The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23
AN ACT
Secretary of State.

AN ACT
 No. 779.) tH. 12S3. Walden. To provide pensions for soldiers and sail
 ors in the service of the state of Ala
 bsma, and to their widows, and for sol
 dlers and sailors in the army or navy Of the Confederate States of America,
 and to their widows. and for the regu- lation of the payment thereof.
 Be it enacted by the legislature of Ala
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 Section l. That the director of archives and history, the attorney general and the chef examiner of public accounts ex- 1fiicio, are constituted and appointed a beard of Confederate pension commits scners in and for the state of Alabama, whose duty it shall be to have full con trcl and supervision of all pensions all lowed by law to soldiers or sailors in the service of the state of Alabama and to their widows, and to the soldiers or sailors in the army or navy of the Con- federate States of America and to their widows, and to do and perform any and all acts whatsoever, and to have all such powers as are necessary to the full ex- ecution of this act. The said board shall nave authority to establish and pro- mitigate any rules anS regulations and to prepare and publish all necessary blanks, forms. circulars and such other literature as may be necessary to carry out the
  herein
 Sec g. That the state auditor is author ized and directed to appoint a pension Jerk, who shall act secretary to said board of Confederate pension commissions CTS and shall perform such duties incident to the department as may be required by it's rules and draw all warrants required thereby under the direction of the state auditor He shall receive a salary of sl50o Der annum, payable monthly, out of the pension fund, and continuing appropriation is hereby made out of such fund to pay such salary. That that DOT tion of section 602 of the political code of 1907 reading as follows: For additional clerical assistance in that office there is appropriated annually the sum of s1200 or so much thereof as may be necessary be and the same is hereby repealed.
 Sec. 3. The several probate judges of the counties of the state of Alabama are hereby constituted county Confederate tension commissioners, and they are charged with the performance of the sev- eral duties required by this act. Any probate judge who shall carelessly or Nilfully fail, neglect or refuse. to per- form any of the several duties required of him under this act, shall be guilty of ? misdemeanor, and be fined not more than $500, and shall also be subject to impeachment.
 Sec. 4. Any resident of this state at the time of filing his application who served in the military or naval service of this state, or of the Confederate States, from 1861 to 1865, and who did not desert the service of the state of Alabama, or of the Confederate States. and who does not now own real or personal property, one or both to the value of more than s200O shall be cnttued to the provisions of this act. No inmate of the Confederate SOl1i0rG' a Mountain no person who did not do other service than in the home guards, the state re- serves, the state militia of a state other than Alabama, shall be entitled to relief under this act If pensioner be- comes insane and is confined in the State Insane hospital at Tuscaloosa, if he has a wife over 40 years of age she shall be entitled to draw his warrant while the husband is confined in the asylum.
 Sec. 5. The widow of any Confederate soldier or sailor of this state or the Con- federate States. who was married to such soldier or sailor before the first day o1 July, 1914, and who has not remarried since the death of such soldier oi sailor, unless such remarriage be to a Confederate soldier or sailor, and whose husband did not desert the service of the state of Alabama, or of the Con federate States who is resident of the state at the time of filing her applica- ton. and who does not now own prop erty over the value of 5000 shall also be entitled to relief under the provisions of this act. No widow of any Confederate soldier or sailor shall be entitled to the same classification upon the pension roll as the veterans unless she shall have married the veteran as whose widow she draws a pension, prior to April, 1865. All widows who were married to husbands through whose service they draw pen ~ta cit,an nrn ha drot hi ir1 class of pensions.
 Sec. G. Any soldier sailor who served in the Alabama state militia or in the Confederate army or navy, who deems himself entitled to the benefit of this act. shall file with the probate judge his application in writing upon blanks to be furnished him by the probate judge of the county in which he resides, setting forth that he was a Confederate soldier or sailor in the service of the state of Alabama. or of the Confederate States that he did not desert the service, that neither he nor his wife is possessed of property to the value of more than 5000 He shall also state In what company or regiment, or other command. and in what branch of the service he served; whether he was honorably discharged or whether he surrendered with the army; giving his age and the nature of the wound he re- ceived. and in what engagement he was wounded. if any. and his postoffce The averments of the application must be sworn to by the applicant before any of fcer authorized by law to administer paths. No application shall be rejected for any defect of form, if sufficient fact appear to show meritorious ground roi . relief, and if the blanks supplied by the state auditor has been substa ntia lily fol. lowed.
 Sec 6la. No applicant except those ap. plying under section s of this act will be permitted to enjoy relief from tho various sections of this act, except one witness who served the Confederate States, certifies to the facts that the ap. plioant did serve as set forth in the ap plication. or, in case the applicant is ( widow, that the husband did serve Neither will any person be entitled t, the provisions of this act. except thos, applying under section who does no furnish evidence of two reliable citizens of their precinct, that they are trust worthy and reliable. However, if ap plicant has his parole. if the applican be widow, her husbands parole it shal be considered prlma facie evidence with out additional proof, and the applicant name be forthwith placed on the pension roll. Provided. however, that all person row living who have drawn pension under the laws of this state within tn pest 10 years, and whose names hay, been dropped from the pension rolls O. Alabama, shall on proof of good charac ter S hereina bove provided, and makin, affidavit that they served in, and did nc desert the Confectionery, be, unless sucf facts be disproved, restored to such pen sion roll. This provision for restoring tt the pension rolls shall include the widow, of Confederate soldiers and sailors suct A<ns fn xa .4f hot