The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-03-14
Changes Made in Pension Laws
SOME OF IRE NEW ACTS OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
A Clerical Error Discovered But There's
No Way to Corsect 1.-THE County
Pension Commissioner.
THE State, 8th.]

in the pension acts. Aside from IN
creasiDg the appropriation to $500,
600 and providing for its disburse
ment in such a way that the mos
needy veterans would be more ma
terially benefited than the others
the legislature passed some six OF
more acts making changes in the
pension laws. Recently numerous
requests have been made for copies
of these acts, and for the information
of those concerned. The State today
publishes some of them; the others
will be given tomorrow.
Yesterday in one of these new acts
there was discovered a bad mistake
of the engrossing department, the
words "frst Monday in February
appearing when it is the manifest
intention of the act that the first
Monday in March was intended, for
from it's text the act shows that it
was the intention Of the trainers to
permit at least month for the per
formance of certain duties between
two meetings of the board. This
error appears in the act creating the
| office of county pension commits
sioner, and it is somewhat of a prob,
lem as to how the difficulty thus
created will be met.
The text Of the act 'to regulate
county aid to Confederate soldiers
and to prevent their disfranchise-
ment,'' is as follows:
Section /. Be it enacted by the
general assembly OF the State Of
South Carolina: That from and
after the approval of this act the
county board of commissioners of the
various counties of this State shall
have the right in their discretion to
| extend county aid to INDECENT Con-
federate soldiers in their respective
counties at the home of such soldiers
or at the homes of such relatives or
friends: Provided, that it shall be
established to the satisfaction Of the
said boards that such soldier is de-
serving of aid and is physically un-
able to earn a support, and that he
does not obtain a sufficient pension
from the State to support him.
Sec. 2. That no Confederate SOL
der shall be disfranchised by reason
of his having received or is receiving
such aid as aforesaid.
The act "to provide for the re.
pair of artificial limbs Of certain citl
zens of this State who were soldiers
in the war between the States and to
pay certain of such citizens money in
lieu thereof" reads thus:
Section l. Be it enacted by the
general assembly of the State OF
South Carolina: That the sum OF
$4,000, if so much be necessary, be
and is hereby appropriated to defray
the expenses of the repair of srtl-
fetal limbs heretofore donated to
citizens of this State who lost leg
or arm, or who became permanently
disabled in leg or an arm during
the military service IN the war be-
tween the States.
Sec. 2. That the comptroller gen
eral be, and is hereby, authorized
and required to draw his warrant on
the State treasurer, and the State
treasurer pay the same, for a sum
not exceeding $25 in favor of any
citizens of this State, upon the pre-
sentation to him by or on behalf Of
such citizens of q certificate under
seal of the clerk of court of the coun
tv wherein such citizen resides, thai
such citizen lost leg or an arm OF
was permanently disabled in a leg OF
in an arm while in military service
of this State or the Confederate
States in the war between the States
and that such ciJlzen received al
artificial limb under the act of 1879
the act Of 1881 or the amendment:
thereof, and that said artificial liml
needs repairs, and that such citizeI
is not on the State pension roll ant
also the estimates of the probable
cost of such repair certified to by
reputable physician OF the count.
wherein such citizen resides: Pro
viGed that snch citizen who is re