Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-03-26
Confederate Pensions.

SOlll6u6TdtS fSlSlOllS.
In a recent issue we gave the chief
features of the Cation Confederate Pen
sion Bill In this issue we give the
features of the amended Parks Bill, in
PRODUCED by Senator Gold. The measure
adopted is a compromise between the
two.
A Bill TO amend and re-enact an act
entitled an act to give aid 10 soldiers,
sailors and marines disabled, etc, etc,
and TO their widows, etc.
l. BE il enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of Virginia, That the act approved
March :, 1900, entitled an act to give aid
TO soldiers, sailors and marines disabled
in the war between the States, and 10
every such soldier, sailor or marine who
by disease or infrmities of age, is dis
abled from earning or is without the
means of procuring a support, and to
the widows of Virginia soldiers, sailors
or marines who lost their lives in said
war in the military or naval service, or
whose husbands have died since the war.
be amended and re-enacted so as TO read
as follows:
1. BE il enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of Virginia, That on or before the
first day of May, 1902, and biennially
the circuit court of each county and city
in the State, or the judge of such court
in vacation, shall appoint three reputable
citizens of such county or city, residents
of such county or city, two Of whom
shall be ex-Consederate soldiers, who
shall be, and are hereby, constituted a
board TO be known as the Confederate
pension board of such county or city,
and charged with the duties hereinafter
specified, and who shall organize at their
first meeting by electing one of their
own number as chairman and another
as clerk of said board, provided. that
no one shall be eligible to appointment
on said board, who at the time of his
appointment, holds any elective Office.
either State, county. district or munich
pal, or who is candidate for any such
office; and provided further, that if any
member of said board during his term of
service shall be elected to any such office,
such election shall render him incompe-
tent as member of said board and his
successor shall at once be appointed,
and it shall be the duty of the clerk of
said board promptly 10 notify the Judge
of the circuit court of the county or city
should any such election occur.
2. That there shall be paid out of the
treasury of Virginia, upon the warrant
of the auditor of public accounts, annu-
ally, upon or after the first day of April,
In each year, TO the persons hereinafter
designated and described and classified,
upon the proofs hereinafter prescribed,
the amounts hereinafter specified, as fol-
lows: To every person who is and has
been, at the time of his application, a
citizen and resident of this State for
one year, and who lost an arm or leg, or
a foot or hand, or an eye, while in dis
charge of his duty as a soldier, sailor,
or marine of Virginia in the war between
the States, the sum of fifty dollars per
annum; to every such citizen of Vir
ginia who, IN like manner, lost two eyes
or two feet, or two hands, or a hand and
foot, by reasons of wounds received
while in discharge of his duty as afore-
said, the sum of one hundred dollars per
annum; to every such citizen who was
disabled by reason of a wound received
while in the discharge of his duty as
aforesaid, or who has become disabled
by reason OF disease or being over sixty
years of age, is unable to support him
self by manual labor, if such disability
be proved TO be total, thirty dollars per
annum; if such disability be partial, fif-
teen dollars per annum; to every widow
remaining unmarried of any soldier,
sailor, or murine of Virginia, whose
husband lost his life while in the dis
charge of his duty in the military service
of Virginia, or of the Confederate States,
during the late war between the States,
the sum of forty dollars per annum;
provided, that at the time of such appli-
cation and of receiving aid under this
act, such widow shall be unmarried and
resident of Virginia; and provided
further, that she shall receive such aid
only so long as she remains unmarried
and a resident of Virginia; provided,
that IL her husband was not killed in
the war, but has died since the war, and
was true and loyal soldier, and such
widow has not since married, and has
no income greater than one hundred
dollars per annum, she shall receive
twenty five dollars per annum; provided
further, that she has no children who
will support her; provided further, that
such widow shall make application as
herein provided.
q This ac. shall annlv N any native