Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-01-05

q Irection of an officer or committee O
O the American Legion or other vete1
o Ian organization, county official, mu
nicipal officer, Y. M G.. A., Re
Cross. knights of Columbus, JEWS
Welfare Board, or official of tn
: compensation department; to sig
!. the application in the presence of
: notary public and have him fill i
the blanks and execute the affidavi
: relative to the official papers; no
: to send discharge certificate with ar
: plication; and to bear in mind
! that errors or omissions on part @
the applicant will delay payment o
the claim until the proper data ca,
be obtained"
: "Active service" in Army, Nav
: or Marine corps for the purposes O
paying compensation, is defined as
service in the Ohio National Guar,
prior to Aug. 5, 1917, but afte
: April 6, 1917, where in federal ser
vice, and thereafter to the date O
separation for service; and service
in the Regular Army, the Navy OF
Marine Corps from April 9Th to the
date of separation from the service
Where the date of enlistment, in.
duction or commission in the Re-
serve Corps is different from the
date the applicant began active SER
vice, the latter date is to be used in
computing the term of actual SER
vice.
Ohio "ReSidence''
| In determining who is a resident
in Ohio
The term resident in Ohio" is in
terpreted by the commission to mean
that the applicant was living in Ohio
and had been living there for a per-
iod to he determined by the com
mission Immediately prior to com.
mencement of his service, or who
being a bonafide resident of Ohio,
enlisted in another state.
The instructions further provide
that any applicant who claims resi-
dence in Ohio, who has lived in the
state less than the length of time de-
termined by the commission, i'm
mediatelv prior to commencement of
service shall he made the subject of
a special investigation under Sec
tion 4266 of the General Code. and
that it shall be up to the applicant
to nresent the proof of the truth of
his claims.
This section so clearly establishes
who is or who is not resident of
Ohio. that the lavman should have
no difficulty in understanding it. 1t
provides:
"1-That place shall be consider
ed the residence of a person in
which his habitation is fixed and to
which whenever he is absent, he has
4 10 in of Tr11i,,
CA person shall not be con-
sidered to have lost his residence
who leaves his home and goes into
poses merely, with intention Of re-
turning.
"4-The place where the family
of married man resides shall be
considered his place of residence ex-
cept when the husband and wife have
separated and live apart, then the
place where they resided at the time
of separation shall be considered his
place of residence unless he after
ward and during such time of sep
aration, removed from place in which
case the county, township, city or
village In which he resides. :. shall
be. his place of residence.
"5-If person remove to an
other state with the intention to
make 1t his permanent residence he
shall be considered to have lost his
residence in this state.
"6-If a person remove to an
other state with an intention of re-
naming there an indefinite time
and as a place of present residence,
he shall be considered to have lost
his residence in this state, notwith
standing he may entertain an inten-
ton to return at some future period.
Off person remove to the
District of Columbia or other federal
territory to engage in government
service he shall not be considered
to have lost his residence in any
county during the period of such SER
vice and the place where such per-
son resided at the time Of his remov-
al shall be--his residence.
"8-The mere intention to ac-
auire a new residence without the
fact of removal shall avail nothing;
neither shall the fact Of removal
without the intention.
eff a person go into another
state and while there, exercise the
right of citizen by voting he shall be
considered to have lost his residence
in this state"
Form of Application
The applicant is also instructed
that, if he applied for bonus I'm an
other state and was refused on the
grounds of not being resident of
that state, evidence to that effect
will he valuable in establishing his
right to a bonus in Ohio: and that if
the applicant was married at the
time of commencement of service. it
is imnortant that the name and resi-
dence of his wife be given.
The form for veterans is as fol-
lows:
81, (name and serial number) of
(citv town. county. state.o do here
by make application for the adjusted
comnens sation provided. etc. for ac
tive service in the World War from
(date Of entrance into active SER
vice) to (date Of senarationl as evil
denced nv certified extracts from my
DISCHARGE certificate. or official pa
pers and my statements made part
hereof
AT the time of entering the ac-
tive service Of the United States or
anv Of the governments associated
with the United States in the World
War on (date) / was resident in the
state Of Ohio and living at fcitv,
town. county. statel for fhlank)
years or months prior thereto.
"I was born at (citv. town. coun-
ty, state) and registered under the
selective service act at fprecinct,
city, town, county, state)"
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