The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-06-02
All Confederate Veterans
Over Age of go Will Be
Placed on Rolls.
MEASURE WHICH PASSED LEGIS-
LATuRE PROVIDES AID FOR
PRACTICALLY ALL WHO SERV-
ED IN CIVAL Wharf.-The MEAS
URE IN FULL.


passed the legislature which has just
adjourned and which provides aid
for all veterans over the age of sixty
years:
A Bill, To Be Entitled, An act Gre
ating state board of pensions, de-
filming who shall receive pensions,
who shall not receive pensions, who
shall be retained as pensioners, how
applications shall be made, how pen
sions shall be paid, duty of county
commissioners in regard to pensions
providing for the levy of a pension
tax and authorizing the state board
of pensions TO make regulations to
carry into effect the provisions of this
act
Be it enacted by the legislature of
the State of Florida:
Section 1. That the governor
comptroller and the treasurer of this
state are hereby constituted the state
board of pensions.
Section 2. Any person who en-
listed 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 Con-
federate or state service, and who
was a bona fide citizen continuously
for ten years prior to date and filing
of the application for pension, and
who is over the age of sixty years
at the date of application shall re-
Ceive one hundred dollars per annum
in quarterly payments; all other per-
sons who lost limb or limbs, an eye
or who are permanently disabled by
reason of wounds or disease to gain
livelihood by manual labor shall be
emit 1nd fn M nIIT71l
in quarterly payments, the following
amounts, to wit:
For total loss of sight, $3.50; loss
of one eye, 500; loss of foot or leg.
1925; loss of a hand, $125; loss of
both hands, $3.50; loss of both feet.
$50; loss of one hand and one foot
of same $3.50; personal injuries, dis
ease or age whereby the person is I'M
able to earn a livelihood by manual
labor 500, total disability as shown
by affidavit of a reputable physician
$3.50
Section > The widow of any de-
ceased soldier or sailor who enlisted
and served in the military or naval
service of the Confederate States or
of this state including home guards |
and reserves, during the war be- |
tween the states of the United States |
and did not desert the Confederate |
or state service. shall be entitled to |
receive the sum of one hundred dol |
lars per annum in quarterly pay
ments: Provided such widow was
lawfully married to said soldier or !
sailor ten years prior to the filing of |
said application for pension, and has |
continuously resided in this state ten /
years previous to making application |
And the widow of a deceased person |
who was at the time of his death |
drawing a pension from this state |
shall be granted a widows pension |
upon satisfactory proof of her mar
riage. her residence in the state and /
the death of her husband, and shall |
not be required to make any addition |
al proof of her husbands service, but |
any widow of deceased person who |
would have been entitled to a pension |
under this act shall make proof as |
would the person if living
Section q. No person receiving a |
pension from the United States or (
from any other state shall be emit |
tied to a pension under this act
Section 3. Persons drawing pen !
siOnS under previous acts of the legis- |
lature of Florida are retained and en- |
titled to the benefits of this act.
Section 6. The payment of the |
new claims shall be made from the |
date of the filing of the application |
in the pension office. The applicant |
shall make oath before an officer au- |
thorized to administer oaths and use |
seal, stating the company in which |
he enlisted. date and cause of -expira- |
ton of his service, citizenship and |
rights to benefits of this act
He shall furnish the affidavit of a |
commissioned officer or of any two |
soldiers with whom he has served. or |
the affidavit of the adjutant of a camp |
of United Confederate Veterans or Of |
any two good citizens of his county |
showing that he rendered the service |
or is a member in good standing in |
a camp of United Confederate Vet |
Grams.
Section Z The board of county |
commissioners of the county in which |
the applicant resides shall investi- |
gate all claims made under this act |
and report upon the application |
whether or not the pension applied !
for shall be granted.
Section g. The State Board of
Pensions shall furnish annually suit !
able blanks for making such reports
and shall file applications for pen |
sions Immediately on receipt of same |
Section g. All Sims required for
the payment of pensions to appli- !
cants under the provisions of this
act shall be paid by warrants drawn
by the comptroller on the treasurer
of the state in favor of the applicant, |
for the sum which he or she may be
entitled. out of any monies in the
treasury of the state in favor of the
applicant, for the sum which he or
she may be entitled, out of any mon
les in the treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated.
Section 10. The county commits
sioners of each county shall at least
once in each year examine the pen
sion rolls of, their respective counties
and ascertain whether or not anv