The Forrest City times., 1901-03-22

that accepted and sent up by the county boards. and all such aplications IS are approved by the state board shall be paid by the treasurer of state on the warrants of the auditor
 Sec. 13. After an application has once been passed upon and allowed by the county and state boards created by this act 1t shall be necessary only for the apiicant to file with the audi tor of state a certificate from the clerk of the county court of the county in which his or her application was orig inally filed, setting forth that the appli- cant is the identical person named in the original application which is on file in the auditors office. and that the applicant is alive. but still disabled and citizen of this state and still entitled to the benefits of this act which certificate may be passed upon by the state board, upon the sugges- tion of fraud, before the auditor draws his warrant upon said certifi- cate.
 Sec. IA. No warrant shall be issued for any sum appropriated under this act in favor of any applicant until after the first day of September of l each year. No soldier, sailor, widow or servant, as provided in section 1 of this act. shall be entitled to the benefits of this act except upon his or her own application, or, in case he or she be insane or a lunatic, upon the application of his or her guard ian or committee having charge of him or her as herein provided, nor any 1 person who is at the time of filing this application drawing pension from the ] United States government for service in the war between the states.
 Sec 15. This act shall not be so construed as to repeal any act pro- viding for the relief of soldiers, wounded or blind, and who do not participate in any of the benefits of this act.
 Sec. 16. The auditor of state shall have the application blanks printed according to the form prescribed by this act. and shall also provide and have printed form for the corroborat- ing afIidavits of witnesses, and furnish the said blanks to the several county clerks in this state for the use of the applicants for pensions.
 Sec F. Any person who shall spec- nlate or purchase, for less sum than that to which each may be entitled. the claim of any soldier or sailor, or wid- ow of deceased soldier or sailor or servant of any soldier or sailor allow ed under the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction. shall be fined or inn prisoned, or both, in the discretion of the court.
 Sec. IS. The auditor of state shall l issue his warrant in each case allowed by the state board payable to the pcnsioner. or order. and such warrant shall not be paid by the treasurer of this state without the endorsement of the oayee, attested by two witnesses, who shall write their own names and append thereto the names of their sev- cral postoffices.
 Sec. 19. The warrants for pensions shall he sent by the auditor to the county clerk of the county in which the pensioners reside and it shall be
 
 knowledge to the auditor the receipt of said warrants by the next mail after their receipt, and the said coun- ty clerk shall forthwith deliver or mail to each pensioner in his county his or her warrant, and post ih the court house a list of the pensioners to whom he has mailed or delivered warrants
 Sec. 20. The auditor shall. as soon as the same Is ascertaned transmit to the county clerk of the several coun- ties a correct list of the pensioners with their postoffices) as allowed by the state board of pensions.
 Sec. 21 Any officer or other person who shall neglect or refuse to discharge the duties imposed upon him by this act shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and. upon conviction thereof in the | circuit court shall be fined in any sum not to exceed S25. at the discretion of the court
 Sec. 22. The state board of pensions Is empowered to prescribe rules and regulations for the moro certainly car rying into effect this act according to its true intent and purpose.
 Sec. 23. No inmate of the Confeder- ate home shall be entitled to draw a pension as provided for in this act
 See. 24. For the services in this act required of the county clerks they shall receive no fees whatever. and all officers authorized by the law of this state to administer oaths shall be re- | pension applicants and their witnesses, on demand without fee therefor l Sec. 25. That sections 557S and 5593, both inclusive. of Sandels Hills | digest together with act No. fl. en- titled An act to provide relief of certain soldiers of the late war be- tween the states, approved February 12, 1895. and an act entitled An act to amend an act to provide for the re- | lief of certain sol diers of the war be-