The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-03-14

sion fund: Provided, further, that IL
case any citizen received money IN
stead of an artificial limb as pro
vided under the act of 1879, the act
of 1881 or the amendments thereof
that such person shall be allowed the
sum of $25 upon the presentation OF
a certificate under seal of the CLERK
of court of the county wherein such
citizen resides, that he was entitled
to receive such compensation instead
of the artificial limb ss provided in
said act: Provided further, that all
persons desiring the benefits of this
act shall file their claims as herein
provided within 80 days after the
approval of this act, and if the comp
troller general shall find that the
amount of claims filed and approved
exceed the said sum of $4,000, then
he shall pro rata the said sum among
the claims approved by him.
Here is the act "creating county
pension commissioner, defining his
duties and to further define and regu
late the duty of county pension
boards hereafter" in which the error
has been made:
Section /. Be it enacted by the
general assembly of the State of
South Carolina: That each county
pension board of the respective coun-
ties in this State shall at it's first
meeting in January in each year
elect one Of it's members to the posi-
tion of pension commissioner, whose
duty it shall be to attend in the au-
ditor's Office of his county every
Saturday during the month of Jan
uary in each year for the purpose of
meeting the pension applicants in
each range and fix up all pension
papers in a condition to 60 before
said board, which said board shall
meet on the first Monday in Feb
ruary of each year to pass upon said
applications. Said commissioner
shall be and is hereby author
lied and required to administer
oaths. When said applications have
been approved by said board, said
commissioner shall write up che lists
of the same. Said board shall meet
again Oh the first Monday of Feb
ruary in each year to sign said lists
and Immediately forward same to the
comptroller general. Said pension
commissioner shall be allowed 81 q
day as pay for his services, but shall
not be paid for more than 10 days
service in any one year.
Below are given the last two of the
new pension acts resulting from this
years session of the general assem-
bly,. The first is the act giving the
requirements as to the eligibility for
pensions and the method of disburse-
ment. It reads as follows:
Section l. Be it enacted by the
general assembly of the State OF
South Carolina, that section 1868 of
the code of laws of South Carolina,
1902, and the same is hereby amend
ed, so as to read as follows:
Section 1865. The sum of at least
S15O,0O0 shall be annually appro-
priated to pay the pensions provided
for by this chapter, and in case the
same, or such amounts as shall be
appropriated shall be distributed
proportionately among those legally
entitled to receive the same: Pro
vided, that those pensioners described
in section 1866, as class A, class B,
class g, No. l, class g No. 3, shall
have been first paid in full: Pro-
vided further, in case the same,
or such amount as shall be appro-
priared shall be more than sufficient,
then the amount so appropriated
shall be distributed proportionately
among all those legally entitled tc
receive the same.
Sec. 2. That section 1866 of the
code of laws of South Carolina Of
1902, be, and the same is hereby
amended so as to read as follows
Section 1865. The applicant must
have been a resident Of the State fol
two years prior to the time of the
applicant. Ia order to obtain the