The National tribune., 1908-04-02

scribed by the Comptroller; and pen
Sions payable to persons residing In
other States of the United States or in
Foreign countries may be made accord
ing to such rules and regulations as the
Comptroller may prescribe. All trans
fers or assignments of pensions or the
certificates thereof, issued under and
pursuant to this act, whether the same
be for a pledge or otherwise, shall be
void, and any person who withholds or
keeps such certificate of pension and
refuses to surrender and deliver the
same to the owner thereof, upon de-
mand, shall be guilty of misdemeanor.
Sec. 13. In place of original checks
issued for pensions, when lost, stolen
or destroyed, the Commissioner is au-
thoriZed, after the expiration of six
months from the date of such checks.
to issue duplicate checks, and the
Treasurer of the State of New York is
directed to pay such checks drawn in
pursuance of law by the Commissioner
CT Pensions, upon notice and proof of
the loss of the original checks, under
such regulations in regard to their issue
and payment, and upon the execution
of such bonds with sureties to indem-
Nifty the State of New York as the State
Treasurer may prescribe. But this sec
ton shall not apply to any check ex-
.cee1ing in amount the sum of $500.
Sec. IA. For the purpose of paying
pensions provided by this act, and of
maintaining the Pension Bureau here
by created, and the carrying out of the
provisions of this act, there shall be
appropriated and allowed in each year
so much of the moneys raised under
the liquor tax law and for taxable trans
fers under the tax law, as shall be suffi-
cient therefor.
Sec. Is. This law shall not take ef-
feet until 1t shall at a general election
have been submitted to the people, and
have received a majority of all the votes
cast for and against it at such election:
and the same shall be submitted to the
people of this State at the general cleo
ton to be held in November, 1908. The
ballots to be furnished for the use of
voters upon the submission of this law
shall be in the form prescribed by the
election law, and the proposition or
question to be submitted shall be print
ed thereon in substantially the follow
ing form, namely: "Shall chapter (here
insert the number of this chapter) of
the laws of 1908, entitled AN act to es-
tablish a Bureau of Pensions and to
provide for granting pensions to SOL
diers, sailors and marines who served
in the army or navy of the United States
from the State of New York in the civil
war, fixing the rate of pensions and
regulating the granting thereof be ap-
proved?"
Senator Owens's bill is on much the
same line as that of Senator Cassidy,
but there are differences as to details.
In his the Commissioner of Pensions
and Deputy Commissioner are appoint
ed by the Governor, but they perform
their duties under the direction of the
Comptroller. Senator Owens's bill pro-
vides, further, for the militia. who shall
be wounded or disabled while in the
service of the State in riots. tumu1ts, re-
sistance of process. etc. when they shall
be called upon by the civil authorities.
His scale of pensions differs in giving
So at 81, SO at 20 and s12 at 75 or
over Senator Owens's bill does not pro-
pose being submitted to approval by
the people, but that after passage by
the Legislature it shall take effect Jan.
1, 1909. 1t also provides that so much
of the proceeds of the liquor tax law
as may be necessary shall be appro-
priated for the purpose of paying the
pensions