr husband was not killed in the
..r INIT mas since died, and the widow
.os NOT married again, and has no
.,.stsr income than 500 and has no
children TO support her, S25 %.
After the application has been APP
nrved and certified 10y the Confederate
pension Board, the act provides that 1t
.bsl he delivered to the county court
MP 10 the Judge in vacation, who shall
..,ar am order on the minute book of
bi.eourt. stating that such application
WAS allowed by said Board; and the
clerk of the court shall thereupon GER
nfy copy Of said order to the Auditor
n Public Accounts under the seal of
the court. and shall at once forward
the original application 10 the Auditor,
who shall file il in his Office, after haV-
ing carefully examined the same, aud
the certificate thereto; and upon being
satisfied that all Of the requirements Of
the law have teen complied with, he
shall draw bis warrant in favor OF the
sppicant for the amount allowed under
this act.
After an application has been once
approved and allowed, it shall be only
necessary for the applicant annually to
file with the Auditor certificate from
the said clerk setting forth that the ap.
pleant is still alive and is the identl-
cal person named in the original appli-
cation; and if the applicant is the
widow Of a deceased soldier, that she
is still unmarried and resident of Viz !
giuia) and that the applicant does not |
now. in bis own right, or i'm right Of /
his wife, own property Of the assessed /
value Of $1,000, and does not hold an
office which pays 1900, and has not an
annual income from any source /
amounting to $500
The Board provided for in this act
shall meet in the clerks Office Of the /
county or corporation court a. often H.
may be necessary, of which meetings
notice shall be given in some news
paper published in the county, and if
none be published in the county, then
by hand-bils posted in all Of the public
places 10 the county.
On the first day Of April Of each
year, the Auditor shall furnish to the
clsrk Of the county court list Of pen
sioners in his county, and it shall be
the duty Of the Confederate Pension |
Board TO at once examine said list, and
If in the opinion of the Board there is
any person on said list who is not en-
titled to relief under this act, such per-
son shall be notified to appear and
show cause why his name should not
be stricken from the list; aud if upon
the Board shall be of
opinion that the name of any person is
improperly on said list, the name of
such person shall be stricken therefrom,
aud the fact certified to the Auditor of
Public Accounts.
Total disability under this act shall
be such as wholly incapacitates the
applicant for manual labor. Partial
disability shall be such as will keep
the applicant from obtaining a liveli-
hood by manual labor.