The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-09-18

ion / of this Article. shall not include per-
IONS who, during the period OF their service,
refused on conscientious, political or oehei
grounds, to subject themselves to full milIary
discipline or unqualified service, or who whhe
in such service, were separated tnerelfoh
under circumstances amounting 70 III
honorable discharge and who nave not SUI
5equently been officially restored to an non
orable status, and such persons shall not De
entitled to the benefits of this Article.
Section 8. All disbursements required 9y
this Article for compensation shan DC maui
upon the presentation of a certihcate upon
a form to be prescribed by the State AUDITOR
which certificate shall be duly verlned by the
claimant under oath and shall set forth the
name, residence at the time OF entry INTO the
service. date Of enlistment, induction or COM
mission. date of discharge or release from ac-
tive service, if the claimant IS not on active
duty a statement that the claimant during the
period for which compensation is allowed dld
not refuse to subject himself to full military
discipline and unqualified service and that he
has not been separated from the service under
circumstances amounting to a dlshonoraDIe
discharge, and such further as
the State Auditor may require. Such certificate
shall be presented to the State Auditor or ms
representative together with an honorable DIS
charge or release from active service, or IN
case of its loss a properly authenticated record
Of service, or in the event that claimant IS
still in the service a properly authenticated
record of all active service performed by
claimant or if the same be presented by the
WIDOW, enid or parents o. q uGS1aoSd Nb1AeA
then with the proper evidence of death, to-
gether with a properly authenticated record of
service, and the State Auditor shall endorse
upon such discharge, release or record OF
active service the fact that it was made the
basis Of the application, and shall return such
discharge or release or record of active service
70 the claimant and shall forthwith draw his
warrant in the name OF the CLAIMANT upon the
Veterans Compensation Fund for an amount
equal to Ten Dollars $4,000 for each and
every month of active service, or major frac-
ton thereof, subsequent to the sixth day OF
April, Nineteen Hundred Seventeen, not eX-
ceeding, however, a total of Two Hundred
Dollars (S20O.00), and the State Treasurer
shall pay such warrants from the Veterans
Compensation Fund.
In cases where application for compensation
is made by the widow, children or parents
of a deceased veteran. such person shall fur
nish the same as though the ap-
~plication were made by the deceased veteran,
and the State Auditor shall prepare an APP
cases. Compensation allowed to the children
of deceased veterans shall be paid to the
guardians of such children, which guardian, If
appointed by the courts OF this state, snail
serve without compensation and in the discre-
ton of the court without bond, and 1T shall
be the duty of every county attorney IN TINS
state to appear in the courts or render any
other necessary legal assistance in behalf OF
such children in so far as the provisions Of
this Article are concerned, without compen-
sation, and no public officer shall collect any
fees in any proceeding brought in behalf of
such children to secure compensation under
this Article.
The State Auditor is empowered to make
such additional reasonable requirements from
applicants as are necessary to prevent fraud or
the payment of compensation to persons not
entitled thereto.
Section 4. The State Auditor shall fur
nish free Of charge, upon application therefor,
the necessary form of certificate to all persons
entitled thereto, and may establish at different
points within the State of Montana offices
at which there shall be kept on file for the
use of persons covered by this Article a suf-
fcient number of forms of certificates so that
there may be no delay in the payment of this
compensation. The State Auditor may author
ize the county auditor, or county clerk, or both,
of any county of the state to act for him in
receiving applications under the provisions Of
this Article, and shall furnish such person
with the proper certificates to enable him to
accept such application. The State Auditor
is hereby authorized and directed to procure
such printing and office supplies and equip
ment, and to employ such persons as may be
necessary in order to properly carry out the
provisions Of this Article, and all expenses
incurred by him in the administration of
this Article he paid by warrants drawn upon
the Veterans Compensation Fund.
The Adjutant General shall advise with and
assist the State Auditor in the performance
of the duties of the Auditor under this Article.
"Section 5. For the purpose of providing
means for the payment of compensation here
under and for paying the expenses of adj
ministration, the State Board of Examiners
of the State of Montana is hereby authorized,
empowered and directed to issue, from time to
time, as may be required for the purpose of
this Article, bonds of, and in the name of,
the State Of Montana, to and in the amount
of the sum of Four Million Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars (s4,5 500, 100000 in excess of
the constitutional limitation of indebtedness of
the State of Montana, and over and above
any bonded Indebtedness of said state here
tofore created or incurred for which said state
is now Ohlipatad- The hOnds Or0Vidad for in
this Article shall be issued in denomination
of One Thousand Dollars Isl. 100000 each,
and shall bear interest at a rate not exceed
ing five and one-half per cent (5hl) per
annum, payable semi-annually on the first
days of January and July of each year at
the office of the State Treasurer of the State
of Montana, or at some bank in a city outside
of the State of Montana designated by the
State Treasurer such bonds shall be dated
on the first day of January or the first day
of July and shall become due and payable
twenty 900 years from their date and be
redeemable at the option of the State Board
of Examiners at any time after ten (10)
years from their date at any interest paying
period. The bonds herein referred to shall
be IN such form as may be prescribed by the
Attorney General and approved by the State
Board of Examiners and shall be signed by
the members of said board and issued
under the great seal of the State of Montana,
and shall be registered in the office of the
State Treasurer. Said bonds shall have in
terest coupons attached thereto covering the
interest due semi-annually which coupons
shall be executed with facsimile signatures
of all the members of the State Board of
Examiners, and the signing of said coupons
with said facsimile signature shall be recog-
nized as sufficient execution of said coupons
on behalf Of the State of Montana.
The bonds provided for in this Article shall
be disposed of by the State Board of Examiners
in such manner as they shall deem for the
best interests of the State in carrying out
the provisions of this Article. provided, that
no bond shall be disposed of for less than its
par value.
Bonds issued under the provisions of this
Article shall be a legal investment for any
of the funds Of the state.
Section 6. The money arising from the
of each issue of bonds shall be deposited
in the State Treasury to the credit of a
special fund to be known as the Veterans
Compensation Fund which shall be used for
the payment of the compensation provided in
Article and for paying the expenses of
the administration thereof. For the purpose
Of carrying out the provisions of this Ar
ticle there is hereby appropriated from the
Compensation Fund the sum of Four
Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
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