The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-05-22
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THE NEW PENSION LAW
lis Provisions ConciseIy Stated BY Judg,
Blair for Beueiii OF Pensioners.

lis Provisions coneiseIy Stated BY Judge
Blair for Beueiii OF Pensioners.
Editor: For the benefit of State pen
Sioners | submit some explanations of
the provisions of the new pension law of
Virginia, by the act of the last Legisla-
ture, approved April ,. 1902:
by the Act. Section | (. all persons who
received pensions that were allowed by
the County Courts under the acts OF
March -, lSSS, and March. 1892, remain
on the pension list. This is known as the
first or old pension law. and persons who
received pensions under that law. if still
living, are entitled to odraw their pensions
as they have been doing. unless their
names are stricken of by the new Board
of Commissioners
by Section -, the clerk of the Circuit
Court Is required to make out n list of
the names of all the persons who were
allowed pensions 10y the act of March Z .
1900. under which "A large number Of per-
sons were placed on the pension list of
the state. The clerk has to post this list
at the front door OF the courthouse after
which the Board of Commissioners has
TO examine the list and return it to the
Judge OF the Circuit Court in terms, time
ar vacation, and then each applicant
must file before the court or Judge in VA
cation n sworn statement, supported hv
the oath OF two witnesses ofknown good
reputation, the certificate of the Com
missioner ol the Revenue, and the certi
iicate OF some reputable physician. And
then the court or the Judge i'm vacation.
when satisfied that the applicant is en-
titled To pension, shall order the clerk
To notify the Auditor Of Public Accounts
that the said person is entitled To a pen.
sion-under the act Of April ,. 1902.
by section :. all persons who have not
heretofore received "A pension, and who
desir''to make application for pension
'or the first time, must file their appl-
cations before the clerk of the Circuit
Court at least twenty days before n re-
gular term of the court together with all
the ailidavits and proofs required by the
act of April ,, 19O2-The commissioners
viii have To examine such applications.
and then the Circuit Court in terms must
pass on the application, as required bv
section OF the act OF April >, 1902.
have written the above mainly for the
purpose OF informing persons who served
in the Confederate army. and the widows
Of such soldiers, where and how they can
obtain the certificate that will entitle
them to receive pensions under the sev
eral acts of the Legislature. To try to
make it understood in as few words as
can will say, that persons who were
on the pension roll, and obtained their
certificate from the County Court. under
the first pension law, can obtain their
certificates simply by making oath before
the Judge of that court in term time or
vacation, or before the clerk of the
County Court. except that this new
Board of Commissioners will have to
pass on the application.
Persons who were put on the list of
pensioners by the act of 1900 can have
their certificates renewed 10y the Judge of
the Circuit Court in term time or in va
cation of that court and obtain a pen
sion under the new law.
Persons who makeapplication for pen
sions Tor the first time can only have
their application passed on by the Circuit
Court when III regular term
HENRY T. BLAIR.
Judge Fourteenth Judicial Circuit of
Nirginia.-ln Salem Times Register.