The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-28
PENSIONS OU1GR0N
the APPROPRIATIONS
LIST GROWING TOO FAST FOX
THE AvAll.ABI.E FUNDS
FOR PENSIONS.
The Allotment for the Present Quar-
ter Has Dccn Cut Down tn SO.
Many Applications
Flied.

THE Confederate pension list in Tex-
as Is growing too fast for the ap-
lpropriation. That is the explanation
made by J. c. Jones. commissioner
iof pensions, for the fact that the al
Ilotment for the present quarter u
Ionly $40. instead of the $50 intend
led by law.
When the legislature drafted the
last constitutional amendment re-
garding pensions in 1911 there We're
l11,300 pensioners on the rolls. a
tax OF cents on the s1o0 for pen
lsion was authorized, which would
iamount to approximately S1.i5o.ooo
a year, or s100 year for each PEN
Isioner
Prior to the time this amendment
!went into effect the pensloncs
amounted TO about sio.5o quarter.
Many eligible persons would not ask
for It. But as soon as it was learn
ed that they could perhaps get s21,
hundreds applied The result was
that the pension list grew TO 1850.
IL paid as intended by the amend
ment. the pensions would amount to
sa,250.oe6, or nearly twice as much
as is appropriated each year.
| Confederate pensions were first
authorized by constitutional
amendment in 1898 \ system was
established the following year, the
sum which might be appropriated
each year being limited TO S250,0o
Under this authority, 100000 was
appropriated for the year ending
September so, 1900. The next year
1.-THE appropriation was $50, GOO,
then 100000 for the next two years,
and s250.ooo for each of the next
two years.
The amendment of 1904 authoriz-
led an appropriation Of not more
than $500, 600 year. Under this
amendment, 100000 was appropri-
ated for the year ending August 81,
1909. and $500, 900 year thereaft-
err until the amendment OF 1913 be-
came effective.
Liberalization of the statutes gov
lerning Confederate pensions also
has been responsible for the increas-
ing number of pensioners. The
amendment OF 1912 admitted widows
of veterans who came 10 Texas prior
TO January /, 1909, and who had
married these veterans prior to that
date The former limitation in both
respects vas March /, 1889
The amendment also admitted
three classes not heretofore entitled
10 pensions The first OF these was
soldiers who had served at least six
months In the Civil war IN organ
fzations for protection Of the frontier
against Indian and Mexican maraud-
lers. The second class was soldiers
of the Texas militia WHO were In ac-
tive service az least six months du'-
ing the var The third class inclnl-
I'D the widows Of these fwo Glasses
Commissioner Jones Says that
warrant for So vas sent 20 each of
the pensioners last December d oih-
er than those totally Disabled bui
that AN pensioners we're asked o.
bold their Warrants untl money to
meet them could BE- placed In the
state treasury. The pension fano
lacked sess 5ss &c enough ,e nay
These Waffanis aecording ro tW
Commissioner. ana taie dsbt lei aa
lfhe prfsenf Hdmnislraf4an etir1
sae lHres3 io regulate ne.esdH
disbursement "a as 20 ess, the
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Haa tee esns.an laf
Hsd eta ala genn r
fna ~the stfafaH euaai assf
tstsa aaN sd aA Nsfeate