The Nome nugget., 1921-03-19
NEWS 0F AMERICAN
 LEGION
REPORT OF COMMITTEES
 ON BONUS
Ketchikan Post No. American Legion

Your committee. appointed for the
 purpose of suggesting an appropriate
 form of Territorial bonus for all oual-
 flied Alaskan ex-service men, after
 careful consideration and lengthy dis
 cussion. herewith offers it's report as a
 resolution. with the recommendations
 that the same be adopted by .he Post,
 and certified copies thereof transmit
 ted to Departmental Headquarters and
 all other posts in the Territory, and to
 the local press. | BE IT RESOLVED BY KETCHI-
 KAN POST No. 5 American Legion: 1 That l l. As a matter of Public policy any
 bonus granted by the Territory of AL
 aska to it's ex-service men should be
 of type such as will confer benefits upon the Territory and :he recipients;
 and for this reason the proposed bonus
 shall consist solely of financial assist
 ance. to all qualified bona -fide Alas l Nftii tN-Sei lCt ftleIi, III the purchase Ot
 building of homes in Alaska
 | 2. It shall be based on the sum of
 $25 per month for each calendar month
 of active service performed hv such
 bona-iide Alaskan in the Army. Navy
 or Marine Corps of the United States
 or in the naval or military forces of l nf n
 with the United States during the war
 with the Allied Central Powers be-
 tween April 6. 1917 and April 1919;
 provided that such active service com
 mence prior to November II. l9lS
 Persons of female sex who are in any other respects within the terms of this resolution shall be entitled to com
 pensation hereunder.
 ! 3. Payment of the sum due any in dividual shall be made in five equal installments on January first of each
 year, beginning with January l. 1922, by the Territorial Treasurer upon
 representation of a certificate upon Il | form to be prescribed by said Terri 1 toria1 Treasurer. duly executed and
 sworn to before any officer authorized l by law to administer oaths, or before
 any IT. $. Postmaster in Alaska. set Alaskan eN service man (or his depen- 1 dent or dependents as hereinafter pro-
 videdD and is purchasing or building 2 h,lbitable dwelling in Alaska as al home: or that he has completed the purchase or building of such dwelling since the date of his entry upon sc- 1 1 tive service and is in possession upon
 such premises at the date of the execu- I tion of such certificate. A. In all cases in which qualified l Al,skans have settled upon and are at this date occupying honesteads in AlaslssL and have not completed final proof theron. or who shall. prior to January 1. 1925 make such settlemen: on q homestead in Alaska. either with
 in or without the national forest. shall be entitled to bonus, in lieu of the bonus provided in Paragraph two here | of: Provided, that in case of commuta- l ton proof being submitted by such homesteader after fourteen months ] residence. the total bonus due him. on a basis of $35 per month for each cal
 endar months service. computed as !, provided in Paragraph two thereof. shall he payable to him inmedia .e,y upon his presenting to the Territorial
 Treasurer evidence of the acceptance by the Register of the U. S. Land Of- flee of such communication proof. &C., ] companied by similar certificates 70 that provided for in paragraph three 1 hereof: and further provided that in case he submit regular final. three-year proof of such residence. the total bonus
 due him on a basis of $35 per month for each calendar months service. comput-
 ed as provided in Paragraph two here of. shall be payable to him immediate
 ly upon Is presenting to the Territor-
 iai Treasurer evidence of the accept ance by the register of the U. s. Land Offfce of such final proof accompanied
 by similar certificates 60 that provided
 for in paragraph three hereof; and further provided that in no case shall + the amount paid to either class of homesteaders be less than $200. 5. Tn the event of the death of the ! ex-service man entitled to a bonus.
 either for home purchase or as a home steader. the surviving widow until she dies re-marry. or in the event of the l death of said widow then his surviving payments under the same conditions