The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-01

Montgomery. August 31.-(Speclal. .)-Al veterans of the war of the Confectionery and widows who have not been able to get on the rolls of the pension office be- cause of not being able to produce two witnesses to service rendered, will have an opportunity to be put on at meeting of the county boards the first Monday in September, and all who get on the lists and are passed by the state board which will meet in the early part of October will get pay for the first quarter.
 Gen. William ". Brandon, state audi tor, IS very anxious to have the matter arranged so that not single old warrier or deserving one will be left out. The attorney general has held that the provis- ion of three weeks notice of a meeting is not to be taken as mandatory this year, time not being given since the passage of the act for it. This will allow many deserving pensioners to secure the help thus furnished by the state this fall. Ths opinion of Attorney General Garber wita regard to law follows.
 "Under terms of section of this act the county boards of examiners are required to hold special sessions in their respective counties on the first Monday in Septem Der, 1907, of which they are required to give three weeks notice by publication. The act having been approved on August 14 eighteen days before the meeting was required to be held, it was for all prac- tical purposes impossible to give this mo- tice, unless the first publication was made on the date of the approval of the act, under section S043 of the code, where notice is required to be given for three weeks. the first insertion must be at least eighteen days before such day.
 "The provisions of the act requiring mo- tice Is directory merely and notice for shorter length of time would comply with the purpose of the statute In any event, there Is but one course for the county boards to take and that is for them to meet as required by the act, regardless of the length of time the notice Is pub lished or whether any notice at all has been published"
 The Act In Full.
 The following Is the full text of the
 n 1. Be it enacted by the legis-
 , Alabama, That upon the appli-
 any Confederate soldier or sail
 sident citizen of Alabama, to any
 board of examiners for a pension
 le pension laws of Alabama, tine
 his having served In the Con
 army or in the state troops Of
 q may be proven by the affidavit
 reliable persons who are acquaint-
 the facts, or in the event such affidavits cannot be procured upon af- fidavits to that fact; such fact may be proven by any other evidence that will reasonably satisfy said board of such service. and that upon the application of the widow of any soldier or sailor the widow of any Alabama soldier or sail or who served in the state In the war be- tween the states. the fact of her de- ceased husband having served as alleged, and of his not desertine may be proven by the affidavit of two reliable witnesses who are acquainted with the facts, or if such witness cannot be found upon af- ffdavit to that fact 1t may be proven by any evidence that will reasonably satisfy the board of the truth of such facts.
 "Sec. 9 That whenever the proof of such facts is made by other evidence than the affidavit of two reliable wit nesses, so provided by law, the board will cause such evidence to be reduced to writing and subscribed and sworn to by ths witness offering the evidence.
 Sec. B. That 1t shall be the duty of the county board of examiners to hold special session in their respective coun-