Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-06-06
m NEW PENSION
BILL OF FLORIDA
- Confederate Veterans Over 60
To Go On Rolls.
..r PASSED BY LEGISLATURE

u..sure Provides That Praetieal'
An Who Served in the Civil War
y,n Receive Aid from the State
The Bill in Full.
rolloving is the pension Dill Wnich
,,.sed the Legislature which has just
,,srrDed and which provides aid for
y ro,srans over the age Of sixty
years ouoo.,oo .
s,.ts board of pensions, defining who
.h.ll receive pensions, and who shall
=, receive pensions, who shall be
,stsined as pensioners, how appliea'
.io,s shall be made, how pensions
snall be paid, duty of county COM
r,issioDers in regard to pensions, pro
yldlng for the levy of a pension tax
and authorizing the State Board OF
pensions to make regulations to car
" into effect the provisions of this
act
Be It enacted by the Legislature Of
the State of Florida:
Section That the Governor,
COMPTROLLER and the treasurer OF this
state are hereby constituted the
State Board of Pensions.
Section Amy person who enlisted
and served in the military or the naval
forces of the Confederate States or
Of this State, including home guards
and reserves during the war between
The States Of the United States, and
did not desert the Confederate or
State service, and who was bona fide
citizen continuously for ten years pri-
or to date and fling Of the applica-
ton for pension, and who is over the
age Of sixty years at the date of APP
Dlication, shall receive one hundred
dollars per annum in quarterly pay
nents; all other persons who lost
limb or limbs, an eye or who are per-
manently disabled by reason of
wounds or disease to gain a liveli-
hood by manual labor shall be en-
titled TO receive each per annum, in
quarterly payments, the following
to wit:
For total loss OF sight, $3.50; loss
o. one eye, 500; loss of a foet or leg,
'l25; loss Of a hand, SIPS; loss of
both hands, $3.50; loss of both feet,
'l5O; loss Of one hand and one foot
ot same $3.50; personal injuries, dis
sase or age whereby the person is
unable to earn livelihood by manuel
aoor $780, total disability as shown
BY affidavit Of reputable physician
$50.
Section 3.-The widow of any de-
'eased soldier or sailor who enlisted
NO served in the military or naval
'ef'lee OF the Confederate States or
u this State, including home guards
,hd reserves, during the war between
ne States Of the United States and
va not desert the Confederate or
'A'e service, shall be entitled to re- |
eve the sum Of one hundred dollars
- annum in quarterly payments:
Io'ided, such widow was lawfully |
l4iried to said soldier or sailor ten
ears prior to the filing Of said APP |
"'@uon for pension, and has con.
uuously resided In this State ten
s4is previous to making application. |
NC the widow Of a deceased person |
no was at the time OF his death |
.4Hhs pension from this State |
--A De granted a widows pension |
yOn satisfactory proof of her mar.
-ss her residence in the State and
!. DeA'h OF her husband, and shall |
:, % required to make any addition.
. PROOF OF her husbands service, but
y WIDOW Of a deceased person who
.a'1 nave been entitled 70 a pension
-, -, this act shall make a proof az
o4'a the person II living.
lion t.-No person receiving a
-'''n from the United States or
= any other State shall be ent-
20. % a pension under this act
-'.''on Persons drawing a pen.
- - -DaeT previous acts Of the Legis-
n, - % Florida are retained and en-
-. % the benefits Of this act
-, oa the payment Of the new
80 ahah Be made from the date
-, -. l'ihg Of the application IN the
- oaiee The applicant shall
= an before an oHIccr author.