The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-07-27
CHAPTER 7259-(No. y.

CHAPTER 7259-(No. y.
|rT Creating State Board of Pensions, De-
l. Who Shall Receive Pensions, Who Shall
Receive Pensions, who Shall be Retained As
|s;ooers, How Applications Shall Be Made.
| Pensions Shall be Paid Duty of County
|tmissioners in Regard to Pensions Providing
he Lew of a Pension Tax, and Authorizing
State Board of Pensions to Make Regulations
,rrv Into Effect the Provisions of This Act.
| Enacted by the Legislature of the State Of
! onda;
Non I. That the Governor, Comptroller and
5rr OF this State are hereb constituted the
Board of Pensions.
ANY person who enlisted and served in
kltary or naval service of the Confederate
during the war between the States of the
States, and did not desert the Confederate
/ and who performed service in actual line of
bra period of not less than one year, or who
actual service at the time of the close of said
/ bless incapacitated for such duty by reason of
received or disease contracted while in line
! or who was otherwise honorably discharged
cause, and shall have been bona tide citizen
State for eight years next preceding to the
y this claim for pension, and whose property
m both real and personal, including tie prop
! his wife, if she shall not have deserted her
d. does not exceed the sum of Five Thousand
! exclusive of his or her home and the land on
Euch home is located, not to exceed one acre of
! hall each receive One Hundred and Eighty
per anum in monthly payments.
fMed, however that no soldier or their wild
no are now on the pension roll and drawing
n shall be required to make other and further
provided, further, that any applicant for a
under this Act, who has previously made
ftry proof of service, under any former
lhch proof of service meets the requirements
Act although not now on the pension roll,
ftOe required to make new proof of service;
I provisions Of this Act shall apply to all
fhO were members of the Florida Reserves.
p those known as Home Guards" which
The service of the State of Florida during the
fveen the States of the United States; pro-
mtner that any soldier or sailor who per
actual service for period of one year or
line OF duty and was absent from his com
'he time same was mustered out. upon
\ granted him after January IS, 1865, shall
presumed to have deserted the service and
entitled to pension under the provisions of
unless proven to be deserter; and pro-
ar'ner' that a discharge from a Federal
Y reason of sickness where such sickness is
omclal records and also by positive proof
considered desertion of the Confeder-
eminent
The widow of any deceased soldier
| VINO enlisted and served in the
VI naval service of the Confederate States
E war between the States of the United
!" ald not desert the service. and who per
,I'I'e IN actual line of duty for period of
wa" one year, unless inexperienced for such
y, ,IsSCn OF death, wounds received or disease
H. "l'le IN actual line of duty. or who was
aVnoraoly discharged for any cause. and
~" " married since the death of said husband
cn ~a' Sucil marriage shall not prevent any
,n me age Of forty years of deceased
l.. =. GiFdWlng pension under the provisions
Il sad marriage has been dissolved by
.uee IN chancery, shall be entitled to re-
I'm ,% ;n ol One Hundred and Eighty Dollars
I.n III monthly payments; provided such wild
s;n J resided IN this State continuously for
bssS n' years next preceding the date of the
~. pension claim; provided. further that
ri to passage of this Act, no pension will
IrDs any widow whose marriage was subse-
FbIa l. 1917; provided such widow is other
E|r+L. u'luer the provisions of this Act; pro-
IN w., uiat any such widow shall not be
hr "'ahe out the proof of her husbands ,
a;lo ,u'l widow of any such deceased sol
pnds ~.' a, VINO would have been entitled to a ,
,h,n uliS Act, shall make proof if her said
er h;s '' a nave already been receiving pen )
NJ Act at the time of his death. t
be sb h perSon receiving pension from any t
80" NC entitled to a pension under this Z
from me sl Payment of all allowed claims shall
'nsion ~. uate OF the filing of the application
ens;, apartment; provided, that an appli- i
lon has NJ" under this Act, whose application
all Sle &c. zen denied by the Board, for any c
. 'ne Within tbra, 1t, =, Hi ~ ,