The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-03-19
CHANGES IN PENSION ACT.
Aid Given Where Most Needed and
the Aged Have Preference.

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the Aged Have Preference.
The new pension act will be Of gen.
eral interest. The old soldiers and
the widows will get more this year
than ever before and the general plan
is an improvement. After all have
been paid according to the scheme OF
division the remainder is to be appor-
toned among those who are so years
Of age and over. In this way those
who are most needy will be materially
aided.
The clause making the appropria-
ton concludes thus: And in case the
same or such amount as shall be ap-
propriate6 shall be insufficient, then
the amount so appropriated shall be
distributed proportionately among
those legally entitled to receive the
same, provided that those pensioners
described in section 1866 as class A,
class B, class C No. I, and class c No.
8, shall have been first paid IN full:
Provided further, in case the same or
such amount as shall be appropriated
shall be more than sufficient, than the
amount so appropriated shall be dis
tribuJed proportionately among all
those legally entitled to receive the
same"
The requirements for applicants for
pensions are thus stated:
''The applicant must have been a
resident Of the State for two years. In
order to obtain the benefits Of this
chapter, the applicant qualified by
residence must also show:
''(A) II a man-lSt. That he was
q bona fide soldier or sailor in the SER
vice of the State or Confederate States
In the war between the States; and
End. Either (a) that while in such
service heloSt a leg or arm, or sight or
received other bodily injury
whereby he has become disabled or
that be is totally disabled by paraly-
sis; and further, that neither himself
nor his wife has an income exceeding
$3.50 per annum, nor property Suff-
cient to produce such an income; or
(b) that he has reached the age OF 50
years, and that neither he nor his
wife is receiving an annual income OF
800 from any source, nor possessed OF
property sufficient to produce such an
income.
"B) If a woman-1st. That she
is the widow Of a man who was bona
fde soldier or sailor in the service OF
the State, OF Of the Confederate
States in the war between the States;
and IND. That she has never remar-
ried, or being go years Of age is a
widow again, her last husband having
died: and 3rd, That either (a} she is
so years Of age, or (b) that her hus-
band lost his life in the service of the
State, or Of the Confederate States,
in the war between the States. 4th.
That she has not an income Of $3.50
per annum nor property sufficient to
produce same.
5th. The classification OF all pen
sions shall be aS follows:
Glass A-Those who as a result OF
wounds received in the war are physl-
cslly helpless, or who while in such
service lost both arms Of both legs, or
sight; or who are disabled by paraly-
sis and are unable to make living:
whose income does not exceed $3.50.
''ClaSS B-Ihose who have lost one
arm or one leg, and whose income does
not exceed $50.
"C!ass G No. Those soldiers and
sailors disabled by wounds during the
war, whose income does not exceed
$3.50.
Class C No. 2-Those who have
reached the age Of so years, and whose
income does not exceed 500.
''ClaSs G No.3-Widows Of those who
lost their lives in the service of the
State or Confederate States, and whose
income does not exceed $3.50.
Class c No. 4-Widows above the
age of go years, whose income does not
exceed $3.50.
''The persons described in the pre-
ce0ing sections shall be entitled to a
pension upon complying with the
other provisions Of this chapter, and
shall be paid the amounts hereinafter
set forth to wit: Class A, SIS per
month; class B, Sc per month: class c
No. !, 81, per month: class c No. 8,
81 per month, and all other pensioners
SO per month"
The effect Of these provisions of the
new act is just as stated at the outset.