The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23
AS TO PENSIONERS.

e AS TO PENSIONERS.
4 Necessary Steps Which vaIient vcte
| ans Must Take 10 Secure a Sma
Pension.
D AS the several township boards wi
e soon meet to receive applications fo
!, pensions, and as all pensioners al
!, required to make new application
the following extract from the Act {
3 1900 is published for the imfomatio
and guidance of those interested
e Section l. Be it enacted by til
General Assembly of the State {
South Carolina, The sum vf at leas
one hundred thousand dollars sbal
be annually appropriated to pay tn
pensions provided for by this Acl
and in case the same, or such amour
!. as shall be appropriated, shall be in
sufficient, then the amount so appro
priated shall be distributed proper
: tionately among those legally entitled
to receive the same: Provided, Tha
those spensioners described in subdivi
sion (a), section 4, herein, shall hav
been first paid in full.
j Sec. 2. The applicant must have
been resident of the State for tw,
years prior to the time of the applica
tion.
Sec. 3. In order to obtain the bene
fits of this chapter, the applicant un
Qualified by residence must also show
(A) If a man.
1st. That he was bona fide sold
ier or in the Confederate States in tht
war between the States and
I'd. Either (a). That while in such
service he lost leg or arm, or receiv
ed other bodily injury whereby he has
become disabled; and further, that
neither him elf 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
sixty years, and that neither he nor
his wife is receiving an annual income
of seventy-five dollars from any source,
nor possessed Of property sufficient to
produce such an income.
(B) If a woman.
1st. That she is the window of q
man who was bona fide soldier or
sailor in the service of the State or OF
the Confederate States in the war be.
tween the States; and
2d. That she has never remarked;
and
Sd. That either (a) she is sixty
years of age, or (b) that her husband
lost his life in the service of the State
or of the Confederate States in the wal
between the States and
4th. That she has not an income of
one hundred dollars per annum, nor
property sufficient to produce the
same.
Sec. 4. The persons described In
the preceding sections shall be entitled
to a pension upon complying with
the other provisions of this Act, and
shall be paid the amounts hereinafter
set forth to wit:
(a) All soldiers and sailors who
lost both arms or both legs, or sight
or who ar, physically helpless, the
sum of eight dollars per month.
(b) All soldiers or sailors who lost
one arm or one leg in the said service
the sum of four dollars per month,
(c) All other persons entitled to
pensions under the provisions of this
Act, the sum of three dollars per
month: Provided, That the soldiers
and sailors, now citizens of this State,
or of the Confederate States in the war
between the States, and who are total
ly disabled by paralysis, and who
have no income, and who are unable
to make living, shall receive pen
sions as provided for by this Act the
same as thosa under Class ga" of this
section.
Sec. S. Before any soldier or sailor
shall receive any payment provided
in this Act, he shall make an applica-
ton, in writing, through thetownship
representative, addressed to the Coun-
ty Pension Board, to be appointed as
hereinafter directed for each county
of the State, setting forth in detail the
nature of the disabling would. if any,
the company and regiment or batta-
lion in which he served, and the time
and place of receiving the wound, and
showing that neither he nor his wife
is in receipt of the income as hereinaf-
ter specified, and showing further, the
time and place of residence within the
State by the application. Such appli-
cation shall he verified by the oath of
the applicant, made before any officer
in the State authorized to administer
oaths, and shall be accompanied by
the affidavit of one or more credible
witnesses, stating that they know the
applicant was soldier or sailor, or the
wife of such, as the case may be, and
believe the allegations made in the
application to be true; Provided, That
said application shall show that the
applicant is not drawing a pension in
any other State.
Sec. 6. Such application shal! be
verified also by certificate Of the
Auditor of the county In which the ap-
plicant resides, showing amount of
tax return, and that his income does
not exceed the amount stated, and
he is not possessed of sufficient prop
erty to produce such income; and it
shall be the duty of the Auditor 10
furnish such certificates, if he shall so
find the facts, without fee or charge.
The special attention of soldiers and
widows who intend to apply for pen
sions is asked to the above.
J. F. Livingston, Chairman,
Abbeville County Pension Board.