The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-09-23

troller to Pay Pensions for the Entire Month Of
May 1921, at the Increased Rate Provided for
in the Pension Act Approved May 2d 1921.
Whereas, The Pension Act passed by this Leg
islature, approved May ed, 1921, providing for
the payment of pensions at the rate of $4,000 per
month became law on May ed, 1921; and
Whereas, By becoming effective on the second
day of the month leaves one day to be paid for
under the old law at the rate of $4,000 per month,
and thirty days at the rate of $4,000 per month,
amounting to few cents less than $4,000 for
each pensioner for the month, unless the Comp
troller is authorized to pay for the entire month
at the new rate of $2s.oo per month; therefore.
Be 1t Enacted BY the Legislature of the State of
Florida:
Section l. That the Comptroller be and he is
hereby directed to issue warrants the Treasurer
in payment of all pensions due for the month of
May for $4,000 for each person on the Pension
Sec. 2. This Act to take effect upon approval
by the Governor.
Approved May rs, 1921.
CHAPTER Ssos-(No. 1ro).
AN ACT to Dissolve the Old Confederate Sol
diers' and Sailors Home Association, Cor
poration Not for Profit; to- Authorize the Of
ficers and Directors of the Corporation to Con-
vey Its Assets to the State. of Florida; to
Provide for the ACQUIRING by the, State of Flor.
and Sailors Home Duya ora
to Hold the Same in Trust as Therein Pro-
yided. and to to Provide for the Improvement of
Therefor, and to Provide for Board of Man.
ayers to Conduct the Affairs of the Said In
stitution.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Section /. That the Board of Commissioners
OF State Institutions of the State of Florida is
hereby authorized to accept behalf of the State
OF Florida a conveyance in trust to the State of
Florida of all assets, real and personal, now be-
longing to the Corporation known as the Old
Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Home Associa-
ton. a corporation for profit. organized by
decree of the Circuit Court of Duval County,
Jan. IA, 1897, re-estabshed by subsequent decree
he m and c0r1-
ditions of said trust shall be as follows and the
said trust deed shall provide: That the said
behalf of the State of Florida shall take and hold
said property in trust for the benefit of all Con-
federate soldiers and sailors surviving, and
Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Home; that the
said Board of Commissioners of State Institutions
shall assume the management and control of said
Institution and shall maintain the same as home
for old Confederate soldiers and sailors, or such
OF them as may be entitled to admittance therein,
order that all old Confederate soldiers and sail
ors may have some place of refuge.
The said deed of trust shall further provide
that when the necessity for the maintenance of
said institution home for old Confederate
soldiers and sailors shall no longer exist, that
the said Board of Commissioners of State Inst
tutions shall dispose of all assets real and per
sonal, coming into their hands, under the terms
of said deed of trust and convert the same into
cash, and shall the same into the treas
ury in fund to be known as the Ex-Confederate
Soldiers and Sailors Home Endowment Fund.-
and the same shall be invested by the State Treas
urer, and the proceeds thereof shall be used for
the endowment of a scholarship or scholarships
in the University of Florida, and the Florida
State College for Women That the said scho
arship or Scholarships shall be awarded upon com
petitiye examination under such rules and regu
ations as the Board of Education may make.
Provided, that shall be eligible to compete
in said examination for said scholarship or schol
arshps except a lineal decedent of Confederate
soldier sailor. Provided, further, that when
it shall appear that no one can qualify for
a descend
ent of Confederate soldier sailor, the said
Board of State Institutions shall said endow
ment fund to erect permanent memorial to the
old Confederate soldiers and sailors in the form
OF building upon the campus of the University
Of Florida, or of the Florida State College for
Women in the discretion of said Board of State
Institutions, and suitably mark said building as
a memorial to the old Confederate Soldiers and
Sailors.
trust to the Board of Commissioners of State In
situations behalf of the State of Florida of
directors and officers of the Old Confederate Sol
diers' and Sailors Home Association, said
poraton shall be thereupon dissolved and its
charter repealed and its officers and directors re-
lieved from further duty as such, and all just
obligations against said corporation shall be as
sumed and paid by the State of Florida.
Sec. a.. The Governor is hereby authorized to
appoint five persons who shall constitute the
Board of Managers of Ex.Confederate Soldiers
and Sailors Home, one of such persons shall be
the president of the United Daughters of the Con-
federacy another shall be the State Commander
be the State Commander of the Sons of Con-
federate Veterans; another shall be the Comp
troller of the State of Florida, and the fifth shall
be person who shall be nominated for such po-
sition by the first four members appointed under
the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 8. The said Board of Managers shall have
direct supervision, control and management of all
the affairs of the Ex-Confederate Soldiers and
Sailors Home.
Sec. 4. The Board of Managers herein provid-
ed for are hereby authorized to repair, add to
and improve the Ex-Confederate Soldiers and
Sailors Home at the expense of the State of
Florida. and for such purpose there is hereby
appropriated out of the funds in the State
Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. the sum of
$4,000, which shall be paid out upon the warrant
of the Comptroller, which shall be issued upon the
requisition of the chairman of the Board of Man
ayers.
Sec S. This Act shall take effect upon its
passage and approval by the Governor
Became law without the approval of the Gov
ernor.
CHAPTER sso6-(No. ND.
AN ACT to Amend Sections 1866, I46z and 1863.
ating to the ExConfederate Soldiers and Sail
ors' Home in Duval County, Florida.
Be II Enacted By the Legislature of the State OF
Section l. That Section 1866. Revised General
Statutes Of Florida, 1920. relating to the Econ
County, Florida, be amended to read as follows:
Section 1906. The chairman of the Board of
Managers Of the ESConfederate Soldiers and
Sailors Home in Duval County, Florida shall
make annual report to the Governor on tn.
first day of January of each year of the condi-
ton and operations of said Home, embracing
therein the names of all benefciaries thereof,
when admitted, died or discharged, and the finan-
cial statement of said institution.
Sec. 2. That Section 1867, Revised General
Statutes of Florida, 1920 relating to the Ex-
Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Home in Du-
val County, Florida, be amended to read as fol-
lows:
Section 1907. That the following sums be and
they are hereby appropriated annually out of
any funds in the State Treasury, not otherwise
appropriated, to be paid by the State Treasurer
upon warrant of the Comptroller for the support
and maintenance of the Ex-Confederate Soldiers